Everything is Awesome

Sitting here relaxing at our Thai house in Phuket it occurred to me that my readership is probably wondering how we're doing.  Well, we are doing just awesome, thanks.

The flights to Hong Kong and then to Phuket were long, but went smoothly.  Alex slept well on both flights and probably arrived in the best shape of all of us.  Our taxi and rental car were waiting for us as planned and we arrived at our rental house in the Rawai area of the island on schedule.

Our rental house is wonderful. It is built in the style of a traditional Thai house, but with some modern conveniences included (air conditioned bedrooms, wifi, cable TV). Thipp is in love with this place, as she once lived in a similarly structured home in Laos during the first six years of her life (minus the modern conveniences). She has already declared that she wants to build a house just like this in the Okanagan.

We arrived on Wednesday afternoon and on Friday morning Alex started pre-school. The ABC International Nursery & Preschool is literally next door to our house.  It couldn't be more perfect. Alex only lasted a few hours on his first day due to jet lag and then the principle walked him home. He said that he liked the school and that he "didn't push any kids."

Phuket is a big island and I'm told that it takes about one hour to drive from top to bottom.  It is definitely not off the beaten path, with many modern shopping centres.  Once I get used to driving on the left side of the road this should be any easy place to live.  We still have much to see and do, but given that our plane landed just 72 hours ago I think we're doing pretty good.