To Phuket and back.

Last Friday (3/4), I left with wife, son and girl friend, for Phuket. Getting up at 0430 in the morning, Ben picked us up at 0530, and by seven, we were airborne. Due to the time difference, we arrived Phuket by 0810 local time.

The reason for the trip was to attend the wedding of a friend's son, a French guy to a Thai girl. The wedding dinner on Saturday was very grand, as can be seen in the picture above. Good food, good wine and good company. The decor was nice, and I was very surprised, to find us sitting on the main table with the bridal couple. We were honoured and humbled to be given this high esteem.

The French was so lessez faire with life there, that the father was wearing shorts and sneakers at the dinner. No one bothered to even put on a tie. The bridegroom wore white slacks and shirt. But the bride, being her big day, was the only one being dressed up. After the champagne toast, there was a lot of boom and bang, as fireworks lit up the sky. A nice closing to the festivities.

The next morning, we were invited for brunch by the Club House, where we had bread, pastries and the remainder of the leftover food.

Besides the wedding, we were able to relax in the villa resort and ate Thai food. As usual, I ate too much. Two days in succession, we went for Thai massage. One of the ladies squeezed me so hard that I had a problem trying to stop my fart. If I had lost control, they would have to evacuate the building. So embarrassing!

The Thais are very laid back people. They are very hospitable. However, their English is hilarious, as can be seen in the last two pictures above. On one of the massage parlours I saw, there was painted in large prints, "I will sleep with you tonight".

On my previous visit to Phuket, I had my entire family with me, and we really had a fantastic time. This time there were just the four of us. I really missed them, especially the kids. I hope the next time I go to Phuket, I will have everyone with me. That would be nice.

Till then....