I have just heard that Kimmo Jaakkola passed away today . He had been suffering from pancreatic cancer for many months, so although expected it still comes as a shock. He never achieved his last wish of seeing is wife & son one more time. R.I.P. Kimmo.
Andrew
Road Repairs
Nobody can understand whats happening after 10years of pot holes & unmaintained roads they seems to have started a major effort to repair/resurface all the roads in the Amphoer . The Three most obvious are the roads from Ban Dung to Non Sawang, Thon Na Lab & Kut Du which have been in major need of repair since I can remember. Also they seem to have done minor repairs in many of the roads around town.
New Thesaban Offices
A new Thesaban administration building has been built adjacent to the sports complex.
In our terms they are new council offices for the Municipality – Thesaban mueang – (Thai: เทศบาลเมือง) of Ban Dung.
SSL Cerificatess
Added SSL security to my websites so they can now all be accessed using https instead of http.
Phara ThayWee Hotel
This is the latest edition to Ban Dungs range of Hotels, Located directly opposite the grand Hotel it offers accommodation on a daily or Monthly Basis.
It is currently offering room’s at a 50% reduction as it has only opened in the past few days.The Translation into English on their sign leaves something to be desired. But properly translated directly from Thai (พาราเทวี) it is Phara ThayWee which means the City Goddess Hotel.
Tel: 042 271 645
Free Wi-Fi Available
A Bridge too far
At Ian’s request we did the track from Omko to Ban Na DinChi which involves crossing a footbridge over the river. Unfortunately the end of the rack ends 20-30m from the Bridge and hence we had a choice of wading thru Mud or walking thru overgrown Bushes & Bamboo to reach it & carry on from the otherside .
At this point I think I picked up a thorn in my tyre because 500m from Dong Yen My front tyre went flat. After changing it (with some difficulty) it went flat immediately again. I opted to walk into Dong Yen and look for a BpaYang (Tyre Repair) shop.
Unfortunately it was a Big Buddha day and they were all shut. However an old man on a Motorbike helped us out by finding one that was still open & guiding us to it.
He repaired the tube – Price 20Baht & I gave him a 20Baht tip well worth the money. So A ride that should have taken 2hrs 30 mins took over 3 hours.
Bangkok Bank
A branch of Bangkok bank has opened in town opposite the bus station. This Brings to 6 the number of banks in town with all the largest banks being represented.
Pins Cafe,Bar & Shop
Owned by Eddie Carey ( Of Eddies Bar Fame) And managed my his wife Pin. They offer a wide range of Beer, A Food Menu and an extensive shop selling western food.
Opening times: 9 am – 7:00pm
Phone:
Mobile : 0854553646
Web-site : pinscafe.bandunglife.net