NOVEMBER

Car costing more than the house.

So I am looking for one of two brands of cars from Atlantis City a bit north of Bangkok and then there is no more city and no more cars.

 Thats mainly why the purchase of the Space Mobil.

Ford Fiesta S  2011 1.6L 120hp

Remember this is supposed to be an economical car.
So trying it out is full of surprises first off the seats pumps up or down steering wheel tilts already a dilemma , choices.
Turn on the key the whole instrument panel lights up one window outdoor temp. and odometer the other screen time and
date these are just the initial things the screens does.
Then there is the radio with a keyboard 5 functions 10 stations buttons plus the normal playing and sound buttons .

 Too make it more difficult there is also voice control. All of this I don't understand a few basic things only that's it.
There is also a Bluetooth phone connection hand free you have to learn the voice controls.
Otherwise you dial and answer as normal but talk over the Bluetooth thing.
It is an automatic that I master but they have screwed up the turn and light switches changed sides for them .
The steering wheel does not really have any weirdo things only volume controls
Gives me fuel ,trip ,tank odometer updates.
Too modern and gadgetry for me , I have not even mastered the remote key fully 1 out of 3 I make perfect.
Also it runs on E20 friendly gas but here there is no such thing here closes is 50km, no problem it can take anything but who goes out and check what gas they sell in the neighborhood.
I am waiting for a manual in a language that I understand because they only have thai here.
Of course I did not pay that kind of money I bought used 10000 km what used to be  broken in period years ago, I also got very good trade in money for my 6000$ car after 13 months I only lost 1600$ that is amazing a 13 year old car.

Otherwise everything is the same some flowers stops and some starts even though it is 18-21 degrees night time.

I should probably try to find something interesting to write about , but here in the country there is not  much planting rice watch it grow that is the life cycle here.

There is one thing that the most sophisticated big city system cannot beat gossip

And the loudest and quickest of them all , death , which is announced with 3 thunderous rockets.

The garden guy is coming over so trimming and cutting bushes and trees plus setting up a shading net over the pond and the orchid area I cannot go up I am suffering from vertigo plus I am not flexible enough to climb around on a scaffolding like construction.

OCTOBER

In late September we had a few bad rains a kilometer away from me they had about 80cm of water . I wanted to see how bad it was so I pedaled along and that water was rising I thought it must be getting better but it got worse soon the wheel disappeared

In one place the current was so strong that I had to get off the bike , all this was water flow from fields to lower ground which happened to be a road . Good exercise though.

Plus the Mekong river was up to alarm level in Nong Khai .http://ffw.mrcmekong.org/stations/non.htm

After the last blog the government have done a rebate scheme on cars and houses so the car I am looking at is US$ 3,300 cheaper thank you very much. The that I am looking at now is a Honda City ,

The Brio could not even take a suitcase if you were more then two persons .

I don`t live at McDonalds farm but so far we have had a Cock-a-doodle-doo , hiss , meow , croak ,

And a moo.

Now it`s the beginning of November and the rain for us have stopped and winter have started 20-25 in the mornings 30-35 daytime plus humidity have gone down by about 25%.

Now it`s no more Honda or Toyota the factories are under water and with luck get started in March maybe plus the thing with part from Japan. Which means that used car are getting in more demand

Sold my old car after 13 months at a loss of 1700US$

You have to think what you need and if you can store it , because the shops are now running out of item after item because of flooding