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First published 3 May 2022 Sorry for the slack period in new material. I have still been very active in my social media world, but just...

First published 7 April 2022 On Monday I spent the day sitting outside the big university hospital in Khon Kaen, while my daughter had...

first published 7 April 2022 A heads-up for those of you who are in Isaan or will be here over the Songkran period. Along with Songkran...

First published 6 April 2022 We don't get out as much as we used to these days for various reasons. An afternoon on the road today...

First published 5 June 2020 We spent a half day on local backroads with friends from Australia. Our plans included visiting two wats that...

First published 16 April 2020 I have been capturing a few classic Isaan rural scenes the last few days and thought I would share. I have...

First published 4 June 2020 Yesterday we called into one of the few places around locally where you can watch pots being made on-site....

First published 4 June 2020 Do you know about the different coloured eggs you find in Thai markets? Pink and white are the most usual....

First published 7 May 2020 A quick tip if you have a superstitious Thai partner. Have you heard of this one? If you pour a drink for a...

First published 20 June 2020 Another older post with photos from a visit we made to a local temple maybe 30 minutes drive from home. The...

First published 22 March 2022 I guess the quality of medical care in Thailand will vary depending on the situation and location, but I...

First published 16 March 2022 This is a post that is going to end up on my Farming in Isaan FB group, but I wanted to publish it here...

First published 14 March 2022 We called into see Yuan this afternoon, despite the 41 showing on my pickup temperature gauge. A reminder...

First published 13 March 2022 We've had two funerals in the village over the last ten days. One literally finished, and that night...

First published 8 March 2022 A few years ago I went on a boat ride around a local lake called Ubol Ratana . I came across the photos just...

First published 31 January 2017 We have just finished building a boat and created a docking area to go with it, so I thought you might...

First published 2 March 2022 Yesterday, we called into friends who are building a house in the countryside outside Si Bun Rueang to...

First published 27 February 2022 My wife Gaun has been spending time climbing trees the last couple of days. Up a tamarind tree in our...

First published 26 February 2022 This is a very typical streetscape in limited experience. Totally functional (except for footpaths lack...

First published 26 February 2022 I am thinking the soil is partly to fill in the space in-between the footings so that the slab can be...