First Sakon Nakhon Dental Experience 2002

The year 2002,
prices have gone up!

I had lost a filling and was sucking on the hole in my tooth almost constantly during a month long vacation.
I went to a local dentist:

• Cleaning, temporary filling, another cleaning, etc..
• Three days of short dental visits.
• The treatment was outstanding.
• That tooth has not been of any special concern in seven years.

Then came the bill. I was standing in a fully occupied waiting room when I was handed the bill.
Everyone in the place was sitting up at the edge of their chairs when I VERY LOUDLY exclaimed:

What ?

The dentist rushed from his office " Too much?" he asked.
No. I was in joyful tears: 300 baht ($7.50 at the time).

More recent dental treatment (2008),
cleaning, drilling and filling Bt 1,000

Finding your way around Sakon Nakhon

Google wants to be running the show
Many of their services are available free as long as you put up with their advertising.
Google maps is one of those services which can be of assistance to visitors and residents.

Here I searched for dentists

In google maps just enter your location and search preference doctor, dentist, temples, or whatever else you may be looking for.

I did a bit of cross checking Hotels on Google Maps

There was a bit of a price difference between Agoda and Google Maps

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Inevitable Mobile update

After much procrastination I decided to replace my eight year old mobile phone.
All that one did was make phone calls and sent text messages.
It was very annoying beeping every time an advertisement text message was sent.  I avoided all text messages.

I don't have pin sized fingers, so my only prerequisite was that it had large keys.I was given two options.  
The first option weighed as much as my laptop, too heavy!
I went with the second option.

Tried to familiarize myself with the phone without reading the manual.
Dialed my local dentist at least a dozen times.  Think (hope) I aborted all calls before connection.

The manual is pathetic. They should give out free microscopes with each manual.



No luck finding the manual on the net.  

 Attempted to transfer the pictures onto my computer a number of times.  Eventually my computer figured out what I was trying to do and did it for me.
Hope it remembers how to next time, cause I sure don't. 

First test photo's

Bt30 ($1) curry dinner

In store demonstration of photo

Google Map is a lot more than just a map

Have been using Google Map for some years with great success. 

Before I travel I use the map to find restaurants, hotels, tourist attractions, and a lot more.

In the case of hotels the map displays advertised prices.

 

Even at home the map has many great uses, as in this example of finding a dentist.  Of course you can search for an assortment of venues from restaurants to grocery stores, and more.

I often plot my travels on my computer and send the route information to my mobile phone

สกลนคร Sakon Nakhon

Sweet Talk

Local muffins tiny but great
that's a lighter above

Eat Marshmallows when you have a sore throat or sore tooth
Cotton candy was invented by a dentist
Popsicles were invented by a 11 year old
Twinkie shelf life is probably around 30 years

After the holidays

Had a request for a recommendation of a dentist. 

Morwa Fun Sewii. Tel 042-713451.
Office is located next to the Raksakon Hospital. 

Open during lunch hours and after 5 p.m.

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Regarding yesterdays football game:

Sakon Nakhon vs Mukdahan, think we lost.
Mukdahan seemed to have control of the game most of the time.

Picture taken three seconds before the first score.

Due to a personal injury I did not stay for the whole game.
I left in the middle of the second half when the score was 

Sakon Nakhon 0, Mukdahan 2.
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Have a long history of back injuries from my career in the trucking industry.
I tried to do self treatment when my back was bothering me after all the Sagkran revelry.
Now the injury is worse than before, requiring pain medication and lots of bed rest.
The doctor at the hospital suggested that it will be a month before I recover.
While at the hospital, blood pressure readings got a very good rating from the administrating nurse.

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At the end of Songkran we experienced a couple severe tropical rains.
My water tanks began to overflow the 6,000 liter capacity within 20 minutes.
With plenty of moisture on the ground, there's plenty of humidity in the air, causing high FEELS LIKE temperatures.

IT's GOING TO FEEL HOT

Sakon Nakhon province had no holiday related deaths to report during the three day Songkran.

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I haven't seen any political gatherings locally. If I'd see one, I'd be heading in the opposite direction.
With all the recent turmoil in the Capital, followed by a somewhat erie quiet.

What next??

Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs is issuing warnings according to The Independent.UK The article also refers to known theft dangers at Bangkok's Chatuchak Weekend Market

China and India have scrapped a number of flights to Thailand, which were to start coinciding with Songkran.