Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

[Assurancetourix]

Can u understand why a GPS is totally useless in Thailand ?

On post #89 u have a photo of road 5015;

we are still on the same road and the number is ....3015

Other village and catholic churches along that road

13 km from That Phanom

A long boat on his lorry

[Assurancetourix]

March 14th 2014 ; we leave That Phanom,road 223,and 22 from Sakon Nakhon; we will be in Phangkhon this evening

Tobacco

Cooperative de Pon Yang Khram ; if you want to eat one of the best beef in the world ( Charolais ) ; a few km before arriving in Sakon nakhon

http://www.thaifrenchbeef.com/

In a Wat in the countryside of Sakon Nakhon; don't know the number of the road but can go there even in the night or in a huge fog

An old khmer temple

Jimmy, this is a " vache " ; many " vaches " cow like that in our province , for milk ; these are near the Wat and the khmer temple

The garden of a poor HiSo thai

The garden of another " poor " HiSo ;

these houses and beautiful garden are along the main rd 22 right side of the road if going to Udon Thani, not far a big PoToTo station

Another catholic church along road 22

[Assurancetourix]

March 15th 2014

Coming home by road 227 and from Ban_Kham_Bit a beautiful secondary one

In the morning a vietnamese breakfast in Phangkhon which is a vietnamese town; nearly all the inhabitants can speak viet language and many are catholics

A few km before Waritchaphum

Wat Tham ma Ke lo belongs to the thai royal army

To go there, at the top of the hill, it's very difficult with our bikes; % always up to 25 % for 1,5 km .

When going there with our pickup, downhill on position " L " I must use the brakes .

In the evening a dinner in the best restaurant of Sawang Daen Din with my wife and her second daughter who is entering University this year at Sakon nakhon

After, going to Sompon saloon for a bier or a very good coffee

[Assurancetourix]

A little balade today ; 56 km between two ( sudden ) showers ;

road 22, you can see it's raining faraway

A nice truck with a Michelin doll

Entrance of Sawang Daen Din when it's raining

Entrance of my village after the rain

[Assurancetourix]

Today, thursday 9 of june 2014 I went to Udon Thani ;

our washing machine ( Samsung ) is out of order so we need a part ; we will have it tomorrow ( the Samsung man said ) ;

Living our house at 6.30 am I came back home at 3 pm ; 148 kilometers ; yes, I know I'm a little bit bababobo, tingtong

I took the time to shoot 20 photos ! You will have not all of them

On road 22, going to Udon Thani

Udon Thani, 11 am , I have already left Samsung office; I'm in front of a thai " buffet" restaurant where I like to eat ; 90 baht, it's a buffet, you take what you want and take again if not full

Udon Thani, just a the railway crossing on road going to Sakon nakhon

A few kilometers outside Udon

Ten kilometers outside Udon, nearly every vehicles use the horn when passing there

I had a beautiful sky

Thai people like very much english language ( you must read Ban Chiang and not Ban Chaing )

A nice Michelin truck in Ban Han Noi

Après la sécheresse, c'est l'inondation ;

and in english ;

after the drought, the flood so we have a fisherwoman

Electricity in Thailand; we all know why we have often power cut

[Assurancetourix]

Today , friday 10 of june 2016;

No bicycle today;

Samsung phoned just before noon; the parts are in Udon so we are going there with the pickup ; nearly nobody in the town and a place for the pickup just in front of Samsung .

We are in the center of downtown, maybe 300 m from Central Plaza ( Robinson ) ;as I have some parts to buy for our two MTBike I walk a little bit;

in a big town there are always so many things or people to photography, such as this old Isuzu

Coming back home, another stupid accident; the driver of the pickup forced the passage and " boom " ; stupid drivers who don't want to loose the face ; he has lost his pickup

[Assurancetourix]

Today, saturday 11 of june 2016 a little balade to the top of Phupalek National Park which is not far from Song Dao

Song Dao at about altitude 120 m above the sea ;

and the top of the Park is at 5 km

And altitude 622 m

Coming back home

And a stop at Sompon Saloon for a Coke

76 kilometers today

[Assurancetourix]

Cleaning out the system today ; a few kilometers : 38 km under a warm sun ;

Meeting with a french friend in an " Issan" car ( red one ) ; on the other side of the road, selling trees

Everywhere in our province, this red shirt on the houses, fences, or trees like here

A question, what is that, these little pink things ? nests ? if nests, from which animal ?

I met a pink bufaloo; my wife says a farang bufaloo ; there are many pink ( albinos, I suppose ) bufaloos here

[samuijimmy]

The pink things are snail eggs (Hoi, not sure if that spelt correctly) but if you see large snails around that what's laying the eggs...

Escargot to you

a scrooge to rice farmers.... Great shoots by the way!

This is your pic from another posting, but when you see usually larger areas where no rice is growing, the snails have had lunch!

[Assurancetourix]

Thank u Jimmy

Edited June 12, 2016 by Assurancetourix

[nongai]

Pomacea canaliculata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

I heard that after bad advice the royals introduced these as food but they eat the rice and few eat the snails.

[Assurancetourix]

Thank u Nongai ;

Today , monday 13 of june 2016

A return " ticket " to Phangkhon , but with my MTBike ;

Just outside Sawang

Thank you Villagefarand or maybe another member, now I look at the sky when cycling , not too long ; and I stop for taking the photo

A young, very young baby bufaloo

And people selling hammocks

88 kilometers today

Edited June 13, 2016 by Assurancetourix

[Assurancetourix]

And today is another day for cycling ;

Went to Nong Han, road 22 going to Udon ; and came back home by the same road.

06.22 am, just outside my village

On a wrong utilities with my camera; not a bad image at all

Again " fay dap " it's every evening ; hope internet will not cut also

76 kilometers today

[Aussie69]

I love that you have an eye for, and take pleasure in, the simplest things that most people would pass by without a thought. I guess you could say you take time to stop and smell the roses.

[Aussie69]

The decoration of trucks is predominantly a Northern/Eastern thing. You don't see it as much down south. They certainly love Michelin

[Assurancetourix]

I love that you have an eye for, and take pleasure in, the simplest things that most people would pass by without a thought. I guess you could say you take time to stop and smell the roses.

Right Aussie69, but in the ditches there are more rubbish than roses ;

Yesterday , thursday 16 of june 2016, I cycled a lot ; had a good idea because rain began in the evening and is still falling;

the rice fields will be full of water in a short time .

So yesterday, taking road 2021 going to Ban Kham Bit which is also on road 227 ( Kalasin -- Phangkhon ) ;

So, in the middle of nowhere, road 2021 ; after that who can say that thai people aren't " frappadingue " , sorry bababobo, tingtong ..

Road 227 , going to Wang Sammo, Kalasin ; Isan flat country as they write in some ting tong french travel books

Not always easy to shoot Etan, isn't it ?

Leaving road 227 at the top of a beautiful hill; going on my right side, road 2040

Arghh ! The sky isn't blue today; maybe a good shower in a few time?

I like this photo, a special gift for Aussie69

Always drive carefully in Thailand; sometimes the road is like that ( deep brown envelops ? )

I had a few rain ; in the background, Phu Pa Lek National Park

[Assurancetourix]

Yesterday, 94 kilometers .

Since the beginning of this month I did 808 kilometers ;

and since the 1st of january , 8310 kilometers;

I must change my brake pads ( 5400 km );it's better than the last time I had to change them ; they did 3.300 km but more mountain .

[Aussie69]

Loved the photo

[Aussie69]

Yesterday, 94 kilometers .

Since the beginning of this month I did 808 kilometers ;

and since the 1st of january , 8310 kilometers;

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You do more Kms than i do in my car, much more. I am not joking, I am quite serious. You are going to live until your into your 100s at this rate.

[Assurancetourix]

I hope so Aussie69 , why not more ?

[Assurancetourix]

Today, saturday 18 of june 2016

Was raining during the night; sunrise this morning

I decide to cycle even the sky is not blue and I was right, I had a beautiful day .

A few kilometers after Nong Han on the way to Udon Thani ; it's a coffee and an hotel

Yes, I'm going to Udon Thani for buying new brake pads ;

A few kilometers before Udon downtown; I'm lucky, I will see that beautiful truck later on a huge parking lot

In the soi where there is a bike shop, a little bit after Makro Udon, just before a Susco benzine station ( left side )

Another bike shop , it's about 400 m after Central Plaza ; open when I arrived at 9 am ; 10 minutes to have new brakes and 480 baht less in my purse

Not far from that shop, in the same road where there is Pannarai Hotel, this is a good and cheap restaurant

[Assurancetourix]

To be continued;

I have food to give to my six dogs ..

[Aussie69]

The Moai Coffee featuring the Easter Island Moai statues is interesting, particularly in the middle of Thailand. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moai

[Assurancetourix]

Right Aussie69; it was also my first thought;

a thai traveller all around the world ?;

So after food for the dogs and Football between Red devils and Eire ( 3 - 0 ), a good night to recover ; 151 kilometers yesterday at average 25 ; I think it's still good for an old man

In Udon Thani On the other side of the railway tracks there is a chinese temple ;

I passed there so many times and never went to have a look ; so

About 15 kilometers after Udon, left side of the road going to Sakon Nakhon , there is a huge mill , they transform rubber sap in caoutchouc;

a huge mill and a huge parking lot for trucks;

There was the beautiful red truck I saw a few hours earlier ; always I ask the driver who is often the owner if I can shoot some photos.

Many other trucks there and I think some of them are here since a long time

[Assurancetourix]

And today is another day; it's sunday 19 of june 2016

A few kilometers , 59 ...to be in cracking form

A " macro " test with snail shells

Road 22, Ban_Ya

And a new ( I think but I don't hope so ) lign coach

[Assurancetourix]

Today is another day ; wednesday 22 of june 2016 ;

Going to Phangkhon where I stay about one hour discussing with a friend who had a restaurant in Bang Saray ( Pattaya ) two years ago; now living with his wife in the contryside close to Phangkhon

Living my village; it's about 7 am

Just outside Sawang , road 22 to Sakon Nakhon

A big thai ladybird on my bike pump

Clouds

Phangkhon , PEA at work

Again clouds on road 2021, coming back home by Waritchaphum, Song Dao ..

A nice and good trip of 101 kilometers today

[Assurancetourix]

But today is/was another day for cycling - friday 24 of june 2016

It was raining in the night ; no sun this morning ; ideal weather for cycling but not for shooting photos

I'm on road 2239 going to Chaiwan

And now road 3059 going to Ban Tha_Sila ; a farm with many dogs; they are my friends now, I had some dog feed in my pocket

Forty baht for one kilogram ; I pick an average of 20 krapong each day ..

When I'm in front of my laptop, two of my dogs are playing on the floor

The youngest, Soey , 7 months and 1 ( one ) kilo likes to eat the chair

Edit , forgot , 71 kilometers today ;

1246 km since the beginning of this month .

Edited June 24, 2016 by Assurancetourix

[Assurancetourix]

Aussie69,

You can comment on my lign but without posting photos .

[Assurancetourix]

Today saturday 25 of june 2016 is another day

Going to Sawang , rd 22 ; on opposite lane this beautiful truck

Rd 2280 going to Charoen Sin, a beautiful dead tree

And a farm trailor with a wrong plaque

Other trucks, same road

Just outside Charoen Sin, taking rd 4009 to Kok_Si

Two months ago we were looking, waiting for rains; now we have too much water

Every day, I meet new friends

Now on rd 2091, coming back to Sawang

75 kilometers today; coming back home at 1.30 pm

[samuijimmy]

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