Moustache Partay!!

Paul very kindly hosted a moustache party and despite the punch bordering on toxic, a good night was had by all (especially by the peanut lobbers - mark - rosie) After a quick stop at the 100yen for some fluffy pencil cases and gigantic scissors and double sided sticky tape, Hannah and I had created facial masterpieces that were worthy of a slot on Blue Peter. However, they proved ploblematic with eating and drinking so I had to resort to a brown permanent marker tash. I did not look like a 70's porn star and we did not end up in Joyfull at four in the morning fully tashed. As usual, Tom Smith was the lifa and soul of the party - until he passed out in my groin. Ken taught me bad Japanese. Can you guess what he's teaching me here? Answers on the back of a postcard.And David Nathan Hitler Swope Weinstein turned up. Only the other day Mr Weinstein was discussing with my good self how ALTs only ever see eachother outside of school hours and that there is this whole other secret life that we lead when we're actually working. This has got me thinking. I suspect that Mr Weinstein (if that's his real name) did not adorn himself with this Hitler-esque design for irony. Oh no. This mild mannered gentleman from a good Jewish family is not who we think he is. The evidence below is not his costume for the party but in fact his normal guise for this 'other life' that he speaks about. Abu-cho is witnessing the beginnings of a dictatorhip soon to engulf Japan. His first aim is to oust and supersede the mayor of this small country town. Then, with his groomed Weinstein Army of elementary and junior high students, he plans to shift his power to the rest of Yamaguhi Ken, then Japan, then the world!! He claims to have written a "hiking book" but don't fall for it and certainly don't buy it. His skill with the quill is far more superior than any other. The book is in fact a medium through which sublimal messages can be transmitted to snare ALTs to join his Weinstein Army. His sole reason for not recontracting is that his plan will be in full swing come July. Don't say you haven't been warned. Or it might just be irony and I have too much time on my hands.

Thaimash!!

And here are the not so respectable photos.......

Despite Dickson arriving 24 hours late we still managed to have a good time. Our holiday in a nutshell.... Robbie Williams singing taxi driver, a foreign blanket, a suspected case of bird flu, a pilgrimage for a holy loo, fire limbo, burnt ankles, hospital room, motorbike, a snake squashed in half, vommiting on an otter, abandoned towel, a Thai intruder, croaking frogs, leg warmers and illegal swimming. All in all it was very pleasant! We're sober honest!
Faster!

Ronald is a buddhist!

Cheers big ears!


Fire Limbo - the aftermath!

Thailand

These are the more respectable holiday snaps......

The Smirking Fat " Lucky Buddha", Bangkok - This is only open once a year and does not feature in any guide books. Only known to people of the buddhist religion and not seen by many foreigners. They looked as though they had seen a ghost when we showed up but they were very welcoming after the original shock that we knew about its existence.

Ang Thon National Marine Park Sunset Kho Phangan
Mae Nam Chao Phraya River, Bangkok....

Reclining buddha - Wat Po (45m long!).....
Wat phra kaew...