I Had A Bit Of A Sleep In,

and did not wake up until 08.00,

so showered and shaved I was out into the soi, (road), where my hotel is,

turn left into another street, 

and I was passing some more of the local cats, 

now which one of you woke me up in the early hours of this morning?

to Turkish Corner to exchange some money, 

and I was on a baht bus soon arriving at Dongtan Beach, 

I felt a bit peckish, and decided to eat here, the beach restaurant with no name,

very pleasant inside, 

a banana shake,

and bacon sandwich, came to 180 baht, and it was delicious,

over the road and a walk to the sunbeds, I noticed this truck, selling coconuts, in bulk!

I passed the entrance to the condo where Diana and myself stayed for 7, yes 7 agonising months applying for our marriage visa, so Diana could travel to the UK as my wife, it should have taken 3 months, but then we were doing the application legally, we did not want to arrive in the UK illegally, which seems so popular nowadays,

no sooner had I sat down, than Mr. Doughnut arrived, 

2 for me please!

the dredger still hard at work, 

I was joined by Vic and Joy, 

every so often there was a disturbance on the umbrellas, 

it was this cheeky chappie, 

he was everywhere, 

at the bottom of the sunbeds, 

then at the top of the umbrellas, 

looking at who is eating, 

and then jumping from one sunbed to another,

whilst on the beach Vic had sent me this photograph from last night that I forgot to post, of Joy and myself, but he had let AI have a look at it, 

the difference is so much better than the original that had fluorescent lighting I guess, amazing, we then made a move for our hotels after arraigning to meet in the Queen Victoria for our evening meal later this evening, 

after a shower and a change of clothes, I was out into the street at the end of which this sign, a tad difficult to read, 

but here it is cannabis courtesy of the Thai government everywhere! is legalizing of cannabis the way for governments to go? I have no idea, but it is freely available here on every street corner,

walking along the street I noticed this lovely Royal Enfield, very popular out here, as I was taking the photograph, 

another one arrived with its proud owner, 

I walked past the Turkish Corner and caught a baht bus, 

to here the start of Soi 6, many years ago when Diana and myself lived here we would go to this soi in the daytime, our lawyers office, (solicitors as we would call them in the UK), was in this street, every year we would have to sign papers to continue our visas to stay in Thailand, 

but at night time the lights came on and the street change character completely, 

this is where I was going, the Queen Victoria, to meet up with Vic and Joy for our evening neal,

inside, 

a typical English pub, with so many mugs and water jugs on the ceiling, 

opposite me in the snug, the two face of old and young Queen Victoria,

a look across the bar, 

Vic and Joy arrived, Joy went for spring rolls, 

but Vic and myself choose the same meal, liver, bacon, mash and onions, 

after out meal a walk along soi Bukaow, passing a shrine, 

then on to a baht bus, 

and a walk, 

past the Hilton, 

to Tree Town, we spent the rest of the evening near there, playing pool, but looking at the standard, I declined being publicly ridiculed! and stuck with having a few vodka sodas and applauding at the appropriate times,

next we said our farewells, passing a roadside shrine, Vic and Joy waked back to their hotel, I caught a bhat bus back to, 

the Turkish Corner and then a short walk back to my hotel, where after a vodka soda nightcap I was off to bed.

Namibia, our next stop,

up early, 

I was greeted with a dawn chorus,

birds,

everywhere, 

and very pretty they looked,

I had a few biscuits, 

which meant they invited all of their relatives, 

and close friends!

which I did not have in mind, as I was trying to take photographs of the sunrise on the mountain, with out birds!

but it was too late, I had feed them biscuits!

oh well back to my house guest, 

a lizard that no matter how many times I put it outside, he snuck back inside under the door, perhaps I had it the wrong way around, and I was his house guests!

outside a couple of birds of prey, 

were on the lookout for creatures like this lizard,

it is a hard life out here, 

I started taking, 

a few photographs, 

of the rock formations, 

then time for breakfast, 

again we were mugged by birds, 

including, 

this rather nice, 

hornbill,

later he left the tree and started looking for food that we had spilt on the ground,  

and then on the table,

where he was joined by his mate, 

next for us we were off to look at some ancient art, 

bushmans paintings, 

where a guide explained the significance of each piece of artwork,

although a tad difficult to see, 

at first glance, 

once you had your 'eye' in there, they were, 

all of us taking photographs of them, 

amazing that they have lasted for thousands of years,

after arriving back in the evening,

it was time for our evening meal,

as we watched the fire die down before we were all off to bed.