ON THE WRITE PATH: travel journal for Around-the-World in 2015, 16, 18. |
For there are many paths. A tlog. A travel blog. A keeping-track of my trials, er.. travels. February 26, 2015 until ... June 18,2015. January 12, 2016 until February 15, 2016. November 13 to 30 2018 ... 2019, 2020: Taiwain. I went nowhere in 2021. 2022: Portugal, Thailand. Will include: Hawai'i, Japan, Australia, South Africa, Untied Arab Emirates, Portugal, Norway, Ireland and... (2015) ... Norway and Estonia (2016), México (2018), Taiwan, Balkans, Baltics, Turkey, Costa Rica, Nicaragua. Vi får se. "Where I have traveled, stayed and visited. Over 181 places." |
Today, I got up early and went to the annual commemoration of the founding of Udon Thani by Prajak. It's held every January 18th. Everyone wears orange. I did (but it's my favorite color and the color for Thursday regardless). The provincial tree has an orange flower that blooms this time of year. Thousands gather around the monument and dance. Winter is cool in the morning, usually in the 60s. It warmed up to the 80s later. One gets used to it. Montana was 30 below this past week. Buffalo was buried under snow. Isaan in Northern Thailand is thirsty. Winter in Thailand begins when it drops below 23 degrees Celsius (around 73F) and lasts about 3 months. It's dry in the NE in Isan and can go down to 50F. In more northerly areas it can drop to 40F with frost on the mountains. Usually the sky is blue unless crops are being burnt. That's... common. If so, the horizon gets an orange tint. Orange may be my favorite color; but, orange air is barely breathable. Last year that happened in February. Hopefully it holds off until March. Rain clears it out. That could be sometime in April... if we are lucky. While Isaan has been mostly dry, there are floods in the south as heavy rains and winds are seasonal. Bangkok? It's the usual... a steam-bath. I'll be there next week. 4238 |