This is one of the very interesting national parks previously posted on my blog. Here’s a short video.
Khao Yai National Park
Crazy Red Monkey
Here on Koh Chang the Red Monkey bar has been open for most of the Covid one year season and it has a nice pool table so that’s why I and some friends go to play in the evenings and have mini, informal, meaningless tournaments which we never remember and we especially don’t care who wins unless it’s a long winning streak and then we complain . We have people from Thailand and all over the world playing against each other but so far at this bar the best players are Thai.
Sometimes people come to have a party and it gets a little bit wild. This video shows what can happen when you’re having a good time. “Ting Tong” in Thai means something equivalent to “crazy” in English.
Klong Yai. The Long Southeastern Tail.
This little town is very well known as a tourist destination for Thai people. I’m not sure how popular it is with the foreign community. It’s such a long way from anything the surrounding area certainly doesn’t add too much to the attractiveness except that it’s by the ocean. The port used to be for trading and I guess for people staying here especially Chinese shippers and there is a very large Chinese temple here right by the water though the whole town is by the water and has several bridges going over a few canals which are very picturesque. I enjoyed riding around the town on my motorcycle which is about the biggest vehicle he would want to have on some of these narrow streets.
It’s kind of interesting to notice that most of the little motorcycles driving around here or Honda Scoopy. To put that in perspective the most popular motorcycle company here is Honda and the most popular size engines are the 110 125 mL. The most popular Honda model is the Click. The Scoopy main target is women of all ages. It has strong influence from Vespa and many of the features and designs are very cute. Well, the Scoopy is the most prevalent in Klong Yai. The dealer’s stock is, of course, dominated by Scoopy.
Koh Chang Mischief
Khemer Ruins in Aranyaprathet Area
Near the border with Cambodia there are a number of places with Khemer ruins dating back to at least 900 years reflecting Hindu artwork throughout to Khemer empire. This specific unearthing is called Prasat Sdok Kok Thom.
Puppies Gone Wild!
On my recent trip to the north east part of Thailand, near Cambodia, in an area called Aranyaprathet, I stayed at a friend’s parent’s place which is being turned into a farm. There they had some puppies born about 10 days before I arrived and this is about those puppies.
One day before I got there one of the puppies had, at night time, fallen off the side of the bridge connecting the house area with the little barn structure intended for future animals and was discovered the next morning. That reduce the number of puppies from 7 to 6. While I was there we heard splashes and fished out three puppies who had also fallen off the side of the bridge. I decided to pick up some logs to put along the edge of the bridge to keep them from inadvertently slipping off and falling in.
The photo below shows the puppy that kept bullying the black and white puppy. I guess you could conclude this puppy would grow up to be very aggressive. But I probably will never know if that’s true since all of these puppies will be given away once they’re two months old.
The photo above shows where the puppies sleep, obviously tick infested. But it is shaded most of the day so it provides a cool place for them to hang out. Ticks were a huge problem with these puppies. Most of them had them all over and one puppy had, as I counted, 13 ticks inside one ear. The goal was to get the right kind of medicine and shampoo that would take care of the tick problem since it was obviously causing discomfort and pain.
But now the puppies are free of ticks and are back into their normal habit of going wild.
Mom’s Dream House
In the 1960s after 30 years of cleaning the house, taking care of children and cooking for everybody Mom got tired of doing it. In her mind she had this dream house she would live in where all of these things she did in the past would be secondary to just enjoying life. She described her house on the beach here she would walk in with sandy feet, not cleaning them off, put her feet up on the table and not even think about cleaning up the place.
As she described her small cabin on the beach I had a picture in my mind I created from her description. It had a front door in the middle where you walk into the house, a window on the right for the living room with the rustic furniture, no need to be careful of spilling anything anywhere. Then there was a door on the left leading into the bedroom with the window facing out towards the beach, the same as with the living room window.
While walking on White Sands Beach here in Koh Chang I found the house.
Wat Paknam Khaem Nu (Chantaburi, Thailand)
This temple is so interesting and unique it takes a long time to absorb all the beauty. I recently met one of the artists decorating the walls. It’s an incredibly interesting personal story as well as profession.
(Red Phoenix and Azure dragon make up the Yin Yang circle of dynamics)
Wat Putthawat Pu Sing (Kalasin, Thailand)
Wat Sawang (Kalasin, Thailand)
Here is another really beautiful temple.
