A Bright Sunny Day In Pattaya,

first thing out for breakfast,

so a walk towards the Walking Street sign,

one of the locals making merit, 

leaving out offerings of food, drink and incense, 

I made my way along the alleyway at the end of Pattaya Beach,

where a spectator was watching a local fisherman try his luck,

for myself into the Pattaya Beer Garden for my breakfast, 

I grabbed a table over the water, 

in the distance the restaurant boats permanently moored in the bay, 

I was joined by Vic & Joy, for breakfast, as usual way too much food to accompany my banana shake, meal finished, 

we walked past the fisherman who just before I had the camera out did indeed catch a tiddler, 

into Walking Street, after saying a farewell to Vic & Joy, 

I turned into Soi 14,

which is where my hotel is, the W 14,

arriving at Second Road and crossing it I caught a baht bus over the hill,

to Dongtan Beach, 

I went to the same franchise we went to the day before yesterday, in the distance the dredgers, 

still hard at work, 

moving sand from offshore onto the beach,

as usual Mr. Doughnut was here so 2 doughnuts for 40 baht, 

to go with my banana shake,

all too soon I was on my way home, past the coconut palms, in the distance, 

a new development on the Beach Road, I caught a baht bus over the hill and meet a charming chap from Plymouth or it may have been Portsmouth in it, if you are reading this and you wish to have a few places to visit in Pattaya send me your email address in the comments section, I will not publish it, and I can send you a few restaurant recommendations, arriving back in my hotel a pleasant surprise, Diana had sent me a few photographs of the girls Sunday lunch at our home, 

and what a feast it truly was! smoked salmon and rolled prawns with avocado, 

king sized garlic prawns as well, 

and that was just the starters!

chicken was the main course, and of course some Baileys to help it all down!

Kai with a few tit-bits, our Christmas tree already up as when Diana joins me in Thailand we will not be back until mid December, so it is all done when we arrive back in the UK.

time to tuck in,

and a big 'Cheers!', from left to right Wilma, Kai and of course my darling wife Diana, it is starting look like you do not miss me, only joking! back to Pattaya, after a shower and brush up I was out, 

past one of the local cats just waking up, 

and walking past the stalls, now illuminated, 

as it was dark, 

fruit stalls, 

and this one of many selling gold, 

I made my way into Soi Bukaow, 

walking towards this bar, 

the Run Runner, I was meeting Vic & Joy there for a pre-dinner drink, 

after which to, 

The Irish House, 

which was naturally playing Irish music, 

not many here tonight, the last time we were here it was packed, some game was being shown on the television, 

a look at the menu,

before our meals arrived,

we just had to have a couple of photographs taken, many thanks Vic & Joy,

egg & chips for Vic, a huge bowl of Irish stew for myself, Joy was not hungry,

after our meal we walked to Walking Street, where I found out that this year Alaskan king crab was 4,200 baht a kilo,

we settled in Dang's bar, nearly opposite Monro, 

although what an American sex symbol has got to do with Russian girls I fail to understand, 

it was at this point that Joy became hungry, so food on sticks it was for her and Vic, after which we said our farewells and we all went back to our hotels for a good nights rest.

This Post From Namibia,

a couple of days and lodges rolled into one, 

the scenery was brutal, as we made our way to the next lodge, huge rock outcrops rising from out of the plain, 

contrasted by the beauty of these birds, who had trained humans to feed them, 

with the most delicious apple pie allegedly in all of South Africa, 

on to the next lodge,

it was huge, 

as was the dining room,

we made good time between lodges, I will give a list of all of the lodges we stayed at at the end of the Namibia posts, 

this like the others so impressive, 

we had stopped at the canyon, 

the photographs bellying the fact of how deep it was, 

our new home for the day,

all neatly in a row, I did not take many photographs with the small camera, I was mainly using the big one, which I will not be able to look at until I return to the UK, so a lot of the sights will not be on the blog until then, hence lots of lodges and not much in-between, but there is!

a quick walk,

before our evening meal,

under the stars, 

the next day to the dunes, we were not alone!

then sundowners,

plenty of mothers ruin, (for any youngsters reading this, mothers ruin = gin),

into the next lodge, 

as spacious as usual,

on the side of a mountain,

Crickey!

it was sundowner time again!

the next day on again in our trusty 4x4, the adventure continues.