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Travel Blogs from Ban Kham Na Di, Thailand
Entertaining for lunch
Take Jai to George and Wan's to kill and prepare a duck whilst I head into Phon Thong for an internet session. Take the long way back to the village exploring a couple of routes for a ride next Sunday. When I get back to George's they have moved back to ...
Catching up with the rice
Best nights seleep I've had in ages. Go to see George & Wan and sway some lettuce plants for some different cabbage plants. News has it that Jai's nephew Tia has finished cutting her rice. Bad news is that it has not been a good ...
Revenge of the widowed chicken ?
Over the last week or so a chicken has started jumping over my back garden wall and pecking around the garden. Not too much of a problem at the moment but I dont want him to get intpo the habit for when the veggies etc are growing. I have now ...
Building work is underway
Walking around the garden this morning I count over 30 flowers coming on my pommegranate tree and a few fruits are already forming. I bike into Phon Thong for a long internet session and start to catch up with this travel blog amongst other ...
Wot no water - wot no electric !!
This is usually my morning to go into Phon Thong and watch the weekend rugby but today we have to go and pay the electric bill - deep joy !! We are a bit early arriving in Phon Thong so make a brief stop at the internet just to clear my e-mail. Go ...
Time to wash the bike
Straight after breakfast we bike to neighbouring Pak Chong to cut some coconut tree leaves but the farm we were going to had a large crowd of people working next to the trees planting cassava. I dont like performing to a crowd so we bike on to a ...
The funeral
... 's brother, At, will be cremated this afternoon so I have postponed for one more day and we will be leaving tomorrow instead. We leave for Ban Don Mieu about 13:00 and after a quick drink at his house we are in time to see them carrying the coffin out and ...
Pomegranates
... into a small fruit. I am keeping my eyes on it each day to follow its progress. Took Jai to her nephews village, Ban Rat Dam Noen (sp) this morning to make a second register for rubber trees. Apparently we have to go through the same ...
The dog killer
Into Phon Thong this morning to update this blog and do a bit of shopping. When I get back to the house sister Bepat is sat with Jai whilst she makes her mats. I discover that the devil child from next door has yet another puppy ! When we ...
Aches and pains !!
The couple of hours I spent working at the farm last night are taking their toll this morning with aches and pains everywhere. Spend a lazy day around the house until late afternoon when its back to the farm for a bit more of the same ... !! Early ...
Marriage on the horizon
Take Jai to her brothers at Ban Don Mieu (sp) again this morning and bring one of her sisters back to Khamnadie with me. I spend the day tidying up in the garden and then late afternoon take the sister back to the brothers and bring Jai home. Jai's ...
Departing Romanians
First thing this morning I am off to the village Sweeney Todd for a haircut. Work continues clearing land at the farm. It is too hot and especially too humid for me to work for too long. In the evening we go and visit George and Wan and take a few ...
Where is Noah when you need him ?
Well, its rain, rain, rain then more rain here at the moment. I dont mean a little bit if drizzle, I mean RAIN !!! There is a small river running along the side of the house right now and it is taking a lot of my back garden underneath the ...
Brain dead
According to many of you I have been brain dead for many years but I am sure the process is accelerating. With little to occupy the little grey cells I can feel them waving goodbye by the day. I do a couple of Sodoku each morning but thats ...
First mat returned completed
Into Phon Thong this morning, primarily to check that the supposedly repaired TV is in fact OK before we get someone to drive us in to collect it. The picture is not wonderful but that is probably the poor reception. Other than that it all ...
Party looming ...
Sold a big bag of tomatoes last night and picked a further 30 this morning. They are cropping like crazy. Took Jai to John & Lawans in the next village of Pak Chong to help them prepare food etc for a forthcoming party. Went to ...
First Christmas cards arrive
I go out to the farm on my own shortly after breakfast and work for a few hours. When I get back to the house 3 Christmas cards are just arriving. Thanks and well done to Mum, Pam & Keith, and Rob & Shirl. George & Wan come to visit ...
Tractors and boys toys ...
A couple of you farm boys have asked me about the equipment that we use on the land so here goes briefly. The water buffalo used to be the main item of farm equipment but most today use what is colloquially known as an 'iron buffalo'. Basically a ...
Time for the mosquitoes to die
I bike out to the farm this morning after breakfast to pick a couple of papaya and to cut yet more coconut tree leaves. Whilst cutting down one the branches a coconut fell off the tree just missing me. Reckon that would have been a new one ...
Same, same
Come into Pjhon Thong this morning to update Journal and do a bit of shopping. Jai is dying some more grass so better that I am out of the ...
Strange people
To farm right after breakfast by way of a change and get lots cut. After lunch Jai sneaks next door to play cards again. She comes back about GBP10 better off but knows that I dont really approve. To farm again late afternoon and some more fires to ...
More coconut tree leaves
It is very cold again this morning and we stay indoors all morning not doing a great deal. After we ave eaten I have to get out and do something. Jai's mother gets through her leaves like wildfire so this afternoon we bike to a neighbouring ...
Waiting for a visa ...
Fingers crossed that Jai's passport arrivestoday but more importantly that it includes a valid UK visa! I go out to the farm for a long session bearing in mind that I will be having a two day break from tomorrow. In the afternoon we leave a message with ...
Kings Birthday
This is my usual day for going into Phon Thong and updating this blog. With it being the KIngs Birthday and a national holiday I am never sure what places will be open for business and which places will close. Give the trip into town a miss ...
Stop theif !!
A lovely bright start to the day this morning. I go to the village 'salon' for a haircut but she is bus and tells me to come back at 09:00. I go back as arranged to find the place locked up ! I bike out to the farm to collect a further three ...
More visa stuff
Into Phon Thong for the Saturday market then stop off at the internet to print off some documents we will need next week in Bangkok and to proceed with our hotel booking. Yesterday, Jais brother Sai next door had a satellite dish fitted and I dont think ...
The Grim Reaper commeth
This morning we plant a Bay Tree in the back garden. We use the leaves in a lot of soups etc but it will be a while before we are picking our own. An old chap who lives a couple of houses from us has just died. Apparently it is the village ...
Internet open hurrah
With a T-shirt on beneath my shirt to keep the wind off I bike back into Phon Thong again this morning and luckily the internet is open today. Perhaps it is just because I am a little later getting here. Still chilly on the bike with the ...
Dead motorbike - bad timing !!
We have a lot to do today so we take a few minutes to write down a shopping and to-do list. Jai visits a house where their son is becomming a monk today. I was supposed to be going as well but as we were leaving the house we bumped into Jai's ...
Making plans ...
Out to the farm first thing this morning. When I get back I bike over to Pak Chong for a word with John. We agree to go and look for the wooden houses on the bus rather than use the bikes just in case it is a long way. We will go tomorrow. ...