Still in Phuket but moving on tomorrow. There is so much going on at night here it is too much for my aging senses. Lights flashing, signs everywhere offering all sorts of things, suits, massages, food, drinks, I am just glad I am with Sue otherwise goodness knows what else would be on offer. But what an amazing country, the smells, sounds and sights assault the senses from everywhere. We hired a moped today and did some exploring, the road system is organised chaos, you drive on the left like in the UK but there the resemblance ends. I would say the ratio of mopeds to cars is easily 20 to 1 and they come at you from all sides and directions but I loved it! Much more liberating than the boring highway code we have at home. Its everyman for himself and I soon learnt that the best guide is - if in doubt just keep going! How many times do you drive along a road and glancing left notice an elephant waiting in a side road for you to pass!
We saw some traditional Thai dancing last night, they are such a graceful people, I felt that all the westerners there were like clumsy oafs, burping and stumbling our way through their country with no regard for their culture or politeness. Of course that is a generalisation but I do wonder what they think of us. Maybe when I have been in one place for a while I will find out!
Went to the cape at the bottom of Phuket tonight the best place to see the sunset. Unfortunately there was a race between the sun reaching the horizon and a bank of cloud passing over our heads heading west. The clouds won. Still it was a lovely place, spoilt only by a loud group at the table next to us where one lady proceeded to tell her friends (among other things too numerous to mention) that she was into dousing and weegee boards and that she must like her new friends as she doesn't normally like talking about this because she doesn't want people to think she is a 'freeko' (her words). Apparently she didn't mind everyone at the restaurant trying to enjoy the sunset knowing either!
I find myself torn between loving my fellow humans and hating them with a passion!
Mark
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