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I dropped into the Las Vegas complex for the first time last night; the place was probably between 2/3 and 3/4 full and the band appeared to be beginning for the evening. I sat at a bar about a quarter of the way in and had a Sangsom, and bought a drink for a girl there. I think my drink was 80b and hers was 170b. I was enjoying chatting with her and then the band started and like most music bars, it was simply too loud to have an easy conversation. There was a noise meter quite close to this bar and it was hovering between 95 - 100db while the band played. I think it's a nice place and I will go back but I'll definitely be sitting as close to the entrance as possible if the band is on.

Cod n Chips with my Dad , it's his 86th B'day 🥳

Whilst I don't disagree with that comment, soi 6 has an amazing selection of girls right now ranging from your tug o war team through to 35kgs wet through spinners. I think the saddest thing for me is that you could probably get a decent tug o war team out of many gogos now too, both in Pattaya and Bkk.

Back in my drinking days I’d have drunk paint stripper and diesel.

Just doing some "reminiscing" while in LOS..

Tonights dinner at The Kitchen. Starters were Tom Yum gai for myself,Dim sum for Wie. I had Lamb chops and my Wife had Pad Thai gung.I had an amazing dessert which involved a chocolate cookie base topped with sliced banana vanilla ice cream with a jug of hot toffee sauce poured over the top.

Hired a driver for the day, we are stopped having some lunch near Bang Por looking over to Ko Phangan.

Having a watermelon smoothie on the pier in hua hin,good to be back and feel the sea breeze again,tho noticeably cooler than kanchanaburi ,its still 37. Following the haybail truck for a bit as i thought it would topple,the bend to cha am would have got him for sure if he didn't turn off.

Sweating my nads off, a beautiful day in Lamai but boy is it hot. Going to do some snorkelling now.

Yeah Nikon makes great equipment too......the technology these days is amazing as far as these DSLR's and Lenses. Are you happy with your Nikon? We have come a long way since I first bought my first camera 50 years ago in 1974...Minolta SRT 101....scraped by as a struggling college student to buy a "Vivitar" 135MM lens for concerts...can never forget using a roll of 36 Kodak Ektachrome film back in the day. The challenge was after you took your first 36 pictures, could you unload it at a concert, and re-load your next roll of film without dropping it LOL! Yeah and a few "bong hits" didn't help either LOL! 20 or so years ago, Costco started taking slides and transferring them to a CD.... Glad I survived all of it back in the 70's...these concert pics and others are priceless to me.

I took my wife to The Manor House at a Castle Coombe today for our wedding anniversary - a lunch- spotted this beauty in the car park.

Mushroom tagliatelle, potatoes with Perl peri sauce, avocado sushi and mixed vegetables with herbs and spices.

Sat in The Kitchen in Lamai having just received my litre of Chang, now waiting for our starters to arrive.

Vegan tikka masala with basmati rice and a mini naan bread.

For M'Lady's 58th birthday we had "Beer Food" out on the front veranda... - Duck drumsticks - Fish Tofu cubes - Spicy sausages - Roasted sweet potato Washed down with Leo for The Boss and Shiraz from Lotus's 346 Baht a bottle 13% for me!

Last bunch from Kanchanaburi and some from pit stops today

Packed,leave early ish for bangkok tomorrow,1 night bkk then flight Fri morning to UK. Now away out for a slap out meal which neither of us can decide where 🤔

Cod and chips for me tonight with curry sauce.

Chicken, caramelised onion and mayo roll

Back from a walk up hin lek fai.

Some salmon and salad

Main reason for the testing was because of my family history, both my parents and sister all died from cancer in their 50’s, so I was high risk, but everything has been okay.

Breaded chicken ...forgot to add salt to the flour 😞 ..., with mushroom gravy, spiced roast spuds and honey glazed veg

Chicken Jalfrezi

I wish they would stick to a traditional Thai diet. Whatever happened to the typical Thai girl's description of: Long black shiny hair Five feet 4 inches tall 45 kilo's, wet through. If Soi6 put out a ladies tug of war team they would not have a shortage of prospective anchor women.

Being a railwayman I enjoyed taking this photo of how Thai track workers still go about do their job. They were waiting for our train to go past.

M'lady has been out on her morning "Faller Patrol" to see what fruits were on the ground and which were ready for picking. For the first time she picked each type of mango that she grows.. - Four big trees of the "normal" mango that you get with sticky rice or unripe for the bar girls on their periods! - One bush of the "rosy cheeked" round one which I had never seen before moving here. - One bush of the "miniature" mango, lovely and sweet but a bit messy to eat ....

Heading off to a local Anzac day dawn service. Lest we forget.

Beans on over done toast for brunch.

It's so damn hot in Isaan that even the cacti are trying to escape!

Packing for the Hua Hin trip

Similarly to bann khun paw, food court on wat mongkoll rd,as a bit further out of town not so busy.

Home drunk last night from meeting a few mates in the local. Mixed chicken and donna meat kebab and large potatoes.

Just had a nice swim at hua hin beach,now headphones on ,tunes on,having a walk along.

Haven't eaten from this Indian for many years because it went down hill fast. My mate said it was back to it's former years, so I decided to give them another go. Very watery curry, but tasted ok. Won't rush back. Chicken vindaloo, chicken tikka Masala, saag aloo, tarka daal and garlic naam.

Hajibahn Goyza, Tom Yum pork ,rice,guava drink mrs ting tong had the same,lovely tho spicy.

It is M'lady's 58th birthday today!!! We were up early (as usual) and headed off for a 90 minute drive that took over 2 hours due to her and her sister both using different satnavs on their phones....!! We headed off to Wat Phrai Phatthana via a Border Crossing point to Cambodia ....... but I did a U-Turn despite their insistence that the temple was straight ahead!! There is only one photo that has nobody in it ....

Lest we forget. Great service today at kanchanaburi war cemetery,first went into the museum across the road,then over to the service ,started at 11am finished around 11,45am.

Anxiously waiting for Fed X to arrive. They called me last night and told me my lens I bought from B&H photo out of New York will be here today. $1,510 Baht import fees, Vat etc will be due of course... Geeked up LOL! Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II USM Lens BH #CA241054LIS2 • MFR #1380C002 172 reviews 55 Questions, 182 Answers Authorized Dealer + 14