Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

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Le 11 mars 2017; which day ?  Last Saturday

 

6.51 am - sunrise in my village

 

 

Wanted to discover a little lake not far from Charoen Sin , rd 2280 and didn't found it..

Google map is " une grosse daube " , in english : anything ( at all ) ;

be careful when using your maps applications on your phone or tablet...

There are so many roads which doesn't or never exist but are on Google maps...

Bo penne yang do..I found a new friend

 

Edited March 13, 2017 by Assurancetourix

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Was again on nices red roads..I like/love these roads, and the countryside

 

 

Sometimes on asphalt roads

 

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Rd 3022, in a little village lost in the middle of nowhere

 

 

Rd 222 going to Phangkhon

 

 

Not far from Phangkhon

 

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I'm rd 22 going to Sawang Daen Din

 

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Sunday 12 , march 2017 - MTBike 77 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

In the morning in my village

 

 

I'm on rd 22; it's 7.30 am

 

 

In Sawang downtown, a christian church

 

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I'm on road 2280; just outside Charoen Sin

 

 

Always looking for the big lake not very far from Charoen Sin

 

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I found it !!

 

 

But... BUT be very careful if using an appli GoogleMap or similar ,

too many roads which are on these maps do not really exist ;

I don't know how they work with the satellit images but it's like thai paper maps; anything at all

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Coming back home by roads 2280 and 22

 

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Monday 13 , march 2017

 

No bicycle today, we had to go to the technical control for our pickup;

I tried some " macros " with the very little bees in our garden

 

 

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Tuesday 14 , march 2017 - MTBike 60 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Only rd 22 , going to Nong Mek and coming back by the same rd;

as u can see, thai drivers don't know anything about security distances between big vehicles

 

 

 

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I was looking after the second one...

 

 

 

 

If we are in England or in France, Italy, Germany, we will have security signal cones maybe 400 meters before where they are working..

Not in Thailand, only at the place...

 

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Wednesday 15, march 2017 - MTBike 79 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Always looking for the right road going to the big lake not far from Charoen Sin

I was a trucker, never forget it ! 

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And....I found it ! 

 

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Red roads...and cows after the buffaloes

 

 

The baby, in front , is 2 months old

 

 

Found another baby stray countryside dog and feed it

 

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Came back on a main rd

 

 

A dirty man..washing his cement truck in the field

 

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Thursday 16 , march 2017 - MTBike 103 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Went to Nikhom Nam Un; it's also a very big artificial lake

 

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

 

On the road , mother and baby

 

 

And an old house..

 

 

Rd 2218, difficult to climb a little hill

 

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2017 march 19 - MTBike 84 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Last night we had a big storm, and as usual no electricity ; on fan, no water...

 

In the morning of that last sunday

 

 

And some street foods without a roof

 

 

In Sawang downtown, we had red and green lights at the same time..

 

 

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Monday 20, march 2017 - MTBike 40 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

Never drink AND drive in Thailand, u will have some problems on this road

 

 

Safety first, as usual

 

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Wednesday 22, march 2017 - MTBike 100 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

 

Never afraid ..

 

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Thursday 23 , march 2017 - MTBike 84 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Double A truck; it's a Howo, a chinese one

 

 

Met a thai friend who had a problem on his road bike;

 

 

A motorbike and his looooooooooooooong lorry

 

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Friday 24 , march 2017 - MTBike 55 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

 

It's often dangerous to drive in the night

 

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Sunday 26 , march 2017 - MTBike 91 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Sawang Daen Din cyclo-club balade

so road bikes and MTBikes, men, women..old , young people...A nice meddley

 

6.33 am

 

 

6.48 am

 

 

7.57 am

 

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8.58 am

 

 

9.21 am

 

 

10.00 am

 

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10.16 am

 

 

10.56 am

 

 

12.34 am

 

 

1.32 pm

 

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Monday 27 , march 2017 - MTBike 60 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

 

Be careful on the roads when these vehicles are with you..

It's for transporting cows or buffaloes alive and their drivers are as fool as minibus drivers..

 

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Tuesday 28 , march 2017 - MTBike 43 km - Olympus TG 860

 

We are at about 3 km from downtown Sawang Daen Din

 

 

Here we are inside Sawang

 

 

Just outside, in the direction of Udon Thani

 

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Wednesday 29, march 2017 - MTBike 90 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Sunrise, just outside my village - 6.40 am

 

 

In a very little village in the countryside , not very far from Charoen Sin ; main rd is 2280

The two sides of this Wat door

 

 

Second door in the same Wat

 

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Thursday 30 , march 2017 - MTBike 89 km - Olympus TG 860

 

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Two chinese trucks and an european one...A Volvo ; The best in the world , my experience as an ancient trucker

 

 

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Saturday 1 of April 2017 - MTBike 83 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

 

So many Michelin dolls...