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I stayed at this one early in 2018. An LB girlfriend lives in Phrae, and the alternative was staying with her at her family's house in the country where eleventy billion stray dogs roam the roads and there is nothing to do but drink all day. Been there and done that, so I stayed in town on my last visit to her parents. Rooms here run for about 800 - 1000 baht /night. There are cheaper places in town, but this hotel has a good pool and there are a few restaurants in the vicinity. Unless you trust your Thai language skills, you probably want to carry somebody along as an interpreter when you check in, because the staff's English is pretty shaky but that is to be expected in a place like this. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g982710-d633838-Reviews-Maeyom_Palace_Hotel-Phrae_Phrae_Province.html#photos;aggregationId=101&albumid=101&filter=2&ff=17423862

Imodium effectively paralyzes the intestine. Not a go-to remedy. My doctor guided me back to pepto-bismol brand in USA, but any bismal containing concoction wherever you may be). Standard dosage to start, double in an hour if not okay, and then double again as necessary. After that, and nothing works you need a doctor. One time in Bangkok. nothing worked to cure explosive bouts, so to speak. After emptying out, I took a taxi to BNH, emergency. They put me on intravenous fluids and antibiotics, within 30 minutes I was well on path to recovery. A guiding word. I lost a 38 yo otherwise healthy colleague to diarrhea, he was about 18 hours suffering, drinking lots of water but no food. He got up at night, drank some more water, then fainted. . He was driven to a Miami hospital, suffering a heart attack as the car got to the hospital entrance. They used standard emergency procedure, shock paddles, air bag, but he died. The autopsy showed severe loss of electrolytes. Basically, his nerves were firing, but he had limited conductivity to the heart muscles. Parents know, rush a child to the hospital if they show 10% weight loss. It's an adult problem too.