With our rice harvest in – It is being further dried again ready for packing into sacks and storing until required.
Rice Drying
Drying Rice
Andrew
Market Day – Sawang Daen Din
Had a ride out to Sawang Daen Din to confirm it was market day every 19th which it is. Everybody is busy harvesting the rice at the moment so many of the villages are quiet.
Sang Khom
Another ride up to Sang Khom to locate the last few villages in the Amphor. Returened via Ban Yuat and the large Statue of Budah
Statue
Trip to Udon
Went with Eddie and Trevor for a run out to Udon, went to the chinese supermarket,Tesco, Makro and then Chern Chim which has moved to a new better location near the lake.
Ban Daeng
Another trip to Ban Daeng to vsit some more villages in Amphoe Phibunrak. I beleive I have now visited every village in the Amphoe but I could not find the name of one of them despite riding around the village twice. I will have to re-visit it some time. Got bitten by a dog on the way home near ban Na Thom. The second time in 4 years
Loy Gratong
Today is Loy Gratong Day when the Thais float there troubles away on small floats ( Gratongs) ordained with flowers and candles. I don’t think I will be participating this year.
Solar Power
With flood waters now receding I went up to Ban DonBak in Amphoe Sang Khom to look and see how a Solar Energy farm was progressing. When I arrived they were just tarmacing the previous Red din road that lead to it and the Farm seemed virtually complete.
Solar Power Farm
Afetr continuing past some villages I hadn’t visited before I returned to Sang Khom and then onto Ban Non Sawa. From there I returned via another track I hadn’t used before and just outside the next village of Ban Tha Siaao I came accross another Solar Energy farm under construction.
Ban Daeng
Went for a ride up to Ban Daeng and onto Ban Pho to locate some more villages for my map.
Temple entrance at Ban Pho
Unfortunatley in the Village after Ban Pho failed to find correct road out and ended up in the middle of nowhere cycling along a river bank before I retraced my route.
River Near Ban Po
Checking afterwards it looks if I had carried on a bit further I would have emerged onto the road I was After. Something to try again another day.