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Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

June 24, 2015 by David Herd

Arriving at Manly

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

 Manly Sydney beach-side suburb is one of my favourite places in Australia. Most visitors arrive by ferry from Circular Quay, a 30 minute journey which showcases the best harbour in the world.

Manly Sea life Sanctuary

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Just to west of Manly wharf is the Sea life Sanctuary.

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Manly wharf has many cafes and bars, a great place for lunch.

Opposite Manly wharf

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

It is a 5 minute walk from the wharf to the beach.

Manly Corso

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

These shops in Manly have not changes in decades.

Relaxing on the Corso

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

I think Manly is far nicer than Bondi, the world famous beach on the south side of the harbour.

Beautiful Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Manly beach and Shelly beach in the distance.  Shelly Beach is the only west facing beach on the eastern coast of Australia.

 Manly Wharf Hotel

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

A great place for drinks, food and lots of eye candy.

Cold beer beside the harbour

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Sunday afternoon is a busy time at the Manly wharf hotel.

Old friend Paul Slaughter

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

We have enjoyed many Sunday afternoons drinking cold beer and watching the young girls pass by. Both of us fully realise at our age we are totally invisible to them.  Ah! I’m so happy to be living in Pattaya. 🙂

Fish & chips at Manly beach

Sydney Circular Quay Manly Ferry

I was showing my friend Sue from Shanghai the delights of manly, so naturally we had to sample the famous fish & chips. 🙂

Manly Lodge Boutique Hotel

Sydney Circular Quay Manly Ferry

Nice small hotel in a good location, for a great room rate just book through THIS LINK.

West of Manly towards Balgowlah.

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

A tranquil swimming pool with a million dollar view.

West of Manly

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

How peaceful is this scene? 🙂

Dee Why beach

Manly Sydney beach-side suburb

Just a few miles north of Manly is Dee Why beach, more peaceful than Manly and some very good cafes & restaurants.

Fabulous breakfast at Dee Why

Food friends Sydney

One of the few things I miss living in Thailand are the fabulous Australian breakfasts.

Bumped into an old friend

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 Here is Jill, an old girlfriend from the Gold Coast. We really had some fun back in the 90s.

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Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

June 19, 2015 by David Herd

Sirocco Bangkok

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008 as well as Bangkok and Krabi. Throw in Sydney, Singapore, Bali, New York, Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, Curitiba, Florianopolis and Balneario Camboriu. Certainly one of my greatest years for travel.

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Sirocco Bangkok

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

My brother Warren & Yvonne Collier at Sirocco.

Centrepoint Hotel

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A nice hotel in a great location, close to the sky train and the Chao Phraya river.


Phung aka Cleopatra at Nana Plaza.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

My favourite Bangkok girl since 2001.

Big Dog Bar at Nana Plaza

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

  Nic, Sharon and Rod Perin, (RIP).    

Nana Plaza  

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

John Sinclair getting up close and personal. 🙂  

Elephant at Dynasty Hotel Soi 4 Nana

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

You really don’t see the elephants in the street anymore.

Honey Pot Pattaya with number 99

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Sadly the Honey Pot closed around 2012.

Cherry Bar Pattaya

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

   Rod, Nick and I with our new watches. Sadly Ron on the left, passed away in 2011.  

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

One thing that has not changed are the boats waiting for the Chinese tourists.

Sabai Resort next to Big C in 2nd Rd.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

I stayed at the Sabai Resort for about 7 years until I moved to Pattaya in October 2011. It was and still is a great location.

On of my favourite girls visits me at the Sabai

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

  Jan was absolutely gorgeous, she worked at the Cherry Bar from 2003 to around 2010.  

Here is Ice at the Sabai Resort  

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

  I often wonder where she is now.

Notice the Holiday Inn being built in 2008.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

The Holiday Inn opened in 2009.

 Bernard’s

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

One of my favourite restaurants, for many years it was in Soi 3 before moving to Soi 1 opposite Markland. Sadly it closed in 2014.

Honey Pot in Soi 2

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Great times at the Honey Pot with Dennis and Nick, sadly in 2012 the club closed.

Beautiful Thai

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Did you pick it? The best looking ladyBoy I have ever seen, the guys just had to get a photo taken.

Pretty face in Pattaya

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

There are not as many pretty faces now in 2016.

Seafood at the Mantra

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Located at the Amari hotel is my favourite restaurant, every Sunday they have a fantastic brunch.

Walking St in daylight

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Such a difference during the day.

A little different at night

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Lots of neon lights in Walking Street at night.

My favourite girl

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

Jan has been my favourite Cherry Bar girl your quite a few years, what a beautiful face she has.

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A year or so later Jan found a sponsor and is now the mother of three.

Pattaya street kitchen.

Four Fabulous Pattaya Trips 2008

 

Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

Cute Russian at Cosy Beach

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The water looks nice. Water, what water? I don’t see any water. 🙂

Nick & Sharon

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My friends from the Gold Coast who love Thailand.

Nook at U Too Bar

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Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

June 10, 2015 by David Herd

 Please note, this is not part of my Travel Blog. It’s part of my personal history.

Tyrrel’s Hunter Valley

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley in 1996 started on the Gold Coast where I was living life to the max. The highlight was a great road trip in my Porsche 928 with good friend Ross Kennedy to the Hunter Valley, Sydney, Falls Creek & Melbourne. Also caught up with an old friend from the Gold Coast Jill McCrossan, one very sexy lady.

Talking about sexy ladies

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Well Emily certainly was in that category.

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Drinks at Saks

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Drinks at Saks before going to the Ray White ball at the Sheraton Mirage. From the left we have a girl whose name I forget, then Phil (Swifty) Gregory, Claudia Scrupin, Duncan McGuiness, Emily and yours truly David Herd.

Little did they realise at the time but Swifty and Emily would marry and have a couple of kids.

 Great photo, if I say so myself. 🙂

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Such a beautiful big smile.

Saks was our main haunt

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Saks was a great bar at Main Beach owned by Duncan McGuiness and Steve Solomon. Their main business was building upmarket housing estates. A couple of very nice guys who sadly  went broke around 2011 and their company Solmac went into liquidation.

Saks with Eugene and Debbie.

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Saks with Eugene and Debbie. This was a memorable night at Saks, I watched as Plugger Lockhart kicked a famous point to put the Swans into the Grand Final.

One of the hottest babes in 1996

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

I met Donna Turner in Sydney when she was 18 yo, even after various husbands and 3 or 4 children she still looks as hot as ever, especially in my kitchen. 🙂

Hot Hot Hot in Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

It is now 20 years later in 2016 and Donna is still a hot chick.

My favourite song from 1996

The technicolour team

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Duncan McGuiness, Jim Bell, Ross Kennedy and David Herd.

At the polo

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

These two gorgeous babes were known as Lushy and Mushy, can’t remember their real names. 🙂

Ami and Alan Pearson.

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Alan was a friend of mine when I lived in Adelaide in the 70s, he now earns his living as a musician in Airlie Beach.

Mami & Mariko

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Two gorgeous Japanese girls who often called into my home in Upton St for drinks and fun.

I did mention fun didn’t I? 🙂 🙂 🙂

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Everybody loves Tim Tams.

Billy James & Allison Schroeder

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Billy was a well known Gold Coast real estate identity and Allison one of the sexiest chicks in town.

Allison 18 yo in in 1987

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

I was lucky enough to take Allison out a few times in 1987 my first year living on the Gold Coast. Although I was about 25 years older than her I used the “tried & true” technique, I promised her the world and bought her an atlas. 🙂

Visiting Tim in Sydney

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Ross Kennedy and I took a road trip in my Porsche to Falls Creek for some skiing, stopping on the way at the Hunter Valley & Sydney. I knew about Rossco’s fascination with gangsters and the underworld so naturally I took him to meet Big Tim Bristow at his home in Newport.

Tim’s beast

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

 We were there an hour or two listening to some of Tim’s stories most of which I had heard before many times. As usual Tim’s phone never stopped ringing, but there was one call Ross & I will never forget. Roger Rogerson was in many ways more notorious than Tim, he was known for being a ruthless crooked cop who shot first and asked questions later, the most famous case being where he shot and killed Warren Lanfranchi in a back alley in Chippendale.

Oaks Hotel with old friends

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Derek Pugh, Ian Rich & Paul Slaughter, Pauls sister on the left and his girlfriend Clode on the right.

Falls creek, let the games begin.

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

 We had a terrific few days, drinking too much and  having some of the most spectacular falls ever seen at Fall’s Creek. Little did I realise after this 1996 adventure I would never ski again.

Melbourne

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Drinks with Rossco’s friends in South Yarra, from the left Ross Kennedy aka “Shoeless Joe Jackson, David Herd aka “The Cincinnati Kid”, Craig Belcher and Johnny Mac.

Yum Cha in Chinatown

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

This gorgeous girl Jaqui O’Brien actually lived in my house for a few months in 1987,  she then worked with me for a short time in 1998. A lovely lady until she had one drink too many, she then turned into a nightmare. Rossco came up with a classic name for her, “Jacqui Petrol”. 🙂

Rossco & DH

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

The high rollers have hit town. 🙂

On the subject of gorgeous girls

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Meet Jill McCrossan, another super hot chick I was lucky enough to be involved with.

Felling no pain

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

I’m too sexy for my shirt. 🙂

A day at the beach in Coffs Harbour

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

We had a great couple of days at Tony Murphy’s apartment, the spa was excellent. 🙂

Both sides look great

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

A great view from every direction.

 Meanwhile back on the Gold Coast

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Natalina from the coast and Rodney Rosenfeld from Melbourne.

John Sinclair & John Cece

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Both these guys moved from Adelaide to the Gold Coast, they were good friends and now mortal enemies. 🙂

Great fun in Manila

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Here I am with Simone and Doug Ritchie in some club in Makati. 🙂

Pascal, Junko and Rene

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Pascal was gorgeous girl, 1/2 French & 1/2 Vietnamese, Junko is the Japanese wife of my good friend Phil Thomson and Rene was a rather sexy Australian girl. 🙂

And the beat goes on

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

This is a rather significant photo, on the left is Larry Krausz, a good friend to all of us. It’s now 2017 and he is fighting a huge battle in Robina hospital on the Gold Coast. Larry suffered a major stroke on October 28th in Pattaya where he had been living large for almost a year. Our best wishes are with Larry, hopefully he will recover enough to lead a comfortable life.

Maybe one more look at Donna

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

Certainly one of the sexiest ladies ever to decorate my kitchen. 🙂

One more shot of lovely Emily

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

As you can see Emily was a total knockout.

New Years Eve at Mustang Sally’s.

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

One of my regular Main Beach haunts.

Farewell folks

Sydney Melbourne Hunter Valley

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Legends Golf Club Malaysia

June 5, 2015 by David Herd

Singapore Malaysia border.

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

 Legends Golf Club Malaysia is a 90 minute drive from Singapore. In 2007 my friends and I (all legends) decided it was time to tame this course.

Is that Casey Stoner ?

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

This colour coordinated guy shot past us like a guided missile. 🙂

This is more our speed

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

As you can imagine it is far too hot to walk the course.

Unless we meet one of these guys

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

Then we go faster, much faster. 🙂

Here we are Legends in our own lunch time

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

Duncan Paul, David Herd, Steven Bates and our sweet caddies.

Mitch Grosky goes straight up the middle

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

Mitch made it look easy.

Legends Golf Club Malaysia Mitch Grotsky

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

The course was magnificent.

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

Designed by Jack Nicklaus, The Legends is one of the toughest tests of golf in South-East Asia. Legends can be best described as dramatic and can always be found in excellent condition.

The original concept of this resort included three championship courses: one designed by Jack Nicklaus, one by Arnold Palmer, and one by Gary Player. Only the Nicklaus course and nine holes of the Palmer course have been finished, though. The Gary Player course remains in the planning phase.

The par-72, 18-hole Jack Nicklaus course opened to golfers in 1997. This 6,710-metre (7,338-yard) course features views of the neighboring palm oil plantation. Don’t be surprised if monkeys stop to check out your game on the back nine too.

Legends Golf Club Malaysia Lovely par 3

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

 Legends Golf Club Malaysia is a beautiful course, if you are a golfer put it on your bucket list.

We almost had the course to ourselves

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

A guy called John Hallisey said “My worst day on the golf course still beats my best day in the office.”

Where else would you rather be?

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

We almost had the course to ourselves.

My lovely caddy

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

With two hole to go the storm came in and blew us off the course as so often happens in South East Asia.

Legends Golf Club Malaysia directions

Legends Golf Club Malaysia

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Road Trip Nha Trang

May 25, 2015 by David Herd

Leaving HCMC

Road Trip Nha Trang

Road Trip Nha Trang

Road Trip Nha Trang via Dalat by mini bus with a one night stopover in Dalat. We travelled through some very interesting countryside stopping often for food and drinks.

Riding to school

Road Trip Nha Trang

 Young girl wearing the traditional ao dai. The name “ao dai” was originally applied to the outfit worn at the court of the Nguyễn Lords at Huế in the 18th century.

A tip for the boys

Road Trip Nha TrangI gave these boys a tip which made them very happy indeed.

 

Another happy face in Vietnam.

Road Trip Nha Trang

So many happy faces in Vietnam.

Beautiful country heading north

Road Trip Nha TrangRice terraces from the highway.

Village on the river

Road Trip Nha Trang

A whole town sits on the water.

What more could you want?

Road Trip Nha Trang

Vietnam’s version of waterfront homes.

HCMC Nha Trang Dalat Vietnam

Road Trip Nha Trang

  Compare the above and below photo and see if you can spot the difference.  

Looks the same doesn’t it?

Road Trip Nha Trang

  Of course you picked it, the mother is rocking the baby. 🙂 🙂 🙂  

Paddling by foot

Road Trip Nha Trang via Dalat

That’s a new technique.

Dalat market

Road Trip Nha Trang

Night market in Dalat.

Fresh fish at Dalat

Road Trip Nha Trang

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Off to training

Road Trip Nha Trang via Dalat

    The kids are looking good in their karate outfits.

Lovely smile in Dalat

Road Trip Nha Trang

    So many smiling faces in this great country.

HCMC Nha Trang

Road Trip Nha Trang

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Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

May 24, 2015 by David Herd

Japanese Covered Bridge

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Ancient Town Vietnam Central Coast is Hoi-An featuring wonderful French colonial buildings including this beautiful Japanese covered bridge which dates back to the 18th century. Probably the most photographed place in Hoi-An.

Crossing the bridge

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

I’m not sure what the ladies are selling.

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Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

The culture & heritage is mostly from the Cham people whose kingdom originally stretched from Hue South to Phan Thiet (South of Nha Trang) – the Champa’s most likely originally from Java. The original Cham political capital was Tra Kieu, the commercial capital was Hoi An and the spiritual capital was My Son (Hindu). The Cham people were Hindu, and by the 10th century the influence of Arab traders to Hoi An resulted in some converting to become Muslims.

The second major influence was from the Chinese, firstly from traders but especially the escaping Ming Dynasty armies who after settling in Hoi An for some years moved further south and created Saigon as a major trading port.

Beautiful faces

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Hoi An is midway between Hanoi & HCMC, you can fly into Danang then take a taxi south, on the way make sure you visit Marble mountain where you can watch beautiful statues being made and perhaps even order one to be shipped home.

 

Here I am at Marble Mountain just north of Hoi-An.

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Marble Mountain Vietnam where the statues are hand carved by certified and regulated stone mason artists. These artist begin a lifelong apprenticeship from a very young age and spend their life learning the trade.

Travel Tip. Hoi-An has the reputation as the place to go to have clothes made, I think one of the best strategies is to take some of your favourite items and have them copied at a fraction of the price you would pay at home.

 Hoi-An French colonial buildings

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

One of the many Hoi-An French colonial buildings.

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Fu kien restaurant

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

A typical Hoi-Ann street scene.

 Beautiful buildings

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

There are so many wonderful buildings.

 Lanterns

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

There is a photo opportunity around every corner.

We asked where he was taking the duck?

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

He said I am taking it home to eat it.

Hoi Ann timber delivery

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Firewood for cooking I imagine.

Ancient Town Vietnam Central Coast Hoi Ann market

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Morning gossip at the market.

Banana anyone?

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

It is a hive of activity on the waterfront.

Happy faces

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Non la (palm-leaf conical hat) is a traditional symbol of Vietnamese people.

Great looking kids in Hoi Ann.

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

Another couple of great Vietnamese smiles.

China Beach

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

During the war the Americans used the name China Beach to refer to the beautiful 30 km sweep of fine white sand that starts at Monkey Mountain and ends near Hoi An. Soldiers would be sent here for some R&R from bases all over the country.

Pothole shopping for art

Ancient Town Vietnam Coast

 Pothole aka John Martin shopping for some genuine reproductions. 🙂

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It was the start of the Sars problem.

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Bangkok Samui sexy babes

May 3, 2015 by David Herd

This is not a travel blog just a personal photo collection from 2000.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Bangkok Samui sexy babes in the year 2000. I spent New Years Eve two years in a row, 1999 in Samui for the millennium & in Pattaya NYE 2000. The millennium was special for me due to a brief romance with the Italian princess pictured above. He name in Barbara Manelli and she was hot, hot, hot. 🙂

This it not part of my travel blog, just part of my personal photo & travel history from 2000.

Thailand New Years Eve

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Thailand New Years Eve This is how Chaweng beach looked early New Years Eve 1999, in fact my friends and I had dinner right there on the beach. The photo quality is terrible due to the early days of digital cameras.

New Years Eve 1999

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It was a terrific night on the beach even though my whirlwind romance with Barbara aka Gypsy was over by then.

Barbara Manelli aka Gypsy.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Oh my! She was one of the sexiest most gorgeous ladies I have ever had the pleasure to be with. The affair didn’t last much more than a week but the memories will stay with me forever.

Be patient we will move on shortly. 🙂

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The romance was short but sweet. 🙂

Even now in 2015 I still occasionally think of her with affection.

The Relax Resort Chaweng Beach Samui

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I stayed at the Relax Bungalows a few times and found them very comfortable on a quiet section of the beach. Still very cheap if you book through Agoda, between $50 and $60 per night.

Chaweng Beach Koh Samui

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Sadly that beach hut is no longer there.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

 Dr Evil and his two favourite ladies, Jane & Gypsy. In fact Jane was with me in Koh Samui in August 1999 when I first met Barbara.

My special three pack.

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This is a special photo, only 6 or 7 times in my life have I been able to get 3 girlfriends in the one photo, priceless.

Bangkok Koh Samui sexy babes

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So many girls and such little time.

One girl and two boys.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

That’s Thailand for you, sometimes things can be very confusing.  Of course one of the boys is Pothole aka John Martin, and he doesn’t care which one he winds up with. 🙂  

 Girls from Soi 33 Santana Bar

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

Soi 33 was one of the best areas for bars and restaurants.

John Sinclair loves Bangkok

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

My friend John in a familiar pose.

Bangkok girl called Dow.

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

What a gorgeous face.

 Another Bangkok girl who’s name I forget

Bangkok Samui sexy babes

I do remember however that she was a very sweet lady.

Great shape in Bangkok

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I am fairly sure she hits the gym. 🙂

Cold beers in Pattaya

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  Tony Murphy, Michael Dowd, John Sinclair, Rush and David Herd.  

One final look at Gypsy

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Barbara will always be one of the most exciting ladies I have ever known’ Many thanks for visiting my Bangkok Samui sexy babes photo blog.

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Two Thailand trips 2002

May 1, 2015 by David Herd

This it not part of my travel blog, just my personal photo & travel history from 2002.

Two Thailand trips

Two Thailand trips

Two Thailand trips in 2002, by my standards it was a very quiet year for travel. Shanghai & Beijing however gave me a great introduction to China. Digital cameras were in their early stages so the photo quality is very average indeed.

The photo above shows the team in Bangkok celebrating John Sinclair turning 60. From the left is John Martin aka Pothole, Michael Dowd, John Sinclair, Apple Pie, David Herd and Tony Murphy.

Happy birthday John

Two Thailand trips

Birthdays seem to roll around so fast the older you get.

Christy’s in Soi 33 Bangkok

Two Thailand trips

Soi 33 Sukhumvit in Bangkok.

Here was my choice.

Two Thailand trips

That is a super smile.


 

This really needs no caption.

  Two Thailand trips

You gotta love Thailand.

Hit the road Jack

Two Thailand trips

    John Sinclair and Bruce Donnachie outside the Office in Soi 33, it is a terrific sports bar with lots of TVs and good looking staff.

Phung, aka Cleopatra

Two Thailand trips

My favourite Nana Plaza girl, we met last year in 2001 and hooked up with each other for quite a few years until about 2009. I believe she found a sponsor and is living in Europe now.  

The Bus Stop in Soi 4 Nana

Two Thailand trips

Mike Dowd, David Herd, Pothole Martin and John Sinclair. Once again I’m so disappointed with the photo quality, early days of digital cameras. This was actually AFL grand final day 2002 when Brisbane Lions beat Collingwood.

The Office in Soi 33.

Two Thailand trips

Even now in 2015 the Office sports bar in Soi 33 is still open.

Pothole Bin Ladin and Apple Pie.

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Our regular village idiot with his new girl. When things became serious we were not allowed to call her Apple anymore, Champen was her name. 🙂   I really have to relay this funny story, Pothole took Apple to Australia a couple of times and they planned to marry. At that time in 2003 little did he realize she was actively managing 4 or 5 other suitors from Europe and America. He only discovered the truth much later after cracking into her Hotmail account.

  Anyhow Pothole actually used some common sense (most unusual for him) and presented Apple with a pre nuptial agreement for her signature. Her assets were about $16,000 worth of jewellery that he had given her, his were way in excess of $1,000,000. This all happened on a Thursday night, then Friday he came home early from work to discover her jewellery laid out on the bed alongside a suicide note.   I think I already mentioned that he was known as the village idiot, and in keeping with this image he raced up to North Sydney police station distraught and weeping, and pleaded with the local cops to help him find her. They came to his apartment, took photographs and asked many questions.  

He called me during the day totally distressed and I gave him the following advice, I said “pack all her clothes etc in her suitcase, leave it outside the door and get your locks changed. Naturally my advice didn’t go down all that well. Much later that evening who should turn up all bright and bubbly, you guessed it, Apple Pie, aka Champen. 🙂   He of course forgave her and took her back, even after finding out she was in fact having a long lunch (and who knows what else?) with a friend of his.  

Two things about Apple however, she was the best Thai cook I have ever seen, secondly she finally moved to England, married an ex cop and had a lovely daughter. The husband was awarded an MBE or similar around 2013 and Apple rolled up at the Palace with him when he received his award. Not a bad ending for a chick from Nana Plaza. 🙂  

As I said previously, Pothole is known by many as “the village idiot”, but he is our village idiot and he has provided us with a huge amount of entertainment over the years. His final piece of stupidity in the above “Apple Pie” saga was showing her my texts and relaying the advice I gave him to her, consequently I had abusive phone calls from Apple indicating I was the villain in the whole fiasco. That’s our Pothole for you. 🙂

 Master chef 2003

Two Thailand trips

  This girl could really cook Thai food. What a difference in photo quality in just one year.  

From 2003

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Sue on the right was one of my girlfriends from Shanghai, I took her to Sydney for a weekend. The other girl is Apple.  

Bee from Bangkok on her 21st birthday.

Two Thailand trips

Another funny story, I was drinking in the Big Dog bar in Nana plaza when this gorgeous little girl rolled up about 8pm to the hamburger stand in her pyjamas and slippers. She looked so cute I went and spoke to her, well to cut a long story short the next night we got together for her 21st birthday, you gotta love Thailand.

You saw Bee, well here is Beer. 🙂

  Two Thailand trips

Beer was a dancer at Rainbow 3 in Nana Plaza and a girl with a terrific personality.  

Na was one of my favourite girls.

Two Thailand trips

Another funny story, as you can see I met Na in a beauty salon in Soi 22 when she was giving me a pedicure. For a couple of years every time I came to Bangkok we would get together. Mostly she would arrive at my hotel around midnight after she finished work.

Lovely Na

    Two Thailand trips

Things were fine for a long time until one day she said to me “I can’t see you any more David”. I was very surprised and asked her “why not, have you found another boyfriend”? She said “no, I have found a girlfriend”. Looking back I guess this was a “George Costanza” moment, I had driven a girl to lesbianism. 🙂  

John settles Murphy’s debt

Two Thailand trips

Luk closed her shop for 10 days to look after one of our friends. When he left to go back to Australia he completely forgot to leave her any money (on purpose I might add). John Sinclair being the gentleman he is made sure she had enough to cover her expenses.

The result

Two Thailand trips

Luk is a lot happier now.  

Two Thailand trips 2006.

Two Thailand trips

As I am so disappointed in the photo quality I have jumped forward to 2006 to show better shots of my favourite Bangkok girl Cleo.

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Three Fabulous Thailand trips 2003

April 29, 2015 by David Herd

Atlantic Bar Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips 2003, in fact the whole year was frantic, not sure how I survived, it was one of the busiest & best years for travel that I have ever experienced. I went to Vietnam twice in January & April, Thailand in April & July, then around the world in November starting in Chile, then on to Rio De Janeiro in Brazil, Barcelona & Bangkok on the way home to Australia.

Low tide at Pattaya beach

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

The skyline has changed a lot since 2003, now in 2015 there is a building boom in condominiums and hotels.

Golf at Phoenix with John and Andy

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Andy got tied up with a Thai girl who relieved him of his one million GBP inheritance.

Surrounded by caddies at Phoenix.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Now this is the way to play golf. 🙂

Marta was a pole dancer from Prague

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Marta was quite a wild Russian girl, I chatted to her on Walking St and invited her to join us at Cosy Beach. We had a great day culminating in an even better night. 🙂

The rear view

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Here is Marta again at my hotel, the Sunshine Vista in Soi 3. There are more photos in the slide show at the end, I can’t show them in this part of the post as Photobucket censor any bare boobs. 🙂


John Martin aka Pothole at the Sunshine Vista

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Certainly one of the craziest people I know. He moved to Pattaya a year or two after this, grabbed a girl off the pole and produced two children with her.

John Sinclair, Sinclair Waters (RIP) and Bob Dark.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Sinclair is famous for adding people to his “black list”, after a couple years of being in favor in 2016 he put me back on it. 🙂

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

We are just a bunch of naughty little boys. 🙂

Thai music on Beach Rd Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Traditional Thai music.

Here are some gorgeous Thai girls from 2003  

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How sweet they were. 🙂

Oysters

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  At the Lobster Pot in Walking Street, there are many seafood restaurants where you overlook the bay.  

Lunch at Fuji

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Here is a typical Thai story, I invited Ja in the yellow to lunch, she worked in the phone section of Big C. However unbeknownst to me she then invited 4 of her friends to come and enjoy a free lunch at my expense. 🙂 This is quite normal in Thailand and it’s not the first, and won’t be the last time I have been caught.

Soi 4 hotel Pattaya

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   New hotel Soi 4, + North Shore in the background.  

Fresh food in Soi 3

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Thai people have taken street food to an art form.

Still same price in 12 years later in 2015

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Foot massage still same price 12 years later in 2015, however the Thai massage is now 200. I still have 4 or 5 foot massages every week.  

Songkran in Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

This is one of my all time favourite photos. Songkran is a week of madness in Pattaya to celebrate the Thai New Year.

Songkran Pattaya

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Another tradition is plastering the face with white powder.  

Pothole, prince of fashion.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Here is another weird sight around Songkran, John Martin aka Pothole Bin Ladin and his wonderful Thai style shirt.  

Chinatown Bangkok

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Always lots to see in Chinatown.

Chinatown Bangkok

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Chinatown is a “must see” part of Bangkok, another good look into the past is “Jim Thompson” house. I also love taking a cruise on a long tail boat along the mighty Chao Phraya river. Make sure to stop off at Wat Arun, “The Temple of Dawn”.  

Here is an amazing sight in Chinatown.

 

Fresh fish in Bangkok Thailand

Bangkok babe

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Some of the most beautiful babes in the world.

Lovely Jane from Bangkok  

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

This is my friend Jane, we first met in 1999 at Nana Plaza. I took her to Koh Samui for a holiday.  

John Sinclair and David Herd

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

It’s 2017 & John still lives in Soi 4 Nana.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

  Elephants have now been banned from the city streets.

I remember this happening

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It is now 2016 and they are still prosecuting the criminals.

Atlantic Bar Princesses

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On the left is Nok in 2003, the next photo shows her in January 2011. A couple of years later she quit Pattaya to live in the country with her new baby.  

Here is Nok in 2011.

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    Here is a coincidence for you, I published this post two days ago on April 30 2015, then last night on May 1st I ran into Nok who is back working at the Atlantic. Her theme song should really be “All my life’s a circle”.:)

Harry Chapin - All My Life's a Circle

Mable from Beijing

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 I met Mable online in a chat room, she was one of my excellent guides when I went to Beijing where she lives. In 2003 I flew her to Thailand to meet me for a holiday. We visited Bangkok, Pattaya and Koh Chang.

Cosy Beach Pattaya

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  The elevator to the beach is the Royal Cliff Hotel.  

Notice how the sand enhances the colour of the towel.

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

Towel, what towel? I don’t see a towel. 🙂

John Sinclair at Cosy Beach

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

In 2015 the Navy removed all the food vendors from Cosy Beach, such a shame.

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Three Fabulous Thailand trips, Citadines in Soi 11

Three Fabulous Thailand trips

The rooms are compact and nicely laid out including a kitchen if you like to prepare some food. This is now my hotel of choice, plus Soi 11 is a great street for bars and restaurants.

Excellent pool & Gym at the Dynasty Grande

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Samui Bangkok Pattaya 2004

April 26, 2015 by David Herd

 This it not part of my travel blog, just my personal photo & travel history from 2003.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya 2004

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

 Samui Bangkok Pattaya, another three trips in 2004. It was a quieter year for travel after my amazing busy year of travel in 2003.

One of my favourite pastimes

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

I have to maintain my 110 kilo weight. 🙂

Another favourite pastime.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Her name is Jan and she soon became my favourite Pattaya princess.

Another Cherry Bar princess

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A beautiful smile & a very sweet lady.

Aussies out of control

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Richard Blair aka Mr Stingy out of control in a Soi 8 beer bar. He only recently discovered Pattaya and was carrying on like most newbies.


Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Another two Aussies, John “Pothole” Martin and Ken Shelly have discovered their nirvana.

Pothole & friend

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Here is Pothole with what seems to be an attractive Thai lady that he had just negotiated a short time liaison in his hotel room. Of course she turned out to be a LadyBoy which made absolutely no difference to him, in fact he happily described the whole event in great detail to the rest of us sitting around the pool. My only comment is “too much information”.

Happy street vendor

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Thai people have taken street food to an art form, however care should be taken when choosing what to eat.

Gorgeous Thai girl at Sabai Lodge

  Samui Bangkok Pattaya

As they say in the classics, if you have got it, flaunt it. 🙂

Sabai Lodge Soi 2 was our favoured hotel

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

   Pothole from Sydney and hypo-active Dan from Airlie Beach     

Cold beers in Soi 8

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Ken and “Stingy” just before we flew to Koh Samui to continue their indoctrination.

Beach Rd bar with Greg Clee.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Greg & I live in Markland on Beach Rd, he is on 17th floor & I’m on 20th.

Koh Samui

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

The flight to Samui was very tiring for Stingy, on another note Thailand is the only country in the world he is considered a “handsome man. 🙂

  “Stingy” Blair and Ken.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

It was around this time I gave Richard the nickname Stingy. It came about when he and Ken were on the beach and a Thai lady was reading his palm. She looked at him and said “you are a very wealthy man, but Stingy”. Of course she was spot on, so many times Richard would be drinking with Ken and showing off by buying lots of drinks for the girls behind the bar knowing that Ken would have to pay half the bill, but the girls would think he was the hero. As soon as I heard what the girl on the beach had said I gave him the label “Stingy” which has stuck with him until today in 2015. I also taught Ken to always have separate “bins”, meaning Bills, when drinking with Richard so he couldn’t pull his usual bill splitting stunt.

Koh Samui sunset

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

  Taken at Chaweng beach from my preferred beachside hotel, the Baan Chaweng hotel.  

Chaweng Beach Koh Samui

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

There are a number of reasons I prefer Samui to Phuket, first they restrict building to not exceed the height of the palm trees. Secondly there are not as many noisy Australian tourists which suits me fine. Like most places however progress has not been kind, to me Samui was more enjoyably in the late 90s and early 2000s. Many of the older charming buildings in Chaweng have been replaced by gold shops etc, such is life.

Ken Shelly and a BBQ prawn

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

I used to see a lot of Ken in these early days, however in the last couple of years when he comes to Thailand he does his best to avoid me, (he is not alone) c’est la vie. 🙂 

Big Dog at Nana Plaza Bangkok

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Nana Plaza Bangkok sex sin sleaze it’s all there. I have been a frequent visitor for 20 years & have seen the LadyBoy population rise from 10% to around 40% today. This does not suit me at all, give me the sexy young girls any day.

Sadly Richard passed away aged 76 on October 15 2022.
 

Phung aka Cleopatra

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

My favourite Bangkok girl, we met in 2001 at Nana Plaza and got together every time I was in town until about 2009 when she left the business. It’s now 2015 and I hear she is living with a guy in Europe.

Cleo with the huge smile

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Without a doubt one of the most terrific Thai ladies I have ever met.

John Sinclair and Rod Perrin, RIP.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Rod was an ex Sydney cop who retired and moved to Forster on the NSW coast. These days he spends most of his time in Thailand. John was originally from Adelaide and after 3 or 4 failed marriages moved to the Gold Coast. He spent around 10 years there before moving to Thailand around 2002.

Gorgeous Eve likes her pepper hot.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

The biggest pepper grinder I have ever seen. Eve has a German sponsor from Airlie Beach, a very odd type of man who regularly travels to Thailand. I am on his black list, then again I am on quite a few blacklists. 🙂

Atlantic Bar Pattaya

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

 Another gorgeous girl in Pattaya.

One more to finish

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So many girls & such little time. 🙂

You too can have a body like this if you abuse it.

Samui Bangkok Pattaya

Thanks for visiting my Samui Bangkok Pattaya photo blog from 2004. I eventually moved to Thailand in 2011 and am enjoying a stress free life in paradise. I do an around the world trip each year, please check out Seven Super Cities trip in 2014 and my Eastern European Odyssey in 2015.

     

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