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90 Day report
Went for my 90 day report day – This time at the new immigration offices at Udon Thani which are located in the old airport terminal building . There was nobody queing and I was in and out in 10mins. The staff were polite and efficient.
At the time the police were also practicing for a Bomb threat – we knew because we bumped into Tims brother who is in the Thai police and stationed at Udon.
Put my flag up Yesterday – The Flag of St George.
Will now have to explain this is the English National flag and not the Union flag as everyone thinks. It is impossible to try to explain the difference between the Home countries . And How they are separate Kingdoms.
Rain
We have now had 3 days of Rain. I have spent the last two days cutting down the weeds again down on the farm. Today I have been attempting to subtitle some of my films.
Massage
Went for a Thai massage this morning. They are still packing up all the stuff from the New Years festivities in the public park area.
Trip to Udon
Went to udon today to by a new bedroom door. Also called in at the tractor place to proce up a new rotivator attachment for the tractor,
Sawang Daen Din
Went to Sawang Daen Din today on my bike, I went the back road and the 6k red ash section has now been tarmac'd making this a goon road and 10k shorter than going the other way, Took some photos whilst I was there which I uploaded to my website and to Panoramio for inclusion in Google Earth
Busy day
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.
Web Site Update
Spent most of the day updating and restructuring my web site. I have also included a map of Bandung with all the points of interest. I still yhave some more information to uipdate but hopefully the majority has now been completed
