Sakon Nakhon in the rear view mirror

Branch 63            Eddy

May 3,2008

May 15, 2008

March 26, 2010

I'm an early riser and  visited Eddy mid-morning, 
just before his bedtime 

December 19, 2010

December 22, 2010

Sakon Nakhon Fun Season Ahead

Stop me if I've mentioned this before I'm sorting through ten years of photo albums and sharing them on the web. Reliving all the great times in this city.  Just the other day I sat at the Apple (restaurant),  bought some sweet rice. Said: "This guy has been in business for years."  Doubt no more.          June 5, 2012 at Apple Restaurant                      Dec 12, 2008 at Ned's Bar      A few decades ago you saw mostly wooden trucks in Thailand. This one's with a tractor engine. Slow and bumpy ride I hired two guys to clean my pool at 100 baht. I guess the soap-show was free. Doing "it" at a snails pace Remember Ned's bar?   Located on the cow path.  You'd see the cows daily on their way to greener pastures Occasionally they would look in on the bar patrons, somewhat sad that they didn't get invited in Longboat racing season is in October, Thailand's Fun Season Isaan Cowboy What you say? I can't hear you. Wax Castle construction starts a month before the festival (this year the festival is at the end of October) One of my favorites: birthday dinner with friends

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Unseen Sakon Nakhon

A Sakon Nakhon Secret revealed Whenever those folk at the Sabannga Restaurant have a family reunion, they spend one day of their reunion at one of the poorer schools in the area. It takes days of preparations.  Family trucks are loaded with presents, hot meals,  boxes of assorted foodstuff, including ice cream and after lunch snacks. The Sabannga Restaurant specializes in Isaan, Thai, and Chinese dishes. It is located on Ratthaphattana Road

Come take a trip with me    down Sakon Nakhon Memory Lane I'm in the continuing process of sorting my photo's and uploading them for public viewing.  Almost finished with the SBAC albums.   Next project "10 Years of Sakon Nakhon Parades"

Friday weather: Feels Like temperature 42C/108F

Let's do it again: The Sakon Nakhon Miracle

Sakon FC Defeats Number 2 Udon Thani FC 1-0                                             THE VIDEO   Can they do it again    when they host Number 3 Sisaket United July 1 ?    Footall Video source: footballsiamtv.com

I'm in Heaven My favorite concoction, German brandy,  found it in Udon, most likely can order locally. From the recent overnight trip to Udon Thani I have severe back inflammation. I'm taking my medicine one shot at a time

No Clogs after midnight please

Highway robbery in Thailand Plums imported from the U.S.  47 baht each (US$1.48) (EUR 1.18) (GBP 0.95) Plums imported from the U.S.  47 baht each (US$1.48) (EUR 1.18) (GBP 0.95)

Some people bury their head in the ground In Thailand that's where they hide the illegal logs and pot Sakon Daily

Memory Lane    Seattle Consolidated Freightways 1990's album Employed at this company from 1979 to 2002 One day I wrote 'Sawasde' and 'Guten Tag' on a trailer bound for Los Angeles. The trailer came  back a week later with the Thai script

The Football Grinch at Mukdahan

Grinch:  a person who ruins the pleasure of others.   กรินช์:   สถานที่ปรักหักพังคนมีความสุขของผู้อื่น  Sakon Nakhon FC is experiencing one of their worst season since their inception in 2005.  12 games, 10 losses and 2 draws.  Attendance to some games is less than 10% of stadium capacity.  Sakon Nakhon FC visited Mukdahan Saturday.  Mukdahan is not faring much better: 8 losses, 2 draws, 2 wins.  The stadium was, at my estimates, at 25% of capacity.  Within minutes of arriving at the game, an official confronted us and advised us that bullhorns used by cheering fans are not allowed. The official came across as a real ahole, no tact, very unprofessional. He stated only drums were allowed for cheering.  Surprisingly a stereo to the right of the stands blared music throughout the entire game. The type of music you'd expect to hear at a nightclub.  To the left of the stands a band cheered on the Mukdahan team. At 55 minutes into the game, the official seemed to decide that band music was also not allowed.  This time he sent in the police to stop the music.  At first the cops seemed confounded and somewhat reluctant to carry out the order of silence.  They did follow orders, they talked to one of the cheering team members in a very polite manner After that, at times there was a deafening silence from the crowd.  Had it not been for the nightclub music, the stadium could have been mistaken for a library on Sunday.  The bullhorn has been used by the Sakon Nakhon cheerleader for over a year without incident. From the looks of the official he didn't enjoy the game. Frequently this official assumed the duties of police, removing people who wandered past the field gate. The refereeing at the game wasn't that good either.  There should have been a couple of yellow cards and even a red card. Sakon FC next hosts Nakhon Phanom, Sunday, May 27, 5 pm The game will most likely be another loss for Sakon Nakhon FC

Emergency repairs underway at Collapsed River Bank Video uploaded by MrSmithPNS

Memories in the Wild 1974 Washington State, North Cascades National Park