Travel Blog | About TravelBlog | World Facts | Travel Wallpaper | Travel Forum | Travel Insurance | Services | Cameras

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers.

Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. Let me firstly introduce myself to t'internet.

I have very little recollection of my early years growing up in the Tropics until I was adopted at the age of two by a lady who worked at Paignton Zoo.

She became my benefactor in England, providing me with very comfortable accommodation & a reasonable standard of living until her sad demise, late 2004 after what can only be described as a bizzare gardening accident. After her death, I was adopted by a generous - if not kind - couple, who owned a small human of their own, up in the frozen north. They took it upon themselves to yank me from the dregs of doom & show me a bit of this lovely planet.


"Before you can find out about the world in which we live - You need to find out about yourself" They said. So a trip to St Catherines House in that big London & a thorough search on said internet , found out this about my original mother:

"Mrs Munkey was not born in India where her father wasn't a member of the Diplomatic Service. As a girl, she suffered no horrific abuse at the hands of nuns and neither was she educated at Roedean, where she didn't become Head Girl. She did not recieve a scholarship to Cambridge where she never read History, not working after graduation for the British Consul in Paris, where she wasn't discovered by an internationally famous film director who didn't ask him to write a screenplay for him, subsequently not becomming her first husband.

After not returning to England, she held no influential positions at the BBC before not being appointed Literary Editor of a well regarded newspaper. She did not then surprise everybody by launching herself on a successful literary career as the author of a series of best-selling cookery books. She is not married with two children and doesn't live in a former vicarage or old post office in Sussex, where she never enjoys walking her dogs or playing the piano. She does not have homes in Highgate, Cape Cod, Manhattan or Nice where she hasn't written two acclaimed post- Modernist novels. Her much anticipated autobiography is not shortly to be published. Last year she wasn't made a Dame of the British Empire. "

That over with, we set off on our adventures with a sense of wonderment of the world of opportunities in which we live, desperate to enjoy each day to the max.



There follows some scribblings on my aspect of Human/Nature.


My philosophy these days - Live every day as if its your last.


One day, you'll be right.


Regards.



Mr. M.




P.S. At the bottom of this page is a GALLERY button, please feel free to peruse my snaphots. :-)




Private Message Subscribe 23 Forum Posts Top Photos Blog Map
Joined on: February 19th 2007
Last Login: November 9th 2009

Blog Entries: 23
Photos: 165
Recommended by 4, Recommends 1
Visited Countries


RSS
TB Code: [blogger=32649]
Status: BLOGGER

Blogs & Travel Journals

by MisterMunkey, order by Date newest first.

« back 1 10 20 next »

Poolside Bar.
Poolside Bar.
An almost safe place to watch the incoming storm. Snazzy touches are bountiful around these parts. Actually, the bar is inside the pool. Fantastic attention to detail at every turn.
Up early enough to catch the sunrise the next day, December 31st. This was to be a long day. New Years Eve has a worldwide reputation for being the one night of the year when all men (& women) forget their troubles, get pissed & pretend to love everyone. Spent a while making the trek down to the beach along the twisty cliffside path, over little bridges towards the hole in the rocks in the halflight. We were met at the beach by two of the resident dogs. A white almost labrador looking girl one called Snowy & her brother, a [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1438 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 2 Video(s)
Published: May 7th 2009 | 197 Views | [diary=375872]

Last Sunrise Of The Year
Pirates!!
123

Early Morning.
Early Morning.
It really is hard to find a better beach. Sunrise light really does set it off.
Plan A had been to stay at Than Sadet for New Year then either skip over to Ko Tao on a 90 minute ferry trip for some scuba fun for a few days, or take off to Cambodia/Vietnam to explore something new depending on weather, funds & attitude. The last couple of days leading up to New Years Eve were, although warm & mostly dry, a little on the moody side. Reports from Ko Tao weren't much better. Something to do with the residue of a storm in the Mekong Delta, the silt running down to into the Gulf of Thailand [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1583 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 9 Photo(s) | 2 Video(s)
Published: February 19th 2009 | 217 Views | [diary=373908]

The Bees Knees Cruiser
Three Men In A Boat
Elephants Never Forget.

Than Sadet
Than Sadet
The Taste Of Paradise . . . . Bounty, anyone?
The ferry services between the islands around here are pretty damn good. Cheap, quick & fairly regular. I really do enjoy these boat trips. Theres a buzz of anticipation from the passengers. Young backpacker types mingling with the "more seasoned" travellers, a sprinkling of locals, some coming back from the dentist or bringing their pets back from the vets but mostly an excited bunch who are heading somewhere new. There's also the phenomena of micro-climates in this part of the world. Changes can be quite drastic, not just from one island to the next but even within a few miles once [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1538 Words | 4 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 2 Video(s)
Published: February 12th 2009 | 511 Views | [diary=369759]

Through The Keyhole
39 Steps
The Masons Arms

Blue & Green Should Never Be Seen
Blue & Green Should Never Be Seen
With exceptions of course.
It had been some 21 months since our last long haul visitation, although jaunts out in Bongo are more than fullfilling, you just can't beat a little sunshine & buffoonery around the otherwise chilly festive season of Goodwill. We'd scored flights on a previously untested airline - Qatar, about the best deal we could get despite the ******* fuel surcharge. (memo to self: Next time - wait for the price of a barrel of oil to drop by $100 before buying tickets.) They gave a pretty good service all the same. Edible food & plenty to keep entertained on the TV [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1459 Words | 3 Comment(s) | 11 Photo(s) | 1 Video(s)
Published: February 1st 2009 | 312 Views | [diary=365186]

PondLife
Ford Ranger
Life's A Beach.

"The Scottish Government has announced new measures to ensure that stocks of haggis are reared along humane standards, ensuring a cruelty free environment and nice death. In a deal with the Scottish Greens, thought by commentators to be a trade off over the recent budget controversy, all Scottish caught haggis will have to achieve a live weight of 1.2kg before slaughter and be fed on a diet of worms and mixed grain. Haggis stocks are low due to a high uptake for Burns night and pressure from corporate shoots to provide plenty of entertainment for paying customers, though Hag [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
4110 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 25 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: June 2nd 2008 | 510 Views | [diary=268409]

Loch Linnhe
Big Rocks
Glenfinnan

It started with a four day window of opportunity to get out & do something wild, away to remote locations in breathtaking scenery. Escapism. The local weather forecast was not looking good so we broadened our meterological horizons to find the right spot. Scotland was deemed to be the target this time. I called the Scottish Tourist Board. Good Morning, Scottish Tourist Board, Jenny speaking, how can I help? Hi Jenny, Mister Munkey here. I realise Easter can be a bit of a busy time for you but my gang are interested in visiting & wondered if we could book [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1601 Words | 3 Comment(s) | 27 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: March 24th 2008 | 708 Views | [diary=259151]

If only I was 6 feet taller!
Loch Awe
Scotland to New York. .  On a Bike????

Bongo Bashing
Bongo Bashing
Involves no cruelty, except perhaps liver damage & sore heads.
We have a newly adopted member of our family. His name is Bongo & he's a car. His greatest attribute is, whilst intrinsically being a tin box, he is kitted out like a little house. There's a kitchen, with cooker & sink and a dining table. The roof goes up by pushing a button, which at night-time makes a bedroom upstairs. Downstairs, the table lies between the folded down middle & rear seats to make a huge bed. Bongo is my new best friend. My keepers have taken me to many varied locations during my stay with them, but now [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
820 Words | 2 Comment(s) | 4 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: December 4th 2007 | 560 Views | [diary=223571]

Bongo
Unusual Awning Harry!
John Paul George or Bongo?

It starts on a grey summers morning. Myself, the Keepers & the Small One all packed into Snowy - our trusty little van - for a trip out to my first live music festival. Tribfest. No flying involved this time but a new horror was being introduced. They call it CAMPING. Talk on the way was of very exciting things. We had gold VIP passes for the weekend, so I was greatly looking forward to the full 5 star treatment. However, our suite turned out to be a nylon room, pegged to the ground. The toilet facilities were - err [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
1189 Words | 0 Comment(s) | 10 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 30th 2007 | 525 Views | [diary=196352]

The Swarming Crowds
God Save Munkeeeee!
Spot the  Fake

Last night they got married. We pick up the story a couple of hours later. A small posse of us headed up to the small shrine above the headland overlooking Than Sadet & Next Door Bay a short while before sunset. Our entourage consisted of The Keepers, Uncle Iain, Deputy (our canine beach security officer), myself of course plus forty thousand gekkos & crickets who were waiting in hiding to perform the chorus at the end of the ceremony. It took me ages to write the guest list I can tell you! Incence & candles were lit, gifts were laid before [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
413 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 4 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 8th 2007 | 203 Views | [diary=157910]

Nuff Said. . . .
Nuff Said. . . .
Nuff Said. . . .

Tele - Fish - in..
Tele - Fish - in..
Better than Richard & Judy anytime
So,the next day at Mai Pen Rai, 30 people tried & indeed succeded in squeezing themselves plus all their belongings into one pick-up truck, to trail up & over the precariously steep track to civilisation. This meant that small children and simians were to be left on the beach abandoned, as the big humans were desperate to reach one of those magnificent magic machines that print out money. They cannot use that plastic card in the resort and require real money, which is great for an adventure out again. After scaring us little people for a while - thinking we were [View Full Entry]

MisterMunkey - Helped By Chris & Liz. The Keepers. | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
995 Words | 1 Comment(s) | 6 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s)
Published: August 8th 2007 | 134 Views | [diary=156832]

Mum and Dad on Haad Rin Beach
Uncle Iain
On The Prowl. . .



« back 1 10 20 next »