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Sunday, April 12, 2015

Expect roadside checks to be more intensive nationwide

Car bomb rocks Samui
Bangkok Post

Country on alert after Samui blast
Bangkok Post

The last day of songkran is the warmest for the three day festival . After that it's gonna get hot

Weather direction has changed from a previous West-Northwest, now arriving from the South-Southeast.

	Sun 12	Mon 13	Tue 14	Wed 15	Thu 16
Accu	32/19	33/18	32/19	35/22	38/25
Meo	35/20	35/20	34/23	38/25	41/29
TMD	30/20	33/21	34/22	36/24	36/24
Weather com	32/20	33/18	32/18	34/22	37/25
BBC	31/20	32/18	31/18	33/21	37/24
wunderground	32/20	33/18	33/18	34/22	37/25

Add 3 to 4 degrees Celsius for feels like daytime temperatures

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Sakon Nakhon Community of expats on facebook

The recently established web page is quickly gaining in popularity and should develop into a great source of information in a growing expat community Sakon Nakhon Community

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Saturday, April 11, 2015

Sakon Nakhon 2015 Songkran Schedule

Sun, April 12	19:00 Opening Ceremony and Food Fair
Mon, April 13	07:30 Temple ceremony and fish release into the lake 13:00 Parade 13:30 Flower display contest at the temple 18:00 Food Fair
Tues, April 14	09:00 Sand Castle contest at the temple 18:00 Food Fair
Wed, April 15	10:00 Isaan show at the temple 18:00 Food Fair

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Of note:

The brochure indicates that Suk Kasem Road will be closed to vehicle traffic, daily from 10 am to 4 pm.

My translation was not specific, but it seems unlikely that the entire road will be closed. I'm going to stick my neck out and say it's that section of the road where the food fair takes place.

The brochure also does not indicate a parade route.
Again I'll stick my neck out and say anywhere along Suk Kasem Road

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Getting ready for Sakon Nakhon Summer Rain Dance

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ALVIN !!!!

Alvin

This weekend at The Pitstop Cafe

Martin Pattison

TThe Pitstop Cafe is full of sport.

The masters golf from the USA. F1 from China Main Race starts 1.00pm Sunday. (Will we see another different winner? Maybe) World Superbikes, Premiership Football.
Man City v Man U Sunday 10.00pm. All these sport and more live at The Pitstop Cafe. The Grand National from Aintree. Sweepstake 20 Baht a Nag. You have to be in it to win it. Only 40 Horses running. 60% of stake to the winner. Apple Pie and Ice cream 79 Baht all weekend. See you there.

PS: Pitstop opens daily at 9 AM during summer vacation

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Colorblind

Passing Lane

Notice the RED LIGHT

He apparently did'nt

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50 km round trip loop from Sakon Nakhon to Tao Ngoi

A few years ago Tao Ngoi suffered a severe drought and water shortage. They began building a dam to restrict the waterflow. I had been interested how things progressed

Yesterday I drove a 50 km round trip loop from Sakon Nakhon to Tao Ngoi. During the 29 km return trip I passed 5 "Road Checks," in preparedness for the Songkran holiday. The area of the return trip is rural and not heavily populated.