The Flame Vine or orange trumpet vine ( Pyrostegia venusta), a South American native which puts on a display of orange flowers has started to come out in flower . It is perhaps one of the most spectacular flowering vines.
[Continue Reading]Have restarted mapping the roads again after a lull of two years. Have give an Eddie a copy of my first map which covers the roads to all the surrounding Amphoers. I am currently working on the next release and … [Continue Reading]
Have started to drain the water in the boggy land behind the dam by cutting a small drainage ditch in the small secondary dam. It will take a few weeks for the water to drain and the land to dry … [Continue Reading]
Today was cool & overcast so went up to Sangkhom & then back via Ban Yuat to re-familiarise myself with the roads in that area. http://www.bandunglife.net/maps/ban-dung-to-sang-khom/
[Continue Reading]Went today to have another go at finding an Off road route to Ban Muang. This time I was more succesfull and only took two wrong turnings; one cost cost me about 6k as I had to double back. On … [Continue Reading]
Went to have a look around the lake today. Whilst I was there I noticed that a pair of Green Bee Eaters had returned and also a pair of Kingfishers
[Continue Reading]Explored a new route to Sawaeng Daen Din & only 2k longer than going by boring Road. On the way there I missed the turn offs as the villages had different names to those shown on Maps. I eventually emerged … [Continue Reading]
Went on a small bike ride today with Norman, Went to Phon Sung,Om ko,Dong Yen,Ban Muang and then back to Ban Dung. I was reminded there are still a few routes I don’t know going of the 2022 which I … [Continue Reading]