SAFETY FIRST

A man from the electricity company. Health and Safety eat your heart out.

Stormy Weather

An article in the Bangkok Post. Hua Hin is about 26 kms from us. Sam Roi Yot is where we went last Sunday. If it had happened before I wouldn't have been in so much pain.

"In Prachuap Khiri Khan, waves of up to four metres yesterday eroded about one kilometre of the coastline at Thung Pradu coastal village in Thap Sakae district. The waves also damaged several houses and shops.

Deputy Prachuap Khiri Khan governor Apinand Chantharangsi said the province yesterday declared Hua Hin, Sam Roi Yot, Kui Buri and Thap Sakae districts disaster areas"

Christmas Day

Spent the day on the beach. It was wild out there. Waves crashing, wind howling and sand blowing in our beer. Still a lot better than listening to the Queens speech.

JUST RECOVERED

Last Sunday while our friends were here we went to Phraya Nakhon Cave. Normally we would take a boat to the foot of the mountain then climb 430 metres up then 430 metres down into the cave. This time the sea was so rough we had a very hard climb even before we got to the mountain. Made it again, both ways without killing ourselves. My legs have just recovered, 1 week on. I'm really getting too old for all this. I don't think I will be doing that again in a hurry. I guess once there it all seems worthwhile.

SUCCESS

Hooray today we found 6 cans of tonic. I bought them all, we haven't been able to get them for at least a month. Its so frustrating having 2 liters of gin and no tonic. Cheers. Happy Christmas.

TOILET

I found this in the ladies toilet in a restaurant at Hua Hin.

Guests

We have had visitors for the last week. My liver is quiet pleased they have gone as we have been drinking a crate of beer a night (between 4). We didn't complain at the time but I think we are going to dry out until Christmas day. Two days to go, hope we make it. They come from New Zealand and were on there way back from the UK. Graham received an OBE see pic. As we will never be getting one I'll show his.

BG

When we went away we had to leave BG at the vets. When Dave went to pick him up the vet told him every night he fed him, and every morning BG had upturned the food bowl, food everywhere. If that wasn't bad enough he then crapped on the top of the bowl. That's gratitude for you.

VISA RUN

Well another visa run done. This one I think is the last to Malaysia. All went well until we got to the hotel. Our view was a 40 storey condo block. Not nice. Our journey back was worse. Our train had been cancelled due to (according to the Malaysians) a bridge carrying a train had collapsed. We then, with no assistance for the Malaysian Railways thank you very much, had 4 hours to get to Had Yai. (The first Thai train station across the border) Mission accomplished with the help of a Thai mini van driver and 70 Ringgits. Nobody at Had Yai knew anything about this and at first refused to give us a refund. Job done, 600 Baht refunded. The train was SO old and noisy. No food No DRINK. But like true boy scouts we were prepared, beer and wine in cooler bags. Ha Ha. One worrying thing was that all the train staff were armed. We still don't know what had happened. Flying next visa run.

Post

No post out of Bangkok so HAPPY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE. Its a lot cheaper this year. Here is our Christmas tree. Its as pathetic as the cat.

Hat

He puts me in a stupid hat with the price tag still on it, and he won't even let me have a sip of beer.