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Travel Blogs from Ban Kham Na Di, Thailand
Dull day
Awake to rain again and I thought that I was leaving the bad weather behind and coming for some sun. About another 5 weeks or so of the rainy season to go unfortunately. Witht the rain appearing to be set in for the day I settle down with a ...
Another farang in the village ?
Before going into town thuis morning I nip out to the farm to give the trees a drink. Having neglected them for a while when we were unsure about our water supply we are trying to make up for it now by watering a little every day until we ...
A marriage on the horizon ?
No, don't worry anyone, we are not talking about me !!! Jai tells me that her daughter is planning on marrying later this year when we return here from England. Next month the prospective husband will be coming to visit Jai along with his parents ...
A loaf of bread !!
Into Phon Thong first thing this morning for a bit of shopping and check the internet. Upon my return we had decided to have a first stab at making a loaf of bread. I have to say that it was a huge success and a glorious loaf appeared as ...
Apple Crumble !!
Have to go into Phon Thong this morning although I am not looking forward to the ride in. Jai does some laundry first thing whilst we wait for it to warm up a bit. Leg is feeling a little better every day but has a long way to go. This ...
More small pleasures
Came into Phon Thong this morning and when I got back home I found that George had been to visit us and had brought 4 potatoes; a relative feast for sometime and the first I will have eaten since May last year ...
Rabbit
Jiap is off back to Bangkok this morning and with almost everyone else already gone it feels really quiet again. Great !! I burn off all of the rubbish that has accumulated over the last week or so. We have been finding it impossible to ...
Valentine's Day
I often find myself in Phon Thong on Valentine's Day and the schoolkids here make a really big event of it. There are stalls set up along the main road through town for them to buy flowers on their way to school and even the school buses ...
Back to the village
We arrive in cold and dark PHon Thong at 05:00 and have to put on another couple of shirts before taking a tuk-tuk out to the village. Straight to bed with a cuppa tea for another hour or so. Welcome back home as we have no electric and no ...
Go watch someone else working
We go out to the farm together after breakfast for a while clearing the ever growing grass. I drop Jai off to help with the funeral then bike over to Pak Chong to return John's drill. Stay here and watch them working for a while. Decide that ...
Laurel & Hardy !!
Into Phon Thong this morning to possibly buy some bedroom furniture. We come away with bed, mattress, wardrobe and dressing table, all of which will be delivered later this morning. We buy some garden shears for our hedge and a few more ...
More farm visits
As I open the front doors this morning I spot Fin visiting the Doctors opposite. Turns out that she has spots all over her back but the Doc thinks they are just a heat rash. I sit out the front of the house drinking my breakfast cuppa when the dogs ...
Finally - arrival !
Still no real sleep but I am amazed when we pull in to the bus station at Roi Et about 03:00 a lot earlier than we expected. By 03:30 Phon Thong is approaching and we start to gather up our things. Even the tuk-tuk drivers at the bus station ...
On the home front
... been commented that I have placed loads of photos onto this site but not too many around our houseor around the village. Over our remaining week or so I will attempt to put this right starting today with photos of chez nous, ban row, our ...
Palm oil trees
Dark and cloudy again this morning and a few spots of rain start to fall as soon as we have finished breakfast. Didnt imagine that work at the farm would have to be postponed because of rain, in March. It didnt last too long and didnt even make ...
How much do you pay for a tree ?
Into Phon Thong for an internet session but the rugby video from the weekend game was not yet available so just brought this blog up to date, shopping, then back to Khamnadie. John has decided that she wants GBP10 for each of her trees which John thinks ...
No respite
The 'make-a-monk' party continujes and has been joined by yet another one - oh, such fun !!! I leave and seek refuge at John'sin neighbouring Pak Chong where I cut another huge pile ofcoconut tree leaves. With Jai there as well we end up staying ...
Off to work again ...
No, not me, Jai. She gets picked up early morning and along with a few friends they drive to the nieghbouring village to help a friend, Wai, finish cutting her rice. I nip into Phon Thong then have a lazy day on my ...
Swimming and alcohol dont mix !!
Take Jai to a friends house this morning where she willbe eating midday with a group of friends. Late afternoon I go and pick her up and we bike out for a swim. Jai is particularly quiet this week andnot swimming very much at all. When we ...
Where have all the monks gone ?
To offer thanks for getting her visa Jai decides to give some food to the monks this morning. Gets the food ready and we await them passing our place as they usually do. By 7:30 they still havent turned up so she starts to put the food ...
Flights booked !!
Into Phon Thong this morning with a headache. There must have been something wrong with the beer that I drank last night. Having written off flights with Jet India and Air China I have booked with Egypt Air as we did last year. They ...
Dragonfruit
One of the first things that we planted in the garden once the house was complete was a row of dragonfruit. At the time they were about 6ins tall and looked like small cactuses (cacti ?). They have grown really well siince then and this year ...
Sugar cane everywhere
With the rice season well and truly behind us most peoples thoughts have turned to their sugar cane which is one of the major cash crops grown locally. Every day now a steady stream of lorries pass the house laden down with the cut canes en-route ...
Internet day
'Monk Day' today so Jai is up early to feed the monks as they pass our place on their morning rounds. It is also Monday so I am off into Phon Thong to watch the weekends rugby on the internet. Had forgotten that it was a European weekend and ...
Off to the hospital already
Up at 05:30 to a wet and drizzly morning so gardening today. Jai's mum hasnt been too well and asks Jai to take her to the hospital in the town of Phon Thong. Not having any suitable transport ourselves she is taken and brought back in the ...
Back to Khamnadie
Up at 06:00 with the alarm once again. We walk to the bus station just before 07:00 expecting a 07:30 bus to the border. No. The first bus isnt due to leave until 08:15 so we settle down to wait. I want one last baguette so set ...
cakes and fish
With our cake supply almost finished Jai baked another couple of batches of currant buns this morning but at the time I did not know that she intended heading off to the market with a friend this evening to try and introduce the locals to the ...
More staining
After breakfast I get straight into the staining routine and give my back garden bench a good coating. Wore a glove with a plastic back over the top of it to protect my hand this time. When I had finished there was not a drop of stain on my ...
Miracle medicines
... and I didnt think that the vitamin injection would have been that beneficial or quick acting. Jai tells me well, this is Thailand !!! I bike into Phon Thong for the internet and to do someshopping leaving Jai supposedly to be having a rest. I ...
Lottery
Happy Birthday dad. It is lottery day today so I use the age that my fathjer would have been as my lucky number on my lottery ticket - it didnt win ! George came to us for a few more books and to bring Jai some grass dye that they didnt have ...