Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

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Yesterday  monday 8 of may 2017 - MTBike 88 km - Olympus TG 860

 

On road 2021, going to Song Dao

 

 

Rd 227 going to Waritchaphum

 

 

A strange Toyota pickup, it's because of my 21 mm

 

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Today, wednesday 10 of may 2017 - MTBike 75 km - Olympus TG 860

 

 

Honda  Sawang Daen Din on rd 22, going to Phangkhon

 

 

A mushroom on a dead tree

 

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Mummy and her baby , still along rd 22

 

 

A samlo " kaya " ; shot when cycling just one meter behind it

 

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Since about one week, raining, storm, raining, often  no electricity, and no internet..

Not easy to live in the countryside in the middle of nowhere

 

Two days ago we went to That Phanom in Nakon Phanom province ;

they are made a new 4 lanes rd between Sakon Nakhon and   Khok Si Suphan ;

we are in the rainy season...

 

Rd 223 , shooting when driving ..

 

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Wednesday 17 of may 2017 - MTBike 103 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Floods in the rice fields, but not so important as in Kan'buri or Sukkhothai provinces

 

 

Shame on thai people ; have a look at some beautiful path in the forest;

they are nearly all like that in all the provinces where I cycle

 

 

 

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Yesterday friday 19 of may 2017 - MTBike 61 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Many beautiful mushrooms in the ditch, but don't eat them , you will see Bouddha rapidly

 

 

And rice field crab who want to cross the road

 

 

A "bridge"? to go to rice fields under too much water

 

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Oggi, wanni , วันนี้ , aujourd'hui, today  saturday 27 of may 2017 - MTBike 64 km - Olympus Tg 860

 

 

Rd 5045 , dead end at the summit, Phupalek National Park

 

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The beginning of the hill ; 4,5 km at average  10 %

 

 

Fourty minutes later, the top - 622 m

 

 

[Stepalex85]

9 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

The beginning of the hill ; 4,5 km at average  10 %

 

 

Fourty minutes later, the top - 622 m

 

 

Hi Michel, il me semble connaitre ce lieu....je t'ai adressé qq emails avec des photos !! Encore merci pour ton album de notre circuit vtt nord Thaïlande...Daniel

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Thank u Daniel;

don't forget we are on an english forum, so the natural language here  is .................english , " oeuf "  course

[Stepalex85]

Hi Michel,

 

Impressive rain at your home...

 

I knew that it had rained a lot in Thailand....

 

However... the strong rains are not they sooner than previous years?

 

Best regards

 

Daniel

[Stepalex85]

Hi Michel,

Did you receive my four emails I sent you with photos attached ?

Regards

Daniel

 

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So, last sunday it was Sawang Daen Din cyclo-club balade ..

 

05.33 am

 

 

It's a BMW MTBike ; beautiful and not so expensive but too much for me : 60,000 baht

 

 

 

[Stepalex85]

Hi Michel,

Cyclo-club balade... several distances I guess ... how many kms did you made ??
I see on the third photo ...that there are women who participate ...

BMW MTBike ... with its red wheels ... it's a  "Ferrari"  mountain bike...

Have a nice day !

Daniel

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No Daniel,

it was a balade , no race ; 40 km for everybody , women with men together.

About the BMW bicycle

 

https://www.bmwshop.ca/collections/bikes/bmw-mountain-bike

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Monday 29 of may 2017 - MTBike 79 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Red roads where I like to cycle

 

 

On the main rd ( n* 2280 ) where I do a U-turn to come back home, this thai coach

 

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Have u ever seen something like that ?

 

 

Living Sawang , the shop where I like to buy food for my cat ; for my five dogs I buy chicken carcass at the market

 

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Wednesady 31 of may 2017 - MTBike 155 km ( I know I'm bababobo ) - Olympus TG 860

 

 

A new ? rd sign in Thailand  ?

 

 

A beautiful tree in the rice fields

 

 

King of the world........in front of a primary school

 

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Entrance of a garage in the countryside

 

 

In France we say it's a " cul de bouteille "

 

 

In inside asphalt in the middle of the road , about every 20 meters

 

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A little green fly on a mangoo leaf

 

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Friday 9 of june 2017 - MTBike 69 km

 

Nearly in front of my village city hall

 

 

They are happy to go in the ditch with their pickup ; dont' know why !

 

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Saturday 10 of june 2017

 

No MTBike that day; have a look at the sky

 

 

Two friends ;

the cat is about 6 months old and the dog is 18 months old ; they like to play together

 

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Sunday 11 of june 2017 - MTBike 80 km -  Olympus TG 860

 

The rice fields are already full of water and it's not good

 

 

Rd 22, little bit blurred but I kike it

 

 

I'm again in the middle of rubber trees

 

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Tuesday 13 of june 2017 - MTBike 55 km - Olympus TG  860

 

Red roads ; I love them

 

 

A butterfly on my bag on the back of the MTBike

 

 

And a black bee on the road, still alive but I think very tired

 

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Wednesday 14 of june 2017 - MTBike 90 km - Olympus TG 860

 

Concrete and red roads, not the best for the tyres..

 

 

A spirit house in the middle of a fross roads

 

 

Our countryside

 

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A Wat in the middle of nowhere;

there is only one bouddha living there; he can speak a good english with also some french words !

 

 

Rubber trees on the two sides

 

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Friday 16 of june 2017 - MTBike 83 km - Olympus TG 860

 

7.14 am  a beautiful tanker on rd 22

 

 

If u want some fresh air....still on rd 22

 

 

The door of a Wat at the entrance of Chaiwan on rd 2239

 

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Sunday 18 of june 2017

 

Phangkhon cycloclub balade ;

we are a little bit more than 100 cyclists ! ya !

For most of them we went to Sakon Nakhon by bicycle and came back home by pickup;

but me and a few other cyclists came back to Phangkhon by bicycle..

115 km - Olympus TG 860

 

100 baht for food, drinks and organisation ; it's cheap

 

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Not every people

 

 

 

We had a police pickup in front of the peloton

 

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