Phuket

It is always good to get back to Phuket and to our home away from home at Alen and Walter Guesthouse ( formally Capri.)This year they have opened The Godfather Italian Restaurant downstairs and you can get real expresso there. What a pleasure to find Patong and all the other beaches so clean and quiet. The new government has clamped down on all illegal traders and banned beach chairs and other structures from the beach itself. This coupled with the fact that tourist numbers are down has allowed Phuket's natural beauty to shine through once more. The nightlife, shopping, restaurants and everything else still buzzes as we like it, though! We went to Racha Island with Stephen and Vivienne for two nights and then it was back to Patong for a string of parties with Nikki and Robin and his family, Tracey and Nikki S. Three weeks is far too short a stay for us so next year we are planning to stay much longer. Come and join us!

Paradise Beach

Racha Beach

View from my bungalow on Racha Island

 Surin Beach

Main Beach, Patong

 Laem Sing Beach

Sunset cocktails at SoleMio