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Sarakham Music
Taro came over a few weeks ago, and we stopped by a recently-opened music shop while the kids were at Tae Kwon Do. It’s the largest music store in Sarakham…
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Thai Jaeger – The Golden Buddha Mech
Somewhere between the Chiang Yuen and Sam Sung districts on a two-lane highway lined with rice paddies and stands of vines and overgrowth, there is a secret Jaeger base under…
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Babyblade CBR fun
My friend Ben just bought a used 2011 Honda CBR250R w/ABS in Pattaya and brought it back to Sarakham. I helped him out a little with the details of the…
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and the wind whispers
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Rainbow on the Bypass (Maha Sarakham)
A fortuitous sign right at the start of our journey…
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Maha Sarakham Restaurant Review – Little Tokyo
Went to a new Japanese restaurant opening today with Tong. It wasn’t crowded at all, and my first impression was bad because it reeked of fresh paint inside. I don’t…
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Golden Shower at New City Hall, Maha Sarakham
The Rachapreuk tree has naughty names (only for perverted minds?) in English (golden shower tree), Latin (Cassia fistula), Spanish (caña fistula), and translated Chinese (sausage tree). It’s name in…
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Keeping termite nests
A couple months back, we visited a small restaurant in neighboring Kosum Phisai, on one of the two main routes to Khon Kaen from Maha Sarakham. This place advertises along…
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It finally cooled down…
Just a little present for Christmas I suppose. Usually we have a month or two of cool weather here, but it stayed hot for the longest time I’ve ever seen.…
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Hi-so in Sarakham – New Sermthai Complex, Maha Sarakham
——– Three years ago, when we moved into this house, many people doubted my choice of location. I simply told them that it would be a few years until this…
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Jules Verne in Khon Kaen?
In the lobby of the Pullman hotel (ex-Sofitel Raja Orchid), Khon Kaen, Thailand.
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Monsoon Season
A big storm blew through here yesterday… At one point, it was gusting as hard as I’ve ever seen it. The reeds at the edge of the pond were blowing…
