Thread: Post any pic anytime as many as u like

TizShe and I sitting by the pool at Hilton Kota Kinabalu this afternoon waiting for the rain to stop.

Got to cut this reply short as i've done me neck.

Thanks NamPikToot

Originally Posted by TizMe

Thanks NamPikToot

No problem. Been some years since i was there (16 i think) and i trekked the mountain, did Sepilok Orang sanctuary and Sipadan diving. Priced it all up again about 3 years ago and was staggered at how much its all gone up in price, gave my cheap arse a shock.

Its somewhere ive been planning to goto someday for probably the last 25 years...
Better late than never...

Originally Posted by TizMe

Its somewhere ive been planning to goto someday for probably the last 25 years...
Better late than never...

Any itinerary? I feel quite sad when i see how much of Borneo has been slashed and burnt to make way for Palm oil etc.

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

I feel quite sad when i see how much of Borneo has been slashed and burnt to make way for Palm oil

...imagine how the orangutans feel...

Originally Posted by NamPikToot

Any itinerary?

Just wingging it.
My knees aren't up to anything too adventurous.
Its TizShe's birthday today, so just pamperring her for now.

There sure are a lot of Koreans here.

Champions!



Suffering a bit today.

Originally Posted by tomcat

...imagine how the orangutans feel...

Quite, there were orphans back then due to the parents being killed either through being burnt to death or merely killed by the arseholes setting the fires. The babies were kept coz they commanded money.

We had a crew change a few days ago and a mate brought some requests out to the boat from the UK for me to take back to Korat. Not to everyone's taste I'm sure, but I'm no foodie.

I find Fray Bentos pies and SPAM great emergency food to have when I can't be bothered to cook. The pies were £1.50 each, compared to about 280 Baht I think I've seen them for in Bangkok.

What would you guys ask for?

^^^
Look at the tattoo on the leg.

Please help me to fill in the blank.

Too rare to...?

Too weird to live, too rare to die.

From Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

“There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”

Originally Posted by Mendip

What would you guys ask for?

...much better cheddar available in Bangkok at not unreasonable prices...as for the other *food*, I might pray for lost luggage...

Originally Posted by armstrong

Champions!

Congrats.

Originally Posted by armstrong

Too weird to live, too rare to die.

looking at the leg, I was gonna say "too rare to eat"

Cheers for clearing it up.

Well done on the win.

Originally Posted by Mendip

What would you guys ask for?

Takes me back Mendip. When i worked abroad for quite some time i used to stock up + get extra for others. At the Tesco checkout with 8 Kg of Cheddar, 10 Kgs of Back Back unsmoked annnnnnd 4 Kgs of Galaxy & Dairy Milk bars - nearly always the same and always got a funny look or comment from the cashier. Used to get a good luggage allowance - just as well as had to pack quite a few freezer blocks.

^ I usually travel on Seaman's tickets and so get double baggage allowance. When I used to crew change out of somewhere like Peterhead, as soon as the boat hit the quayside I'd get up to the butchers and get a load of sausages, back bacon, black pudding, etc vacuum packed to take back home.

Its all Norway at the moment so that perk has gone. You ever been to a Norwegian supermarket? Its pretty dire.

Not something you see very often in Thailand:

Let's hope they don't catch on. Can you imagine the carnage if everyone starts towing caravans around?

Originally Posted by Mendip

What would you guys ask for?

The brew of the gods indeed it is.

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Not something you see very often in Thailand:

Not something you see very often in Thailand:

A Rubbish Bin?

Working at the Åsgard A FPSO tonight.

Another ship in the fleet setting up to replace a riser - the new one is on a spool on the back deck. The riser is a flexible pipe connecting to a pipeline on the seabed 300m down to the FPSO, to pump up oil through for storage before offloading.