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Yesterday Kataleya became an orange belt in Taekwondo. Very proud of her. Her Master is the lady in the first photo.

Back yesterday from a munro trip(slioch) up northwest Highlands,the munro is nicknamed the fortress now i know why ,a relentless 5klm slog before even starting the ascent up the mountain. Around a 26klm with 1050m of ascent,beautiful day tho not a cloud in the sky,long 9 hour trek for 1 munro tho. Loch maree and the torridon mountains from slioch 2 hikers on the first summit making there way over to 2nd summit of slioch. Slioch from the west Summit of slioch looking over loch maree A nice lochan half way up to stop to eat.

Wanted to get away for songkran didn't realize they celebrated here as well but after 3 days it's over here. First visit to Kampot after seeing steady Eddie's video that he posted a while back it's been a place I've wanted to see. It's definitely very laid-back. A lot of expats have retired here after having conversations with a couple they think it's the best decision they've ever made they're really happy here I can understand why. I just can't believe how inexpensive things are. They have a transportation app here in Cambodia called Passapp. Here you can go from one end of town to the other in one of their rickshaws for about 75 cents. They do have a entertainment area down on the waterfront that's very nice but as far as girls and adult activity it's limited. While they do have quite a few small beer bars what's available is really appalling really bad. They also have a street that has five or six massage places but they look like Shacks ready to fall down. Hear a few photos from around town

It's 5.30 and the start of a long journey, should arrive at my wife's village by 13.00 on Saturday.

Having a stroll around central London on a beautiful day.

Put the hired van back today ,only slept in it for 2 nights then got a nice comfy highland hotel in tyndrum fir the last night. 5 more munros completed and the weather was awesome 👌 I've just gone and hired a car now for 3 days as the high pressure continues across Scotland ,so hopefully some more munros sun,Monday.

Dinner last night at our favourite Lamai restaurant,SeventyFarenheit. Mains were a king prawn krapow and a lamb ragout with garlic creamed potatoes.

Those were probably the main attractions of Nha Trang. There are a few museums (the Yersin Museum on Tran Phu Street, as well as an ethnic museum), an aquarium on an island, which isn't supposed to be anything special (Tri Nguyen Aquarium), and the Làng Nghề Trường Sơn Craft Village, but from the online pictures, none of it looks that interesting. There are also a few waterfalls, but we didn't want to visit them. A detour to Dalat, about 135 km or a three-hour drive away, would be a good way to make the stay even more interesting. The road there, however, is very winding, even according to the map. An overnight stay there is recommended. We'll see, maybe next time. We liked Da Nang better. There is more to see, the city has a quieter impression due to its larger area despite twice the number of inhabitants and above all, neighboring Hoi An is worth a visit. Tomorrow we're off to Thailand again. I hope you enjoyed the report.

Yesterday's meal at "Family Secret" was the best yet! Spinach cream soup with sun-dried tomatoes, scallops, skewers (lamb and pork), and delicious potato wedges. The owners are from Uzbekistan. Highly recommended.

Small World in lieu of @Stillearly post above, I became a grandad for the first time today. My daughter in the Philippines has given birth to a baby boy, very happy indeed. The baby was born by IVF as she lives with her girlfriend. I will be seeing them all in the middle of July. Exciting day.

Being attacked by this tortoise in the local temple grounds,it's trying to get frisky with my big toe.

Met up with an old mate in the Red Lion on Suk Soi 13 yesterday,a very pleasant few hours of 99b draught Tiger saw me well pished.I then had a foray into Nana Plaza which ended in a ST room with a young lovely. All was going swimmingly until leaving said room & falling down some stairs & getting some gravel rash. I'm too old for this shit😂.

Haddock

Haven't made pastry for a long time..... homemade mince and onion pie and chips

In the evening, we went for Thai food at Ớt Hiểm Thai Cuisine. At first, we were told the chef was Thai. When we tried the food and were surprised by its taste, we asked about it: the chef had spent a month studying in Thailand. The restaurant is beautifully decorated. The Tom Yum was still ok, a bit sweet, like so many dishes in Vietnam. The Pad Krapow had the wrong basil, was apparently not prepared with oyster sauce and tasted sour. Laab Moo was also awful. There's no room for sugar in this dish! After our bad experiences with Thai food in Da Nang, Mrs. CO swore she would never eat Thai food in Vietnam again. Back to the bar street, where the girls were bored. Where we were sitting, the DJ was getting ready. This waitress weighed 30 kg at most.

We caught a good feed of mud crabs. PM

After the mediocrity of the food in loei for the last 5 days I needed some perfectly cooked lamb chops and Flame never disappoints, forgot to take photos of our starters but for mains I had the chops and wifey had scallops and prawns in cheese sauce.

That's great. 👍 My daughter belongs to a Muay Thai gym and has received her first 'sash' after an exam. Definitely helps keeps her in shape for football. We're off to a ⚽ match in a few hours... . . .

Save One night market in Korat,food & 1.5L of ice cold Chang for < £5. Only downside you have to neck the beer quickly before it gets warm,but funnily enough I don't have a problem with that😂.

My company had a mixed seafood Tom Yum thingy and I had a beef massaman curry. Both got the approval of my lady.

I booked a trip to Cambodia to avoid Songkran. Leaving the 13th returning the 20th. I figured this was all good until I looked to see that Cambodia has their songkran from the 13th to the 15th . I will be on a bus until 9:00 at night on the 13th so I may avoid that day but I'm in Siem Reap all of the 14th and until 11:00 at night on the 15th when I get on a sleeper bus to Kampot. I always criticize people for not doing their homework my dumbass didn't do his homework but I'll still have five nights in Kampot hopefully Water free. I looked at some YouTube videos and they get crazy in Siem Reap for those three days. Live and learn I guess.

Butcher's very large pork chops with fried potatoes, onions and peas for dinner lakeside.

Sat in The Palms bar Chaweng supping 69bht pints of Singha and 99bht Mojitos.

Just arrived at our resort in Lamai but room not ready till 2pm, so time to chill with a couple of smoothies.

First drink for two weeks

4pm on soi Diana, started on soi 6 then beach rd, onto soi7 , now in Toy bar opposite Areca Lodge. All good fun.

A mate passed peacefully away at hospice this afternoon ... meanwhile also this afternoon, some other friends became grandparents ... the circle of life ...

Good on her. 🏆 My kid got 2 belts away from Black Belt (can’t find the picture just this one 😕) when Covid hit and the school closed, but he’s just signed up to a new school and hopes to continue his journey towards Black belt and beyond. His teachers were all women as well. 🤗

Been shopping .. best spuds on the island ( therefore the world ) 😍

Last breakfast for this trip ...

Just been to have my cut cleaned... 🤕 All staff wearing Songkran shirts

I got my first PSA test today since the conclusion of the SBRT radiation treatment. I scored 0.03 which is down from 13.076 18 months ago. 🙂 Am I cured? No one is ever cured of cancer, but I have won a big round. Cancer cells can hide and come back. I will need to get a PSA every 3 months for the rest of my life. Small price to pay.

Oh joy.... day 7 of rescuing a rental....

Just put a deposit online on a Yamaha R6.

Terrible picture but the best meal I've had in the Philippines, across a whole combined 10 days😜 Chicken Snitzel served in a burger bun and spicy fries . Quality was superb, came to around 800 baht inc 10% service with 2 imported half litre German draft beers. Brotzeit in BGC district, was a bit tricky to find but worth it. Area is a business district so you could be anywhere really.

Fancied something different today. Decided to try a Turkish place I walk past daily. Beef and chicken with chips and wrap. I piled all of the meat and chips in the wrap and got stuck in. Was really nice. I washed it down with a berry shake that was so good I had another type.

Brunch

Just arrived in glencoe Scotland after around a 3 hour 30 minutes drive from my house. Planning to do a couple of munros tomorrow, sleeping in a hired van at 3 sisters car park,its newlytarred and lines painted for 40,50 cars.

Totally agree to the point the bar is today. Phil wasn't really that active on YouTube until Covid hit. The first 4 years before Covid he was doing OK with just a forum presence. We both know how important that has been in the past. Coming up with Thai Girls Play Pool was genius. ( They did a few other things ), but the concept of just watching girls play pool proved to be a huge hit with guys all over the world who were for the most part, isolating in their own homes. From that, YouTube has allowed him to build a following and Discord has taken over from forums building a community. Now the last 4 plus years that community has grown where most of those guys who have been sending money whilst watching on their TVs, visit and spend big in the bar and hopefully fulfil their fantasy of not only playing with the girls on the table, but off and away from it too! I can't see the new guy having anything near the income that Phil has been generating unless he is able to pop a rabbit out of a hat. Time will tell.

As one would expect,the lasagne in Monsoon on Soi 8 was superb.

Sad but true huh? Have always liked Phil, class act for sure...and he has gone through some things in the past, has stood strong, opened it to all of us to hear and is still standing. Well done.... April 2024...took wifey to Patts, stayed at The Hard Rock, one evening after dinner went over to LePub and got lucky, this was his last night there, before going to Dallas he told us...was throughly interested in the JFK Assassination and wanted to get to see it up close and in person. Nothing but the best to him in future endeavors..

Giant fish fingers