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The Blog Is Dead. Long Live the Blog.

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:43:00 +0000

Obviously this blog as been laying low for a quite some time now. But as a newly-married man with an extension to the family on the way already, I've set up a new site which will have all photos, videos and general news from the entire McColl household.

I'll keep this one up for the archive of old photos, but all new updates will be at the much, much better: www.kennyandrobyn.com.

Lazy

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:26:00 +0000

As you might have noticed, I'm getting a bit lazy when it comes to updating this site.

I'm still putting photos up on Flickr though, so check there for the latest activity. If you have a Flickr account, make me your friend and you'll get an email whenever I add photos. Or if you're a geek, you can subscribe to the rss feed.

Eurotrip Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 18:42:00 +0000

See our route on a map!

	France - Montagny
	Holland - Amsterdam
	Scotland
	Belgium - Brussels & Bruges
	France - Paris
	Luxembourg
	France - Strasbourg
	Germany - Munich
	Austria - Vienna, Halstatt and Salzburg
	Slovakia - Bratislava
	Hungary - Budapest
	Romania - Transylvania
	Bulgaria - Plovdiv
	Turkey - Istanbul
	Getting there - Lyon to Istanbul (via Montagny, Alba, Monterosso, Sienna, Sorrento, Amalfi, Bari, Thessaloniki & Kavala)

Where are we?

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 13:24:00 +0000

Details of our trip around Europe. Most of it is subject to change. I'll have my regular cell phone with me and we'll be checking email.

June 23	Arrive in Lyon
June 24-27	Italy: Parma, Modena, Bologna, Napoli, Bari
June 27, evening	Ferry to Greece
June 28-29	Drive through Greece
June 29, evening	Arrive in Istanbul - Hen/Bachelor Parties
June 30	Bosporus Cruise and dinner
July 1	Omer & Elif's wedding
July 3	Leave Turkey
July 3-14	Drive through Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Austria, Czech Republic, & Germany
July 14-15	Amsterdam, Falkirk game on July 15
July 16-17	Belgium
July 17	Ferry to Scotland
July 18	Arrive in Scotland, drive up to Fort William
July 23	Kenny & Gayla's Wedding
July 24-27	Glasgow
July 28	Ross's wedding
July 30-Aug 5	Walking the West Highland Way
Aug 5-7	Edinburgh
Aug 8-9	Drive to London
Aug 10- 15	London
Aug 15-18	Drive to France
Aug 18-21	Karen's chalet, Montagny La Thuile, France
Aug 21	Fly home

Japan Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 21 May 2006 16:18:00 +0000

Watch The World Cup at Mundial

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sat, 20 May 2006 14:46:00 +0000

Watch the world cup in style - full details and schedule here

Snowboarding in Utah 2006

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 05:06:00 +0000

Watch the video!

The video is also available on Google Video

Photos

Hogmanay Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:01:00 +0000

The Observer's 5 Hangover Rules

Next day, don't call to apologise until you can speak in whole sentences
If they call you, claim memory loss
Anything that can be cured by a fry-up isn't a hangover
Achieve. Don't lie in bed all day. Lie in the bath and on the sofa, too
If you wake up feeling fine, you're still drunk

All Around The World

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Tue, 27 Dec 2005 20:16:00 +0000

This is the part where we bore you all ...

Photos
	Highlights - the best of all the photos
	Scotland - Glasgow
	Slovenia - Ljubliana & Celje
	Italy - Venice
	England - London - Karen's 40th Birthday Party
	Thailand - Bangkok
	Thailand - Krabi
	Thailand - Chiang Mai, Bangkok Again & Chiang Rai
	Laos - Mekong, Luang Prabang & Vientiene
	Vietnam - Hanoi & Halong Bay
	Vietnam - Hoi An & My Son
	Vietnam - Hue
	Vietnam - Phu Quoc
	Vietnam - Saigon
	Cambodia - Siem Reap & Angkor
	Singapore
	Australia - Melbourne, the Great Ocean Road & Mornington Pensinsula
	Australia - Queensland
	Australia - Uluru
	Australia - Sydney, The Blue Mountains & Hunter Valley
	Scotland All Over The World
	Graffiti of the World
	Mythical Creatures of the World

Trip Miscellany

Top Places

Ljubljana, Slovenia
Luang Prabang, Laos
Hanoi, Vietnam
Hoi An, Vietnam
Angkor, Cambodia
Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Highlights

Consistently great (and cheap) food in Thailand, especially the North
Diving the Yongala wreck
Karen's fabulous 40th birthday party in London
The jungle-covered Ta Phrom temple at Angkor - even better than Angkor Wat
Dolphins swimming past us as we waited for the dive boat to pick us up (Australia)
Magnificent away win for Scotland in Slovenia with three spectacular goals
The Luang Prabang night market
Spectacular scenic flight on a four-seater over Uluru, Kata-Tjuta and Lake Amadeus
Walking through the Mangrove Bat Walk with giant fruit bats and flying foxes at Singapore's Night Safari
The Aussie burger with "The Lot" - beetroot, fried egg and sometimes pineapple
Six foot barracuda trying to eat Robyn's dive mask (Australia)
The glass-floored cable-car 900 feet above the Katoomba Falls ravine (Blue Mountains, Australia)
Staying overnight in Halong Bay aboard a traditional dragon boat (Vietnam)
The sunset from the top of Mount Phousi in Luang Prabang
The Laundry Bar in Siem Reap - best bar of the trip
Getting from Thailand to Laos by cruising down the Mekong
Double Flaming Lamborghini in Singapore
Surviving eating raw fermented pork in Northern Thailand
Blue Elephant cooking classes in Bangkok
Spotting an echidna then several koalas within hours of leaving the city in Australia
Spotting not one, but five rare cassowaries in Queensland
Finally spotting a field full of kangaroos the day before we left Australia
The sheer photogenic allure of Angkor Wat and Uluru (not to mention Ko Phi Phi, Halong Bay and the 12 Apostles)
Sea kayaking through caves in Phang Nga (Thailand)
Super-cheap custom-tailored clothes in Hoi An
Mangosteen - out of season, but lived up to the hype - delicious
Learning that motorbikes can carry anything: 5 person families, 3 pigs, 10 dogs, you name it...

Not So Good

Vietnamese traffic & road "etiquette"
Frenzied, loud & high-pitched sales appeals outside calm temples in Angkor
5am hour-long propaganda broadcasts in Hanoi
7am hour-long amplified street karaoke in Bangkok
The giant tarantula in the bathroom at Pakbeng, Laos
Bird's Nest beverage in Bangkok - absolutely disgusting!
Ridiculously persistent flies in Australia
In Vietnam, the sidewalk/pavement is not intended for walking on - it's for motorbike parking, or family dining - which means walking in the fearsome traffic
Flying cockroaches in restaurants in Sydney
Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi
Our camera breaking the day we visit Angkor (fortunately it made it through the day)
Our inability to identify the street meat we bought in Bangkok (our best guesses: mussels, pigs ear, chicken plus one other)
Everything closing at 8:30pm in Australia
Food poisoning from one of the most expensive restaurants in Bangkok
Durian out of season everywhere we went, so still haven't eaten the fruit fresh
Smell of dried squid everywhere you go in Thailand
Searing heat in Luang Prabang, Angkor & Queensland (great weather everywhere else)
Taxi driver hotel scams in Hanoi
Insistent motorbike "taxis" in Hoi An
Sleazy old Western men with teenage Thai girlfriends / wives
Tourist tat in Venice
Admitting that Malky was right about Laos
Flying through cyclone storms in Australia
Bed bugs carried onto dive boat by horrible American stereotype
Dive conditions in Vietnam (too cloudy to see anything, then too windy to dive)

Top Meals
	Borek / street stand / Ljubljana
	Bone marrow / St John / London
	Khao Soi (spicy noodles), Chicken with Chilli / Sailomjoy / Chiang Rai Total cost (including sodas): $1.59 Highlights: No electricity or refrigeration, little boy puking at table next to us
	Croque monsieur & salad / Cafe Banvatsene / Luang Prabang
	Fried fish (Cha Ca) / Cha Ca La Vong / Hanoi
	Chateaubriand / Bibi's / Saigon
	Pho bo / Pho Hoa / Saigon
	Scrambled eggs & bacon / Bills / Sydney

Interesting Animals Seen In The Wild

Dolphin / Gecko / Tarantula / Spiky Echidna / Koala / Possum / Kangaroo / Wombat / Rainbow Lorikeet / Jabiru / Cockatoo / Cassowary / Albatross / Turtle / Sea Snake / Shovel Nosed Ray / Epaulette Shark / Reef Shark / Stingray / Barracuda / Maori Wrasse / Lionfish / Clownfish / Nudibranch / Squid / Cuttlefish / Eagle Ray / Fruit Bat

Interesting Animals Eaten

Emu / Kangaroo / Horse / Crocodile / Pigeon / Water Buffalo / Yabbies

Local Beers Sampled

Lasko Zlatorog / Union / Smile / Sokol / Leo / Singha (lion) / Chang (elephant) / Beerlao (tiger head) / Beerlao Dark / Tiger / 333 / Saigon Red / Halida / Huda / Larue / Bgi / Red Beer (bia do) / Festival / Saigon Special / Hoa Vien Pilsener / Hoa Vien Dark / Angkor / Klang / Anchor / Brewerkz Wheat / Brewerkz Golden Ale / Brewerkz Mao Tai Lager / Brewerkz Pilsner / Brewerkz Darkside Lager / Brewerkz IPA / Brewerkz Brown Ale / Brewerkz Oatmeal Stout / Brewerkz Brewberriez / Brewerkz Hopback Ale / Brewerkz Xtra Ipa / Brewerkz Moh Gwai / Coopers Pale Ale / Little Creatures / Coopers Sparkling / James Squire Amber / James Squire IPA / James Squire Pilsener / James Boag / Townsville Bitter / Carlton Mid / Carlton Pure Blonde / Eumundi / Crown / Tooheys New / Tooheys Old (Black Ale) / Cascade Pale Ale / Red Back Wheat / Victoria Bitter / James Squire governer king pale ale / James Squire Golden Ale / Cascade Premium / James Boag Premium / Mountain Goat Hightail Ale (Dark Ale) / Blue Tonge Alcoholic Ginger Beer / Blue Tongue Hunter Ale / Blue Tongue Pilsener / Blue Tongue Lager

Movies to Netflix

The Man With The Golden Gun
The Beach
The Quiet American
Apocalypse Now
Tomb Raider
Two Brothers
The Killing Fields
Picnic At Hanging Rock
Wolf Creek
Finding Nemo

Kenny & Galya get Married

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:09:00 +0000

Pictures from John's roof after the ceremony

iJamming!

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Tue, 26 Jul 2005 20:35:00 +0000

My latest web venture - a redesign of Tony Fletcher's iJamming! site. Tony is a music writer (amongst other things) and has written books on the Clash, the Bunnymen, REM, Keith Moon and more. He updates iJamming! on a daily basis, so check it out.

Tour De France

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 17 Jul 2005 22:53:00 +0000

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Malcolm & Kristina's Wedding in Maine

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:43:00 +0000

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Spain

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 22 May 2005 21:27:00 +0000

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Meribel with the McNeills

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:54:00 +0000

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Snowboarding in Utah

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Fri, 01 Apr 2005 21:45:00 +0000

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My 15 Minutes

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:55:00 +0000

Clearly I had too much time on my hands, but the people at the Guardian did say my work was "astute"!

Tartan Day Party

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Thu, 27 Jan 2005 21:57:00 +0000

Mundial, April 2. Be there.

Burns Supper @ Kenny & Galya's

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:07:00 +0000

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Los Angeles

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Tue, 25 Jan 2005 06:05:00 +0000

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New Year's Eve at Mundial - Pictures

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:23:00 +0000

Pictures from the party

Christmas in France

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 02 Jan 2005 23:15:00 +0000

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Hogmanay Party

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 16:51:00 +0000

As usual, Colin and I are having a New Year's Eve party, this year at Mundial. This will be our 8th New York Hogmanay party in 10 years! As space is limited we'll need to run a list this year - click on the picture for more details.

More details at hogmanay.us

New Orleans Photos

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Tue, 09 Nov 2004 04:08:00 +0000

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Eating and drinking in New Orleans

Mundial Opens

noreply@blogger.com (Kenny) — Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:23:00 +0000