Rice harvest

A picture of a couple of fields after the harvest

Rice fields at sunrise

I walked this morning down a dirt road between rice fields. I took some sunrise pictures. The pictures of grasses closeup are not rice. The fields in the mist are rice. The rice is almost ready to harvest now.

This morning, for breakfast, I had something called "pat priku aut". It is rice with a stir fry pork, pepper and onion on top. Wow was this hot! But hot is nothing to Thais. Outside my window on the street is a big pepper bush that has peppers that will burn your face off. The lady in the food shop across the street comes over and picks a few peppers every morning. I can just reach out my window and get them. When I need to make a food order at the shop, I just open my window and order across the street. Within minutes my order is ready to be picked up. I use her plates and bring them back later. Thai fried rice costs me 30 baht or about $1. I'm pretty sure she over charges me because I am a foreigner. Udon Thani, Thailand, Issan