Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Weeing off the balcony

Weeing off the balcony, we will explain this later.
All the pictures below are of the past, but we have just been thinking about how good the future looks. Tonight, we are going to a party, tomorrow sailing, Sunday racing, Monday a four/five day yacht delivery to Ko Samui, then six days racing in the Ko Samui Regatta. Life is good!


It is so hot where we have been working, you have to eat your ice cream really quickly. Alison is wearing most of this one.

Garry is repairing the trampoline on Scott's trimaran. The tide was out and somewhere under the pontoon was a monitor lizard. Garry is not keen on these, especially when they are six foot long and hungry.


Having a beer after a days work on Scott's boat. From left, Scott, Garry and Tony.

The Spanish Grand Prix when our man Button won. We watched the race in Nubar with Paul and Jojo, the bar owners.


Jojo and a friendly lady boy. Guess?


This a great bunch of Malaysian people, who chartered El Coyote for a day's cruise. We were crew. We took them to Monkey Island (there's a clue in the name). We went ashore carrying bottles of water. One cheeky monkey climbed up Garry's shorts and t shirt, grabbed his bottle of water and ran off with it.
Does my bum look big in this (pick up)?


Al is picking up lots of new (and exciting) skills. Here she is overhauling a winch.


Some parts of El Coyote are difficult to access. We normally keep the beer in this locker. Garry had been asked to take a look at the bilge pump down this hole.


Will he make it out of there?

How to wear a boat round your waist.

Washing day in our apartment. As you can see we have rather limited facilities but a mosquito net hanging kit is a good substitute for a washing line.


We did eventually manage to get out for a sail on Scott's boat. It was a close call as we literally touched the sea bed five or six times getting out of the river. Worth the effort as we had a great day's sailing.


We haven't been to Baghdad yet, but we know which way it is. This was in Singapore where we had a painful (expensive) time. We had to go in order to pick up a new visa to spend another 30 days in Thailand.

Whilst we were in Singapore, there was a dumpling ceremony. This is the patron saint of dumplings. We think he had a taste for them.


This is a local delicacy, but we didn't try it. We stayed in Little India and the food was excellent (our favourite). Little India, in some ways is better than India. It has all the best bits, without any of the horrible bits.


This was the only Chinese house in Little India. Singapore has some great architecture, with a mixture of old and new.

This is Clarke's Quay the original trading area on the Singapore River. It is now bars and restaurant and in the evenings, there is a great atmosphere, although the prices are a bit steep! $20 for a beer!

This is a sculpture on the side of the river.

Back to the architecture, this is a theatre complex that looks like a durian ( a very smelly, prickly fruit).

Back in Thailand, at Ocean Marina, this strange craft appeared. Looks like fun though.
We have been preparing El Coyote for the delivery and the race at Ko Samui. Here Gary Baguley (skipper) and his team are helping with some last minute, go faster mods. Guess who is up the mast?


Yes, you guessed right. It's Alison hanging around.

Weeing off the balcony - where did this come from?

We were sitting on our ninteenth floor balcony, overlooking the Gulf of Thailand, having a couple of drinks, talking about how good life is and that it was time to write another blog. Alison wanted a title that would make people read it. She left this task to Garry, whilst she jumped the queue for the loo. By the time she got back, Garry was desperate and had come up with the title. Fortunately, for those below he had not performed this act.

Bye for now

Alison and Garry

1 comment:

BEVERLEY said...

Why not Garry I remember you weed down a chimmney in Spain!!!

Have fun Beverley and Tom
xx