Phuket

Hi everyone,
a short blog today as i've got to check out in 45 minutes. arrived in phuket on sunday night having not organised accomodation (the hotel i'd emailed didn't reply) but luckily my (expensive) taxi driver stopped off at a tourist info place who phoned around for me. luckily so beacuse most of the places i'd circled were full. so now i'm in Patong, a bit like costa del sol but in thailand. full of english tourists and expats. and everywhere you look fat ugly english blokes with pretty young thais. eurgh, i don't know how they can do it. its like proclaiming 'i can't get a proper girlfriend, i'm going to go and buy one'. sorry, i have a feeling this is going to turn into a ranty email. my room (expensive again) is in the middle of town and wow, has a tv but no windows. would prefer the other way around. although it does have BBC world so have had a dose of proper english instead of northern english i've heard from people around here (sorry Rob).
checking out today and going up the coast (somehow, there's no bus straight there) to a place called Hat Karon which should be a bit quieter. then i'm planning on going straight to Ko Phi Phi, although that will be an expensive place as well. had a really nice Thail curry last night although i suspect it was sweetened up and cooled down a bit to cater to their western clientele.
3 weeks to go today.
cx