I'm starting to feel like the Rainmain in Douglas Adams hitchhiker's series. After being followed over China by a stubborn rainweather, I gave up and went to Hong Kong. In just one day, the rain managed to track me down after allready having inflicted me with a nasty cold. Trying to loose the rain, I changed my travel plans and went to Phuket, Thailand. And now the rain is here, albeit somewhat diminished.
Phuket, thouhh, is more inflated than diminished. As the charter tourists have no sense of the price levels in asia, some places can set outrageous prices. As I've seen most of the stuff for sale in other places, it doen't really affect me apart from the beer drinking.
The last week, I've spent doing a rescue diver course, learning basic first aid and how to save someone from under water. It is a great course and should be mandatory for all divers. Mr. Cthulhu has been pissed of by the rain and spends most of the time in our hotel room, watching the 100= movies we bought in Hong Kong. Once he followed me out and was totally drenched in a 30 minute downpour. Myself, I have been starting to translate "Journey to the West" to swedish. It is the story on how Monkey travelled west to fetch some buddhist scriptures. The first two installments can be found here and here.
New report in swedish here. And remember, Hardrock is a handicap nowadays.
