Melons and Coconuts

Watermelon Star Show - Best Variety Google Translation

It's not watermelons, but then, who am I to complain?

Coconut Harvest

Decided to harvest some nuts before heavy storms bring them crashing down.
A few will wind up in my blender, mixed with rum preservative.

Rescued Plant

Found it abandoned in a vacant lot and brought it home.  

So far it seems to not attract insects

Bangkok experiences hottest temperatures in three decades

Recently saw a number of headlines declaring the Bangkok Heatwave of 2012.
Temperatures in the mid forties (113F).
The local thermometer hasn't gone quite that high, but local humidity made it feel just as hot as Bangkok.
I'd been hoping for some rain accompanied by cooler temperatures.
Three days of nearby thunder, but the rain clouds just passed us by.
I've frequently referred to that phenomena as the Doughnut Effect

A Heavy Rain and Flash Flood Warning by the Thai Meteorological Department (this morning)  

excludes North-East Thailand. 

"... very heavy in some places ...  in the western portion of Thailand, the North, Central, the East and the South West Coast

Rising Cost of Living

Complaints are mounting

• Pheu Thai failed us, say red shirts  Bangkok Post

Nong Han Trivia

Get drunk, it's good for business Holiday

Bus Accident in Sakhon Nakhon

Prices going up       Didn't expect anything else when the 300 baht per day minimum wage was introduced. Thailand's higher living costs eat up hike in daily wage - Asia ONE

5 dead, 30 injured when Bus overturns, Break and steering failure suspected

Part-Time English teacher wanted      Nakhon Phanom 'Indochina School of Technology'  (PT 10,000bht)

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

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. THAILAND DEPLOYS US$4.4 MIL CCTV NETWORK

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. "... Night Bazaar to move into this area." by Hacksmith at skyscrapercity

Indian Vacationers Warned Not to Rent Jet-skis in Phuket or Pattaya Thai and Chinese defence ministries have agreed to hold a joint military exercise

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

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.