27 to 30 sept 2012 Phuket

27 to 30 Sept 2012 Phuket Hello all, I must correct my mistake in the previous blog, with apologies to John, who is in fact the Aussie tug boat operator off Western Australia and to Paul, who is a Kiwi working in WA as an Agricultural Contractor driving heavy machinery. I was sat in the bar a few evenings ago chatting to a very large and fit Aussie Jason who was telling me about spending some of his very generous leave time in Johanesburg helping out in a home for orphaned and abandoned kids. He is a prison officer in Australia with long service which gets him lots of weeks' holiday. He is here with his wife. I didn't realise that old friend Gunter had sat at the counter behind me, an Austrian who spends a lot of time here. I introduced Jason to Gunter as I was about to leave to have my evening meal nearby. Guess what, Gunter is a retired prison officer! So I left them comparing their respective prison and reform systems while I enjoyed my chicken and cashew nut with vegetables and sticky rice thai meal. All the Best to everyone, John