There’s really no point in me boring anyone with details of our long journey home – 13 hour flight, non-stop – so I will leave it here. I intend writing a reflective piece in a couple of days time. After… Continue reading

Oh, come on! You knew it was coming! Well, here’s the thing, “One Night in Bangkok” is a song from the musical Chess by the brilliant Tim Rice, Benny Andersson, and Björn Ulvaeus. The latter two of ABBA fame, of course. Chess is a story… Continue reading

So, our last full day in Phuket. What to do? With the siren call of work, next week, ramping up, incrementally, we plumped for sitting and watching the sea roll in, reading. The Andaman Sea, that is: Thai name: Thale… Continue reading

Unsurprisingly, Phuket is famous for its beaches. We are staying on Kata Noi beach, the one to the right on the above photograph. It is billed as the quietest and most private beach in the area, which very much suited… Continue reading

Well, where did we go today? The clue is in the post title: ‘007’. A second clue… A third clue. Not that you need it?! Answer: Khao Phing Kan (เขาพิงกัน) a.k.a. ‘James Bond Island’. Khao Phing Kan or Ko Khao Phing… Continue reading

I have stated before now that everywhere we have travelled we have, almost invariably, been met with politeness and good humour. Some greetings have become familiar to us, and yet – speaking for myself – escape reciprocation, verbally, to this… Continue reading

In April 2022 Phuket Environmental Foundation launched a pilot “Less Plastic Phuket” scheme, which seeks to reduce and better manage household and business waste while finding alternatives to single-use plastics. I took the photo above first thing this morning. I… Continue reading

Dwelling on yesterday’s post for a moment, someone here knows the sea and the pattern of tides. To my eye, the sea looked really calm in comparison to other times. Some choose to ignore the warning. A bit like breakfast.… Continue reading

Entering the sea here at anytime of the day one is struck by the push and pull of the, seemingly, constantly incoming waves. There is in fact a low and high tide but it’s actually not that discernible where we… Continue reading

The name Phuket is derived from the Malay word bukit, meaning hill. Phuket in Thai is ภูเก็ต. Don’t you just love the script. I started to learn Arabic a couple of years ago but dropped it after a while because it… Continue reading