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October - November 2024
  • Cal Partington
A 29-day adventure by Cal Read more
  • Cal Partington

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  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure
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    OFF I GO…….

    October 17, 2024 in Isle of Man ⋅ 🌬 14 °C

    Well here I am off on another solo adventure .. not entirely, I’m off to see Joe for three weeks with a solo 😬 week in Vietnam thrown in the mix.
    My first stress is out of the way.. the plane from the IOM to Manchester wasn’t cancelled or even delayed, thank you Loganair 🤩..
    having felt so proud that I fitted everything into my rucksack, I was feeling less impressed once I’d arrived at my hotel.. It is SO heavy. I didn’t dare take it off on the bus incase I couldn’t get it back on !!!
    Having considered this an achievement I decided I deserved a pint of Guinness as a reward.. as well as booking a meal in the Restaurant as the set price menu looked amazing and I was starving.. .well so far so good.. hopefully the food lives up to my expectations …    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure

    Day 3

    October 20, 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ 🌬 28 °C

    Bit of a lie in this morning, was awake for a few hours in the night, but then fell asleep and didn’t wake up until 10 am 😳 hopefully I’m sorted now.
    It’s been a fab day, bit of a breeze so more comfortable.. I’m determined I’m not going to moan about the heat after having none all summer..this made the walk from Joe’s to Sok Yu Wan more enjoyable.. or less sweaty!!
    I’d forgotten just how beautiful and green everywhere is in Lamma.
    We had a fabulous seafood lunch, only marred by my flicking a piece of squid across the table, .. I’m obviously out of practice with my chopsticks. .. The walk back was considerably hotter feeling and slower as i remembered to take some photos..
    I’m now being spoiled, sitting here with a glass of wine and Joe working wonders in the kitchen.    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure

    Day 4

    October 21, 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C

    Not much to report on as I’m just chilling really.. It’s been a really hot day again, Joe went off to work 6 ish and I didn’t even hear him go, no idea why I’m so tired.
    I decided to go for a walk over to Sok Ywu Wan again this morning, but take different routes on the Pak Kok to YSW ( can’t remember the spelling ) bits, I also wandered up a few side tracks for a look. The weather on the way out was hot but not sunny which was nice, the return very hot and very sunny 🌞, Was out for 21/2 hours which felt like enough to be honest as my fingers had gone fat 😳
    The afternoon was taken up guiltily doing very little, some washing, reading, my daily squaredle etc., and generally mooching about before going to meet Joe off the ferry.. then dinner, glass of wine and Ted Lasso.. who could want more..    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure

    Day 5

    October 22, 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C

    Probably going to sound a bit repetitive now… basically Joe was up and off to work soon after 6.. and I was up and on my walk soon after 9!! I did the same walk as yesterday, but enjoyed it more today. I think I’m acclimatising to the heat.. or rather my hands are 😳. Again it was pretty hot, but cloudy for the first hour before the sun was joining in.. pretty much the same scenario as yesterday until mid afternoon when I set off in an attempt to meet Joe from work.. it all went brilliantly, I got the ferry over, found the bus stop an even the correct bus!!! Quite impressive as when I get to the other side I seem to totally loose all sense of direction and everywhere looks the same.. caught up with Joe and headed off for dinner. Had a lovely, though more expensive meal than anticipated, but at least it was happy hour and I got two beers for the price of one.. happy days 😂
    It seems bizarre ( coming from the Isle of Man ) that it’s no more than one or two degrees cooler in the evening... so still 27 / 28 on our journey home on the ferry … just about managed to stay awake for the next Ted Lasso instalment😂    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure

    Day 6

    October 23, 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

    Can’t believe I’ve already been here for five days!!
    Wasn’t sure whether to bother doing anything for today as I haven’t really done much different from yesterday… so apologies for the lack of pictures and if I’ve taken the same ones again..
    Set off usual time for my walk, which was virtually the same, just changed a few little bits by trying out some different trails as I’m a little less worried about getting lost.. Athough every bit as warm today, it was actually quite windy in Pak Kok when I set off.. great I thought.. but for some bizarre reason it seemed to be the only place that was windy..
    Another enjoyable walk, only realising how steep the hills are when you have to go down them! I thought my knee’s would be screaming, but they’re not, obviously the hotter climate suits them better…
    Once again did all my routine puzzles with a cup of tea, negotiated Joe’s washing machine and did a few bits and bobs, including trying for ages to check in online for my flight to Vietnam on Friday, only to eventually be told I had to do it at the desk at the airport 🙄
    I don’t know where the time went, because suddenly it seemed time to go and meet up with Joe.
    Another lovely evening with Joe followed by two episodes of Ted ( Joe is working from home tomorrow, so not such an early start ).. living the dream 😃😂    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure

    Day 7

    October 24, 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    Another beautiful day in paradise.. I headed off as usual, no detours today as I wanted to be back to get sorted and head to YSW for lunch with Joe…Windy to start, but became only slightly breezy and very warm.
    Puzzles, showers, washing sorted later and Joe and I head off for a fab lunch in the village.. bought out provisions for dinner and headed home, Joe to work for a couple of hours and me checking my details to head off to Vietnam tomorrow… eeek … even though I’m convinced I did, it turns out I hadn’t added my baggage ( I did !!! ) to my flight and when i went to add it online today it wouldn’t let me 😳😳.. massive panic later and it seems I am now headed off with just an embarrassingly small rucksack to stay in a reasonably fancy hotel for a week .. omg 😧
    Couple of glasses of wine later and I’m unsure if I’m stressed or proud 😂
    Fab salmon dinner, but if sound of music, Ted Lasso and more wine and everything seems not quite so bad.., for now 🤪    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure

    Day 8

    October 25, 2024 in Hong Kong ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C

    Today has been a travel day.. with a few stresses and Joe telling me I’m a catastrophist( is there such a thing ?? ) and that he wouldn’t like to be in my head because It’s too busy and there’d be no peace 😳😂.. but .. he has been absolutely amazing today.. think we had a bit if a role reversal 😂THANK YOU JOE 🥰
    I set off from Pak Kok this morning with even Katie saying she’d never seen anyone travelling so light !!
    All went ok .. I panicked they’d say my tiny bag was too big for the free carry on hand bag.. they didn’t !
    I arrived in Vietnam ok.. panicking that seemingly everyone else had extra paperwork to hand over at Immigration and I didn’t! … it was ok!
    Spent the trip to the hotel convinced they wouldn’t have held my booking because i wasn’t paying until i arrived!!.. they did!
    Fab hotel, lovely room.. go to put my phone on charge.. yep! Wrong adapter as I have the newer connector on my phone 😩..
    Popped to reception to see if they knew the nearest place I could get one and the fabulous girls on reception ( they’d already helped me earlier with the money) Lent me one, I just have to hand it back when I leave..
    Big girl pants on and off I head to find somewhere to eat and have a “ Dr’s orders “ recovery beer!!!
    Excellent inexpensive food and beer was found close by, though I was seemingly the only sad one person table in the place.. no worries, it will get easier ( I hope ) now the first one is done 😃    Read more

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    Day 9

    October 26, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    Well … today has mostly been about very heavy rain. Oh and beer in between the EVEN heavier rain….
    Breakfast was impressive.. unfortunately I’m not a big breakfast person ( big shame ).. but lasagna, fried rice etc,, for breakfast ?? Really 🤔.. but the coffee was great and I don’t usually drink coffee!!
    I set off after breakfast to explore my surroundings and get a few essentials due to my minimal baggage 🙄 despite the rain.. which got heavier and heavier…
    Had a pit stop at “ roots “ plant based cafe.. a fabulous green smoothie bowl ( minus the banana ) a bit of a dry off, and some WiFi ( I have an Asian SIM card , so not really an issue ) later and it was back out into the rain… I sussed out where i could go to watch the MotoGP race tomorrow and then unbelievably found my way back to the hotel.. because I was soaking wet, i considered forgetting the sprint race and just going tomorrow.. but.. who needs an afternoon in a foreign country sat in the hotel missing it just because it’s raining, albeit very heavily 😳.. so off I trudge.. Scallywags it was for the next couple of hours.. MotoGP on the tv and beer at £1.67 pint, who could blame me 😂……
    That said, I did stay a bit longer than planned as the rain was unbelievable…no excuses 🤪
    Dinner was where I went last night as it was so good and so close to the hotel..
    Not really done a lot , it been out snd about for most of the day.. also booked a day hike for Thursday.. it’s supposed to rain slightly less that day.. we’ll see….    Read more

  • Cal PartingtonTravelerAsian adventure
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    Day 10

    October 26, 2024 in Vietnam ⋅ 🌧 24 °C

    Just woken up realising I hadn’t done today’s instalment 😳…
    Well.. today had mostly been about b heavy rain and high winds.. but this intrepid explorer braved both 😂
    I actually was quite glad about the weather this morning as I had a really bad stomach ( too much inflammation, I know 😳 ) and it made me feel less guilty staying in…
    I decided I felt ok by lunchtime and thought I’d head off too Roots for a late bite for lunch and then head to Scallywags for the MotoGP!!..
    possibly due to the big storms in the night Scallywags was closed 😳.. no MotoGP, but it did get me out, even if I was absolutely soaked by the time I got there 🙄.. on my way back the rain briefly stopped , so I took a walk along the beach for an hour or so…
    Not the beach pictures I was expecting.. but it did dry everything except my trainers off😂
    Due to a late lunch, the continued heavy rain and not feeling hungry, i decided just to go to the to ghetto rooftop bar for a beer 🍺..
    I ended up chatting to a family from Scotland, Liverpool supporters, TT fans and one of them in the fire brigade.. waffled my way through talking about them all like i knew what I was talking about before making my escape.. 😳    Read more

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