Pattaya Protest

Thai Tour Guides Protest against unlicensed foreign guides at Pattaya Police Station | Pattaya One – News

  Apparently the Russian “Tour Coordinators” are no longer the majority

All you need is a dream (and talent)

Just saw the movie "One Chance," the life of Paul Potts.  BRILLIANT !!

Britain got Talent started off as a big turkey

150618 Sakon Nakhon FC hosts Kalasin FC on 21 June, at 16:00

The two teams met  last month in Kalasin, where the home team won 2-1.  In May 2014 the teams parted with a 1-1 score   A Sakon Nakhon win this weekend is possible.

Sakon Nakhon

You can never judge their behavior. Gentle one moment, deadly the next

Elephant gores man to death at Thai beachside restaurant The Guardian

Locally increased thunderstorm activity for the weekend seems to be the general consensus.

Bangkok, tourist spots brace for more rain | Bangkok Post Locally: Feels like temperatures 42-44, cooling down by midweek, next. Three weather systems seem to be doing a bit of a dance around us.  My eye is on dancer number 2

Sakon Nakhon

The video is two years old, but resurfacing on Facebook

Thai viewers outraged

Thailand's Got Talent producers forced to perform apologetic mountaintop ritual

This Telegraph got it wrong

OCTOBER 1-31  Nakhon Phanom Illuminated Boat Procession (2015) Unless there's been a major calendar change, the barge procession is a 7-8 day event, not a monthlong event (Example 2013).  It's held at the end of the Buddhist lent, the week preceding the October full moon. The Telegraph appears to have gotten their information from the Tourism Thailand website which also list the event as a monthlong event.    Of course Tourism Thailand has a disclaimer which reads in part "... information may change without notice ..."

Sakon Nakhon

It's in my daily Diet

Eating chocolate

linked to 'lower heart disease and stroke risk' - BBC News