Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

[Aladdin]

20 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Today , friday 4 of november 2016

 

Met my french friend who has two companies, one  in France and the second a few km from my village;

he makes essential oils and has also rais with rice and rubber trees .

He was giving water to his young rubber trees

 

 

 

What we can see in the fields in the morning, it's only water not made by a spider

 

 

 

Hello ATX

 

Is this avocado trees? The leaves looking like the leaves i got out of the pot after having buried the avocado stone in to it (after a few weeks in a glass of water until the stone cracked)

 

 

 

Edited November 5, 2016 by Aladdin
Changed Assurancetourix to ATX

[Assurancetourix]

Hi Aladdin; it's written in my post : young rubber trees ;

When u will come  u will discover many red roads where I cycle and so beautiful landscapes ...

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Yesterday , saturday 5 of november 2016

 

Only two photos I shot in our garden ;

our white rice under the warm november sun and the cat which name is " le chat " even she is a " she " ( article " le " is for boys )

 

 

 

and listening Beth_Art & Joe_Bonamassa

 

 

 

 

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Yesterday , sunday 6 of november 2016 another MTBike balade ,

 

Just outside my village this dead tree

 

 

It's the day of dead things/animals...

A dead frog

 

 

and a dead snake

 

Edited November 7, 2016 by Assurancetourix

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Coming back Sawang, a nice coach on road 22

 

 

88 kilometers - all photos with Olympus TG 860

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No bicycle during 4 days; an ordeal for me !

I had an infection at my eyes because of pollens;

had to take drugs and not yet finished ; but today I cycle a little bit

 

Ban Han_Noi at the lights

 

 

Many road marks like this one and always no village, no town, nothing ..

 

 

Between Nong Han and Nong Mek, the weighbridge for ( nearly ) all trucks

 

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I went to the lights on rd 22 for entering Nong Han or going to Kumphawapi

On the road coming back home, kites to sell

 

 

Clouds

 

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and.....weed

 

 

76 kilometers today - all photos with Olympus TG 860

[Aladdin]

59 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

No bicycle during 4 days; an ordeal for me !

I had an infection at my eyes because of pollens;

had to take drugs and not yet finished ; but today I cycle a little bit

 

 

 

 

finally, there you are! I was worried, no pictures for a long time. Have been worried. Same with Sammuijimmy, no pictures for quite some time

 

Anyway, I have been missing your pictures

 

Nice to see the updates again and good luck with your eye. Hope you get better in a jiff!

Edited November 12, 2016 by Aladdin
No pictures from you or Summaijimmy ofr a while and I have been looking at the old pictures. I liked one of Summaijimmi's pictures but I was not allowed to like the picture. Am I in the penalty box?

[Assurancetourix]

Thank you Aladdin ;

I'm ok now; Have to take some drugs during a few days.

Today I cycle on rd 2280, Charoen_Sin and some more kilometers after that little town . I did 79 kilometers

 

7 am , just outside my village

 

 

Rd 2280 a few km before Charoen Sin ; do u remember this mama dog and her sons ? I shot these dogs maybe 10 days ago

 

 

The countryside along rd 2280

 

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In the direction of Kham Ta Khla - rd 2280

 

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No bicycle today ; went to Sawang with my wife for some visits ..

Before forgetting ;

Sakon Nakhon cycling club organize a nice journey , one week , beginning monday 28 this month november 2016 ;

we will be about 100 people , men and women in black,  on bicycles, road and mountain bikes going to Bangkok for what everybody know ..

Hope I can shoot nices photos during that week .

First day Sakon - Kalasin; after I don't know ...

4 days to go to Bangkok ; 1 or 2 days in Bangkok and we will come back by cars and pickup , our bikes on some pickups like Khun_Seut has: 23 bicycles on one pickup !

Maybe I would want to come back by bicycle, why not ?

We will have police cars with us from Sakon to Bangkok .

 

Photos of this day in Sawang Daen Din

A new Fortuner which belongs to the father of a thai friend who cycle with me

 

 

And a " train " of trucks

 

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Yesterday  tuesday 15 of november 2016

 

Wanted to discover new roads , so

rd 2021 to ban Kham_Bit, turn right on rd 227 in the direction of Kalasin ;

went to 10 km before arriving  Wang Sammo , turn right on rd 2393 ; did about 30 km , then turn right on rd 2239  direction Chaiwan and main rd 22...

Did 155 km , I know, I'm more than a little bit bababobo ..

 

Rd 2021

 

 

Ban Kham_Bit , rd 227

 

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Road 227

 

 

Rd 227, looking behind me; not really " le pays plat " as was singing Jacques Brel

 

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Still rd 227

 

 

Rd 2239

 

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Still rd 2239

 

 

Main rd 22 , my shadow while cycling ; I arrived at home at 5.40 pm, nearly in the night

 

 

155 km - all photos with Olympus TG 860

Edited November 16, 2016 by Assurancetourix

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Yesterday wednesday 16 of november 2016 ,

No bicycle, ! stay at home and shot our fruit trees

 

Longanes, hope it's the same name in english

 

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Six days without posting a photo  in my lign

 

Since last wednesday ,

 thursday 17 of november 2016 - 81 km  - went to Chaiwan, then Nong_Mek and coming back home by main rd 22 - 81 km - all photos with Olympus TG 860

 

 

Rd 2239 to Chaiwan

 

 

Chaiwan downvillage !

 

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Rd 2015 to Nong Mek

 

 

At the lights at Nong Mek

 

 

At the lights at Ban Han_Noy

 

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Friday 18 of november 2016 - going to Wang on rd 22 in the direction of Phangkhon, then Sakon Nakhon

60 km - all photos with Olympus TG 860

 

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Saturday 19 of november 2016 - Waritchaphum - Phangkhon - Sawang _ home - 99 km - all photos with Olympus TG 860

 

Rd 2021 to Song Dao

 

 

Rd 227 to Waritchaphum

 

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Yesterday , monday 21 of november 2016 - no bicycle !

 

Sawang downtown

 

 

My taylor is rich ( it's a tipical phrase I have learnt when at school 55 y ago ! )

 

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Today, tuesday 22 of november 2016 - Went to Nong Mek on main rd 22

 

At the lights at Ban Han_Noy

 

 

Rd 22 , coming back home

 

 

Bowie , a beautiful young dog

 

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Nearly at home , a beautiful old Isuzu

 

 

64 km - all photos with Olympus TG 860

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A long time  not on the forum...

because...

last week I was with many thai friends , about 140 people and their bicycles, and another farang and his bicycle on the road to Bangkok ;

We did Sakon Nakhon - Ayuttaya ( about 700 km ) from monday 28 of november to friday 2 of december .

In Ayuttaya, the bicycles were put in Royal Thai Police trucks to come back to Sakon Nakhon;

and we went to Bangkok by coaches to begin a long, long queue for entering The Royal Palace and pay hommage to the late King Rama IX ..

 

So here are some of the 320 photos I shot during these 6 days ..

About half of them are taken when cycling ...sometimes the quality isn't very good ..Apologise in advance ..

 

Day one - November  Monday 28 - Sakon Nakhon - Kalasin - rd 213 to Somdet and 12 from Somdet to Kalasin

It was a big " caravane" as the Tour de France with two police sedan car in front of us and many pickups and cars, SUV , ambulance behind 146 bicycles

 

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Some beautiful road bikes

 

 

And old antics also..

 

 

A good friend ( he didn't enter the Royal Palace like that ! )

 

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144 kilometers from Sakon to Kalasin .

 

Day two - Kalasin - Ban_Phai on road 2 - ( roads 12 - 213 - 23 )

 

 

The Big Boss of Kalasin ( for me he looks like Jacky_Chan )

 

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