Suffered a Major Data Loss . I’ve had to rebuild the site from Back-up data over 12 months old. I will endeavour to recover more & correct a lot of the missing files & Images
Andrew
Alcohol Grace Period
There is a two day grace period from the 1st-2nd of May allowing people to purchase alcohol after which the Alcohol ban will be extended until further notice. This is despite the Beer company’s petitioning the government to end the prohibition. So if you want any you will have to be quick.
Udon Thani to loosen lockdowns
According to the Bangkok Post The provinces of Nonthaburi and Udon Thani are loosening partial lock downs following the recent drop in the rate of new coronavirus infections.Udon Thani aims to relax some restrictions as early as Saturday.
Udon Thani will start relaxing rules “but with social distancing guidelines”, for example allowing people to dine at restaurants, Governor Nirat Pongsitthithaworn said in a briefing Tuesday. That’s providing there are no new virus cases in the 14 days through April 17, he said.
Latest Quarantine Figures
These are the quarantine figures for Udon Thani Province on the 12th April.
Alcohol Ban
The Alcohol Ban Will last from the 11th to the 30th of April in Udon Thani Province. It seems to have been a well kept secret by the Provincial government with the only reference I have found to it occurring on facebook.
Other provinces have set different restrictions.
Mini Big C
A Mini Big C has just opened in Ban Dung. It is located on the Same junction as the Yamaha Motor Bike shops. Where the Barbecued Chicken Vendor used to have is store.
Earthquake
A shallow magnitude 6.1 earthquake hit northwestern Laos near the Thai border early; I felt it at about 6:50 as I was sat at my computer in Ban Dung although no damage was done .
The shaking could be felt more than 700 kilometers (435 miles) away in the Thai capital Bangkok.
“The shaking … was the main shock from a quake in Laos at 6:50am and was felt in northern and northeastern Thailand and Bangkok and suburbs,” said Sophon Chaila, an official at the Thai Meteorological Department.
Local Farang Death
I was Informed a few days ago that Melvin Mills (Known by everybody as Mel a Former Taxi Driver from London) had a Brain Hemorrhage and has subsequently passed away. It appears he had been having mental issues for a few days & got lost in Nong Khai on his way to Chang Mai with his Daughter . She contacted her Mother who was able to find them and he was subsequently admitted to Hospital in Udon Thani. It seems that Mel had suffered a reoccurence of a problem for which he had an operation many years prior in the UK . Unfortunately After 3 days in Hospital he died ; However it appears he had the foresight to contact the UK embassy to arrange for his body to be dealt with by his common law wife saving a lot of subsequent issues for the release of his body. He was Cremated Yesterday 07/08/12 there were many Thais in Attendance but only a Handful of farangs,