Christmas Day was spent in Chalong just south of Phuket Town. We had Christmas Lunch organised by Shirley of THE ROAD; you can just see her standing wearing the Santa Claus hat, in a local restaurant. The food was delicious; choice of soups, roast beef/ pork with, mash, roasts, two lovely Yorkshire puddings, a host of veg and lashings of gravy. Dessert was mince pies with either ice cream or custard. All this washed down with a glass of wine. Total cost was £10 each!We were able 
to replace our shredding shroud (a bit of stainless steel wire which holds the mast up) and have our mainsail repaired in Chalong at the impressive sail loft of Rolly Tasker. The weather was not too kind and we did get wet in the large, wind driven waves. We left Chalong for Patong, a seedy place to spend New Year, "well known for prostitutes, ladyboys and junkies". We understand that it also has the best firework display in Thailand for the New Year. We stopped on the way at Nai Han Beach, pictured. The surf was high, but we got through to have lunch ashore and visit the Royal Phuket Yacht Club.
to replace our shredding shroud (a bit of stainless steel wire which holds the mast up) and have our mainsail repaired in Chalong at the impressive sail loft of Rolly Tasker. The weather was not too kind and we did get wet in the large, wind driven waves. We left Chalong for Patong, a seedy place to spend New Year, "well known for prostitutes, ladyboys and junkies". We understand that it also has the best firework display in Thailand for the New Year. We stopped on the way at Nai Han Beach, pictured. The surf was high, but we got through to have lunch ashore and visit the Royal Phuket Yacht Club. So Goodbye to 2011 - what a fantastic year. We hope all our readers have a brilliant 2012.
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And I thought 10 minutes of fireworks was a disturbing intrusion into my slumbers :) In spite of the date below, I AM writing this on January 1st :)
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