Royal Phuket City

... their ads. After a lengthy signup process I try to send cash to myself. It tells me I have to call them to complete the transfer. I make the third international call on my Hotel phone to Western Union. Some girl with an unidentifiable accent gets all the info I have just given online and puts me on hold several times. Then she tells me she can't process my transaction today, "have a great day". Thats her actual words. I tell her my day will probly consist of me starving to death in ...

... which include inspecting the cleanliness of the car, and observe objects in the car itself. Along with every other questionably Buddhist cab driver in Thailand he had a little Buddha super glued to the dashboard, no big deal there. But, to my surprise there was a box of new brake pads on the seat next to me. I thought, oh good they maintain their vehicles in a meticulous fashion here on Phuket Island. Then we approached an intersection where numerous ...

... horer det ogsaa til et bryllups kappell. Vi ankom som nesten de siste gjestene. Rett i bassenget og saa til middag med de andre, ca. 30 andre glade, hyggelige gjester. Dagen etter var bryllups dag. Oppstaset i 35 graders varme tar litt paa, men vielsen var fin. Tror det var litt rart for Therese aa komme inn i kapellet og se alle venninnene og familien like rort, snufs snufs :o) Men bruden var fin, brudgommen var fin og vielsen ...

... towards most things in life. It's not healthy to blow up and there's little that truly matters and this certainly wasn't something to get angry about; the lady was protecting another customer's valuables - whether I was romantically involved with her or not. Mary, thankfully, set me straight and pointed out my ludicrous behavior and smoothed the peace with the lady at the hotel. After I humbly apologized, things were ok with the guesthouse. Another ...

... a barbie with my old friend Crazy Cat who's just texted to say she's now chugging along comfortably on the overnight bus from Bangkok. 7am tomorrow morning the fun begins. Lazy days and sexy sunsets, big big smiles from here in Thailand. Ho ho ho! Much love Woz..

... these days. 4 more hours then I'll be flying again. To Hanoi. Before my next trip, I'd like to write a little more on my last trip to ...

... with friends. The extensive menu of authentic Thai specialty meals, light snacks and western favourites - along with a quality selection of fine wines by the glass, cool cocktails, icy cold beers, delicious fruit shakes, an excellent coffee menu and service with a smile - seems to be a winner with visitors and the many frequent locals who make Nikita's a second home. Dine or relax under sala, at garden tables or outdoors by the seaside. Great food, great music, great wine, great friends

... to the mainland. It is cheap to get a local bus but if you miss the last bus back it is gonna cost you 400-500B with a tuc tuc. This is what happend to us, we went out to Karong for the day but missed the last bus back and got a tuc tuc back to town. It was our first experience with a tuc tuc here and we were taken to a fancy jewellery shop so that the driver could get his fuel tokens. There were some other farang there ...

... before buying. I just converted to Aus dollars and it came up cheap so I bought them. Garry then pointed out that I'd paid about 10 times more than I should. Oh well... At least I'm supporting some family for 6 months. One of the highlights of this time was seeing a muy thai (thai kick boxing) event at Bangla stadium. We drunk some beers and watched about eight fights. Of the eight fights three had westerners fighting, a ...