Thursday 22nd – Monday 26th August 2024

Today is my last full day in Hun Hin. I have enjoyed my down time here but definitely ready to get going and get busy! 

I haven’t been able to drag myself back for another massage! The thought of the pain is just too much. I’m also not convinced she hasn’t done something to my neck, as it’s been pretty stiff since my massage and I’ve also had a few headaches. 😬  

Of course this is far more likely to be down to sleeping funny, the air conditioning, swimming with my head out of the water, or not drinking enough water! But still….😂

I really haven’t done very much since my last blog. 

I’ve had a few more lovely beach walks. It’s so unusual and pleasant to walk on a very clean beach, not something you see often here or anywhere these days. 

The pool area at my apartment complex is so lovely. There is always a shady lounging area free and it can also be incredibly peaceful, especially when the bloody stupid, very loud, water feature isn’t running! Or when one particular young lad isn’t there. He is around 10 and for some reason he screams, A lot! It isn’t just any scream either it is a high pitched, prolonged screech that goes right through you! Apart from that it’s lush! 😂 

I have even watched a film! The first thing I’ve watched since leaving Australia. It was Equaliser 3! 

For those that can remember, I had started watching this on my flight from Doha to Perth just before having to disembark due to a fault and then the next flight didn’t have it! So finally after 3 months I got to finish watching. 😄

I have also been busy planning more of my journey through Cambodia & Vietnam. 

I have been helped enormously by watching my lovely friends, Cory & Charlottes, Vlogs on their You Tube channel, “CJ Explores.” Check them out, some amazingly helpful travel vlogs covering a wide range of places. They were a great help to my Grantley when he was planning his European trip. 

I have visited a couple of the shopping malls over the last few days. Malls are not my favourite thing but needs must and I needed some foreign currency, US dollars and a little Vietnamese. I also needed some pain medicine for my neck. I nearly resisted buying anything, but caved over a beautiful, bright, cheap sarong, which I absolutely don’t need it. I already have far too much stuff. I reckon I could have bought 1/2 of what I have and it still would have been too much! 

I’m hoping that I’ll get to wear some of my nicer things at my fancy hotel in Ho Chi Minh City. 🥰🍾

My thoughts on Hun Hin are that it is definitely worth a visit if you’re in Thailand. I miss the abundance of beach bars and tree lined beaches and it’s not a big party place like Phuket or Pattaya but it is lovely.

Another thing I’ve found is that so far on this trip I haven’t really met or chatted to many people. Usually I always get chatting to people, but not so much this time. I think being in an apartment complex is one of the reasons, which is why I most often opt to stay in hotels. I have had a couple of nice chats to one of the Thai ladies who looks after the gardens, she’s cute. 

Hopefully the smaller places I’ll be staying at in Cambodia and Vietnam will lend themselves to being more sociable. Failing that, I’ll just have to force myself on poor unsuspecting friendly looking people! 😍

Brenda, Karen & Cory I’m thinking of you and sending you all my love. 

Happy 2nd Birthday tomorrow, to the little legend that is Herbie! 🎉💙💚🩵🎉

Thank you everyone for reading my blog. It means a great deal. ❤️❤️

Books read.

Half a yellow sun. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. 

Wow! An absolutely incredible book. Set before and during the Biafran War in the late 60s. Such a powerful and informative read. Everyone should read it. Thank you Tracey for this recommendation. 

The invisible life of Addie LaRue. V.E. Schwab. 

Another great read. I didn’t read the blurb as it was recommended by Laura, whose recommendations are always good. Definitely not my usual genre, but I loved it. Thanks Lau Lau. 

Please keep the recommendations coming! 😍❤️😍