Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Sakon Nakhon Double Duck Cafe


Had met the folks at Double Duck a few weeks ago at a local bank.
Promised that I would visit sometime.
Really glad I did. Very pleasant and hospitable.

Follow the sidestreet at MACRO. First right and follow the main street



Construction of Sakon Nakhon Robinson

A lot of 'Pile Driving' going on, more landfill work still to be done

2 km to Bus Terminal
There's another picture by Smith Hack with a better view of the electrical service already installed

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Sakon Nakhon Heroes

  Sakon Nakhon Rescue 


Sakon Nakhon Drowning Victim Recovered


  Water levels rising throughout Isan



  Finally !!

For years I've been preaching "install millions of video cameras to combat the Southern Unrest."
I had even suggested that they should create jobs and use "MADE IN THAILAND" surveillance camera's.

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Sakon Nakhon Night Bazaar


Recently commented about the cement pouring south of the EXPO and NEVADA complex.
Took a wild guess that it may be a night market area.
No official confirmation, but the news is spreading that it's to be a Night Bazaar.


Friday, April 27, 2012

Sakon Nakhon Flood Victim

 Bang Fai Celebrations at Sawang Daen Din


 Heavy Rains Of April 27

Motorcyclist falls into Sakon Nakhon Canal
...Search for body and motorcycle

Photo of flooded roads around Chinese temple during morning rain
Heavy rains broke solder connection to my downspouts
The weather forecast at accuweather predicts rain almost every day during the month of May.
Forecasts beyond three days should be considered educated guesses.

I've been following ocean surface temperatures on an almost daily basis since last year's rainy season, at wunderground.
There seems to be some correlation between ocean temperatures and local rainfall.
Ocean surface temperatures have been continuing to increase and spread since the beginning of the year.
Hot ocean temperatures are the breeding grounds for hurricanes and tropical storms

Sakon Nakhon Stadium Construction underway

Links to Picture Pages

Construction of Sakon Nakhon Stadium underway

Big C - Nevada - EXPO complex parking expansion

No megaflood in Thailand this year - MCOT

Sakon City April 27
Maybe not a mega flood, but....
Rainy season starts in a month

Sakon Nakhon Theme Song

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Penalty Shoot Out decides winner

Mister Hans Y.F.C. second best

It was a fast paced and exiting game which ended scoreless.
The team was defeated in Penalty Shoot Out
The team brought last years champion trophy to the competition.   They were the champions.





It is Hot and Humid in Sakon Nakhon

When Thais complain of the heat, then you know it's hot.
These folk are the same folk who wear insulated parkas when the temperature
  drops below 20C/68F.
  At the football game I wore an ice pack around my neck to keep cool

The Humidity factor

Within four days, nearly knee deep waterholes have evaporated.
April 22 
April 26

From Udon Thani to Koh Samui

video by Ken

Funny Mail



photograph purportedly shows a 22 foot 2500 pound Crocodile
killed near a village on Africa's Niger River.







Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Neighborhood flooding likely with next rain.


Took a shortcut to do some shopping.
Grazing fields surrounded by residential development are flooded to street level.
Have never seen these fields flooded.
I somewhat suspect that drainage has been blocked and slowed by new construction.










Still trying to figure out what's  being built south of Big-C and Expo.
Long cement pad, another pad with seven corners and other strange patters.
Nothing yet in the center of the property.
Makes me wonder if the night market is being moved there?

 





The return Trip










Funny Mail


YFC Final game in this set. 1 PM Today

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Rainy Season and Hot Season Merge

Recovering the past

HLWHLL (How Long Will Hans Lenz Last)

Continuing to recover thousands of photographs from a crashed drive, I had given up as hopelessly lost. 
Before retiring and moving to Thailand I worked on a trucking company loading dock (22years).
It was backbreaking work. 
There were plenty of times when I considered quitting.  But I held out for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow; a teamster pension.

They were placing bets on me  ------>







Sakon Weather

Best way to explain the present and forecast weather is to say:
The Rainy Season and the Hot Season have merged.
Humidity has been high and felt like a steam bath by mid morning.
Humidity is at it's highest right around the time I'm ready to recline for the evening.
Scattered thundershowers, increased chance of rain as the weekend approaches.

This hot, humid and wet weather causing:

  1. Increased risk of gastric infections. and food poisoning.
    Sakon Nakhon Hospital director warns; high-risk food poisoning this summer - ASTV online
  2. .
  3. Food supply interruptions
    Recently noticed at open markets and supermarkets that onions for sale were medium to small
    Warehouse full of notoriously smelly rotten onions and shallots - ASTV online 

Youth Football Club

Mister Hans YFC fourth win 3-0

It's a great feeling when you're on the side of a winning team

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