One good thing about having visitors is that you do things you wouldn't otherwise get around to doing. So it was with our visit to the 314-meter tall King Power Maha Nakhon Building in Bangkok. It provides an excellent view of Bangkok and its Chao Phraya River below.
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Now I pay whatever I have to pay for possible relief of my foot issues.
I'm hopeful...
20240114 update:
So far, so good. Some relief. If you have/had plantar fasciitis, these appear to be a decent choice.
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With the toad frogs and the pond monster. (Have not yet been able to identify pond monster despite frequent observation.)
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On the afternoon of Christmas Ever, we made it downtown to the Korat Winter Festival. Lots of nice flowers, and lots of good food on offer, as usual.
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| Not sure what kind of lizard this is... |
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| น้อยหน่า / custard apple (not ripe yet...) |
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| Cannelton represents. 20231224 |
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,
I guess it was my dream that the air wouldn't get bad until mid-January. I got back right at the end of the rainy season, and the air is...
