Nok Air increases domestic flights

Recently mentioned that NOK Air begins 3 daily flights service Bangkok to Sakon Nakhon   effective September 1 All Sakon Nakhon flights will be made by ATR72-200 aircraft BKK Departure SNO Arrival SNO Departure BKK Arrival 06:15 07:45 08:15 09:45 13:15 15:00 15:30 17:00 16:40 18:10 18:40 20:10 Among other increased flights the airline announced: five daily flights to Phitsanulok, Chiang Mai and Hat Yai four daily flights to Ubon Ratchathani, three daily flights to Mae Hong Son and Udon Thani two daily flights to Roi Et, Most of the increased flights become effective over the next three months. Even though the increased flights may be beneficial to much of the traveling public, all flights originate in Bangkok. Of greater benefit would be flights with multiple destinations, such as Bangkok, Sakon Nakhon, Udon Thani, Bangkok. I for one would make weekly shopping trips to Udon Thani, without detouring through Bangkok. I'd be more interested getting to other destinations without the hassles of deplaning and reboarding planes in Bangkok. Back in the nineties Thai airlines flew from Bangkok to Sakon Nakhon, to Nakhon Phanom, to Bangkok.  This made it possible to fly from Sakon Nakhon to Nakhon Phanom in a matter of ten minutes

Sakon FC hosts Nong Bua Lamphu this Sunday With the recent changes, Sakon FC  has a good chance of winning this game. The field may be somewhat saturated by gametime. Accu weather predicts 64.2 mm (2.5") of rain on the way over the weekend

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Heavy Downpours are likely....from July 24 to 26 . Thai Meteorological Department Advisory 06:52 am, July 25 We are now approaching the heaviest of the rainy Season.   August  statistically produces the most rain in Sakon Nakhon

News Bites  NOK Air begins 3 daily flights service Bangkok to Sakon Nakhon    effective September 1 All flights will be made by ATR72-200 aircraft BKK Departure SNO Arrival SNO Departure BKK Arrival 06:15 07:45 08:15 09:45 13:15 15:00 15:30 17:00 16:40 18:10 18:40 20:10 "Sakon" hand foot mouth, with 30 patients Sherman Hemsley Dead Dead at 74 Best remembered for his role as George Jefferson in The Jefferesons >

Mandatory Appointment System for   American Citizen Services at U.S. Embassy Bangkok This message is for all U.S. citizens in Thailand. Effective Monday, July 30, 2012, the U.S. Embassy, will strictly enforce an appointment-only system for all non-emergency services. The appointment system, which was introduced in 2011, allows American citizens in Thailand to plan ahead and book a time to complete their required service. This has substantially reduced wait times for U.S. citizens who require non-emergency services. Due to a consistently-growing workload, the American Citizen Services section will now move to the appointment-only policy that is being followed at Embassies and Consulates world-wide.... To Continue reading this article

Funny Mail   It’s time to vote for Parent of the Year. Here are this year’s candidates (link) I just received my tax return for 2011 back from the IRS. It puzzles me!!!  They are questioning how many dependents I claimed.  I guess it was because of my response to the question: "List all dependents?" I replied: 12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads; 42 million unemployed people on food stamps, 2 million people in over 243 prisons; Half of Mexico; and 535 persons in the U.S. House and Senate." Evidently, this was NOT an acceptable answer.  I KEEP ASKING MYSELF, WHOM DID I MISS?

7:38 am 7/24/2012 Temperatures rising Friday, Saturday, Sunday 31c or 32c feels like 39c

News Bites Many Sakon Nakhon Schools will be closed this week for sanitation due to the Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease (HFMD) outbreak Source https://www.facebook.com/sakonnakhon Thailand- dream destination or nightmare WAtoday Kratom Leaf for Drug Cocktail Adds to Thailand’s Woes NYTimes AoT mulls handout for radar gaffe Bangkok Post Thai Mitsubishi Mirages recalled - Bangkok Post Plumbing installation underway at new Sakon Nakhon stadium skyscrapercity Noticeable Increase in Sakon Nakhon Traffic Congestion skyscrapercity