Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

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Sunday 2 of april 2017 - MTBike 93 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

Bye bye old Sawang Post Office

 

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Monday 3 of april 2017 - MTBike 40 km - Olympus TG 860

 

First, some photos shot in our garden

 

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Went to a Wat not far from Sawang and met two nices dogs

 

 

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Working are finishing to make a new road in Ban Tay on rd 22

 

 

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In our garden we have a young mangoo tree with ant nests , I saw two nests, maybe more..

 

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Tuesday 4 of april 2017 - no MTBike - Olympus TG 860

 

We went to town Sakon Nakhon ;

saw on internet there is a beautiful Wat in the Phu Phan mountains..

 

Wat Tham Pha Daen

 

http://christianpfc.blogspot.com/2015/08/wat-tham-pha-daen-in-sakon-nakhon.html

 

 

Very poor conditions for shooting, I'm so sorry ..

If u want to have the sun in your back, go there in the morning .

 

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If u have a bad head for heights, don't go farther...

 

 

 

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Thursday 6 of April 2017 - MTBike 82 km - Olympus TG 860

 

6.30 am , a light fog..just outside my village

 

 

A butterfly in the grass

 

 

Safety first, as usual

 

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Friday 7 of April 2017 - MTBike 103 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

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Saturday 8 of april 2017 - MTBike  58 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

 

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Monday 10 of april 2017 - MTBike 77 km - Olympus TG 860

 

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How to have succulent mangoo ...even there are ferocious red ants ; it's in our garden..

 

 

 

Newspaper and elastic...

 

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Good to see the pic department is back on it`s feet again. Thanks for all the nice pics Assurancetourix .

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Since last monday 10 of april this year I cycled a little bit ( about 600 km ) ;

went to Khon Kaen by car with a friend last sunday for voting  french presidential election ;

in a room of Charoen Thani hotel

 

 

It's in the lobby of the hotel

 

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Yesterday , wednesday 26 of april 2017 - MTBike 88 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

Many clouds, sunrises....

 

 

Every thai people know that since a few days it's forbidden to....

 

 

The national tree of Thailand - golden shower tree (Cassia fistula)

 

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Tuesday 2 of may 2017 - MTBike 60 km - Olumpus TG 860

 

A water castle on a big Isuzu truck

 

 

Never forget that the thai football championship is in England

 

 

Yes....it's a school bus

 

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Safety as usual............We are in Thailand .....Maybe 3 or 4 minutes before I arrive there with my MTBike; the driver was still behind the wheel

 

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Yesterday , wednesday 3 of may 2017 - MTBike 79 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Linving our house early in the morning, before 6.00 am when it's not yet hot

 

Arriving in Sawang - it's a Tata pickup ( safety first , as usual )

 

 

I'm on rd 2280 in the direction of Kham Ta Khla

 

 

It's an artificial lake, for irrigation ; a few km after Charoen Sin, right side of the rd 2280

 

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On Google map, there are many roads .....which are not really roads but path where we can only ride with a two wheels engine;

for example this rd

 

 

 

 

Edited May 4, 2017 by Assurancetourix

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Coming back on rd 2280 under a too warm sun ;

I drank much soda and water but was tired coming back home;

today no bicycle..a rest at home

 

Aother IVECO truck

 

 

And a nice old ISUZU truck

 

[samuijimmy]

9 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

Right Jimmy; so I deleted it..

Don't know how to upload a google map , so u can see where I'm cycling

 

I always have problems with that too, (google maps links)   KhunPer seems to have no problems doing it, perhaps he will explain how to do it!

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A huge storm this evening ; and a howling gale

as usual, ( fai dap ), no elctricity and no internet during about three hours

 

 

So much rain falling, it's like fog

 

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And this morning a beautiful blue sky...........after the sun rises

 

 

With Sawang Daen Din cyclo-club we like to be together about twice a month

 

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Yes, a photo in the middle of rd 2342, going to Song Dao

 

 

Yesterday evening much wind and the result is ...

 

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I shoot when cycling

 

 

We went to a Wat which belongs to the Royal Thai army

 

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The general came there by helicopter

 

 

My camera is water and dust proof, fortunatly

 

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On the photo above, the man in blue is an army officer and also a friend of mine; we like to cycle together.

 

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Today, sunday 7 of may 2017 , no MTBike ;

went to Khon Kaen with our pickup for the 2nd tour of votation ; presidential elections in France.

 

On rd 2 before arriving in Khon Kaen

 

 

Le bureau de vote in Charoen Thani hotel in Khon Kaen

 

 

And for those who have never seen some " thai-english " here is  a nice piece;

the parking lot ticket