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20231229 (Not our house. Not our sky either, but we watch it most evenings.) |
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20231229
The beginning of a very red sunset. Happy New Year to all.
Korat Winter Festival and Countdown 2024
20231223
Local monitor lizard population seems healthy...
At a wonderfully low high temperature of 25 degrees, we went for a bicycle ride along the double canal by the housing estate's front perimeter fence. (Dirt road is lined with canals and jungle on both sides.) First, I spotted a large monitor lizard on the dirt road. It spotted us at the same time, and ran crashing away through the woods.
A bit later, I spotted a different large monitor lizard on the dirt road ahead. It was hardly afraid of us. I was ringing my bicycle bell a lot trying to get it to run away. I guess it finally got tired of my pestering, and it slithered away into the canal.
I've been thinking about fishing that canal, but haven't yet. If and when I do, I suppose I should prepare myself for a possible encounter with Monitor Lizard,
20231220
ร้านขนมจีนครูยอด ประโดก โคราช.
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Like hobby horses? Did you ever read D.H. Lawrence's The Rocking Horse Winner? |
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Cigs, cigs, and more cigs... |
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20231216 |
20231213-1758 sunset.
20231206
Our last ride...
Still the Sky Pilot.
Always checking out the sky. And this. And that... Taipei grass (replaced section of lawn) 20250701-20250714

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Didn't want to waste my time in 인천 / 仁川 / Incheon, so it was off to the southern terminus of the #1 subway line, Songdo Moonlight Fest...
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Upper Wolhwa Walking Street is nice. Tourists love it, and I've got a favorite old school restaurant there.
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How many maps have been stored in this poor little brain of mine? Always room for more, I suppose, depending on where I am. As of now, it st...