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How difficult can it be? It is Christmas eve and I have elected to take the ferry across to Samui to meet my daughter at the airport; the least I can do as the first time I came to Phangan … Continue reading →

I’ve moved. Not far. As you, dear reader, will know, I am a settler not a traveller, a creature of habit, a lover of comfort zones. Not for me the ‘let’s hire a bike and see the island’, or ‘let’s … Continue reading →

Seems the ‘Mai Dee’ incident is forgiven. I opened my door this morning to find a door mat. The doormat that was unceremoniously removed the morning after the ‘Mai Dee’ incident. Thais are like children, which has it’s plusses and … Continue reading →

The last few days have passed in a blur of new faces and new experiences and many times I have had to remind myself about that books and their covers. An electricity cable is down somewhere between Samui and the … Continue reading →

Sun bathing for me is akin to a week at the coal face. Bloody hard work, an exercise in logistics and, at times, life threatening. Now sunbeds are a completely different matter. 10 minutes a day for two weeks and … Continue reading →