September 29 th Sorry! I do hope that this week’s thumbnail didn’t scare you. It was our first photo on the way to the phone store. This i...

In the market on Saturdays we have an Ethiopian coffee stall. Altho...

September 22 nd Good morning all! We had a plan to visit Sanya today but the logistics info on our desks said that they were in Sanya. That...

September 15 th Today’s first job, now that we had electricity again, was to upload photos from the phone to the computer and complete the ...

September 8 th So the man from Sanya, if he ever existed, saw our doors and said he could not do the work. Window Man said he had the coup...

August 25 th Please forgive me for this week’s thumbnail! Today we set off for a very British walk, umbrellas in hand. Here I had paused to...

August 18 th Today I needed a thumbnail because we were expecting the shower door installers this morning. Here’s a picture of the mountain...

August 11 th Good morning world it’s a brand new day. Let’s go to the hospital and check my eyes again. We did that but didn’t see that the...

July 28 th Today’s thumbnail is taken from the kitchen balcony as is the second photo. We were housebound waiting for our new front door in...

July 14 th This week started with a little admin. Donald needed a pre-MOT service so the key was delivered to the garage on the corner. Our...

July 7 th Good morning all, breakfast time for SWMBO and rain stopped play! After lunch, at one o’clock’ rain still stopped play. Just our ...

June 30 th Good morning world, it’s a brand new day! I felt a lot better this morning. Her Majesty said she felt better but still had phleg...

June 23 rd Our plan for today had been to take a bus to Nansheng and a walk though the old army base. Someone, me again, woke up a little l...

June 16 th We still have no messages from Window Man, Huan is giving him until the 19 th before she starts pestering him again. This morni...

June 9 th Rain stopped play until the evening so I spent most of the day trying to log into a government affiliated VFS website ready for m...

June 2 nd If you have to stay in a hospital, you couldn’t ask for more than one with a view! Of course, that photo is out of order, the fir...

May 26 th Some semblance of normality returned, well for half a day at least. The plasterer would not be back before this afternoon and the...

May 19 th It was my turn to work this morning, I had to fit the new shower unit on our bathroom. Here’s a view of the rain through the show...

May 12 th So we start a new week still confined to barracks which means I have to find a photo to us for the thumbnail. How about a differe...

May 5 th We had visitors this morning, the tilers were back. First though a lunchtime photo of another visitor, he survived being held by t...

April 28 th Something happened today, not much but at least it was something. To avoid an ugly thumbnail though here is a photo I took on o...

April 21 st Here we are a new week, and I managed to persuade Huan to relax a little for a change. We know nothing will happen before Thurs...

April 14 th Yesterday I was happy, something got done. That happiness would be enough to keep me going for a day or two, or three. Even the...

April 7 th Housebound again this morning but we did escape for a few minutes. Huan wanted me to see some internal doors in building one. Th...

I have been booted off Facebook once again, without rhyme or reason. If only they could explain to me how a grandfather in China , with all ...

The ramblings, and photos of a retired Englishman and his wife living the life of Riley in the southern Chinese province of Hainan. In case you weren't aware, Hainan is a semi-tropical island. Check u...