Diary of a farang in Isaan

[pineapple01 1466]

. My Issan Dairy entries. April 18. No Rain.19. Slept all Day 20. Power Cut.21 Came back on.22.Watched the Sunset.23.Went Guarantor for Her Dads new MoCy. 24.It Rained.25 It Stop Raining. 26. Tractor passed the House..27. Vallium Tablets arrived. 28. Resisted Temptation to swallow them all.29.Just heard about Covits.

[owl sees all 8374]

12 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

. My Issan Dairy entries. April 18. No Rain.19. Slept all Day 20. Power Cut.21 Came back on.22.Watched the Sunset.23.Went Guarantor for Her Dads new MoCy. 24.It Rained.25 It Stop Raining. 26. Tractor passed the House..27. Vallium Tablets arrived. 28. Resisted Temptation to swallow them all.29.Just heard about Covits.

Very similar to my days Pineapple. Except no rain. And we know about C-19; but don't let is spoil our days. Vallium Tablets! We make our own. No power cuts, but Internet down (back now). Tractor passes the house twice a day now the road repairs are underway.

 

Watch the sunset every evening, but from slightly different angles so it doesn't get boring.

 

Exciting times in Isaan!!

Edited April 29, 2020 by owl sees all

[bluesofa 42431]

10 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

Very similar to my days Pineapple. Except no rain. And we know about C-19; but don't let is spoil our days. Vallium Tablets! We make our own. No power cuts, but Internet down (back now). Tractor passes the house twice a day now the road repairs are underway.

 

Watch the sunset every evening, but from slightly different angles so it doesn't get boring.

 

Exciting times in Isaan!!

I know what you mean.

This is me watching the sunset from a different angle:

[chickenslegs 13990]

1 hour ago, owl sees all said:

It's mango time.

With that glut of mangoes, I would be thinking about mango wine.

[Assurancetourix 17726]

32 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

Very similar to my days Pineapple. Except no rain. And we know about C-19; but don't let is spoil our days. Vallium Tablets! We make our own. No power cuts, but Internet down (back now). Tractor passes the house twice a day now the road repairs are underway.

 

Watch the sunset every evening, but from slightly different angles so it doesn't get boring.

 

Exciting times in Isaan!!

 

Power cuts twice a day yesterday and again once this morning ;

when power cut, no internet ...

 

About mangoes ..

We are making mangoo cigars and jam also ...

 

 

[bluesofa 42431]

9 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

 

Power cuts twice a day yesterday and again once this morning ;

when power cut, no internet ...

 

About mangoes ..

We are making mangoo cigars and jam also ...

 

 

The first photo - is that your washing on the line?

Mango cigars? How many people smoke those?

 

 

 

[chickenslegs 13990]

58 minutes ago, Assurancetourix said:

 

Power cuts twice a day yesterday and again once this morning ;

when power cut, no internet ...

 

About mangoes ..

We are making mangoo cigars and jam also ...

 

 

I see you managed to get your bike into the first picture.

[pineapple01 1466]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

The first photo - is that your washing on the line?

Mango cigars? How many people smoke those?

 

 

 

Gittane Smokers at Christmas.

[faraday 12374]

2 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Gittane Smokers at Christmas.

As a family many years ago, we would holiday in France.

 

One year, when I had discovered smoking, I bought a packet of 20 untipped Gitanes. 

 

I thought I was being extraordinarily cool.

 

Damn things made me sick! 555!

 

 

 

 

[bluesofa 42431]

24 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

The first photo - is that your washing on the line?

Mango cigars? How many people smoke those?

Gittane Smokers at Christmas.

I ended up googling as I couldn't imagine mango cigars, but it appears there are.

I sit corrected.

[faraday 12374]

[Odysseus123 13778]

45 minutes ago, faraday said:

As a family many years ago, we would holiday in France.

 

One year, when I had discovered smoking, I bought a packet of 20 untipped Gitanes. 

 

I thought I was being extraordinarily cool.

 

Damn things made me sick! 555!

 

 

 

 

Gauloise mate...rough as guts..

When all seemed lost the Foreign Legion loaded them into their mitrailleuses and fired 'em at the foe..never failed.

 

Even the camels fled.

Edited April 29, 2020 by Odysseus123

[pineapple01 1466]

1 minute ago, Odysseus123 said:

Gauloise mate...rough as guts..

When all was lost the Foreign Legion loaded them into their mitrailleuse and fired 'em at the the foe..never failed.

 

Even the camels fled.

Disc Bleu took a week longer to kill You.

[Odysseus123 13778]

11 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Disc Bleu took a week longer to kill You.

Gawd they were bad but more in line with poison gas than machine gun fire.

 

However their contribution to 20th century French philosophy cannot be denied...

 

 

 

 

[faraday 12374]

[owl sees all 8374]

3 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

 

Power cuts twice a day yesterday and again once this morning ;

when power cut, no internet ...

 

About mangoes ..

We are making mangoo cigars and jam also ...

 

 

This is new to me AT. Please elaborate on the preparation and drying etc.

 

Is the outer skin mango only? Who smokes them?

[AndyAndyAndy 925]

44 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

This is new to me AT. Please elaborate on the preparation and drying etc.

 

Is the outer skin mango only? Who smokes them?

Put eatable part of mango (no skin, no seed) into a pot. Boil all water out of it. Spread it on piece of plastic/plate and dry it. Scrape it and roll it into a roll. Eat it.

 

We are doing it too.

[owl sees all 8374]

20 minutes ago, AndyAndyAndy said:

Put eatable part of mango (no skin, no seed) into a pot. Boil all water out of it. Spread it on piece of plastic/plate and dry it. Scrape it and roll it into a roll. Eat it.

 

We are doing it too.

We have plenty to eat AAA. But what about smoking them, as AT is saying?

[AndyAndyAndy 925]

Just now, owl sees all said:

We have plenty to eat AAA. But what about smoking them, as AT is saying?

Didn't he meant by "mango cigars" just these eatable rolls?

[pineapple01 1466]

Round here they mix the Mango Pancake with Thai Baccy to kill Big Tukare Geco like buggers when they get in the Roof or Pipes.

[owl sees all 8374]

4 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Round here they mix the Mango Pancake with Thai Baccy to kill Big Tukare Geco like buggers when they get in the Roof or Pipes.

And there's me trying to encourage them to breed. We have one big one by the house that sits in the road from about dusk. It does not like to move. I have to stop the pick-up and get it to scurry away with my foot. Bit my big toe a while back.

[Sterling 76]

If anyone has any interest in making Mango Wine, a guy I know in the Philippines made a few batches a couple of years ago and documented it pretty well with lots of pics on his blog:

 

http://www.lifeinsubic.com/2014/12/mango-wine.html

[pineapple01 1466]

1 hour ago, owl sees all said:

And there's me trying to encourage them to breed. We have one big one by the house that sits in the road from about dusk. It does not like to move. I have to stop the pick-up and get it to scurry away with my foot. Bit my big toe a while back.

You just aint a Wise Old Owl but a Lucky one. Their Saliva contains bacteria than causes bad illness in Kids n Oldies, . Tokay is the correct name iv just been told. So thats OK.

Edited April 29, 2020 by pineapple01
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[Kadilo 12616]

HI all. Great to see and read the updates from you all especially the photos from both now and the past. 

 

Have just completed a 3 week spell offshore and would usually be making my way to the airport to head for Thailand for a couple of weeks to chill and enjoy. Alas, things over here are not much improved. Lockdown still in full flow with no real hope of being lifted. Cannot realistically hope of coming back this year. 

 

My girlfriend speaks every every day and keeps me updated with events over there. Village life does not seem too affected for a typical Isaan family. She says a ferang in the village topped himself because he could not get any more whiskey and all the local mom and pop shops are running dry. 

 

She has been busy planting some trees, some from her parents garden, some new on the land I bought recently. I’m happy for her to plant away,  keeps her happy and she takes her brothers kids sometimes to have a dig around. 

 

They have some nice nice mango trees in the garden. She has been busy collecting. 

 

I love to see them just eating together as a family, it’s one of the things I miss most. The evening meal looks a bit bigger when I’m there

 

 

 

 

[Damrongsak 6075]

9 hours ago, bluesofa said:

The first photo - is that your washing on the line?  ...

Edible undergarments. 

 

[thaibeachlovers 33869]

22 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

I often put my MTBike on the photos because many members do not believe that I am going with it.

I'm surprised you care what many members say. I try not to worry about what people I will never know think about me.

It's only a forum.

[thaibeachlovers 33869]

6 hours ago, Kadilo said:

especially the photos from both now and the past. 

Thanks for your photos, and no bike in any of them:-)

 

You seem to have a problem taking level photos though. If you have either Photoshop or windows 10 it's simple to rotate and crop. Up to you.

[thaibeachlovers 33869]

6 hours ago, Kadilo said:

She says a ferang in the village topped himself because he could not get any more whiskey and all the local mom and pop shops are running dry. 

He's not alone in topping himself because of government actions, however no one, IMO, tops themselves because they can't drink alcohol, but I suspect being drunk stopped him thinking about what really ailed him, and he couldn't take it being sober.

[Odysseus123 13778]

6 hours ago, Kadilo said:

HI all. Great to see and read the updates from you all especially the photos from both now and the past. 

An excellent post and thanks for the photos Kadilo!

 

I am very glad that you are able to keep in close touch with your family and please stay safe and well in one of the centres of the storm...

 

These are very difficult times.

Edited April 30, 2020 by Odysseus123

[Assurancetourix 17726]

12 hours ago, Odysseus123 said:

Gauloise mate...rough as guts..

When all seemed lost the Foreign Legion loaded them into their mitrailleuses and fired 'em at the foe..never failed.

 

Even the camels fled.

There were also the "Celtiques" with a larger diameter (10 mm) than the Gauloises or the Gitanes;
and the famous Boyards of the same diameter as the Celtics
two kinds of paper: white and corn paper

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauloises