Thursday, April 25, 2013

Made me hungry after the tour



Coming of an industrial zone

That's how I see it


ATC chooses Laos ahead of Thailand - Bangkok Post

A=Sakon Nakhon  
B=Savannakhet province 
Distance 300 KM

Good game till the last minutes

Just as the game ends, a goalkeeper error

Vegalta Sendai 1  -  Buriram 1



Plenty of poor refereeing observed from my armchair

Tourism Chinese style

Lost in Thailand  



The film resulted in a floodwater of Chinese tourists in Thailand.
Recent Songkran holiday: hotel accommodations were hard to come by in Bangkok, Chiang Mai and   other Thai tourist destinations..
The film was not as popular, apparently 'lost in translation' in most Western Countries


Finding Mr. Right



Seattle is the Latest US City to Benefit from China's Movie-Crazy ...




NEXT:

Old Cinderella (Hollywood Reporter com)


"...in the hope it will entice Chinese tourists to visit Israel..."

Thursday   Color of the day: orange

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

It's nearly that time again



NOK Air Call Center

E-mail to NOK Air:
Do you have a list of authorized ticket agents in the Sakon Nakhon Areas?

The reply



Sakon Nakhon: Super saver on Nok Air

Heavy Rain Alert

Heavy rains forecasted for most of Thailand 
NNT National News Bureau of Thailand
"...High pressure cell moving from China..."
  • This heavy rain alert, posted April 23, is in effect for two days.
Daily Thunderstorms till Sunday, Feels like 45ยบ  at times



Wednesday

Monday, April 22, 2013

Blowing smoke up where?

A TR Weekly article "Nok Air cuts one-way fares." claims rates for a Sakon Nakhon - Bangkok Flight will be reduced to Bt1,199 effecttive April 29 through 31 January.
Discount tickets can only be purchased 23 April to 2 May 2013

The online booking service does not reflect such a price change.



Blowing Smoke
16th century technique of blowing tobacco smoke into someone's anus "to get a reaction," to determine that the person was still alive.  This method was also used to resuscitate drowning victims.