Phuket Stories

From under the sink remove; (a) 20 ft bamboo pole with curved blade attached to top end, (b) machete, (c) hatchet, (d) hammer, (e) 6 inch nail, no rust, (f) coconut scraper … ok, you’re ready for coconut harvest.

Hi. Its Michael,
Lets get this Blog Page Running.
I have being living in Phuket for the 6 years, let’s not mention visa, but if we must, then lets. It seems that every one I meet has a different visa. Your views most welcome.
I am Irish and luckily we drive on the “same side of the road” [...]

My memories of Phuket go back to about 1985 when I had first had the privilege of living and working there for about a year. In those days Phuket was a sleepy tin mining town and the only real industry on the island was the tin smelter, but a clever chap had discovered a way to make a fortune from the residue of the tin mining industry which contained a little known, but much in demand, mineral called tantalum. I went up there to help set up a smelter for this stuff and thus got my first taste of Phuket.

Welcome to our blog. My name is Michiel and I’m living my dream on Phuket island.