Almost every time that I ride my bicycle around the small Khon Kaen Lake near my house,  Beung Nong Khot, I see fishermen.  I see them with their fishing rods and reels, in small boats or rafts, sometimes floating on Styrofoam, or walking with a net and an inner tube wrapped around them.

Today I saw something different in this small lake in Khon Kaen.  I saw ladies standing waist deep with bamboo poles and a large net attached.

Khon Kaen Lady Fishing

I wasn’t surprised to see ladies fishing as I was to see the fishing device.  This is the first time I have seen this here in Khon Kaen.  I have seen it elsewhere, but never here.

There were 5 or 6 of these ladies angling away and then I saw the boss.  There was a pick-up truck with a male driver and he had about 6 big coolers sitting outside of his truck waiting for the catch.

Lady Fishing Beung Nong Khot

There was no chit-chatting here – just fishing.  This was business and these ladies were out to catch some fish.

Lady Fishing Lake Nong Khot

This style of fishing takes strength and patience.  Once you put out your net, you have to wait, and wait, and wait until the opportune time when you think. or can see, fish above the net.  Then, you have to quickly lift up your net and get your catch to shore.

Lady Fishing and Waiting

The waiting is always the hardest.

Now, what do I call these Khon Kaen anglers?  Lady fishermen?  Fisherwomen?  Lady Anglers?

Whatever, they are hard working ladies, as this was at 0630 and they had already been there awhile.  Cheers to the Lady Anglers with their bamboo poles and nets in Khon Kaen on Beung Nong Khot.

Khon Kaen Lake Fishing is a post from: Khon Kaen

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I was going to post this yesterday but got involved giving a buddy’s website a makeover.  Isaan-Live is once again live with a fresh new look. A couple of days ago I posted about all the trash in the water at Beung Nong Khot and in the park after the Loy Krathong festivities.  Well, the following day, the park and the water were looking very much cleaner.

Beung Nong Khot Sunrise

Most of the trash in the park had been policed up – thank goodness. No more a sea of plastic bags.

Beung Nong Khot Park

Kudos to whomever cleaned the place up.

Loy Kratong – After the Aftermath is a post from: Khon Kaen

The muddy road has dried up leaving deep ruts where vehicles tried to navigate the road when it was wet. But, it was dry enough to allow me to ride around the lake this morning, 28 September, 2010.

At 0600, it was absolutely beautiful.  The sun was just coming up, there was very little traffic on the road, and the lake was as peaaceful as ever.

Peaceful Lake Nong Khot

There were very few folks around the lake – a couple of early morning joggers, a couple of fisherman, and a couple guys sleeping by their motorcycle.  And – no dogs!

A very nice ride and I am glad I was able to go back to my old routine.

Have a look at the video and enjoy some Morlam music.

Lake Nong Khot Bicycle Ride is a post from: Khon Kaen

After being home from a 3-week holiday in Jomtien, I am getting back to the normal routine. Up at about 0500 and check email.  Then it is time for the morning bike ride for about 45 minutes.  And, then back to the house for the daily chores (Internet web sites updating).

In between all of that is feeding and playing around with the dogs, eating a couple times a day, catching a nap, and reading news items on the web.

Today’s bike ride was a slightly different route as the road around Lake Nong Khot is too muddy and wet to navigate.  So, I headed towards Central Plaza shopping mall and went to the outside of a temple I had see on previous rides.

Entrance to Temple in Khon Kaen

Temple Dragon

Making Merit

So, life goes on in Khon Kaen.  About the only difference I see is the housing construction that is going on all over the place.  No recession or lower prices on housing here.

Housing Project

If anything, prices for houses and for construction material keep going up, up, up.

Back in Rhythm is a post from: Khon Kaen

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Out and about at 0600 for my daily ride around Lake Nong Khot. Nice and cool and just about sunrise – little overcast but no signs of rain.

The fishermen were out fishing with nets.

And, then I came upon what has to be one of the smallest wooden boats ever made – along with the smallest oars.

All in all, a very nice Saturday.  No dogs chased me, it wasn’t hot out, and I saw some more interesting sights.

Bicycle Ride Pictures 31 July 2010 is a post from: Khon Kaen