Went for a Bike ride to Sang Khom in the morning going out the long way, Took some pictures of Sang khom and some other villages for my web site and to upload to Google earth. On the way back many people were planting 3 month rice in the surrounding wetlands. This is a second crop of rice that you can grow in 3 months between the main crop. The only criteria is thay you need water to grow it. Most areas can not grow it until the rains come again.

In the afternoon there was a big parade through Ban Dung, this was put on by goverment employees, so there were floats from the police, schools etc. As well as the compulsory Thai Dancing groups.

Also from where I was standing there were 3 new buildings being built and I passed more on the way to the main street. Ban Dung seems to be a town on the up with the road widening and more buisinesses  moving int the town.