0 A Bus Trip to Udon Thani

Recently took a bus trip to Udon Thani and I recorded bits of the journey. When I went to inquire about the ticket I was told it would cost 207 baht. When I actually purchased the ticket it cost 229 baht. The return trip from Udon to Mukdahan cost 176 baht. I think they were just making shit up as they went if you ask me.


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0 A Quick Lunch Near the Amphur

Recently I had to get some paperwork from the local Amphur office and when I left I found a small trade fair taking place there. I wandered through the place and didn't see much of interest but the food. So I had lunch and you can see the results.


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0 Mukdahan School Retirement Party - 2 Video Special

This year Mukdahan School had 7 teachers and staff retiring or taking an early retirement. The school decided to fete them with a retirement party in their honor. The party was held at the meeting hall on campus with hundreds of friends, relatives and co-workers in attendance. Gifts were given by many and there was food, drink, and a singing and dancing show put on by their peers and students. It was a great time had by all. The above video is an over view of the party. The video below is the long version of the English Dept. dance show with another mixed group performing afterwards. Enjoy, and congratulations to all the retirees. - Khun Rut




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0 Construction @ Mukdahan Provincial Office (Salaklang)

Recently I had to go to the Salaklang in Mukdahan to get the upcoming schedule for the 30th anniversary of Mukdahan becoming a province. When I got there I found that, in addition to the work being done on the new building that is being erected to replace the one that was burned down in the aftermath of the Red Shirt rallies a couple of years ago, there was a lot of work being done in the adjacent field. This is supposed to be completed by Sept 27 for the festivities. Seems like they have a lot of work to do and not much time to do it in. Good luck - Khun Rut


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0 Special: Big C Store Opening Mukdahan

This is the first in a series of 2 videos in one post of the opening of the Big C Store here in Mukdahan. This is the day before the opening. - Khun Rut

Above is video taken the opening night. The scene was controlled madness with tons of cars and people. I was actually pleasantly surprised that it went so smoothly and that the store had a real good handle on the crowd and the traffic problems. All in all a job well done by Big C. - Khun Rut


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0 Strange Bugs Being Sold in Mukdahan

I was at the market waiting to video the aerobics one afternoon and was killing time talking to a friend of mine who is a vendor there. I noted some really strange metallic green insects that she was selling. I assumed that these were some delicacy since the local people eat many different varieties of insects. I found out in this case it was not true. They are called "mangkop" and mostly people get them for their kids to play with. They might tie a string to them and fly them around on the tether or some other play ( I can't imagine what.). One woman bought some to release them as a merit. I have seen this done with birds and fish but never with insects. - Khun Rut

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0 Aerobics @ the Afternoon Market

Just recently a Tom @ www.isaan-life.com suggested I post some shore "Mukdahan Minute" videos and it seemed like a good I idea  this is one of the first. Each afternoon at Phoung Ped market the vendors all get up and do some aerobics to recorded music. Here are the results. - Khun Rut

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