Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

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Yesterday evening, about 9 pm, " fay dap " and this morning when beginning my MTBike balade, as yesterday, no electricity;

it came back at about 2 pm, one hour ago !

We had rain during all the night but no rain when going outside with my MTBike at about 6 am

Just outside our village

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I'm on rd 22 going ( again ) to Nong Han;

a man cutting rice; yes , rice not the grass... Don't know why ..( maybe it's not his rice ? )

And women fishing

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I'm on rd 22 going ( again ) to Nong Han;

a man cutting rice; yes , rice not the grass... Don't know why ..( maybe it's not his rice ? )

And women fishing

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And again a surprise with the size of the photos;

Presumptuous ATX about the weather and the sky ;

I had the big, the huge downpour during the balade

Coming back home with the sun... 76 km today

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An admin or a moderator can delete post 153; it's the same as 152 .

Yesterday I did 121 kilometers with a french friend ; a very beautiful weather but much wind in my face coming back home

 

Edited August 1, 2016 by Assurancetourix
not the good 1st photo

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And today, monday, the first of august 2016 a little bike balade 58 kilometers ;

 

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Today tuesday 2 of august 2016 ;

 

Listening Pink Floyd  - PULSE (live at Earls Court London) 20/10/1994 (Full Concert) on U-Tube .. Good concert ..

Yesterday we had a huge storm but no " fay dap !" strange ..and good , the fan was working all the night ..

This morning on road 227 going to Wang Sammo

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And coming back home;

here, I'm at 52 km from my village

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Yesterday wednesday 3 of august 2016;

 

Beautiful day for cycling; not too much sun ..no wind ;

road 22 going to Phangkhon

 

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And coming back home...

 

 

79 km yesterday

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Cycling every day ; it's like a drug but a nice, a good drug !

Went to Nong Han on road 22 ; 76 kilometers today ; no sun and no wind also

 

It's easier to shoot a truck when it is sleeping ( like his driver )

 

 

Another one

 

 

TOT or 3BB will install new phone lines

 

Edited August 5, 2016 by Assurancetourix

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And today saturday 6 of august 2016 , I'm a lucky man ..

Cycling early in the morning , I came back home 2 hours ago ( noon );

now it's raining, raining ...but no storm so still internet ...

 

The sky at 7 am this morning on rd 22

 

 

Much water in the river at Ban_Ya

 

 

I decide, today, to go inside but the Wat is not beautiful;

fortunately the door at the entrance is

 

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Some more photos

 

I can see these 4 trucks every morning on rd 22

 

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, sunday 7 of august 2016 ;

 

As I wrote yesterday, the same big truck going outside PoToTo station just outside Sawang Daen Din - rd 22

 

 

At a light inside Sawang

 

 

Rd 227, between Phangkhon and Kalasin; here is at ban That ; three km before Waritchaphum

 

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A very beautiful Cheddi in ban That

 

 

On the parking lot of Tesco Waritchaphum; big black clouds...

 

 

A few km before Song Dao

 

 

And 20 minutes later It was raining on me ..

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What are these trucks transporting?

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I think it's clay , little stones ..

Every time I can see them, they are empty going from Sakon Nakhon to the direction of Udon Thani at high speed .

Saw them again this morning , thursday 11 of august 2016; all empty ..

 

Today a few km; I found a baby cat walking alone in the middle of nowhere along the big 4 lanes rd 22 ;

so I came back home ;

he has his own room with food and water; difficult to have a baby cat with my five little dogs; they want to kill it

 

This morning found also a rice field crab , alive on the middle of my road, so I put it in the ditch .

 

Edited August 11, 2016 by Assurancetourix

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One week I don't post something !

Raining much, often in the night so i can cycle in the morning and afternoon.

Last sunday, 14 of august 2016 , many vehicles on rd 22 ; I'm not far from Nong Han coming back to Sawang

 

 

But before arriving home it was raining ...

 

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Monday the 15th of august 2016

 

 

In Ban_Ya, many trucks with 20' containers waiting for ..

 

 

Nong Mek, the new  lights work

 

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Same day , monday 15 of august 2016

 

 

There are many road marks we don't have in Europe

 

 

And pickup, also ..

 

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you are right RMX, fortunately empty ...........but when much wind and a slippery road ...and I have never seen them going cautiousnessness

 

Some more photos of Sakon Nakhon and Udon Thani provinces;

 

Tuesday 16 of august 2016 ,

 

Cycling to Phangkhon - total = 83 km - beautiful weather in the morning;

this is a new bridge for the future high speed train ( in another life, I suppose )

 

 

A nice yellow M150 truck

 

 

And bufaloes lying in their mud baht

 

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On my return way, the entrance of a little bar/restaurant

 

 

Arriving in Sawang, the deluge/flood - it is 2.48 pm

 

 

Twenty minutes later, just outside Sawang

 

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Two days ago a big overvoltage during 3 or 4 minutes; fortunately, I have an UPS ( Uninterruptible Power Supply ) , often it's the contrary, undervoltage from 175 volts to 60, 45..sometimes nothing ..

 

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Last friday evening - 19 of august 2016 - we, 9 thai people and 2 farang ( french ) had the crazy idea to do a lap beginning and finishing at Phangkhon , Sakon Nakhon province;

 

Going to Beung Kan, road 222, then 212 to Nong Khai, 2 to Udon Thani and 22 to Phangkhon ..

the bagatelle of 453 km we did in less than 24 hours

 

Departure a 6.30 pm , it was not yet raining ..No women on the bikes, only in the three cars who were with us for the security

 

 

My apologize for the bad quality of the photos;

I was cycling, it was night and my camera is a basic one  a compact Olympus TG 860

 

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We are at Kham Ta Khla; it is 9.50 pm and it is raining MUCH

 

A stop at the 7/11 for a warm coffee or ovaltine for me .

In the pickup there is an old fridge in which we have much ice and drinks ( no alcool !! )

 

 

Edited September 11, 2016 by samuijimmy
made "Much" smaller!

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On the road to Beung Kan, it's pissing down ( but we like that, I think ? ), in french the expression is : " il pleut comme vache qui pisse "

 

 

Arriving at Beung Kan - PoToTo station right side of the road - there is a security guard in front of the door

 

 

My french friend who is a young man, only 66 y old

 

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I had to stop here, I wanted to go further but my body said NO ;

I can do  more than 450 km in 24 hours, I did already 628 km in 26 hours;

yes, it was a long time ago during the race Bordeaux - Paris with amateur like me, I was never a cyclist professional !

So my bicycle on one of the pickups and me inside it .

130 kilometers, average 28 km/h in the night and we had a huge rain ..

 

Beung Kan to Nong Khai , it'is 6 am

 

 

6.20 am

 

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Rd 2 from Nong Khai to Udon Thani

 

9.00 am

 

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Today, monday 22 of august 2016;

we went to Kasersat University not very far from  Sakon Nakhon city, on the road to Nakon Phanom , where our youngest daughter is studying ;

 Have a look how to never have a problem with " police tolls" - there were two on 120 kms and many speeding vehicles were on the left side to pay something; my wife said 1,000 baht now !

90 km/h , less than 2000 revs/mn , 17, 5 km for 1 liter of fuel ....with a 3,000cc pickup and automatic gear .

 

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Today, tuesday 23 of august 2016

 

99 kilometers on my MTBike a few photos which are already in different threads..

 

The one of the four I prefer ; nearly 500.000 baht, the same price as a pickup 2 doors ...!!