Gordons Bay, South Africa.

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Going home

    First stop on the way to Cape Town - overnight at Baiyoke Sky Hotel in BKK.  Last minute shopping if space allows, perhaps a massage and then winging my way via Singapore to Johannesburg, then Cape Town.  Been counting days for months, and now it's only a few more sleeps.

Cape Town coming up.

Trip to Cape Town

Not too long now and I'll be winging my way to my home country, South Africa.  It's been a year since my last visit, and I've gone from mildly excited to Come On Already!!   Fortunately a lot of work will keep me busy for the next week, and then it's time to finalise my packing, weigh my luggage and be on my way.
I have a terrible issue with luggage on any travel destination, somehow I have to leave half of the contents at the airport.  Many airport staff around the world have had unexpected Christmases at unexpected times of the year.  I never learn!
I'll be going from a very hot Thailand to a very cold Cape Town with frightfully few warm things which I will buy in SA - it's easier to get the bigger sizes there than in Thailand where clothes are made for the tiny Asian people.
I have a suitcase fully packed with souveniers for family and friends,  and another with my meagre assortment of appropriate attire.
My mom is the first and foremost reason for my annual visits, and this last year has been particularly difficult for her.  She is 83 and, although in fair health, cataracts have developed, causing blindness. She is going to have surgery (hoping to get it done during my 3 weeks there), so it's not going to be all holiday.
Nevertheless, it's time for some of the best red wines in the world, visits with my family and friends still living in Cape Town, and my 57th birthday celebration.
Flight from BKK to Singapore to Jhb to Ctn is a bit of a long haul, but worth every boring moment to reach Ctn and marvel at the ever beautiful Table Mountain.   I'm picturing wine farms and peninsula drives, foods I love and miss, beautiful sunsets and jolly times around the "braai".

Bon voyage to me :-)

Songkran 2016

Last day of festivities

Greece 2007

A stunning holiday in Greece in 2007 - a birthday gift to myself.  On the night of my birthday I was spoilt with a lovely dinner and an unforgettable evening at Olympiacos Stadium.  The main event was the Scorpions, but Joe Cocker, the supporting act, stole the show in my opinion.  Unforgettable evening.  Many years later, I went to another Joe Cocker show in Johannesburg. Legend!!

Arrival in Katapatisia and off to a delicious lunch 

 Parthenon and Acropylis - as all tourists do 

 View of Athens 

 Olympiacos Stadium 

 Joe Cocker on stage 

 A German restaurant - Food, Beer and Lemon Cello 

 Fresh food market in Katapatisia 

 At Ble beach until midnight 

 Lovely sunset nearing the midnight hour at Ble Beach 

 Those mojitos were way too good to be any good 

 Eating again 

 Walking around - ruins of an old library if memory serves me well enough 

 A "monument" of the old currency of Greece - the Drachma 

Summer cut

A long overdue hair cut at the only person who cuts to my satisfaction.