Thailand residential housing

And I though it was a storage facility

Traffic Jam at CM center opening

 Public Relations Activities at CM center are underway.

Expect traffic delays when entering the area

• Can Thailand escape its middle-income trap?

• Thailand’s Rice Exports Hit 12-Year Low

• Thailand to Avoid Currency Fight as Shadow of 1997 Crisis Looms - Bloomberg

• Kittiratt Discourages Excessive Intervention to Weaken Thai Baht

• Thailand talks baht unit lower - Currencies - IOL Business - IOL.co.za

North Korea Threatens More Nuclear Tests, Warns U.S.

Dolphin rescued

Funny Mail

Say "Please!"                                                                                      

No Surprise

Last night on the tube

Finland 3 - Thailand 1

Schedule at http://thaileaguefootball.com/

Praying for a speedy recovery

 January 23, 2013
Last I've heard:  Tony is in the Government hospital recovering from a motorcycle accident with serious injuries.  
He should be released from the hospital, requiring 'at home recovery time' within a day or two.

Friends have visited Tony and are assisting him.

Motor cycle accidents tend to cause injuries with a lifetime of discomforts of varying degree.

Slow warming trend

6 am Jan 22

7 am Jan23

Daytime 31-33C  Feels like up to 37C   Nighttime 17-19C Weakening northerly high pressure, morning fog likely, heavy in mountain areas

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Growing Crime Rate Affects Thailand’s Tourism - .TR

Thailand and Philippines perceived as the most exposed Asian 
countries in Global Terrorism Index

Rising consumer loans endanger Thailand's economic stability - The Nation

Thailand’s latest lèse majesté sentencing - Asian Correspondent

Collision on I.T.U.

Photography by Joey ( 8:20 pm, Jan. 20)

Sakon Nakhon Smoggy and Noisy

As we left the house on the way to visit the fair I commented "where's the fire?"
Once on the main road it became very obvious. You could see thick smog under the street lights.
A weather inversion keeping polluted air close to the ground.
Smog: smoke and fog.  Any major city would have posted health alerts.

The weather inversion also seemed to keep sound close to the ground.  
The concert at the temple started at 9:20 pm.  
At first I thought the neighbors had their stereo turned up high.  
I was about to complain, till I realized it was the temple concert two to three miles from my house

Most roads around the temple had been designated one way traffic.
Luckily I've been here long enough to know all the alleys avoiding gridlock.

Countless food stalls and sit down eateries.

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Didn't stay long near the temple building

                   incense smoke was very thick

Plenty to see, do, and buy.

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Improper attire for temple visit

And I thought giving the finger meant something else

Footclapping

January 18 was Royal Thai Armed Forces Day