Is this the new harley sportster....? 
Xmas turkey
Well it's Christmas day and where did I spend it? Well as you can see I was on the beach, lazing under the blazing sun. Just look at the smug grin I'm sporting, what a bastard....ha ha ha.Thank god for the clone tool in photo-shop, very handy for the thinning scalp!
A very happy Xmas to you all...
Chiefly yellow
Its not unusual to see motorbikes over here in a terrible state, held together with no more than spit, Buddha string and a prayer, but I spotted this rather tidy example of an old Indian last week. It's obviously quite old, but none the less well cared for. Note the bicycle drinks cage on the handlebars, palm tree painting on the headlight shell and radio in the back pannier, just the think for blasting out those Issan tunes. Not sure I'd have chosen yellow though.....
Bob Monkhouse
Speaking as a drunk, I'd never be a monk! I would fail miserably trying to live a monastic life that's for sure. There was a report in the Bangkok Post last year that stated several monks were found on a covert night out, they were found dressed in trousers and shirts, creeping around Bangkok's seedier red light districts. Well lets face it even the most devout head rocker will find it hard not to crack sooner or later....
Shiny happy people
This rather dishy newscaster is surrounded by well meaning devotees carrying pictures of his Majesty, as she tries to address the cameras. They all jostle for position and a chance that their families might see them on TV.
Happy birthday
Its the 5th of December and I'm in Bangkok for the Kings birthday, trouble is so is every other bugger! Its as hot as the Devils bottom after a fiendishly hot curry, and empty cabs are as rare as a straight talking politician. Yellow shirts are the order of the day, turning Bangkok into a giant sunflower. Still everybody seems happy enough. I'm drinking water at a rate that would make a local council issue an immediate hose pipe ban, a couple of times I nearly drowned. I'm trying not to trample on sleeping Thais, and avoid having my eyes poked out by umbrellas. Every piece of available shade has been used up. Phew....
Flag of sorts
Me thinks this flag might be in need of replacement. The wind has reduced it to mere threads. But then again knowing the Thais it will serve faithfully for at least another 10 years....On a more informative note did you know that there have been four official flags in Thailand the current one has been in use since 1917. Well now you do......
Eerie whoop....
Being within a genuine bona fide mangrove swamp is a hideously eerie affair. for one thing it is worryingly quite, you know things lurk within as you hear the occasional plop of water and loud whoop, but you never see anything. Peering into the dense tangle of branches you wonder where the hell they are and do they inflict pain. Almost certainly. There are big arsed web's all around, but no spiders in view, are they crawling up my back? Ugh....Seriously though its a great experience, and if lucky enough to be given the chance, one not to be missed.
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