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To day we visited Ban Dam museum Chiang Rai, packed out with Chinese and Korean tourists with very limited parking available.
Tickets to get in THB 80 each around 2 pounds GB. the gardens are well tended and the building well maintained as for the rest give this place a wide birth I was totally unimpressed and underwhelmed. Guys you all know me I love Thailand and adore Chiang Rai but this is the first place I have visited that I would not go back to nor recommend you waste precious holiday time on.
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And one worth visiting for sure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S83uo...

Theong head south 4 kl on the highway 1021 turn left on to highway 1155 if you stay on the 1155 it loops right round through the mountains and brings you along the Mekong to highway 1020 turn left on the 1020 and it brings you back to the center of Thoeng. round trip is around 160kl, the roads are very quiet and very good indeed. Best time to visit July to Oct everything is very green with the rains. GT
Sunday and May and I ventured into uncharted territory, way into the mountains down a hidden valley to search for the Mekong river. Chiang Rai Thailand has hidden gems we find each day retired in Thailand or retire to Thailand chaing Rai is a must to see,
Music Willi Nelson on the rd again. Hugo the river Mekong Delta.
Drone DJI Mavic pro

Fabulous day out in the Mountains of Northern Thailand, Up to Pulanka for the views abd around to a national park to take a jungle trek to find a mountain waterfall and river. Bry Nid and Pie all had a special day over here in the Pahayo region of Northern Thailand.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mJ_g...
Music Kevin Mac Cloud Dance macabre

July is the harvest time for LamYai Longan Berrys in Thailand a close relative to Lychee and Rambutan.

Tom Twinspear reminded us of this video and here it is, Geoff and I made up gift bags of sweets for the village kids to celebrate at Christmas.
Christmas day we had Dido, Pam and Ploy along with their Grandparents and parents for present opening followed by the customary garden party.

Sunday on our Thai farm new calves update, the spillway is running on the dam, filming on the DJI Osmo plus and the Canon 90D

In Thailand, vehicle registration numbers are often issued 3 up to 3 months after the initial purchase, and it is OK to drive the bike or Car on the Rd until you receive the plate. So its off up to Chiang Rai city back to the showroom where we bought the Honda Rebel to collect the new license number. Big C shopping, we encounter a group of promotion girls with a difference selling mobile phones, the difference is one of them was a Lady boy 555.

Making Sausages for Simon, Lorne sausage that great Scottish delicacy adapted to our needs in Thailand.
How to make Lorne sausage, how to make square sausage at home,
Breakfast Sausage Patties.
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Recipe and Method Lorne Sausage, with no specialist equipment needed.
Ingredients
1lb pork belly meat
1lb pork shoulder meat cost of the pork was THB 136.
1 cup of porridge oats
1 tbs salt
1 tsp black pepper
1 egg.
½ cup of chilled water
1tsp ground nutmeg
1 ½ tsp ground coriander.
This makes 14 burger style sausages.
Method.
Have the meat minced at the butchers.
Mix the spices and seasonings together.
Place meat in a large bowl add spices mix with hands.
Add oat meal and mix needing in well.
Add egg and a little water mix until smooth with a sticky consistency that barely drops off your inverted hand.
Use a rectangular mold Bread tin is fine line with cling film pour in the mixture smooth and set in the freezer until firm enough to slice.
Take out the molded meat onto a cutting surface and slice into ½ inch thick slices bag and freeze.
Alternatively use a mold ring and make burger type shapes bag and freeze.
Lorne sausage is traditionally with beef or half and half, but as Simon stated he is missing Pork sausages so hence pork only.
Sausage is also made with Rusk (breadcrumbs) but we adapted to ingredients readily available here in Thailand.
Clint Eastwood Adapt Improvise overcome, Expats can do it at home easy to make sausages in Thailand. Lorne Sausage square sausage, Scottish sausage, Breakfast Sausage Patties

Chiang Rai home to Wat Huai Pla Kung Temple, a spectacular pagoda style pavilion with 9 levels each levle with a different Buddha all carved meticulously out of hard wood. Each level has panoramic views across the Thai countryside and off to the city of Chiang Rai. Next to the Pagoda Pavillion there is a white Buddha statue 26 stories high with two lifts taking passengers to the penultimate level where you will find the most beautiful grotto with wall carvings bejeweled statues. This attraction is one of the best in the north of Thailand if not the best.

Farm update Saturday, Lots of new fish in the water 1000's of fry Red Tilapia, common carp, koi carp, Amazon red bellied Pacu. Corn being harvested and the cattle eating the residue and enjoying it immensely.
The rains have started with a drizzel with no monsoon yet but the garden is growing well. https://youtu.be/fFG3gpZUzUw
Thai Farm update, Chiang Rai monsoon no where to be seen yet!