ATX - my journeys and photos in Thailand

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I went to an old post , page 3 or 4 here ,  : Assurancetourix and what I see..., but I cannot continue to post photos on it , so I have to open a new one .

 

Last Friday I went to Nong Khai, border of Mekong and Thailand; 

Vientiane , capital of Lao  is at 22 km - 13,7 miles - from Nong Khai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The day after I went to Phu Prabat Historical Park;

it's in Udon Thani province,

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phu_Phra_Bat_Historical_Park

 

Entrance fee : 20 baht for thai people and farang with their pink ID ;

Thai driving license is not accepted  so it's 100 baht 

 

See here on TV about pink ID for foreigners

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/945938-thai-id-card-for-foreigners/

 

As we say in french, : " ca ne casse pas trois pattes a un canard " ( It's nothing to write home about ) but we can go there once and say : i went there 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Thursday 24 of january 2019

 

Every fortnight farmers sell their raw rubber ;

here is a few km from my village - that day 20,3 baht for 1 kg 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Would that be a good price ?

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No, a bad one;

It was about 80 baht for one kg 4 or 5 years ago .

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They are making , exactly finishing ,a four lanes rd 15 km before arriving Sawang coming from Udon Thani and 20 km after sawang to Phangkhon 

 

 

I found a beautiful truck 

 

 

 

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When you are on road 4039, it's a secondary road in Sakon Nakhon province, not far from Sawang Daen Din;

Going to ban Tha Sila ;

arriving in Tha Sila  you can see this rd signboard 

 

 

Straight on ..for only 200 meters but no left sign at the intersection... You have to guess ..

 

So left side and road 2040 to the second village ;

at the end of this village , you have a " papa's & mama's shop ";

take the concrete road on your left and go on for about 2 km, maybe 3 ;

when you see this other rd sign , turn right with your motorbike or your MTBike;

impossible to go there with a pickup even it's a 4x4 ..

 

 

and after ...we must still guess; haphazard luck as we say in french ..

 

But there is another  track  like this one ...

 

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The name of what I'm looking for is 

Pha Pak Wan paints ...

 

 

So, today, I was trying the second track .....and I found The historical Paintings Pha Phawan in the middle of nowhere ;

have a look at the track where you can ride with a motorbike or a MTBike

 

 

 

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Pha Phakwan paints, it's this big rock ;

It's nothing to write home about

but it is the pleasure of the discovery and also to roll all alone in the middle of nowhere