Mourning cruise

If you're going to the fair, parking is best at the rear of the temple. Saw at least a dozen motorcycles getting ticketed in front of the temple where curbs are painted candy stripe red Went there early in the day to avoid the crowds Current exchange rate 100 baht equals US$2.81 Some of those herbs really smelled enticing No parking or reserved parking road markers

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Great Entertainment

A Blues Session With Eugene Hideaway Bridges From Houston Texas USA. Venue: "2499" @ 217 Ban Ngio Don Moo 1, District Muang Sakon Nakhon Thailand Tel: 0934769790 Date: 11 January 2017 (2560) Time: 2100hrs Admission Free 2 Kilometer south of the last traffic lights on Thanon Borannasathan (I.T.U) road if you see this sign you are on the right road You can see the temple gate in the distance on your left view from the south Eugene last visited Sakon Nakhon in August of 2003

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Ten years Sakon Nakhon - Live, a few memories

For the first four years my website and then the blog pretty much was the only effort to promote Sakon Nakhon tourism and the expat community. There was always this argument, was it a lake or was it a pond Pitstop begins My friend Colin always came with gifts One of the benefits of teaching was a visit to the governor's mansion

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Some warm nights, some drizzle, cooler weather returns Friday

Sun 8 Mon 9 Tue 10 Wed 11 Thu 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Accu Real Feel 35/22 34/22 34/23 38/24 37/23 35/20 32/14 Wunder feels like 34/22 34/23 33/23 34/23 34/22 31/18 30/17 Thai MD 32/22 31/21 30/20 30/21 31/21 30/19 Weather arriving from west-southwest. Slight chance of rain. Return to cooler temperatures begins Friday

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Temple fair first day

Not fully recovered from strep throat, so I had to forego the parade and opening day activities at the temple and of course the first night concert. Of special interest to me, this may be last chance of the season for chestnuts  Of course it's a non-alcohol event.  Evening concert with heavy security presence

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Drug related shootout

Don't recognize the location. Post indicates PTT

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Thailand Roads DANGEROUS

With much of Thailand's media restricted to report freely on select topics, highway accidents are becoming major news, as there are no restrictions on reporting such news.  Driver education is desperately needed

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Strep throat is in the neighborhood, take precautions

Even though the temple fair officially starts Friday, everything has been in place for almost a week and vendors are open for business.

Will not be attending any public events for at least a few more days, as a quite serious strep throat became apparent yesterday afternoon.  I know now where and when I caught it.  Took three days till it hit me full force Strep throat is bacteria known as Streptococcus pyogenes, are highly contagious. They can spread through airborne droplets when someone with the infection coughs or sneezes, or through shared food or drinks  x

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Maybe they should require passengers riding in pickup beds to wear helmets

The most horrific New Year accident, one of thousands is still being investigated. The cause to this point is a guess. Some say the driver fell asleep, others guess the driver lost control.  No matter what the final verdict, a serious lack of driver education and training is in part to blame.    If the driver lost control, then most likely he was traveling faster than safe. If he fell asleep, he should have been aware of warning signs and acted accordingly.    Passengers traveling in the bed of pickups would probably have fared better if helmets were required and worn

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