Sakon Nakhon Wat Pra Tat face lift continues

Outside the lakeside temple entrance.

Fair coming or gone?

Front view Superb!! Rear view Why?

Remnants of time gone by. Renovations pending?

In recent years the temple has been spending some big bucks on renovations.
The inner temple ground is getting new non slip tiles, fresh coats of paint, immaculate gardens.  It's all done with donations.

They're obviously not done yet

Really wish they would have an English translation

Donations, as explained to me.
You purchase a large wax coin and write your name on it. 

The wax is melted and made into wax castles.  Thus you become part of the castle

Why did the fish cross the Street? Because they could

A mile from Big C, on the shortcut to my house
  

The water used to run to the canal till someone built a raised property in the path

Taking advantage of the situation: Angling for dinner

At Nong Hahn water levels are back to normal after almost drought conditions in March

Vegetation if thriving. It's usually all cleared out in time for the royal boat races in October

Wednesday

Mercury

Buddhist Lent begins

Today is the last day of what was a four day Buddhist celebration, starting with the parade on Sunday.




Monkey Business

Too bad the photographer did not zoom in or get closer

Truck smashes into bus in Thailand (in central Saraburi province); 19 dead

Thailand urged to tackle dark side of tourism

• Similar headlines have been in the news annually for a decade.   

Ex-monk Wirapol to return to Thailand

• Jet setting Ex-monk  faces some serious criminal charges and he's got the money for some high priced defense.

Thailand to become ASEAN's seafood hub

• Thailand the Hub Country

   

DHL adds 40th service point in Thailand

• Their expansion is probably helped by acquiring PEPSI distribution in Thailand in February 2012  

PSST:  guess who's celebrating a birthday this week.

(teacher)NESS IN THAILAND (Sakon Nakhon) blog

as reads 1912 should be 1972

Tuesday

pink     Mars

Sakon Nakhon Wax Candle Parade

I did not attend the parade because I don't feel 100% quite yet after three recent illnesses.
From the looks of the video, it's a copy from previous years.

Thailand to urgently regulate chemical residues in rice

UN says it's ready to intervene to ensure integrity, purity of Thai rice

As it stands now, investors should be wary of Thailand

22 reported dead in central Chinese 5.9-magnitude earthquake

Height of the Rainy Season

Weather direction recently changed from a NE direction.
Now  arriving mostly from the east.  Rains should lessen after a few more days.
No major weather systems forming in the West Pacific.  Not yet anyway.  

NOAA July 22

Monday

Sakon F.C. vs Roi Et F.C. rained out

The game was stopped less than five minutes into the action due to imminent heavy rain.
Considering the all day rains, with a few short-lived breaks, and the condition of the field, this game should never have been started.

This wasn't football, this was water sport.

I had been checking the hourly forecasts at accuweather 
I strongly suspected this game was a no go early in the day.
Fact is, if you see any prolonged sunshine before Thursday, sound the alarm.
If you plan on watching the parade Sunday (starts 4 PM) bring rain gear.
Long before the game even started it was obvious that heavy rains were imminent.

I suspect the reason behind the attempted game was the distance Roi Et team and fans had traveled to get here. A three to four hour bus ride. 
The Roi Et team had arrived in Sakon Nakhon on Friday afternoon.

Game has been rescheduled for July 31
Admissions is free if you tell them you were at todays game

Sakon Nakhon FC deserters

The coach of Sakon F.C. left the team after last weekend's game for Surin.
New information now indicates that he took with him three Sakon Nakhon F.C. players.
Most likely, there continues to be management and possible financial difficulties for Sakon F.C.
It's going to be interesting to see how the team will fare later today with three replacements.

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Sunday

Sun

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