Going Up Country, What ya going to do?

[can123]

This is one of the nicer pics of Scunthorpe

Please forgive me if my language offends but I am desperate to know the answer to this question :

If "Typhoo put the "T" in Britain", who put the [at][at][at][at] in Scunthorpe ? Answers on a postcard, please to .....

[rickschoppers]

Interesting thread. It's always good to see how life goes on in different parts of the country, so I though I'd drop in a few photos of scenes from the area I live in.
There's never a dull moment in Isaan, despite the ravings and nonsense spouted by the southern condo dwellers and bar-stool sages.

Here are some general scenes from the local village and surrounding countryside taken over they past couple of years:



The quiet (very good) piece of road that leads to the village. This was a dirt track ten years ago....then along came Taksin....



This shot is taken from the fields just behind our house. Nice open countryside with wooded hills in the distance.



Negotiations at the local market garden. The woman who operates this little empire must be about 90, but she can solve quadratic equations in her head.....



The Chi river floods the plain every October/November. This "flood" only lasts a few of days and fills up all the ponds. In the lower flood areas they grow a type of rice that can withstand quite a few days under water without damaging the crop. Very fertile land.



Never waste a good flood. Time to wash the truck and let the wife and kids have a swim.



Time to do some fishing as well. No self respecting Isaanite misses an opportunity to score a few fish.....



Road fishing is a practiced art around these parts..........and the younger generation are taken along to lean the skill.



There they are....cleaning out the river of fish. The less proactive ones just wait for the water to go down and then scoop the marooned fish from the paddy fields...




Not all of the younger generation are keen to learn this skill.....this fellow gave up on Grandma and headed home to watch TV....

I have plenty more....but I don't want to hijack the tread.

Obviously taken during the rainy season when everything is green. Very nice except for the climate that time of year. Living in the same part of Thailand as you Koman, I do like the months from November to March when the temperature is cooler with less humidity.

It does not matter where you live in Thailand, one surely appreciates the diversity and warmer weather than what we all find back home.

[koman]

Obviously taken during the rainy season when everything is green. Very nice except for the climate that time of year. Living in the same part of Thailand as you Koman, I do like the months from November to March when the temperature is cooler with less humidity.

Yes. Those photos are from the end of the 2013 rainy season...which I seem to remember lasted a bit longer than most years.

One good thing about the rainy season is that the air is not full of smoke and dust, which can become a problem during the dry season with all the dust from the land blowing about; augmented by the Thais burning every piece of combustible material they can find.

I'm usually popping antihistamines on a regular basis from about New Year until the rains start again. This year has been especially bad around here, because there's quite a bit of construction going on in our area, which adds to the dust problem.

[koman]

I though we were going to be bombarded with photos but it looks like the photo black hole has swallowed everybody's work.....

I'll post a few more pics of stuff going on in and around us. These are in no particular order...just images of life in Isaan.



THE RICE HARVEST....not nearly as labour intensive as it used to be.




The omnipresent handcart. Thais can move mountains with these things. That's my wife's potting shed behind it.



A very serious piece of Isaan construction underway. This was the staff accomodations for the building crew that built our house.....in the early stages of course....



Another master build underway. This is our storage facility for cement and stuff during the house construction.



Village funeral procession led by the local monks.



Funeral procession from the front. This was my MIL's funeral in 2011. Well over a thousand people attended. She was a very popular and respected old lady. A real village matriarch, always surrounded by people asking for guidance.

She was in her late 80ies....but nobody seemed to know exactly how old she was because there was no record of her actual birthday. Not that unusual in remote rural areas in those days apparently.



A part of the huge crowd winding it's way out of the village to the temple.

Again, just random images of daily life in Isaan. Enjoy.

[ltnt]

^Nice images truly Thai.

[Stumpy]

Nice pics Koman...as Ltnt, truly Thai and refreshing

[Joesixpac]

Love the pictures. Must be nice living in a place were family is so well liked and respected, as MIL was. Probably allows for strong interaction with the community.

[Klondyke]

Funeral of my FIL few years ago. The last two monks (big and small) are grandsons of the deceased.




How to manage the lot of textile?



The instructing monk was pretty amazed by the small monk:

[Klondyke]

At another (more pleasant) opportunity:
Office girls at New Year tamboon:
(the pregnant one at the far left, not by my endeavour - I cannot take care of everything)

[terry57]

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Great pics. Locals at work here. This is what its all about innit.

[can123]

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Great pics. Locals at work here. This is what its all about innit.

How would you know about locals working ? You are from Australia, aren't you ?

[ltnt]

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