We didn't expect to get a job offer back on Ko Phangan, however the project and the contract were favorable, and the deal clincher was the welcome news the building site served Earl Grey tea! Back on Ko Phangan we checked into the Blue sea bungalow and after a couple of hours, Harry and his wife Leam pulled up with a yute load of Thai decorations they had been buying in Chiang Mai. The four of us drove over to Harry and Leams Thai mansion currently being built...

Our first stop in Thailand is the island that has become a rite of passage for almost every English person to visit, Ko Phangan. We take a really expensive taxi (thanks to the taxi mafia on the island) up to the North and checked in to a place on Haad Khom beach. On the beach we drank a lot, ate a lot, swam a lot and read a lot of books. It was great. The only interesting thing worth mentioning was a very funny conversation I had one with an English guy while ...