Phew! what I fantastically hectic week and a half!.

I went on a little getaway for 4 days to Phuket last week, where I had a ball of a time with the Other, save for a few island wide power outages on our second or third night there, which was truly horrific considering that you are airconless in a hotel room, while it was raining and it's steamy and you just feel uncomfortable and damp.

Still, we had a fantastic time and couldn't have picked a better time to go when it was low season and there weren't as a number of tourists as usual. Still there is always Patong for all the touristy bits and underbelly goings-on of the Phuket nightlife.

I have never gone to Phuket before, so I don't know what it was like pre-tsunami, but judging from what I saw, everything looks normal. You wouldn't even know a tsunami hit Phuket last December if not for the bits of destroyed buildings you see here and there and of course the commemorative t-shirts sold by street vendors along the beaches. In fact, while we were there, the annual Phuket Surfing Contest was going on, so it looks as if everything is back to normal, with lots of smiles and friendly locals.

We hired a jeep (800 Baht per day) there for 2 days as driving would help us get around faster and we could go places that normal tourists wouldn't have gone to. But may I remark that the jeep was quite nasty as it leaked water and the windshield wiper on the passenger side came off while we were on our way back to the resort! Luckily it was still on the bonnet and I simply wound the window down, stretched my hand out to grasp the end of the wiper, all while we were going 100km/hour on the highway!.

Right more about the trip later. I got my photos sorted so if you care to have a look, you may do so here.



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