Some foods.

Peas and chips, and beer of course!

Clevesley

Our next adventure was a road trip to Clevesly (sp) to see big John. It's a small resort town up the road from Blackpool.

More Manu

Heres a small sample of the handywork of the rioters. If you click on the photo to enlarge it, I forget, it might be a Gucci store.

Manchester

Mike is a bit of a homebody so Alex and I hopped a bus to Manchester for the day.

England

Halloh! I've been saying for years I'd go to Manchester to visit Mike. Kayak sent me an offer I could not refuse. A direct Delta flight to Amsterdam with a hop back to Manchester. I had just signed up for a new Alaska Visa card. I got 30,000 miles signing up. Delta is on the Alaska plan! I E mailed Dutch Alex to see if he'd like to to join me for a visit. The first weekend there, Mike had a house full. Trevor (second from the left, Alex and Mike) biked down from Shefield. Keith (in the tent) drove up from Oxford.

Back in Thailand

Halloh! I'm back in Thailand, and back in Hua Hin. I got through Bangkok before the major floodwaters reached the city. It's a hell of a mess there now. The only problem here is the sea is brown with sewage from the flooding 135 miles away in BKK!
I've connected with Nee and we're getting on OK. None of the lads are here yet but I've met some new pals. I was watching the World Series at 8 A.M. with two fellows. This guy looks like Graeme Armstrong, my Irish friend. He is Paul from Langley B.C. The other guy watching the game is from San Juan island.
This woman sets up here table top cafe every morning. She draws a crowd right away. She cooks outside her home which is down the alley to the left.
I'm going to get some lunch. I had a tough time getting back into my own blog. If the lady here leaves the Picasa loaded, (she took it out the other day) I'll come back and catch up from the August England trip.
Doablah

Night shots

I walked around after dinner. The joint was jumping.
There is a Russian street near the train station. Lots of shops, bars and other businesses. All the signage is in Russian. Most of the westerners I saw were Russian. They are easy to spot.