Nong Kai FC defeats Sakon Nakhon 2-1

Nong Kai seemed to have the upper hand from start to finish.  At times it seemed the score could have been much worse.

Sakon Nakhon FC defense just wasn't up to par. The two Nong Kai scores were real easy sneakers that could be forecast seconds before they happened.

I still consider traveling great distances on the day of the game, hours before the game, does not offer a winning opportunity.

The folks at Nong Kai are a friendly bunch.  A bit on the noisy side with four drums cheering on their team 'nonstop.'

The special recognition of a handicapped visitor to the game at halftime made me feel really great.

Tourism and Education Rethink

Link→ Coup leader calls for Immigration to relax ‘out-in’ visa

Link→ Thai tour guides’ latest complaint over Russian workers falls on deaf ears

Gona get wet for my noon appointment

 

Google Earth screen captures 6 am and 8:45 am

I thought it was going to rain. But b4 noon the Phu Phan Mountains had decimated the clouds

And the winner is...

Ponyangkham Beef

Apples Friday

Link→ Thai army ruler nominated as prime minister

Flash floods, landslide warning in north and northeast 20-21 August

Expect some very heavy & scattered Thunderstorms through Friday afternoon

Sakon Nakhon Nostalgia August 24, 2005

ITU .....

The ups and downs of Thai Tourism

Read any article about Thai Tourism these days and you will be totally befuddled. Half the articles proclaim T.T. is doing better than ever, while the other half is proclaiming that T.T. in in Intensive Care
For the first time ever, the United Nations World Tourism Organization is listing Thailand as number ten in the ten top tourist destinations. 
The question which comes to my mind is: "Who supplied them with the numbers?"

Link→ Global tourism report for 2013 shows 

Thailand up in both arrivals, earnings

T.T. Thai Tourism reminds me of this Bobby Vee song