On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:00:15 +0000, Larry wrote:

Bruce In Bangkok wrote in
:

I am in a marina at the north end of Phuket and most of the "anchor
out" boats stay in Chalong Bay, at the south end.


Man! She DOES have you isolated way up there! That a long way from the
girls on the beaches at Patong! There isn't hardly any civilization
showing up on Google Earth at the marina!

Which boat's yours? Nice yachts on the face dock...(c;

Doesn't look like you could get in much "trouble" in the jungle...hee hee.

The island is about 40 km long so it isn't a long trip. But I don't go
to Patang anyway. It is a real tourist trap and anything that they
have there I can get elsewhere cheaper. Or I could if I could.....

The jetties are A,B,C,D,E, from the South. I'm on C dock, the fourth
boat from the seaward end on the south side of the jetty. White canopy
on the front and a green tarpaulin aft of the mast.

This marina is the only one where yachts of any size can tie up so we
get some fairly nice boats here. I think that 12 foot draft boats, and
maybe even a bit deeper, can get up the channel at high tide.

The marina is off the highway to the mainland and you're correct there
isn't much but po' folks up here. Mostly Moslem and mostly share
croppers, fishermen and folks making outlandish wages working on
yachts.

I recently saw a help wanted sign for a local house builder -
unskilled workers 250-300 baht a day. The people who come around
saying, "wash your boat, Mister" want 500 baht.

Being a grouchy old man who speaks Thai and having a rather outspoken
Thai wife, the only people who stop by my boat are newbes who don't
know me :-)

Cheers,

Bruce
(bruceinbangkokatgmaildotcom)