Trip to Udon
Went shopping today in Udon. The police were out in force stopping every Motorbike. From what I could see nearly everybody had to pay a fine either for not wearing a Helmet or for not having a driving license.
[Continue Reading]House in Pho Phan
Tim has been busy doing the rounds making offerings to the ghosts. I have alsobeen around on my bike just looking over the trees. I went to see our house in Pho Phan which I rarely visit nowadays. As suspected … [Continue Reading]
Temple Day
Today It is also a temple day here in Amphoer Ban Dung and many people have been going to offer food to the monks to make merit. Tim has been busy over the past 2 days making Coconut Kanom ( … [Continue Reading]
Mooncake Festival
Today is Mooncake festival day which is one of the four most important Chinese festivals in Thailand.
[Continue Reading]Fertilising the Trees
Fertilised the trees again today in Plantation number two for the second time this year. The weather was very hot and at 1.0 o’clock I returned home after starting at 8.00am. When I left there were only another 8 rows … [Continue Reading]
Motor Bike Accident
On my way to the plantation there was a crash between two motorbikes. This frequently happens because Thais have the bad habit of swerving to the right hand side of the road at T junctions if they are turning right … [Continue Reading]
Stroll around
Went for a stroll around town to take some better pictures for the website. They have now started to refurbish the shrine in the park area.
[Continue Reading]Web Site Update
I have updated both Bandunglife and eddies-bar web sites with new themes which I think make the sites easier to read. I have also re-started work on www.Isaanlife .co.cc and migrated some of the pages off bandunglife onto it. However … [Continue Reading]