Assurancetourix Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 Yesterday evening, about 9 pm, " fay dap " and this morning when beginning my MTBike balade, as yesterday, no electricity; it came back at about 2 pm, one hour ago ! We had rain during all the night but no rain when going outside with my MTBike at about 6 am Just outside our village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 I'm on rd 22 going ( again ) to Nong Han; a man cutting rice; yes , rice not the grass... Don't know why ..( maybe it's not his rice ? ) And women fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 I'm on rd 22 going ( again ) to Nong Han; a man cutting rice; yes , rice not the grass... Don't know why ..( maybe it's not his rice ? ) And women fishing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted July 28, 2016 Author Share Posted July 28, 2016 And again a surprise with the size of the photos; Presumptuous ATX about the weather and the sky ; I had the big, the huge downpour during the balade Coming back home with the sun... 76 km today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 An admin or a moderator can delete post 153; it's the same as 152 . Yesterday I did 121 kilometers with a french friend ; a very beautiful weather but much wind in my face coming back home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 1, 2016 Author Share Posted August 1, 2016 And today, monday, the first of august 2016 a little bike balade 58 kilometers ; Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 Today tuesday 2 of august 2016 ; Listening Pink Floyd - PULSE (live at Earls Court London) 20/10/1994 (Full Concert) on U-Tube .. Good concert .. Yesterday we had a huge storm but no " fay dap !" strange ..and good , the fan was working all the night .. This morning on road 227 going to Wang Sammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 2, 2016 Author Share Posted August 2, 2016 And coming back home; here, I'm at 52 km from my village Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Yesterday wednesday 3 of august 2016; Beautiful day for cycling; not too much sun ..no wind ; road 22 going to Phangkhon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 And coming back home... 79 km yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 Cycling every day ; it's like a drug but a nice, a good drug ! Went to Nong Han on road 22 ; 76 kilometers today ; no sun and no wind also It's easier to shoot a truck when it is sleeping ( like his driver ) Another one TOT or 3BB will install new phone lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 And today saturday 6 of august 2016 , I'm a lucky man .. Cycling early in the morning , I came back home 2 hours ago ( noon ); now it's raining, raining ...but no storm so still internet ... The sky at 7 am this morning on rd 22 Much water in the river at Ban_Ya I decide, today, to go inside but the Wat is not beautiful; fortunately the door at the entrance is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 6, 2016 Author Share Posted August 6, 2016 Some more photos I can see these 4 trucks every morning on rd 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 , sunday 7 of august 2016 ; As I wrote yesterday, the same big truck going outside PoToTo station just outside Sawang Daen Din - rd 22 At a light inside Sawang Rd 227, between Phangkhon and Kalasin; here is at ban That ; three km before Waritchaphum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 A very beautiful Cheddi in ban That On the parking lot of Tesco Waritchaphum; big black clouds... A few km before Song Dao And 20 minutes later It was raining on me .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie69 Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 What are these trucks transporting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 11, 2016 Author Share Posted August 11, 2016 I think it's clay , little stones .. Every time I can see them, they are empty going from Sakon Nakhon to the direction of Udon Thani at high speed . Saw them again this morning , thursday 11 of august 2016; all empty .. Today a few km; I found a baby cat walking alone in the middle of nowhere along the big 4 lanes rd 22 ; so I came back home ; he has his own room with food and water; difficult to have a baby cat with my five little dogs; they want to kill it This morning found also a rice field crab , alive on the middle of my road, so I put it in the ditch . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 One week I don't post something ! Raining much, often in the night so i can cycle in the morning and afternoon. Last sunday, 14 of august 2016 , many vehicles on rd 22 ; I'm not far from Nong Han coming back to Sawang But before arriving home it was raining ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Monday the 15th of august 2016 In Ban_Ya, many trucks with 20' containers waiting for .. Nong Mek, the new lights work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Same day , monday 15 of august 2016 There are many road marks we don't have in Europe And pickup, also .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 you are right RMX, fortunately empty ...........but when much wind and a slippery road ...and I have never seen them going cautiousnessness Some more photos of Sakon Nakhon and Udon Thani provinces; Tuesday 16 of august 2016 , Cycling to Phangkhon - total = 83 km - beautiful weather in the morning; this is a new bridge for the future high speed train ( in another life, I suppose ) A nice yellow M150 truck And bufaloes lying in their mud baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 On my return way, the entrance of a little bar/restaurant Arriving in Sawang, the deluge/flood - it is 2.48 pm Twenty minutes later, just outside Sawang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 19, 2016 Author Share Posted August 19, 2016 Two days ago a big overvoltage during 3 or 4 minutes; fortunately, I have an UPS ( Uninterruptible Power Supply ) , often it's the contrary, undervoltage from 175 volts to 60, 45..sometimes nothing .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Last friday evening - 19 of august 2016 - we, 9 thai people and 2 farang ( french ) had the crazy idea to do a lap beginning and finishing at Phangkhon , Sakon Nakhon province; Going to Beung Kan, road 222, then 212 to Nong Khai, 2 to Udon Thani and 22 to Phangkhon .. the bagatelle of 453 km we did in less than 24 hours Departure a 6.30 pm , it was not yet raining ..No women on the bikes, only in the three cars who were with us for the security My apologize for the bad quality of the photos; I was cycling, it was night and my camera is a basic one a compact Olympus TG 860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 We are at Kham Ta Khla; it is 9.50 pm and it is raining MUCH A stop at the 7/11 for a warm coffee or ovaltine for me . In the pickup there is an old fridge in which we have much ice and drinks ( no alcool !! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 On the road to Beung Kan, it's pissing down ( but we like that, I think ? ), in french the expression is : " il pleut comme vache qui pisse " Arriving at Beung Kan - PoToTo station right side of the road - there is a security guard in front of the door My french friend who is a young man, only 66 y old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I had to stop here, I wanted to go further but my body said NO ; I can do more than 450 km in 24 hours, I did already 628 km in 26 hours; yes, it was a long time ago during the race Bordeaux - Paris with amateur like me, I was never a cyclist professional ! So my bicycle on one of the pickups and me inside it . 130 kilometers, average 28 km/h in the night and we had a huge rain .. Beung Kan to Nong Khai , it'is 6 am 6.20 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Rd 2 from Nong Khai to Udon Thani 9.00 am Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 22, 2016 Author Share Posted August 22, 2016 Today, monday 22 of august 2016; we went to Kasersat University not very far from Sakon Nakhon city, on the road to Nakon Phanom , where our youngest daughter is studying ; Have a look how to never have a problem with " police tolls" - there were two on 120 kms and many speeding vehicles were on the left side to pay something; my wife said 1,000 baht now ! 90 km/h , less than 2000 revs/mn , 17, 5 km for 1 liter of fuel ....with a 3,000cc pickup and automatic gear . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assurancetourix Posted August 23, 2016 Author Share Posted August 23, 2016 Today, tuesday 23 of august 2016 99 kilometers on my MTBike a few photos which are already in different threads.. The one of the four I prefer ; nearly 500.000 baht, the same price as a pickup 2 doors ...!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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