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Monday, June 17, 2013
2013 Sakon Nakhon Wax Castle Festival
Arrive a few days early, avoid the travel rush watch the makings of wax castles.
Almost every year during the past ten years, wrong dates have been publicized, with tourists arriving either too early or too late.
The festival is not on any fixed calendar date, rather it is based on the 'Lunar Calendar.'
| Full Moon Days |
| 2007 | Mon, Oct 22 | Tues, Oct 23 | Wed, Oct 24 | Thu, Oct 25 | Fri, Oct 26 |
| 2008 | Fri, Oct 10 | Sat, Oct 11 | Sun, Oct 12 | Mon, Oct 13 | Tues, Oct 14 |
| 2009 | Wed, Sept 30 | Thur, Oct 01 | Fri, Oct 02 | Sat, Oct 03 | Sun, Oct 04 |
| 2010 | Wed, Oct 20 | Thur, Oct 21 | Fri, Oct 22 | Sat, Oct 23 | |
| 2011 | Sat, Oct 08 | Sun, Oct 09 | Mon, Oct 10 | Tues, Oct 11 | Wed, Oct 12 |
| 2012 | Fri, Oct 26 | Sat, Oct 27 | Sun, Oct 28 | Mon, Oct 29 | Tues, Oct 30 |
This year's October full moon is on October 18, 2013
| Mon, Oct 14 | Tue, Oct 15 | Wed, Oct 16 | Thu, Oct 17 | Fri, Oct 18 |
Royal Long Boat races are generally held during the first two days.
The Wax Castle Parade is held on the second to the last day.
The last day, generally the full moon day, is celebrated at Buddhist temples.
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Sunday, June 16, 2013
Really Bad Day at the Office
Sakon Nakhon FC style
Probably one of the worst performances by Sakon Nakhon FC.
As if they had a nasty hangover from two previous wins.
This should have been an easy win for Sakon FC, with better league standings than Yasothon.
The Yasothon goal keeper was good. Stopped many goal attempts
Was quite arrogant about his achievements.
New Thai football rule? Goalie get's to shoot a penalty schot at the opposite goal during the game.
There were a lot of yellow cards on the play. One should have been red. Some pushing and shoving, there was a moment when it nearly got to fisticuffs.
Think I heard more applause when Joey won a raffle prize, than any plays on the field
Notice the new dress code for the Sakon FC girls "Holy Jeans."
I'm not a great fan of the half time raffle drawings. I'd love to see a decent half-time show.
Yasothon FC 5
Sakon FC 1
This game was worth watching from the free admission seats. |
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Should have stayed home to watch China vs Thailand
Thailand 5
China 1
I'd love to see a decent half-time show
Sunday
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
Our weather is coming from the south east.
Previous storms threatening the area all dissipated and never reached us.
Hot weekend with a slight drop in temperatures by midweek.
Bangkok and south is getting heavy rains. Watched a televised football game from Bangkok. The field was covered with one inch standing water. Not a dry player on the field.
Rain for this area has been pushed forward to Tuesday or Wednesday.
Those storms pummeling Ho Chi Minh City will probably weaken considerably if they do reach us.
So far the local rainy season has been a bust.
Sakon City EYE CANDY
SAKON NAKHON "City of Beautiful lake, Beautiful Mountain and Beautiful Girl"
Forum started on April 17, 2008 at the parent site skyscrapercity comIt's a collection of photographs worth scrolling through.
It's a great overview of events, activities, people and places during the past five years.
A few pictures of earlier years.
Unfortunately a few of the pictures have disappeared, but there's still a lot worth seeing.
Five years worth of postings
Friday, June 14, 2013
Local Water Levels Down
October 2003
October 2004
I'd estimate the entire lake water level is down a good two to three feet.
No need to panic just yet.
The peak rain months are July and August.
Sakon is growing,
water consumption is up.
Rains have been less than normal. No second rice crop in this area in 2013.
Friday
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