donhandley.com/blog1 http://donhandley.com/blog1 life in the far north of Thailand Tue, 22 May 2012 14:16:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Singapore by day http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/05/22/singapore-by-day/ http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/05/22/singapore-by-day/#comments Tue, 22 May 2012 14:16:37 +0000 Administrator http://donhandley.com/blog1/?p=572 Continue reading →]]>

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Click on the photo above to open the photo album.

Wan and I both had a great time in Singapore. It is a unique place. I don’t know why we did not go sooner. Our good friend, Ralph, took great care of us, and made sure we saw the top attractions and found some of the best places to eat.

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CLICK TO OPEN THE PHOTO ALBUM

Singapore is exceptionally beautiful, day or night.

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We had a great time in Singapore, and I will post a couple of more photo albums from our sightseeing (this one is about the food we encountered).

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February 4, 2012 - CLICK TO OPEN PHOTO ALBUM

Click here to open photo album consisting of 26 photos taken over a 107 day time span.

May 21, 2012 - CLICK TO OPEN PHOTO ALBUM

]]> http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/05/22/100-days-anatomy-of-a-rice-crop/feed/ 0 Village Chieftan’s daughter weds and the villagers are treated to a party http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/05/01/village-chieftans-daughter-weds-and-the-villagers-are-treated-to-a-party/ http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/05/01/village-chieftans-daughter-weds-and-the-villagers-are-treated-to-a-party/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 08:02:16 +0000 Administrator http://donhandley.com/blog1/?p=552 Continue reading →]]> Yesterday there was a big party in the village to celebrate the wedding of the village chieftan’s (poo yai baan’s) daughter.

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(below) One of the featured entertainers. For some reason I kept thinking about “Hot Pants” by the late, great James Brown.

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]]> http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/05/01/village-chieftans-daughter-weds-and-the-villagers-are-treated-to-a-party/feed/ 0 Baan Sabai – new guest house near the new Chiang Mai bus terminal http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/baan-sabai-new-guest-house-near-the-new-chiang-mai-bus-terminal/ http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/baan-sabai-new-guest-house-near-the-new-chiang-mai-bus-terminal/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:22:49 +0000 Administrator http://donhandley.com/blog1/?p=547 I noticed this new, clean-looking guest house less than 100 meters from the new Chiang Mai Bus Terminal #3, which is directly across the road from the Arcade Bus Terminal.

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]]> http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/baan-sabai-new-guest-house-near-the-new-chiang-mai-bus-terminal/feed/ 0 Kamala’s – new guest house near Miguel’s http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/kamalas-new-guest-house-near-miguels/ http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/kamalas-new-guest-house-near-miguels/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:17:42 +0000 Administrator http://donhandley.com/blog1/?p=543 Continue reading →]]> If you leave Miguel’s heading south (with the flow of traffic) and turn left at the first soi you come to, you will run into this place. It is down past the Funky Monkey Guest House on the left. It just opened recently, so it may be cleaner than your average guest house.

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]]> http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/kamalas-new-guest-house-near-miguels/feed/ 0 Baan Chinnakarn near Miguel’s in Chiang Mai http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/baan-chinnakarn-near-miguels-in-chiang-mai/ http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/baan-chinnakarn-near-miguels-in-chiang-mai/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 06:11:51 +0000 Administrator http://donhandley.com/blog1/?p=537 Continue reading →]]> I stayed here for 4 nights recently and was pleased with the room and the rate.
450 baht per night. Air-con, fridge, TV, internet (via cable not Wi-Fi). Very clean.
Good location on a side street very close to Miguel’s
For monthly it is 5,000 baht plus 300 for internet, 100 for water and 7 baht per unit for electricity.

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]]> http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/28/baan-chinnakarn-near-miguels-in-chiang-mai/feed/ 0 สงกรานต์ – Songkran, the Thai New Year festival http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/12/%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%95%e0%b9%8c-songkran-the-thai-new-year-festival/ http://donhandley.com/blog1/2012/04/12/%e0%b8%aa%e0%b8%87%e0%b8%81%e0%b8%a3%e0%b8%b2%e0%b8%99%e0%b8%95%e0%b9%8c-songkran-the-thai-new-year-festival/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:10:05 +0000 Administrator http://donhandley.com/blog1/?p=526 Continue reading →]]> Songkran kicked into high gear today with lots of water being flung at people in cars and on motorbikes. I even got soaked on foot, out for an evening walk. But, it is all in good fun. I din’t get any good photos of the water being flung about today because I had my camera and other gear inside a ziplock bag. Lots of fireworks going off as well, even as I write this at 3 o’clock in the morning. The festival will officially continue until the 15th.

Today all 12 villages in our tambon had a parade & beauty contest. And the makeshift beachfront was packed. Wan’s daughter and son-in-law are running one of the makeshift restaurants set up for the Songkran festival, and today they were packing them in.

The new sheriff in town - Wan's son, Thom, with his Songkran posse

"Wiang Nuea Beach" - on the banks of the Kok River

Why dine "by the river", when you can dine "in the river"?

Dancing

This is the dancing venue

All 12 villages in our tambon participated in the parade

Some of the more prosperous villages featured truck mounted musical ensembles

Each village featured a contestant in the beauty contest

This is the contingent from my village - Village #8 - Baan Tri Kaew

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Why dine by the riverside, when you can dine in the river?


Wan toiling over a hot fire, grilling pork collar.


Smoky and delicious!


Keep the birthday cake. I will take the pork.


The grilled squid were also a big hit.

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