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Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain are probably my four favourite things while living in Thailand & enjoying life as much as I can. I live in the perfect spot on Beach Road Pattaya where I can enjoy the magnificent view every day.

Clouds rolling in across the bay

Living with Covid-19

In fact the wet season is my favourite time of the year.

And down it comes

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

 Sometimes all you can see is a wall of rain moving across the bay.

Houston, we have a problem.

Storm pulverises Pattaya

Pattaya bay rarely gets this rough.

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain & a great view of the city

Unique Pattaya hotel

Pattaya is home to aroung 100,000 residents.

Xmas eve at Peaky Blinders

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

A long lunch to celebrate Xmas. See more of Peaky HERE.

Food at Peaky Blinders

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Part of the interesting Tapas food on Xmas Eve.

Fine de clare No 2

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Fresh oysters from France at the Pullman Hotel Beach Club. On special every Tuesday evening. I have eaten oysters all over the world, please check out THIS LINK.

After the oysters

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Satay chicken or pork, another favourite of mine.

The boys are growing very quickly

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

  Tiger & Tyrone, sons of Pothole, aka John Martin.

Pedicure & foot massage

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

During the Covid crisis in Soi Buakhow many of the salons are offering 1/2 price specials of B100, or $4 AUD.

Fresh crab from Naklua fish market

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Five minutes to cook & absolutely delicious. Check out the market HERE.

Fresh from the market

Clouds sunsets restaurants

Lots of delicious crab here for B450, or $18 AUD.

Magnificent sunset

Living with Covid 2021

I think Pattaya has sunsets as spectacular as anywhere else in the world. This was taken from my balcony, how lucky am I?

An iconic Thai delicacy

Food review Pattaya 2021

Mango & sticky rice for B80, or $3 AUD.

Holiday Inn special

Food review Pattaya 2021

Served with wasabi sauce, very tasty indeed. 🙂 For more at the Holiday Inn please go to THIS LINK.

Waiting for my Covid jab with Ron Sievers & Daryl Evans.

Living with Covid 2021

Even though Covid has thrown the world into turmoil I have not been overly effected, the worst problem for me has been the lack of travel.

Waiting for food handouts

Living with Covid 2021

Many Thai people have been suffering the side effects of the Covid virus, here they are waiting for help near Bali Hai in Pattaya.

Clouds sunsets restaurants rain

Living with Covid-19

Pattaya Beach after a storm.

Too many clouds are never enough. 🙂

Living with Covid 2021

Absolutely beautiful from my balcony. For my collection of fabulous clouds just CLICK HERE.

Lobster soup

Living with Covid 2021

If you like the look of this go straight to the Longhorn Steakhouse. 

Talking about soup

Food review Pattaya 2021

The Hungry Hippo has to be the best value in Pattaya.

That’s all folks my last post for 2021.

Living with Covid 2021

Thanks for visiting my Clouds sunsets restaurants rain photo blog.

Counter only started December 28 2021.

Author: David Herd

My history, particularly over the last 30 years is dominated by overseas travel. I sold my home in Australia October 20th 2011 and have have been living in Thailand since then. I don’t know where the time has gone? It seems like you go to sleep one night, wake up the next morning, and 20 years have flashed by. Not sure how many years I have left, however I have enjoyed a wonderful charmed life, and if it all ended today I would leave this world with no regrets. I was born in Sydney halfway through the last century, started my travels in the 60s with the usual U.K. Europe adventure at the age of 20, back to Australia and worked in Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide in Sales & Marketing with multinational companies including Sanyo, Canon & Remington. Engaged to be married 3 times and never quite made it to the alter, finally realized by the mid 90s I was not cut out for "long term relationships" so I moved to the Gold Coast in Queensland in January 1987, worked for a couple of banks as a Financial Planner, I took a year off work in 1998 to travel and never went back to full time work again, after 25 fun filled years on the Coast I packed up and moved to Thailand. What is the purpose of this blog? Well I really want to use it to record my travel experiences & to display my photographs, give and receive travel tips, comment on places I visit, restaurants I eat in and use it to replace the autobiography I intended to write, apart from all that it helps me fill in my day. :) I moved to Thailand mainly because I wanted to keep travelling while my health allowed me to, there are huge advantages being closer to all the places I want to visit. Cost of living in Thailand is around 35% of the cost in Australia, plus flights are 50% cheaper because you are much closer to everywhere. ???? Consequently I am able to travel to many more places compared to living in Australia. Having said all that, it is & has always been my intention to return to Australia when my travelling is finished, I predict this will happen around 2021.

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