Pestwatch update

 Cockroaches  13
Rats 3

There have been two sightings of a strange squirrel/rat hybrid creature (imagine a small possum with a dilapidated bog brush for a tail).
As to what it is and where it comes from, even the scientist is baffled.....

I'd like to thank JB for his untiring assistance in compiling pest watch Every night, without consideration for his own safety , he valiantly boots bags of rubbish in the hope of dislodging a rat or two.

Never has so much been owed by so many to so few......

Jungle capers

Today we went trekking in the jungle.(We're not celebrities, so we had to get ourselves out).
The day started with a visit to a market in the enchantingly named town of Mae Rim.....
Here's a picture of some really hot chillis on sale at the market, I'll leave you to supply the punchline.....

And while we're mining this rich seam of sophisticated humour, here's a bucket of crabs from the same market.....

Anyway,  returning  to the trek.  It was quite good, all told. Plenty of banana trees, bamboo fronds, waterfalls and the odd bit of shed snakeskin. Oh, and a few  random dogs that felt compelled to join us.
As I say, it was a good day out,and, more importantly there was beer at the end of it.
Here's a couple of jungle type pics, including one of JB , casually swinging on a liana, whilst looking out for a beer.

Foreign pie news

It's come to my attention, blog mates, that I've been somewhat slow on the pie news front.
There's a reason for that, (and I advise you to brace yourselves here pie lovers), there are NO pies to be had in Chang Mai!
Those of you with more than a passing acquaintance with me will know that I can sniff out a pie at over a hundred yards. so please believe me when I tell you that these people here are strangers to the baked pastry product.
How do they manage?
And, could we get Greggs to send out pie missionaries?
We leave for Chang Rai in a couple of  days. The search continues.........

pest update

I almost forgot
cockroaches 3
Rats still 1 (they're not really entering into the spirit of things...)

Wat time is now.....

Well, the rain has finally stopped and the trenchfoot is showing signs of improvement.  That can mean only one thing..... it's Wat time!!!!

Seasoned readers of this blog will probably already have logged off now, fearful of what's to come. Their loss.

For new readers, Wat time involved visiting as many temples (wats),  shrines and foreign places of worship as possible. And that's quite a lot believe me. And then showing you the pictures. That way, you don't have to do it.

Anyhow, here's today's selection....
More to follow later....

A rainy night in Chiang Mai

Welcome to Thailand, blogmates. We're in Chiang Mai, in the north of the country. Famed for its cuisine, mountains and now apparently, rain.
The rain is coming down in a fairly steady way. Think Manchester, but more exotic. I'm fairly certain that the animals are preparing to team up two by two........
Are we downhearted? No.
Are we wet? Certainly.
Are we about to take shelter in a hostelry? Why yes, yes we are. A bientot mates........

Oh, incidentally, I've decided to run a pest count.
Cockroaches seen so far: 1
Rats seen so far: 1

It's too close to call.....

Time and Thai wait for no Nan.....

Ahoy  blogmates!!  After a long spell of radio silence, I'm back!!! (Gagging orders don't last forever, you know...)

I've not been idle in the time I've been away. There have been a couple of European road trips and a fair bit of pie sampling. (Nothing really of note, although an ill advised pasty still haunts my lower intestines....)
Anyway, enough of looking back. It's time to turn our faces Eastward, assume the brace position and prepare to enter South East Asia!
We fly tomorrow, so expect the first pie news in a couple of days.
Until then, blogmates. ...