Assurancetourix - Daily life in Thailand and what I see

[Assurancetourix]

Be careful when making an itineraire with a map in Thailand ..

We are on rd 3050; but on my Thinknet map it's number 2040 ...

 

 

In a few months we will have a new road

 

[Assurancetourix]

 

 

Lad Phrao is a long, very long street in the north of Bangkok ( 10 km long )

 

 

Ah..!! Arriving on an asphalt road

 

[Assurancetourix]

In the middle of nowhere ..

 

 

Not far..a Wat

 

[Assurancetourix]

Always rd 3050 ..

 

[Angry Beaver]

Man I would love to go on these daily adventures with you and take some photos but I don't think I can keep up with you.  Riding 50km-100km a day is nuts, especially in the heat. I've never ridden that far on my scooter, let alone my MTB. Those dirt roads look really fun to ride on though.

Keep up the great work!

[Assurancetourix]

Thank u for ur answer;

I like to cycle;

other people like to do other things ..ride a big moto like my friend Jon ..or going to soi 6 in Pattaya ...Why not ?

Doing 100 km a day isn't a challenge for me ;

beginning at 6 am coming back home at 3 or 4 pm..

I often stop in my friend's houses; some are farang as me , others are thai people.

Today no bicycle , I have a bike race in Mukdahan next sunday ;

I go there first to see my first daughter who is married with a man from Dontan ..

and second for the race but I don't like to race in Thailand, many thai men cheat ; doing half the race in a pickup or eating drugs ..

I know what about I speak; I cycle since more than 50 years ..

[Angry Beaver]

Beginning at 6 a.m. and coming back at 4 p.m. that's a pretty long ride! That's like driving from Bangkok all the way up to Chiang Mai. I guess I just need to ride more haha.

Best of luck on your race next Sunday. 

[Assurancetourix]

@Angry Beaver , I don't race when cycling every two days, I stop often for photographiing or discussions with some friends I have along or on the roads..

Many truckers know about me and often stop their big trucks for  a little discussion ;

I know how to drive their trucks, it was my job before in Europe; not sure if  they can cycle as fast as I do

if I want to cycle fast I can do it; for example going to Udon Thani and coming back : 150 km and only 5 hours on the MTBike ..

On a road bike I can cycle faster.. but I prefer my MTBike because I love to cycle on red roads or in the hills all around in my province ..

[Ace of Pop]

Ah ! Yesterday a few kilometers ; about 30 on red roads...and the rest 32 on main roads such as rd 22

I like to ride on these roads even the MTBike is dirty when arriving at home ..

All photos with Olympus TG 860

Just outside my village

 



 

The rd to Ban Tha_Sila ( rd 4039 ) ; a poor lonely buddy, a beautiful one, don't know why thai people don't care about their dogs

 



 

And an Etan

 



 

You were in Krabi Realy


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[Assurancetourix]

Never went to Krabi Ace of Pop ;

I'm living and cycling in my province Sakon Nakhon ;

sometimes I like to go to the provinces in the north of Thailand ; Pitsanulok, Uttaradit, Phrae,  Phayao,  Chiang Rai, and so on ...

I love the mountains in the north 

[Assurancetourix]

Some photos I shot yesterday , friday 23 of september 2016

 

All photos with Olympus TG 860

 

Central Plaza in Udon Thani

 

 

Parking lot of Tuckom Udon Thani ;

 

[Assurancetourix]

Today, saturday 24 of september 2016 - 84 km with my MTBike; going to Phangkhon and coming back on the same road , number 22

 

All photos with Olympus TG 860

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Same day, same camera

 

 

[Assurancetourix]

Yesterday we went to That Phanom for visiting our daughter who is working there.

( yes I wrote, I think, I will go to Mukdahan for a MTBike race, but my wife was ill all the week , so ...)

So, a visit in That Phanom .. and a thing I didn't knew, my mother in law had never seen the Mekong ...

She saw it yesterday afternoon and wants to come back again a future day ...

 

Some photos from That Phanom

 

 

I'm watching u !

 

 

It's better to understand thai language ..

 

[Assurancetourix]

If u want to enter a Wat in Thailand .

 

 

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Thailand country n* 1 in the world for " patchum "

 

 

Miss That Phanom

 

[Assurancetourix]

I prefer real ladies 

 

 

We went for diner in a restaurant where they like/love Leo beer

 

 

And Heineken

 

[Assurancetourix]

Yesterday , tuesday 27 of september 2016 , a  little MTBike balade - 59 km - no photo ;

today wednesday 28 of september 2016, another MTBike balade, a little bit longer , 76 km ;

a few photos, only trucks on rd 22

 

Olympus TG 860

[Aussie69]

Sunday 28 of august ;
despite it's raining nearly all day all night , I can find some hours to cycle and shoot photos;
since last tuesday I cycle 220 km in three days;
nothing today ; I'm in front of my laptop listening some blues
 
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I hope you notified someone about that sign, it is dangerous [emoji54]

[Assurancetourix]

I'm farang and here a farang has only one right : shut up !

It's a thai problem, not mine ..

[Assurancetourix]

Today I stopped in front of an house I wanted to shoot a long time ago ...

 

 

 

Very nices people inside and also big dogs who want to play all the time with me ..

I must do like that ....  if I want to shoot the biggest one ..

 

[Assurancetourix]

The boss is a tattoo man and some people say also he is a sorcerer ...

With me he was very kind; as there are so many bufalo horns I spoke with him about " Ban Dam " about 10 kms north of Chiang Rai ;

He answered me , " Ah ! Tawan Duchanee ! "

 

 

Inside the house it's like that everywhere

 

[Aussie69]

I'm farang and here a farang has only one right : shut up !
It's a thai problem, not mine ..

Ok ?

(BTW sry for reposting your photo)

[Assurancetourix]

 I passed today where is that tingtong rd mark ; still there ...

 

 

Yesterday 76 km on rd 22;

going to Nong Han and coming back ;

 

much water in the river at Ban Kho_Tai

 

 

Nong Mek, when the lights are red, it's easier to shot some original photos ..

 

 

 

Coming back, again Ban Koh_Tai ... Not the same river

 

[Assurancetourix]

And today another MTBike balade  on secondary roads ...

 

Eh ! Alfredo, I stopped in front of your house, only four dogs to say Hello ! ; where were u ?

 

A few meters , maybe 300 meters ..,after Alfredo's house

 

 

 

Not far from main rd 22 on rd 2239 coming from Chaiwan

 

 

 

And again Ban Koh_Tai with other fishing women ..than yesterday

 

 

[Assurancetourix]

Today , new shoes for our Isuzu pickup ;

the old ones had 127,600 km ; 6 years and 8 months

As u can see, thai people ( and maybe some farang ? ) cannot understand why I changed them, the old  aren't slick

 

Front

 

Back

[Assurancetourix]

A new MTBike balade today ...( 86 km )

and a surprise in Sawang Daen Din ..

I thought it was an old Isuzu and it is a Hino;

an old Hino, of course

 

 

If it's raining a little bit more we will have some problems on rd 22; water is very near

 

 

A few kilometers before arriving home on rd 22

 

[Assurancetourix]

And today is another day ...

Going to Nong Han on main rd 22 - 77 km - photos with Olympus TG 860

 

[Assurancetourix]

Today, sunday 9 october 2016 ;

I take a rest as Who u know ..

 

Yesterday under a very warn sun 76 kilometers on the main rd 22

Still much water in some rice fields

 

 

The red lights a Nong Mek

 

 

The driver was eating in a little restaurant along rd 22 not far from Nong Han

 

[Assurancetourix]

Today , monday 10 of october 2016 ..

 

+ 90 km with my MTBike  on road 2280 Sawang - Charoen Sin ....direction of Kham Tha Kla, Beung Khan ..

All photos with Olympus TG 860

 

Sunrise at 06.30 am just outside my village

 

 

A nice Etan just outside Charoen Sin

 

 

A big Bouddha in the countryside, rd 2280