Market Friday: monsoon rain finally came and drenched all,มรสุมพาฝนมาแล้ว เปียกกันหมด

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This is my entry for #marketfriday hosted by the lovely and compassionate @dswigle. The monsoon rain has arrived in the north-east of Thailand and we all happily got wet. The plants and land are smiling in the rain. Water is so important for daily survival.

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I arrived in Nongkhai early in the morning amidst rain clouds and they soon broke out heavily. The river level has risen by five meters due to rain-water flowing down from Laos and China. The colour of water becomes deep reddish brown after traveling down from those far away mountains and jungles in the north.

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I had to go to the market and I was soaked wet at seven o’ clock in the morning. I felt sorry for the vendors as customers stayed away and the market was very quiet. As soon as I entered the market, all the lights were switched on making the atmosphere seemed like the evening. Many locals and some tourists were having their breakfast at various food stalls. Each dish costs a minimum of 70 cents, for special ingredients you’ll have to pay about one dollar a piece! People would visit at least two food stalls and buy some take-away snacks or some Thai sweets.

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Nongkhai is well known for local Vietnamese food as there was a big flow of Vietnamese refugees settling down here during the arms conflicts there over sixty years ago. These are hard working people with amazing drive for success and wealth. They are fiercely loyal to their tribes and always support each other businesses. Most of the morning food stalls are Vietnamese and Chinese food.

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สุดสัปดาห์นี้มรสุมพัดพาฝนมาถึงอีสานแล้ว เรามาถึงหนองคายแต่เช้าท่ามกลางเมฆฝน เราดีใจมากที่ฝนตกตามฤดูกาล ทำให้แม่นํ้าโขงมีระดับสูงขึ้นประมาณห้าเมตร นํ้าไหลแรงและมีสีแดงขุ่น หลายวันก่อนเราคิดว่าจะได้เดินข้ามไปฝั่งลาวได้แน่ๆ ต้นไม้และแผ่นดินมีความสุขมาก เราก็เปียกปอนตอนไปตลาดเช้า ฟ้ามืดตลาดจึงเปิดไฟสว่างไปทั่ว สงสารแม่ค้าที่ลูกค้าหนีฝนหายไปหมด ทำให้ตลาดเงียบแต่ก็ยังมีคนมากินอาหารเช้ากันพอควร

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สิ่งที่ทำให้แปลกใจคือ ที่ตลาดนี้มีขนมไทยแบบปิ้งกับใบตอง และขนมหวานไทยสำหรับคนชอบของหวานๆหลายเจ้า ของหวานและของกินเล่นที่นี่อร่อยมากและขายในราคาถูกด้วย มีตั้งแต่ของคนเวียดนาม คนจีนและคนไทย แถมยังมีอาหารว่างแบบฝรั่งเศสด้วย เช่นพวกขนมปัง

These are stalls selling Thai and Vietnamese sweets and snacks.
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โชคดีที่ชีวิตที่นี่ไม่ทันสมัยและสะดวกสบายเหมือนเมืองใหญ่ เข่นที่อุดร ค่าครองชีพก็ถูกกว่าที่อื่นและคุณภาพชีวิตค่อนข้างดีแบบคนสมถะใช้ชีวิตเรียบง่าย อากาศดีไม่มีรถติดยาวๆเป็นหางว่าวเหมือนที่กรุงเทพฯ ตอนนี้ก็มีชาวต่างชาติมาปลูกบ้านอยู่ในตอนแก่หลายคนแล้ว แม้แต่คนไทยที่ไปทำงานต่างประเทศก็กลับมาทำสวนปลูกต้นไม้ที่นี่ ต่อไปในอนาคตที่ไม่แน่นอน เช่นการเกิดสงครามในตะวันออกกลาง คนในเมืองจะต้องลำบากมาก ฝรั่งเขาก็วิเคราะห์แล้วว่าคนจะอดตายเป็นจำนวนมาก เราก็คิดว่าเศรษฐกิจพอเพียงถูกคิดไว้ให้คนไทย มีโอกาสอยู่รอดมากขึ้นในยามวิกฤต

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These are home made curry paste! So many kinds of these hot curry paste.
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Wishing you peace, good health and prosperity.

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Yum look at all the good looking food! :-)
Wow you do get some water there! The river looks full up!

Yap! Finally the rain comes in torrents with thunder storms!

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I was ready to be sad for the monsoon rain but happily wet so I can only understand that you needed the rain. Water is important for daily survival. That is amazing that the river level has risen by 5 meters! I would be Swimming by now if that were here. I can see how Brown the water is hot after going away from the mountains.

Breakfast is big business over there as I can see and there is an army of people just waiting to serve it up. I guess I had no idea that it was so popular. That's a long shot that you give of the roofer really shows the color and how high the water is. And there just short of the rain is the lady making beautiful little floral arrangements. I guess I didn't realize that you have a huge Vietnamese population there also oh, I just guess I thought it was mostly Chinese homemade curry paste sounds good to me! Thank you so much for always bringing such amazing post to Market Friday. It is every week that you do this and I am surely appreciative. As always have a very wonderful day.

Keep dry!!

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Yes, Thailand is quite a mixed place of all nationality in Asia. We have a big Vietnamese communities in a few cities along the border with Laos. Refugees occurred after failure of crops and local wars in neighbouring countries in the past. I got a few friends who used to work in UN refugees camps.

Most of the people in Nongkhai have Laotian ancestors as in the past Siam actually included most of the land in Laos. Thailand is quite unique in the sense that all different ethnic races can live together peacefully. Geo-political factors and politics try to divide and rule people.

Those hot curry pastes are made by either Thai or Laotian vendor! Chinese cuisine doesn’t use curry paste that much.

Thank you very much for your kind support and encouragement.

Wishing you a Golden Sunday!

Thank you! Good and cheap food for breakfast!

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Howdy sir kaminchan! this one makes me hungry. How long does the monsoon season last?

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Thanks for your good work.

Yay rain!

So much food to try! : )

Yap! So happy for the rain! Food is plenty and prices are reasonable.

I often hear about the great food there!

Oh eXcellent - what a great collection of photos! So much great market food there to choose from - the air must smell amazing.
Wow the river has risen five metres! I hope you garden doesn’t get flooded to the point it damages plants and trees like in the past. I shall be hoping you just get the most perfect amount for all to be perfectly happy - your cats too! 😻

Aha! You remember last year flood! That was bad! The dam in Laos bursted after having too much water which subsequently caused flooding in several countries.

This year the rainfall is still below the average! The river has lost almost twelve meters in height during the drought. Hopefully, there won’t be any bursting dam this year, hoping they would have learnt the lesson of being greedy about water!

I'm glad you got some rain! That should help your new trees. Did you get them all planted yet? The river really rose five meters? That's a whole lot of rain! It has been raining here this morning, but it's really just drizzling.

Great market photos, as always. Your markets always make me hungry!

Yap! The rain water comes from Laos and south of China including north of Thailand! It took about four days to gain five meters, I suspect that the dams in Laos have been opened to release excess water.

We did manage to plant 11 trees today. It’s been raining all day, on and off. The earth is soft and wet which is good for young trees.

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Nice to see that rain is doing you all good it's certainly needed and that market seems to have a lovely atmosphere about it :)

Thank you! It has been raining three days in a row! The market is rather quiet on a rainy day.

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