Weekend in Phuket 23 - 26/9/06

2 days holiday enabled us to have a 4 day weekend at our villa in Phuket. We flew late Friday night and went directly to the Black Cat, a restaurant owned by a Frenchman which has already become a favourite. It serves food until midnight and so is very convenient as we arrived at 11:30pm. Being the rainy season, we didn't expect much in the way of weather but is was a mix of sunshine and downpours so not bad at all. We invited 3 of our new neighbours over for drinks Saturday and had a very interesting evening. Sandy is a Scot and a typical one at that while the other couple were an extremely fit octagenarian Dickie and his wife Mary. An absolutely fascinating couple who have been all over the world and have just decided to up sticks from Spain and move to Thailand. As an ex WW2 RAF fighter pilot, I guess the world holds no fears for Dickie (would you believe Richard Richards is his name!). We guess they had a good evening too as they arrived at 7pm and didnt leave until 1am when Mary (who reminded both Ann and I of the Queen), Dickie and Sandy swayed home. We flew home Tuesday evening to the spectacular new Suvarnabhumi (pronounced Suwanapoom) airport which didnt officially open until 2 days later.