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Trat

Nam Chieo is an old fishing district near Trat city.

Try crossing the bridge to the little island
small fishing boat seen from the bridge
spirits like coke
Well, this is on the way to the Village
Skinny fish
Kiao Pad Tom Yam
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Trat Mangrove Forest (Black Sand Beach)

A mangrove forest is a whole complete ecosystem. The one here is called Black Sand Beach but it’s not really much of a beach it’s just some very fine sand among the rotting debris which makes the sand black. It definitely is not a place to swim.

This is what mangroves look like up close
The next photo shows them all over the mangrove forest
this is what they call a beach
some workers are doing some thing here. You can see how deep this soil is
Listen to the gas escaping from the soil
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Kalasin

These are various pictures from my Kalasin trip. Captions explain them.

An overloaded truck by any other name still begs caution
coconut ice cream is always delicious
Home barbecue
Oh, Honey!
Waiting for lunch
The Amazon is in Merry old England which is in Thailand
My friends house in Kalasin
They will take you fishing on the river
These places will cook you lunch and bring it out to your boat
Bugs or mushrooms? Up to you!
At most family restaurants you can take your own bottle of alcohol and the restaurant was supply ice and mixer as well as water. There is no corking charge. You can also get a bottle of your favorite drink from the restaurant.
Within the 15 minutes it took to drink my coffee the air went from clear to field burning white smoky lung clogging junk in the air. People were probably burning plastics and other carcinogenic materials as well.
When you visit some temples they will give you these sheets of very very thin gold (24 karat) which you can press on to certain relics or statues
This is the crematorium within the temple, your last stop before your next trip.
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Khao Yai

This national park is a very beautiful mountain and valley area good for camping, company or educational events, all sorts of nature related activities or just a drive-through. You can see all sorts of animals here if you are lucky. I saw some deer and many people will see elephants walking around.

oh deer!
Proof that elephants wander in the area
hanging vines
View from the top
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Beach Fishing

Getting enough food to eat is a challenge for some people during this Covid crisis. Some people go to the beach, throw their nets in and catch some fish so they have something to eat with rice in the evening maybe with some vegetables. Here’s some men pulling in their catch from the beach.

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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.