Eoin and I decided to do like the locals and rented a motorcycle for our stay here in Phuket. It’s not as scary as I thought it would be, and Eoin is a very good driver. He’s a natural!

Phuket is a bit of a disappointment. After seeing the Phuket episode of LOST (Jack gets his lame tattoo from Atchura, remember?) I thought it would be a tourist-free haven with very little commerce, but I’m wrong! It’s over-touristy, very built up and spread out, and there are none of those little island huts I had fantasized about.

The water is beautiful, though. It’s very warm and mostly pretty clear. Apparenlty, Ko Phi Phi, where we’re going tomorrow, is lovely. That’s where the stupid flick, The Beach, was filmed.