QUEER NEWS, STAMPS 6; AROUNDTHE REGION 7; HAPPENINGS 16 ;MOTORING 17; LIFESTYLE 18 &19; SPA MAGIC 20; TAKE ABREAK 23 & 24; BOOKS, PHUKETDIARY 25; EDITORIAL, LETTERS,ISSUES & ANSWERS 26 & 27;HOROSCOPES, MAKING TRACKS 28& 29; CLASSIFIEDS 40-51.

NEWS: Eight youths arrestedfor muggings; A dugong iskilled; Chalong damn holdup.

Pages 2 & 3INSIDE STORY: Thai-farangrelationships: made to last ordoomed to fail? Pages 4 & 5AROUND THE SOUTH: Grenadelaunchers used in mosqueattack. Page 8AROUND THE NATION: Siam orThailand? Page 9AFTER DARK: Where every-body knows your name inSurin. Page 13PEOPLE: Roger Lextrait: aloneon an island for eight years.

Pages 14 & 15ALL AT SEA: This cat's out ofthe bag. Page 21FIRST PERSON: Mentalhealthcare in budgetary strait-jacket. Page 27HEALTH MATTERS: Get toknow your dengue. Page 28COMPUTERS: Treat woundedhard drives with an ice pack.

Page 30BUSINESS AND MONEY: Buseson the Internet; Money Talks.

Pages 32 & 33SPORT: ACYC results;TriBallistic; PSU marathon;Darts. Pages 34 & 35PROPERTY: Construction; De-sign; Gardening; Home of theWeek. Pages 36-39

IN THIS ISSUE

The Gazette is publishedin association with

Karon murdersuspect still atlarge; rewardnets no leads

April 14 - 20, 2007Volume 14 Issue 15 News Desk - Tel: 076-236555 Daily news at www.phuketgazette.net 25 Baht

By Sompratch Saowakhon

PLUS

Tsunami towertests cancelled

KARON: A 100,000-baht rewardon offer for information leadingto the arrest of murder suspectSuban Pon-iamsaen, 40, hasbrought in many reports ofsightings but no solid leads, Lt ColSirisak Wasasiri, Deputy Super-intendent of Chalong Police Sta-tion told the Gazette.

Suban, who owns theBounty Seafood restaurant, is theprime suspect in the murder ofMala Peng-iam, who was gunneddown in her Mala Seafoodbeachfront restaurant on theevening of March 27.

Bounty Seafood restaurantis next door to Mala Seafood.Police believe the killing was theclimax of a long-running feudbetween the two restaurateurs.

The most promising reportof Suban’s current whereaboutscame from his native Krabi prov-ince, Col Sirisak said. Chalongofficers co-ordinated with theirKrabi colleagues to follow a tip,but discovered it to be a case ofmistaken identity.

Maj Peeraphan Meemak,an Inspector at Chalong PoliceStation, told the Gazette thatmoney for the reward was putup by Sanoe Peng-iam, a rela-tive of K. Mala.

“K. Sanoe came to Cha-long Police Station April 3 to askabout progress in the case andto offer the reward,” Maj Peera-phan said.

By Sompratch Saowakhon& Stephen FeinPHUKET: Regional testing ofthe National Disaster WarningCenter (NDWC) tsunami warn-ing system, scheduled to begin at9 am on Saturday April 7, wascanceled at the last minute by theagency, which claimed that itfeared that audibly testing the si-ren towers could create a panicin areas where the public had notbeen adequately informed.

Dr Smith Dharmasaroja,who heads the Nonthaburi-basedNDWC, told the Gazette laterthe same morning that a compre-hensive audible testing will takeplace soon, probably next month,but only after coordination withGovernor’s offices in each of thesix provinces where warning tow-ers are located: Ranong, PhangNga, Phuket, Krabi, Trang andSatun.

In the meantime, officialsmay conduct localized testing thatcould result in some siren towerloudspeakers making a “knock-ing” sound as officials test themby tapping on a microphone fromnearby, he said.

During such testing thesounds, expected to last just afew minutes, will be audiblewithin a radius of about 50 to 70meters, he said.

Admitting that reports ofthe testing had created some con-fusion, Dr Smith said theNDWC’s main goal had been toinform the public that they shouldnot be alarmed by any non-sirensounds emitted by the towersstarting April 7. Such soundswould only be a new part of rou-tine daily testing, he said.

He reiterated that all of thesystem’s 79 warning towerswere operational, saying that

PHUKET CITY: Phuket Governor Niran Kalayanamit poured lustralwater over the hands of some 100 top provincial officials in aSongkran ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion on Narisorn Rdon the morning of April 10.

Phuket Vice-Governors Worapoj Rattasima, TriAugkaradacha and Smith Palawatvichai all took part in thetraditional ceremony, along with Phuket Provincial PoliceCommander Maj Gen Decha Budnampetch and many other officeheads.

V/Gov Worapoj represented all government officials inwishing the Governor health and happiness in the new year.

they are “silently” tested on adaily basis.

In Phuket, officers of thePhuket Provincial Office for Di-saster Prevention and Mitigation(ODPM) did test one of threetsunami towers in Rawai on themorning of April 7 using a mi-crophone tapping test. Video im-ages of the test, along with En-glish-language commentary,were broadcast locally on ThaiTV Channel 11’s AndamanNews.

After the regional test wascanceled, the Rawai test was the

only audible test of a siren toweron that morning that the Gazettecould independently confirm.Phuket ODPM Chief AroonKerdsom told the Gazette laterthat morning that the Rawai testwas a success.

Yet despite the last-minutecancellation of the regional test-ing, international press agenciesincluding AFP and AP releasedreports later that day describingthe regional test as “a success.”

These were contradictedby the Gazette’s report of the

Continued on Page 2

N E W S2 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Eight boys caught for ‘shotgun’ muggings

Dugong diesoff Pa KhlokBy Sompratch Saowakhon

Free rabies shotsPHUKET: Phuket ProvincialLivestock Office (PPLO) is of-fering free rabies vaccinations forcats and dogs at Tambon Admin-istration Organization (OrBorTor)offices until April 30.

PPLO Veterinarian Veera-phap Termkeitpisan told the Ga-zette, “We have already vacci-nated about 5,000 dogs and catsin the Phuket City, Rawai, Wichitand Chalong this year.”

“The last human death fromrabies in Phuket was in 1984,” K.Veeraphap added.

PA KHLOK: A 126-kilogrammale dugong was found dead inan illegal fish trap in Pa KhlokBay April 2.

The discovery was reportedto the Phuket Marine and CoastalResources Conservation Office(MCRC) by Juroon Rachaphol,a local conservation activist, at7:30 pm.

A 20-strong team of MCRCofficers and volunteers were ledto the site. They found the ani-mal stuck in the bottom of a po,a shallow-water fish trap madeby stringing a net between stakesstuck in the seabed. Po trapswere outlawed in 1996.

MCRC Chief Paitoon Pan-chaiyapoom told the Gazette,“The dugong weighed 126kg, andwas 1.5 meters in length.

“We found the owner of thefish trap the following day. He hasused po traps for a long time andwe must find alternative fishingmethods.

"The traps, however, mustbe removed.”

Although the owner of thetrap was ordered to remove allhis po traps, he was not charged.

“Pa Khlok Bay is a verygood grazing area for dugong.Local villagers have seen at leastfive dugong come to feed on seagrass here,” K. Paitoon said.

Kanchana Adulyanukosol,

Thailand’s premier expert on dug-ong, estimates that only about 250dugong inhabit Thai waters.

The dead specimen was oneof only a handful that are knownto live in the area.

PHUKET: The Phuket ProvincialElectricity Authority (PPEA) hasannounced scheduled blackoutsin order to maintain high-voltagepower lines.

Blackouts, from 9 am to 5pm, will affect the following lo-cales:

April 12, Phuket City-Koh Sireh: Thep Pratan Rd,from Kheha Chumchon Intersec-tion to Pleumsuk Beach, includ-ing Wanich Rd, Soi Honsaithong,Baan Laem Nga and Baan LaemTokkae.

April 19, Kathu: WichitSongkram Rd, from Wat Kathuto Kathu District Office, includ-ing Loch Palm Golf Club, BaanMai Riab, Moo Baan SinghtaoThani, Soi Kathu Cooperative andBaan Seekor.

This information is subjectto change without notice. Formore information or to check thelatest status, call 076-211663.

By Supanun Supawong

PHUKET: Phuket City Police April 4rounded up eight boys suspected of at leasttwo gunpoint muggings.

Police reported that the boys – all aged16 or 17 – confessed to two attacks, one atSaphan Hin the day before and one at KhaoRang viewpoint on March 29.

In both cases, the boys used knives anda homemade short shotgun to force victimsto hand over money and mobile phones.

Lt Somsak Thongkleing, a Deputy In-vestigating Inspector at Phuket Police Sta-tion, told the Gazette, “At 4:30 pm, April 4,we found the boys sitting together under anunnumbered house in Village 6 in Wichit.Some of them were smoking marijuana.

“On searching them, we found a home-made shotgun, some cartridges, a knife anda small packet of marijuana. They admittedthat, before we arrested them, they wereplanning more muggings.

“All eight boys are between 16 and 17

years old, so we cannot release their names.Seven of the boys are from Village 6, Wichit,and the other is from Village 8.

“Eyewitnesses remembered the boys’motorbike license plate numbers. From thiswe could find out where they were,” LtSomsak said.

“All of the boys have confessed to in-volvement in the crimes and are being heldat Phuket Provincial Juvenile and FamilyCourt. They have been charged with armedrobbery and drug possession,” he added.

cancellation and, later, by reportsfrom the state-run Thai NewsAgency and other Bangkok-based media outlets.

All the confusion is unlikelyto instill public confidence in thesystem set up by the NDWC,which has faced criticism bysome parties for not conductingregular, audible testing of its si-ren towers.

The first three siren towersinstalled in Patong have not beenaudibly tested since they weremodified last year to adapt to thesatellite technology used by theThai-American consortium thatwon the government bid to install62 towers in the region.

The NDWC also offers aservice to hotels to have theirown in-house tsunami warningsystems using signals sent by theNDWC, but so far only one hotelin the region has invested the200,000 baht needed to install thetechnology.

From page 1

Warning tower‘knock’ testscause confusion

PHUKET: Crime statistics forMarch 1 to March 31 releasedby Phuket Provincial Policeshow that reports of violentcrime in Phuket rose by 130%compared with the same periodlast year.

Three murders and nine at-tempted murders were reported,with two and eight arrests maderespectively. There were 27 re-ports of assault with 16 arrestsmade and eight reports of rapewith six arrests made.

Vice, as usual, figured highlyon the list with 289 people ar-rested for gambling and 117 forprostitution.

Ninety-eight people werearrested in drug-related cases.Thirty-six people were arrestedon ya bah (methamphetamine)-related charges, with 862 pillsseized, and 36 people were ar-rested for possession of cannabiswith 175.95 grams seized.

Eighteen people were ar-rested for inhalant abuse with 11bags and three cans seized.

Two people were arrestedfor heroin possession with 41.09grams of the drug confiscated,five arrests involved krathomwith 625 leaves seized, and oneperson was arrested for ice (crys-tal methamphetamine).

Eighty-seven cases of theftwere reported to the police, in-cluding 12 motorcycles and onecar being stolen. Arrests weremade in 43 of the cases.

Thirteen people were ar-rested for possession of unli-censed firearms and sevenpeople were arrested for posses-sion or distribution of pornogra-phy.

There was one report ofarson with one arrest made.

– Sangkhae Leelanapaporn

Violent crimeup in March

Pa Khlok villagers crowd round the dugong carcass, which wasscored the cuts and abrasions from the dugong’s attempts to freeitself from the illegal trap.

PPEA announcesApril Blackouts

April 14 - 20, 2007 N E W S P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 3

Dirty dealingsdelay building ofChalong damBy Sompratch Saowakhon

PHUKET: The Irrigation De-partment has almost completednegotiations to acquire all of theland needed to build the KlongKrata Reservoir in Chalong, butthe project now faces an unex-pected new hurdle because somelandowners have been excavat-ing soil and trucking it away fromthe project site.

Theerachart Sangkaha, theIrrigation Department official incharge of the project, informedGovernor Niran Kalayanamitabout the soil loss during a meet-ing held at Phuket Provincial Hallon April 5.

“We have a big problemwith the removal of sandy soilfrom the project site. After wereached agreements with thelandowners, we used tape tomark off the project area andkeep people out.

“Now we have to ask theChalong Tambon AdministrationOrganization and Chalong Policeto help us patrol the area to makesure that no more soil is re-moved,” he told Gov Niran.

Although unable to estimatethe volume of the missing soil, K.

Theerachart told the Gazette thatamount was considerable.

Project planners had origi-nally intended to use soil from anabandoned tin mine in the area tohelp build the base of the dam –until they realized it was gone.

Now they will have to truckin more material to replace thesoil that has gone missing, he said.

On a more positive note, K.Theerachart said that his officehad secured formal agreementsto buy the land needed from allbut one property owner, withwhom he expects to reach anagreement soon.

The total project cost will be960 million baht; about 300 mil-lion for land acquisition and 660million for construction.

About 95 million baht hasalready been paid for land pur-chases under an initial budget.The remainder of the land pur-chase will be covered under asecond budget of 200 million baht.

Some 157 rai of the 430-raiproject is national forest land; useof which has already beengranted by the Forestry Depart-ment, he said.

K. Theerachart said that the750-million-baht Bang Neaw

Dum reservoir now nearingcompletion in Thalang will havea greater storage capacity (7.2million cubic meters) than KlongKrata (5.7 million cubic meters),despite being cheaper to build.

Because of steep hillsides inthe area, the Klong Krata damwill need to be larger, he ex-plained. The eight-meter-thickdam will be built of concrete andclay layers stretching 730 metersbetween two bluffs. The maxi-mum water depth behind thestructure will be about 25 meters.

As the soil in the area issandy, six huge concrete blockswill be put in place beneath thedam to prevent seepage, he said.

To fund construction costs,the Phuket Irrigation Office isnow preparing a 660-million-bud-get request to the Ministry ofAgriculture and Cooperatives forfiscal 2008, K. Theerachart said.

The project is scheduled forcompletion in 2009, after whichit will serve as the principal sup-ply source for Chalong andRawai and help augment suppliesin Kata-Karon.

Upon completion, a ring roadwill encircle the reservoir createdby the dam, K. Theerachart said.

Sexy,

Naughty,

Bitchy…

Nowopen…

KAMALA: Karoon Seeden has been installed as Acting Presidentof Kamala Tambon Administration Organization (OrBorTor) after avote by the council’s 11 other members.

K. Karoon was installed after a vote of seven to four in hisfavor. Three councilors voted for Prajak Yayee, and one councilorabstained.

He replaces Jaral Sararak, who was removed from office byKathu District Chief Khantee Silapa in February amid allegations ofcorruption.

K. Karoon has been a Kamala OrBorTor Vice-President sinceOctober 2003 and is the representative for Kamala Moo 4.

He will remain Acting President until August 29, when the coun-cil will vote for a permanent President.

WICHIT: Police believe gang ri-valry is the motive behind the kill-ing of a young man whose bodywas found riddled with bulletsearly April 7.

Lt Col Sompong Boonrat, aDeputy Superintendent at PhuketCity Police Station, identified thevictim as Pongsakorn “Kho”Naksuk, 24.

Pongsakorn was shot sev-eral times in the upper arms, headand back with a .357-caliberweapon.

His body was found lyingface up next to his motorcyclenear the Villa Suanluang projectconstruction site, on the new roadthat runs along the south end ofSuan Luang Park.

“The victim originally livedwith his family in Thalang Dis-trict but later moved to PhuketCity, where he became involvedin a number of unlawful, gang-related activities,” Col Sompongsaid.

“For this reason we suspectthat the murder may have beengang related.”

Phuket City Police are con-tinuing their investigation in orderto track down the murderer, hesaid.

Gang rivalry blamedfor park ‘execution’

Kamala OrBorTorelects Acting President

PATONG: About 13,000 DVDswere confiscated and four pirateDVD vendors were arrested atJintana Plaza Market in raids ledby officers from Bangkok around6 pm April 4.

Capt Nikom Tienhao, anInspector at the Children, Juve-niles and Woman Division’s Sub-Division 3, led the sting on thevendors.

Of the 13,000 DVDs con-

PHUKET CITY: A dead babyboy was found floating near themouth of Bang Yai canal inSaphan Hin April 5.

The grisly find was reportedto police at 8:30 am by a tourist.

Doctors estimate the babywas about three months old.

The boy’s forehead wasbadly bruised. Preliminary au-topsy reports indicate that he diedfrom being hit on the head with ahard object and had been deadfor about two days when his bodywas found.

Police currently have noleads on the boy’s identity and arechecking birth records in localhospitals and clinics to try to lo-cate the mother.

Dead babyfound floatingoff Saphan Hin

Four arrested in pirate DVD sting

PATONG: More than 1,000 people from the Tata Young Fan Clubtraveled to Phuket to enjoy Tata Young’s live concert, held tomark the grand opening of Jungceylon in Patong on April 9.

Tata, a 26-year-old Thai-American, became a superstar inThailand at the age of 15 and launched a successful internationalcareer with the release of her first English-language album I Believein 2004, which included the hit Sexy, Naughty, Bitchy.

After the two-hour concert, Tata said she felt honored toperform at Jungceylon on its opening day.

fiscated, 139 were pornographic.Sub Lt Naruewat Phut-

thawiro, Duty Officer at KathuPolice Station, charged the foursuspects with selling DVDs with-out permission and copyright vio-lation.

One suspect was alsocharged with distributing pornog-raphy.

All suspects confessed andare were released on bail.

I N S I D E S T O R Y4 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

InternationalaffairsDavid is a 46-year-old

American who tells hisstory after two failedrelationships.

“My first Thai girlfriend wasa keeper. Introduced to methrough a friend, Suparat hadgrown up in Thailand, but hadcome to work in the UnitedStates – which is where I met andmarried her.

“One day I tested her withthe golden question: Will you stilllove me if I give up my lucrativejob stateside to take up teachingEnglish inThailand? ThisIsaan beautypassed withflying colorswhen she re-sponded bytelling me‘ M o n e ydoesn’t mat-ter. I will gowherever yougo so I can bewith you.’ Iwish the samecould be saidfor her oldersister, a woman who wasn’tblessed with her younger sibling’sclassic features and small frame.Her sister’s life revolved around

her unskilled husband and threekids, all sharing a cramped roomadjacent to her parents’ home.She sold curry at the market ev-ery now and then to make a fewbaht.

“When life for Suparat andI took us from the US to Thai-land – albeit in different provinces– our love remained strong. Butthe relationship took a turn for theworse when her sister called meone day out of the blue with arequest for 10,000 baht to tide herfamily over. The promise to re-

pay the loan was not honored, and“kop khun ka” never evenpassed her lips. In her mind, shehad hit the jackpot; her younger

sister had snagged a farang witha steady income; surely enoughfor the extended family. I nevertold Suparat about the loan forfear that it would have placed awedge between the two. InsteadI chose to just walk out on therelationship, unwilling to play therole of a walking ATM for hersister.

“I tried again with Chollada.Dating a Bangkok girl was abreath of fresh air: witty conver-sation, style, and a wild side toboot. Farewell Baan Nawk, hello

Big Mango!Even thoughshe was 17years my juniorit was love atfirst sight. Iworshiped theground shewalked on.Little did I knowthat she’d stepall over me. I dideverything forher. Brokencar? Bought hera new one. Notuition funds?

Got it covered. Need to see thefolks? Here’s your round-tripticket, my dear. I was saving upfor an engagement ring when Ireceived a call from her uncle,with whom she lived, informingme that I was about to get hurtbig time. He’d gone through thesame scenario in his dating daysand didn’t want a nice faranglike me to take a similar fall.

“What he told me came asa shock: my sweetie of two years– the girl whom I could imaginewaking up to every day – hadanother boyfriend on the side, a

Chinese guy. Sure, I should haveseen the warning signs: an ex-Thai/Chinese boyfriend shetalked about, and a gut reactionfrom my close Thai friend that thisgirl was a flirt. But I didn’t seethe signs because I was blindedby love. I did, however, discoverthat not all butterflies are males.

TROUBLE OVERSEAS

Khun Chaba, a Thai lady of27, lived abroad from the age ofnine until three years ago. Whileoverseas she dated a 40-year-oldItalian man she descried as “ro-mantic”. She told Gazette thatthey met each other in a bar. “Iknow, not the best place to meetsomebody, but believe me whenI say that I definitely wasn’t look-ing to get involved with anybodyand I didn’t start out thinking itwas going to turn into somethingserious,” she said.

“Our relationship failed be-cause of jealousy. He was a veryjealous and possessive person,but also quite flirtatious. AlthoughI have to admit I probably pro-voked him many times with myflirting. Or, to retaliate for his flirt-ing, I would do the same thing tohim, give him a dose of his ownmedicine. It may not be thehealthiest way to be in a relation-ship.

“Culture did play a partthough, as I believe a lot of his

personal beliefs or ideas of howthe world should be were influ-enced by the culture he grew upin. He blamed a lot of his jeal-ousy and possessiveness on hisItalian heritage. I personally don’tbuy that, but hey, if that’s how youwant to justify it, suit yourself.

“He liked to see himself asa macho kind of guy. He was alsoof the opinion that men andwomen can’t be just platonicfriends and was always suspi-cious of my guy friends. I, on theother hand, think that it is possible,and even if there were deeperfeelings involved, there’s nothingwrong with it and it’s all reallyabout how you handle yourself.There was a serious lack of trustin that relationship.

“Language was a problemat times, too. His English wasn’tbad, but it wasn’t his first languageand there were many, many timesthat he would misconstrue whatI said and get angry or upset aboutit. It was also frustrating at timesfor me, especially when it tookso long to explain something tohim. This was because apartfrom not having a very firm graspof English, he could also be verystubborn and would refuse to lis-ten to reason.

“We didn’t have any prob-lems with financial issues, prob-ably because I never dependedon him for support. But thenagain, it wasn’t like we weremarried. We were just boyfriendand girlfriend.

“It was a pretty stormy re-lationship and I didn’t like theperson I’d become because ofthat. Knowing that I couldn’t anddidn’t even want to be with himin the long run, I didn’t see anypoint in continuing the relationship.It would only have been wastingour time and tie us down.

“I was just too tired to gothrough the whole ordeal anylonger. Breaking up seemed likethe best thing to do, as we’d boththen be free to get on with ourlives.

“It wasn’t easy breaking upwith him, though. There had beena lot of good times during the five

Thai and farang relationships – can they really work?Some would say the gender gap alone creates

enough problems to put any relationship in peril, butadding in cultural issues may be asking for doubletrouble.

The Gazette’s Semacote Suganya takes a look atsome successful and not-so-successful cross-culturalrelationships on the island, along with some pearls ofwisdom by some of the people who took part in them.

I N S I D E S T O R YApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 5

years we were together, butknowing that it was the right thingto do helped a lot.”

In summary K. Chaba says,“In a relationship I look for some-one with a great sense of humor,maturity, kindness and politeness.I want someone who is clever,generous, diligent and has respectfor both of us. He needs to besupportive and not too bad look-ing too. That’s not too much toask, is it?”

SUCCESS

Twenty years ago JanPrasetsak, a Thai woman withtwo daughters from a previousmarriage to a fellow Thai, mar-ried Italian widower NerioBaratta. They are now 46 and 62years old, respectively.

“I was a waitress at a res-taurant in Phuket when we firstmet. He came to the restauranteveryday and eventually he askedme if I had a boyfriend,” K. Jansaid.

“When I first met him, Iwas not impressed at all. Hedidn’t smile at all. But after Iknew him for a while I learnedthat he is a very kind person witha good heart. We dated eachother for about one year, thenmarried. He takes very goodcare of me.

“The only problem we haveis understanding each other com-pletely. When we have had dif-ferent ideas, such as when Iwanted to start a business, wehaven’t always agreed. Then we

might argue about it. And some-times he can’t accept dealing withthe problems my family has.

“A Thai husband would ac-cept my family’s problems andunderstand, but a foreignerwon’t. But it doesn’t matter ashe is very good at taking care ofme. I am impressed by his kind-ness. Sometimes he is frustratedwith me. Sometimes we arehappy; sometimes unhappy. ButI think that’s normal for a mar-ried couple. We have lived to-gether nearly twenty years, so it’slong enough to know we will livethe rest of our lives together.

Nerio says, “I believe that

90% of Thai ladies want to marrya farang for the money to sup-port their family. But when I metJan, even from the very first timeI met her, I could see that she hada good heart. I was a widowerand decided it would be good tohave a new family.

“We help each other withmany things. When we fight it’susually because Thais have amentality to help their extendedfamily. In Europe your family isonly you, your wife and children.In Thailand, family is manypeople: your father, your mother,your sister, your brother. It’s notpossible for me to support so

many people. But that is the men-tality of Thais. I think it is crazy.But it is this difference that cre-ates fights between us and whywe don’t understand each othersometimes. It is a difference ineducation and in culture.

“When we have problemswe talk to each other and thenwe solve them. We both have tocompromise. Some things I don’tlike but she does, some things Ilike she doesn’t. Sometimes weboth like the same thing. This isnormal for a couple and your suc-cess depends on if you can com-promise.

“When we have a problemwe have to talk about it with eachother – not with a cousin or sis-ter, because the problems needto be solved between us, not withthe family,” said Nerio.

“When we first got seriousI would worry if her two daugh-ters could accept me as a step-father. But Jan always told menot to worry, just to do my bestas a real father would, then itwould all work out – and she wasright.

“In a long-term relationship,both people have to be patient.These days, many relationshipsbreak up because they are notpatient enough; they bail out ifthey don’t get what they want.You can’t always get everythingyou want right now; you have tobe patient and wait to see whatwill come in the future,” saidNerio.

LONG TERM

Richard, from France, methis wife Pan 19 years ago in HongKong, where she was working ina Thai restaurant. “I like Thaifood, that’s why we met. When Ifirst met her I thought she wasvery beautiful. I think she thoughtI was quite handsome, as well.

“We lived together for twoyears before we got married.After two years, we decided wecould not live without each other.But I think it’s a good idea to livewith someone first.

“After two years together,we found we could trust eachother and we still enjoyed eachother. We laughed a lot and hadthe same ideas about many things.Maybe it is because we are thesame age (44) or because wewere born in the same month andhave the same star sign.

“I have always been at-tracted to Asian women, espe-cially Thai ladies. They are veryfeminine and they make a manfeel like a man. They are old-fashioned that way. Modern Eu-ropean and Western women, theywant to be like a man. They ar-gue, they don’t want to stay athome and look after children orcook. They want to have a ca-reer. Many men are not very at-tracted to that kind of thinking.

“I think Thai women arequite happy to take care of theirhome, children and husband. Mywife has similar ideas aboutfarang men; that they are veryserious about taking care of theirfamily. They accept more re-sponsibility than Thai men; theyare faithful and don’t wastemoney,” says Richard.

“Everybody is different. Idon’t think Asian woman are thebest for every man. I think somemen prefer Asians, some menprefer blondes, short, tall…everykind of difference. But for me,my type is Asian women with thelong black hair. Asian woman arevery attractive to me. From thefirst time I saw my wife I likedher style, the way she talks andmoves.

“Culture is not the problemat all for us, it’s the opposite in-stead. It’s why we have stayedtogether so long. Every day welearn something new about eachother and our cultures. Beingmarried to Pan makes for a veryinteresting life. Everyday I learnabout Asian culture and everydayshe learns something about farangculture and we always compare.After 19 years, she has adoptedmany aspects of my culture andI have adopted much of hers; wetake the best parts of both.

N E W S6 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Queer News

A serious boutof love

RAYONG: Many Thais are fondof a wager and high stakes bet-ting on muay Thai bouts is cer-tainly nothing unusual.

The organizers of a charityThai boxing night in Rayong, how-ever, claimed to have a world firstwhen two Assistant Village Chiefswent head to head in the ring tofight – not for a large sum ofcash, but for the heart of a localdivorcée.

On April 6 more than 1,000fans packed a temporary boxingstadium in Rayong’s TambonKlairng to see the 11 fights on thecard for the night.

However, it was the lastfight of the night, an amateurmatch, that the crowd was wait-ing for.

Shortly after midnight, Som-yot “Child of Village 4” Hiranmas,39, entered the ring in the redcorner and his opponent Somchai“Child of Village 3” Wechsam-reut, also 39, took the stage inblue.

Both fighters had support-ers numbering in the hundredsfrom their respective villagescheering them on.

The two men, fighting in the64-kilogram category, launchedinto each other with gusto, thoughrather clumsily. After a couple ofrounds, the pugilists began to tireand resorted to taking little mid-round breaks.

The fight went the full fourrounds, neither man able to pulloff a knock out. A tense fewminutes after the final bell hadrung, the referee pulled up thehand of Somyot proclaiming himthe winner on points.

When the two fightersstepped down from the ring, lo-cal journalists rushed to questionthem over how they had endedup in the ring together.

Both men, however, werestruck by acute attacks of shy-ness. They avoided the questionsuntil a woman marched up to thetwo, lifted Somyot’s hand into theair, and proclaimed that she wasthe victor’s prize.

The woman, Phraoe Nita-yalap, 52, said that she had sepa-rated from her husband fouryears ago and had recently got-ten to know Somyot and Som-chai, both of whom were intenton wooing her. She liked bothmen, and couldn’t choose be-tween them.

The two men would stop ather house in Village 5 after do-ing their inspections that werepart of their responsibilities asAssistant Village Chiefs of Vil-lage 3 and Village 4, she ex-plained.

In the end, she decided toagree to settle it with a boxingmatch, though she admitted thather feelings for the two men were

not quite equal – she had beensecretly cheering Somyot in herheart.

Somyot said that he andSomchai were on good terms andhad frequently worked together,but their relationship had beenstrained by them falling for thesame woman, 13 years their se-nior.

Not wanting the problem todrag on, Somyot decided to chal-lenge Somchai to settle the issue

in the ring at the charity event.Somyot said that he had neverfought muay Thai before and hadtrained for eight days before thefight.

Somchai claimed that hehad been at a disadvantage in thefight as he had had little time totrain and, although it was billedat a 64kg bout, his opponentweighed in at 69kg. He did con-cede that Somyot had been thebetter fighter on the night and

deserved to given the points de-cision. He said that he wouldstand by the result and let Somyottake the girl.

He was happy to havemade merit by drawing peopleto the event, held to finance thebuilding of a new shrine, headded.

There is no possibility of arematch, he concluded.

Source: Thai Rath

Anine-bahtstampwill belaunched

on May 5 to cel-ebrate HM KingBhumibolAdulyadej’s 80thbirthday.

Thailand PostOffice will produceonly three millioncopies of the 48 by60 millimeterstamps.

The com-memorative stamppictures HM TheKing greeting theThai people fromthe Ananta Sama-khom Throne Hallduring celebrations of the60th anniversary of his

StampmarksHM’s80th

accession to the throne onJune 9 last year.

The stamps will be

available at post officesthroughout the country,including the 10 in Phuket.

A R O U N D T H E R E G I O NApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 7

Samui Regattadraws topentries fromAsia, Australia

F R O M T H EGULF OF

THAILANDBy Barry Singleton

Preparations for the SixthKoh Samui Regatta,which begins May 27,are well underway, with

sev-eral top-class entries alreadyconfirmed and a record level ofsponsorship, including a numberof leading brands.

Image Asia Events of Phu-ket, who also run Phuket Raceweek, is handling the event. Thecompany recently announced 18confirmed and provisional entries.“The word is that we can expectabout 30 yachts,” said RaceCommittee Chairman Andy Dow-den.

Entries are mainly fromHong Kong, Sin-gapore and Thai-land – althoughRobbo Robert-son’s new Enigma34, Flight of theGull, is beingshipped from Aus-tralia just in time tomake its Thailanddebut at the KohSamui Regatta,which will also in-clude the first Fire-fly 850 one-designclass racing in theGulf of Thailand.

The Koh Sa-mui Regatta is alsorenowned for itssocial events – ablueprint that this year’s organiz-ers are determined to retain.

Murder at Full Moon Party: OnApril 2 an Israeli man died afterbeing stabbed several times in afight with a local man at themonthly Full Moon Party on KohPha-ngan.

According to witnesses,David Kakigelash became in-volved in an argument with aThai man at the Drop In bar anda fight broke out. More men thenjoined the brawl and Mr Kakige-lash was seen staggering out tothe beach where he collapsedand died.

Capt Thirasak Bouasawanand a team from the Samui Tour-ist Police were called to thescene. After questioning localpolice, they learned that mem-bers of a notorious gang wereseen leaving the area shortly af-ter the attack.

One of the gang membersis known to be the son of a dis-trict official. Police officers arenow trying at establish thewhereabouts of five Thai men.

The day after the murder,Mr Kakigelash’s body was col-lected by the Israeli embassy tobe transported back to Israel.

Illegals nabbed: Officers fromthe Samui Immigration Office arecracking down on illegal workersat construction sites around theisland.

On March 28, a team ofofficers raided a site in Phang Kaand arrested 16 illegal workers

along with twoThai foremen.

Two days lat-er the same teamfound illegal Bur-mese workers atthe constructionsite of a new KohSamui Municipalitybuilding. Twenty ofthe workers werearrested, some ofwhom were in pos-session of expiredThai identificationcards and workpermits.

The workers’employer, fromUbon Rachathani,was charged with

hiring illegal aliens and hidingthem from the authorities. All ofthe workers pleaded guilty andonce tried will most likely facedeportation.

Staying focused: On March 12,the Samui government announceda project to help local people suf-fering from problems with theireyesight.

Koh Samui Mayor Wara-gorn Rattanarak allocated 1.9million baht to the program, whichis aimed at reducing the numberof people infected with eye dis-eases and other serious eye prob-lems.

Opticians will be brought into assess patients in order to di-agnose diseases early and to pre-vent permanent damage. Theywill also carry out eye examina-tions and recommend preventivemeasures to avoid serious prob-lems.

Statistics suggestthat more than 3,000people on Samui sufferfrom severe eyesightproblems. The project istargeting such people tomake sure they receive propermedical attention.

Woman drowns after fit: Po-lice and volunteers from the Sam-ui Rescue team were recentlycalled upon to retrieve the bodyof a woman who drowned afterhaving an epileptic fit.

Kamwong Boonmanan, 41,was out fishing with her husbandusing a large net, which theyspread across the bay in front ofBophut Beach.

While the couple was trawl-ing the net about midnight, K.Kamwong suffered a seizure andfell into the water. Her husband

was unable to find her in the darkand paddled ashore to call thepolice.

The woman’s body was dis-covered trapped by the fishing netand taken to Samui Hospital,where an autopsy later revealedshe had suffered an epileptic fitbefore drowning.

SERIOUS STUFF: The Koh Samui Regatta is gaining a reputation for toughcompetition on the water and serious oartying afterwards.

A R O U N D T H E S O U T H8 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Crowded mosqueattacked with

grenade launcher

Around the South news round-up is sourced from the pages ofThe Nation and Kom Chad Lueknewspapers.

GREEN RECRUITS: Civil servants are trained in weapons use and military tactics at Phra Pok Klaoartillery base in Pattani to prepare them to lead volunteer village security units in the province.

Attackers fired grenadesinto a mosque and apacked Islamic mis-sionary center early in

the morning of April 5, woundingat least 20 worshipers.

Police said the attackersarrived in a sedan with an M79grenade launcher before dawnand fired four rounds into theDawa Center in Yaha District,where more than 150 peoplewere inside to conduct earlymorning prayers.

Police suspect that at leastfive people were involved in theattack, which is a branch of theTablighi Jamaat missionary move-ment.

Minutes later, a grenadewas fired into the Al-IsmamiyahMosque in Baan Asin, about akilometer away. No one was in-jured, but one of the mosque’spillars was damaged. The samegroup is believed to have beenresponsible.

The district was put undera curfew from 8 pm to 4 am short-ly after the execution of eightBuddhists traveling in a commut-er van in the Yaha area last month.That same day a group of armedmen fired into a mosque in thedistrict, injuring seven people.

Army spokesman Col Aka-ra Thiprot claimed attacks on theDawa Center and the mosquewere undertaken by insurgents tointimidate fellow Muslims whoco-operate with the state.

“The insurgents want toscare away Muslims who maywant to help authorities in quell-ing the violence,” Col Akara in-sisted. “They want to cause strifebetween Muslims and Buddhistsand make the two communitiesdistrust each other.”

Nimu Makajae, a leadingIslamic figure in the region,agreed with the Colonel’s assess-

ment, but asked, “What I don’tunderstand is where were theauthorities? How were thesepeople able to drive around withloaded weapons?”

Surly sailor: A Navy sharpshoot-er based in Phang Nga shot his

young wife dead and seriously in-jured her father and niece in ajealous rage after he returnedhome to Lang Suan District,Chumpon, to find that she hadmoved out to live with her par-ents.

Police from Lang Suan Dis-trict Police Station led by Super-intendent Col Daoloi Muandecharrived at the scene 12:30 amApril 5.

There they found Chief Pet-ty Officer Thaweesak Worakul,53, grappling with Pol Sen Sgt MajSuthep Chintham, who, afterhearing gunshots, had rushed tothe scene and tackled Thawee-sak unarmed.

Inside the three-story shop-house police found the body ofNonglak Wongthong, 23, lyingnear her seriously-injured father,Somneuk Wongthong, 57, andher niece Sulawai Thongthapae,11.

Sulawai and K. Somneukwere rushed to Lang Suan Hos-

pital. They were later transferredto Chumpon Hospital where theyremain in critical condition.

Officers recovered Thaw-eesak’s .38 caliber revolver con-taining four spent cases and onebullet.

Police reported that Thaw-eesak said he had bought a housewith K. Nonglak in a nearby vil-lage. When he returned from hisbase in Phang Nga, he found K.Nonglak was not at home andmany of their possessions weregone. He then set out to his par-ents-in-law’s house to look forher.

On finding her, he could notcontrol his anger and shot hertwice in the head. Thaweesaksaid that he had then intended toshoot himself, but K. Somneuk,thinking he was going to shoot hisdaughter again, rushed forwardto stop him. Thaweesak thenshot him twice.

One of the bullets passedthrough K. Somneuk and hit Su-

walai in the stomach, police quot-ed Thaweesak as saying.

Thaweesak said the reasonhe shot his wife was jealousy asK. Nonglak was attractive andhad many male friends.

Red tide: Large numbers of deadfish washing up along Thailand’sAndaman coast have promptedfishermen and tourist operators toask the government to tackle theproblems of unusually cool An-daman Sea currents and a “redtide” of plankton.

Boonthin Changnam, a fish-erman from Koh Lanta in Krabi,said that he did not know whatthe government could do, sincethere was “no culprit” for thephenomenon that has causedmassive fish losses over the pastmonth.

Marine biologist ThornThamrongnawasawadi said thefish had died because of two fac-tors – both consequences of theEl Niño phenomenon.

The first was the bloom ofplankton caused by the sea’s highsurface temperatures. The sec-ond was that cold currents in thedepths of the sea had driven deepocean fish to swim up to thewarmer water on the surface.Some fish had died from shockfrom the change of temperature,while others had died from plank-ton poisoning.

K. Boonthin said his catchhad dropped from 100 kilogramsa week to 40kg to 50kg.

However, Harin Lohpra-songkij, Secretary of the KrabiFishing Association, said thatcommercial boats equipped withhigh-tech fishing gear had caughtmore fish.

“We are not happy catch-ing more, since it is too many andwe are afraid it will cause long-term negative impacts,” he said.

According to K. Harin,since the phenomenon began amonth ago, the commercial boatsin the province were landing adaily total of about 200,000kg ofmackerel. They usually land lessthan 100,000kg a day, he said.

Vichai Rattamanee, Chair-man of Trang’s Tourism BusinessAssociation, said that many tour-ists had panicked when they sawdead fish floating, and that he wasconcerned that the phenomenonwould damage tourism.

A R O U N D T H E N A T I O NApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 9

AN ICE TREAT: A white tiger in Dusit Zoo enjoys cooling downwith a block of ice as temperatures soared to 38°C in Bangkok.

In a recently published openletter, historian CharnvitKasetsiri called for Thailandto revert to being called

Siam.“People who have been

part of our country have differ-ent ethnic, linguistic and culturalidentities. Therefore, to reflecthistorical fact and the presentreality, the name of the countryshould be Siam, not Thailand,” hewrote.

The country’s first constitu-tion, promulgated in 1932, usedSiam as the country’s name. In1939 Prime Minister Field Mar-shal Phibul changed this to Thai-land “for racist reasons”, K.Charnvit said.

The name “Thailand” doesnot fit with historical or presentfacts as there are more than 40ethnic groups in the country, includ-ing Chinese, Tai, Hmong, Akha,Karen, Lao, Khmer and Mon, saidK. Charnvit, a lecturer in theSoutheast Asian Studies Programat Thammasat University.

Constitution drafters dis-cussed the issue of renaming theKingdom in 1949 and 1968.

“To reflect the reality aboutraces, languages and culturalidentities, the 2007 constitutionshould make Siam the officialname of the country in order topromote reconciliation and ac-ceptance of ethnic and culturaldiversities, as well as for the ben-efit of the country and its peo-ple,” wrote K. Charnvit.

The historian is asking thosewho agree with his proposal towrite to the constitution draftersto lobby for the name change.

Junket Jinxers: About 100people in Buri Ram’s KrasangDistrict blocked members of theMuang Phai Tambon Administra-tion Organization (OrBorTor)from leaving on a tour of theSouth – because they allegedlyignored a tap-water crisis.

Locals refused to let 70OrBorTor officials led by PlienNukijram leave for a field trip toKrabi, saying the officials’ neglecthad left 400 households in fourvillages without piped water formore than a week.

Protester Prayoon Man-yuen, 52, said, “They have madeus buy water for consumption forlonger than a week, but instead,they use the taxes we’ve paid togo travel.”

He said the OrBorTorshould be investigated. The Or-BorTor always told people it had

Revive the name‘Siam’ – historian

no budget to fix the water sys-tem, but somehow it could spend200,000 baht for the trip to Kra-bi, K. Prayoon said.

Villagers had been forced todish out 150 baht for water fromtrucks every two days.

The OrBorTor officialseventually sneaked out the backgate.

Forest cover up: A ambitiousnational plan to fight climatechange would increase by halfthe country’s forested area andbuild more urban green zones.

The National Environmen-tal Board (NEB) draft of the planrecommends reducing green-house gases, public participationin environmental issues and bet-ter enforcement of environmen-tal legislation, NEB DirectorPrasertsuk Chamornmarn said.

The draft needs the supportof Natural Resources and Envi-ronment Minister Kasem Sanid-wong na Ayudhaya, who will re-ceive the document early nextmonth. It must then win approvalof the NEB and Cabinet, she said.

“We plan to increase forest-ed area by 50% by 2016 and toadd more green areas to urban

zones,” said K. Prasertsuk.The plan, which aims to cre-

ate almost 11,000 forest villages

using an initiative devised by HMthe King, would not hobble eco-nomic development, she said.

Clear and pleasant danger: Arecent survey by the University ofthe Thai Chamber of Commerce(UTCC) shows Thai drinkershave shrugged off the highly pub-licized government campaignaimed at persuading them not todrink if they are poor or stressed.

Saowanee Thairungroj,Vice-President of the UTCC Re-search Department, said statisticsrevealed that people have actual-ly increased their alcohol purchas-es: from 5% of their income lastyear to 14% now.

High pressure from the eco-nomic stagnation was increasingstress in people, so they consumemore alcohol, which leads to suchthings as road accidents and do-mestic violence and thus evenmore stress.

Based on a survey of 1,206respondents conducted fromMarch 28 to 31, the poll alsoshowed most people prefer to stay

at home during the Songkran fes-tival because of worries about highcosts and personal safety if theygo out.

The poll also found that peo-ple would turn to domestic travelduring the festival, instead of go-ing abroad, because they preferredto save money for the future.

Last year, 28% of respon-dents said they planned to travelabroad, but that figure fell to 14%this year.

Lengthy lawsuits: PM’s OfficeMinister Thirapat Serirangsansaid he has suggested the JusticeMinistry amend the statute of lim-itations for corruption cases –increasing i t to 30 years .K. Thirapat said a corrup-tion case was part of criminallaw and that no matter how oldthe crime, it should be punished.

Such an amendment wouldsend a severe warning to thoseconsidering becoming involved incorruption that the law wouldcatch up with them, he said.

“The corruption problem is amajor issue for Thai society, andmany have called on the state toresolve it…since the law does noteven include a proper statute of lim-itations, we must amend it,” he said.

Around the Nation news round-up is sourced from the pages ofThe Nation and Kom Chad Lueknewspapers.

10 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007A R O U N D T H E I S L A N D

By Semacote Suganya

Everything fromwarshipsto toothpicksThe popularity of dollar

stores, 100 yen stores,pound shops and otherlocal equivalents contin-

ues to grow and has reached itsway into Phuket with the open-ing of Daiso, a 65-baht store lo-cated in Phuket City.

Shinji Ohmukai, owner ofthe Daiso shop in Phuket, hopesthat these shops prove to be justas popular in Phuket.

Mr Ohmukai opened thefirst Daiso shop in Phuket thebeginning of this year, he wasfamiliar with Phuket from read-ing about it so he traveled hereand decided to set up a branch ofDaiso.

The product selection atDaiso offers a little bit of every-thing – kitchen utensils, garden-ing tools, stationery, car mainte-nance necessities, beauty andhealth items, household goods, petaccessories, tools, gifts… the listgoes on. Such shops in Thailandhave earned the nickname “shopsthat sell everything from tooth-picks to warships”

At Daiso, however, all theproducts are imported from Ja-pan.

There are 2,400 Daisostores around the world, 11 ofthem in Thailand – one in ChiangMai, nine in Bangkok and nowone in Phuket.

“The target customers arethe general public, local people.

Housewives shop here during theday, and we also have manyyoung office workers who shophere,” explained Mr Ohmukai.

Shoppers seem to be pleas-ed with the bargains they find atthe shop.

Daiso shopper AnchanaWorapongsa said, “I used to shopat one in Bangkok. I think it isvery cheap if you compare theitems with those of the same qual-ity at other markets. I came hereto buy things for gardening andget some stationery for my kids.”

Supansa Hongsakairat saidthat it was the cheap price thatattracted her to shopping atDaiso, but once she got to thestore she was impressed by the“cute” shop and the wide vari-ety of products.

“Here you can get anythingfrom garden stuff to kitchen stuff.I bought at least two things,” K.Supansa said.

“In Bangkok the price is 60baht, but here because of trans-portation costs it’s 65 baht. Wehave a wide selection of productsranging from miscellaneous dailygoods to food, cosmetics, homedecor and traditional Japanesearts and crafts,” said Mr Oh-mukai.

Daiso. 47 Tilok Uthit 1 Rd,Phuket City. Tel: 076-256803.Email: coco_factory_phuket@yahoo.co.jp Website: www.daiso-sangyo.co.jp

GOT IT FIGURED OUT: Cute stuff (above) is one of the strengths ofDaiso, but there’s also practical gear for the kitchen (above right).Below, Shinji Ohmukai and staff.

April 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 11

12 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

April 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 13A F T E R D A R K

When Norm walkedinto Cheers, the baron the old Ameri-can TV show, ev-

eryone at the bar drinking wouldyell “Norm!” and greet him as hesat down.

That doesn’t happen in ex-actly the same fashion at LiquidLounge in Surin, but this friendlyneighborhood bar – or “local”, asBrits and Aussies would call it –gets as close to that welcoming,home-bar feeling as possible.

In place of Cheers’ rusticwooden bar and lackluster ser-vice by Woody Harrelson, LiquidLounge is a modern, trendy barwith artwork on the walls, lowcouches and chairs on the perim-eter and a pool table with red feltin the back.

There’s good reason for theintimate atmosphere as well: it’sa bar for friends, made by friends.The idea began when 10 guyswanted to pitch in some moneyto have a bar in Surin that theycould call their own. When wordgot out, the idea spread quicklyand the number of shareholdersjumped to 25 – with five morespaces available.

Twenty of those sharehold-ers live in the area, the other fiveare based in Hong Kong. On anygiven night in Surin you’re likelyto see at least a few of them inthe bar.

Owner Stewart Lees boughtthe shophouse in early 2005 andrefitted it to provide two apart-ments and a penthouse living areaat the top, with Liquid Lounge onthe ground floor. Now, with man-ager Matthew Wesley, the clubdoes brisk business, with severalshareholders and friends in at atime to supplement the regularcustomers.

Music at Liquid Lounge isexactly how you would expect itto be given the name: relaxed.Cafe Del Mar and 30,000 moretracks grace the computer in thecorner used as a DJ booth.

The drink menu is wideranging and reasonably priced.Bottles of beer and shots sell for100 baht each. Pints of Guinnessare 250 baht.

There are a few bar signa-ture drinks that are not to bemissed, notably the Sambucashots, served flaming with threecoffee beans (traditionally signi-fying health, wealth and happi-ness), and the Jäger-bombsserved by dropping a shot ofJägermeister and vodka into aglass of Red Bull.

A happy hour from 6 to 7pm offers “buy one get one free”for all local beers, house winesand cocktails.

Food can also be ordered infrom nearby restaurants, giving a

Liquifying the locals

wide variety of choices for barnosh; Sushi is popular, as is pizzaand other Italian food.

The bar is also notable forwhat it’s not. It is not a place withbar girls angling for a drink, noris it an exclusive club.

It is, however, an excellentplace to sit, drink, and if you go afew times, everybody knows yourname.

Liquid Lounge is on the SurinBeach road, next to LemongrassHouse. Open daily from 4 pmto 1 am.

By Zach Fridell

BEYOND THE NORM: The Liquid Lounge (left) is run is laid-back,friendly way by Stewart and Matt (above) and is already a favoritewith the ladies (below).

P H U K E T P E O P L E14 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Asked why an “island man-ager” was needed, Roger repliedingenuously, “Americans, whenanything happens, always go tolaw. Someone might fall in a holeand sue. So it was decided to em-ploy a caretaker.”

The island’s history, how-ever, suggests there’s more to thetale. Annexed by Hawaiian KingKamehameha IV in 1862, Pal-myra immediately fell into privatehands. In 1922 it was bought byLeslie and Ellen Fullard-Leo forUS$15,000.

They formed the PalmyraCopra Company, perhaps to de-velop coconut plantations, but theenterprise – if that it was –flopped, and the US Navy, ignor-ing their claim, seized the island.

The heirs sued in 1939.Meanwhile, the US Navy spentUS$1.1 million (about US$1 bil-lion today) building the aircraft,ship and submarine facilities thatwere manned during World WarII by up to 6,000 troops. The is-land was attacked only once: aJapanese submarine shelled thebeach with its deck gun, sinkinga dredge. The wreck is still there.

In 1947, the eight-year law-suit was decided in favor of theFullard-Leo heirs by the SupremeCourt. Significantly, three justicesdissented, holding that the islandhad been rarely occupied or im-proved by those who claimed it,and that no transfer of ownershipfrom King Kamehameha to an-other party was recorded.

Nevertheless, title was re-turned to the heirs.

In 1962, Palmyra was usedto monitor high-altitude atomic

weapon tests. It later served asa base for public sector and uni-versity researchers, with a float-ing population of about 40. Curi-ous sailors also visited frequently.The Fullard-Leo heirs continuedtheir policy of benign neglect un-til 1990, when Honolulu propertydeveloper Peter Savio obtained a75-year lease of the island.

Under US law, private prop-erty may revert to public domainif abandoned by its owners, andPalmyra lay abandoned. “No oneever lived on the island as longas I did,” Roger observed. It hadno permanent dwellings or facili-ties for human life.

Conservationists, impressedby the millions of boobies, frigate-

birds and terns annually nestingon the old runway, were eying it.Roger’s presence, therefore,manifested the owners’ claim inreal terms. He signed boats in;collected fees; aided, he asserts,some 52 vessels that founderedon the reefs; co-ordinated visitsby environmental, geological andwildlife researchers; and, report-edly armed with an assault rifle,drove the unwelcome away.

He was effectively lord ofall he surveyed, and by all ac-counts threw wonderful dinnerparties, featuring seafood, the oddfowl, fine wines and PalmyraPunch – his own mix of rum,wine and Tang.

He fished, swam daily withmanta rays, fed his pet three-meter-long Moray eel, Isabelle,and spearfished on the reefs: “Itwas the best diving in the world,”he recalled. “Paradise. Peoplecan’t believe it but I was paid todo this; I made US$100,000 ineight years.”

Noble Savage French-born Roger Lextrait, 61, has been described as ‘a

mix of Robinson Crusoe, comedian and gourmet chef’.Roger, however, paints himself as ‘Mr Nature’. The former

chef at the Moulin Rouge in Paris scuba dives, paints,makes silkscreen art... and once modeled swimsuits.

Roger now lives on Phuket after spending eight years onPalmyra, one of the most isolated islands in the Pacific andhome to such an extensive range of wildlife that it is now a

US nature reserve.Here he relates his experiences on the remote island to

Marque Rome, and explains what he learned from them.

Roger Lextrait, 61, wasborn in Selestat, Al-sace, but calls himselfa Parisian. He emi-

grated from France during the late1960s and became a naturalizedAmerican citizen.

He has sailed some 60,000nautical miles, crossing the Atlan-tic four times; visited 36 countries;cooked for the king of Tonga inPago Pago; and played bass witha member of Santana in Portland.

Roger is a raconteur of end-less variety, but his tales mostlycenter on his experience on adesert island in the Pacific,Palmyra, where he lived for eightyears.

Northernmost of the LineIslands, which include Christmas,Fanning and Washington Islands,Palmyra lies 980 nautical milessouthwest of Oahu, 352 milesnorth of the equator. It is virtu-ally in the ocean’s center. Until1959, Palmyra, though distant 16degrees of latitude, was officiallypart of the City of Honolulu.

It is now owned by TheNature Conservancy and man-aged as a nature reserve. Its off-shore waters form the PalmyraAtoll National Wildlife Refuge.

Roger visited the island ona trip to Polynesia and found itattractively desolate. World WarII military relics abound – old gunemplacements; bunkers; rustingvehicles; ammunition and fueldumps; abandoned equipment;underground tunnels and build-ings; a 2,200-foot landing strip –lending to the island what morethan one visitor has described as“a ghostly feeling”.

The feeling of lurking dan-ger is reinforced because – ow-ing to unexploded ordnance –some of Palmyra’s 50 islets areunnavigable. The beaches are lit-tered with debris, including plas-tic mooring buoys and bottles, andthe wrecks of luckless voyagers.Palmyra’s lagoon is treacherousto enter. The island’s first knowninhabitants were the shipwreckedcrew of the Palmyra, whichbroke up on the reef in 1802.

The island’s discoverer,Connecticut Yankee Edward Fan-ning, in 1798 believed it was onlydivine intervention – a vision in adream – that caused him toawaken and change course in thenight. The maneuver saved hisvessel from the later fate ofPalmyra.

In 1974, a San Diego couplevisiting the atoll mysteriously dis-appeared, dismembered by an-other couple apparently for theirboat, the ketch Sea Wind. De-tails of the grisly crime were fi-nally revealed in VincentBugliosi’s 1981 book And the SeaWill Tell. No wonder some saythe place is cursed.

In 1992, while working asexecutive chef at WaikikiSheraton, Roger was invited totake over the 12-square-kilome-ter atoll as “island manager”. Hebit at the chance and set sail onthe eight-day journey onCouscous 3.

Despite Palmyra’s lonelyaspect, he eagerly ensconcedhimself among the native popu-lation of insects, rats, crabs, birdsand sharks. “It’s the most beau-tiful island you’ll ever see,” a visi-tor recalls him saying.

BIRDMAN: Roger Lextrait with adowny booby chick (above) and(right) ducking some of themillions of seabirds on Palmyra.

P H U K E T P E O P L EApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 15

A treasure trove of aban-doned junk lay beneath theisland’s Pisonia palms and tangledundergrowth with which Rogerbuilt a considerable compound:three houses; lean-tos with wa-ter tanks on the outlying islands;a year-round freshwater bath;

of Palmyrakitchens; a silkscreen press; andnumerous furnishings.

“People ask, ‘Weren’t youbored?’ But I was busy all thetime,” he said. Roger couldchoose from some 20 beachesand 14.5 kilometers of coastlinewhen he wanted to jog – whichhe did often, as much for exer-cise as to dispel ennui for, as headmits, living on a desert islandcan be sometimes depressing andthere is strong temptation todrown one’s sorrows in PalmyraPunch.

So he kept busy. His archi-tecture was rough-and-ready. Forexample, having uncovered abathtub, he set it next to a con-crete room left over from Navydays that created a perfect basinfor rainwater. After sealing theroom, he inserted pipe and spigotover the tub. Voila! 120,000 gal-lons of fresh water on tap – a rareluxury in the Pacific and muchappreciated by visiting seafarers.

No walls marred the viewwhile bathing: Roger is a con-firmed naturist, spending most ofhis time naked. The crabs andbirds didn’t seem to mind.

Aside from work, hisamusements included ham radio– he was well-known on the Pa-cific network – and letting him-self “run with the dogs” he ac-quired.

Describing the fauna, Rogersaid, “There are millions of birds,as many as on the Galapagos Is-lands.” He had a knack for birdcalls, and raised two giant boo-bies – an odd couple called Os-car and Felix – from chicks.

Crabs presented a specialdilemma. “There were millions –billions – of hermit crabs, and theyate everything, even clothing.Whatever I wanted to keep hadto be suspended.” On the otherhand, their voracity made forhandy kitchen help: “I nevercleaned a pot – the crabs cleanedeverything.” They handled latrineduty, too, he said.

Coconut crabs were lessannoying but more dangerous:“They are huge – two feet across– with powerful claws. They peelcoconuts and eat them. Imag-ine!”

But coconut crabs are alsoedible. “Roger showed us weneedn’t kill a crab to get some ofits delicious meat,” noted visitorMark Smaalders in an account ofhis visit. “[Just] pin down the craband break off the larger of itsclaws; they can function with one,and will in time grow another.”

Roger learned which fish hecould eat. “Sturgeons, jacks, mul-let and milkfish are safe,” he toldSmaalders, “but certain types[fish] should be avoided,” as theyare infested with toxic algae.

He planted zucchini andother vegetables; and for salads,heart of palm. He had eggs froma flock of 100 chickens; bakedbread using a home-built oven;and the occasional fowl. “Some-times I’d find injured birds. Ithought it better to kill them thanlet the hermit crabs eat themalive. That’s got to be horrible,”he said.

Roger stocked a tide-poolwith lobsters, where they procre-ated, affording ample supply at alltimes. “Anything else I can still

eat, but lobster… let’s say I canstill eat it but have no more crav-ing,” he said.

And of companionship?“Well, when the chickens saw methey’d hit the bushes,” he joked.

A two-month trip to the is-land of Fanning resulted in a na-tive Gilbertese girl named Te-baibure accompanying him back:“I threw a party on my boat. Shecame. We got on – and I askedher if she wanted to go.

“Island culture is tight – wo-men serve the men. A girl has nomore value than a pig – no joking– so it was all right with her be-cause she could escape all that.”

Tebaibure stayed sixmonths: “We were going to mar-ry but her family expected toomuch; it was impossible.” SoTebaibure returned and Rogerwas alone again.

But he was never alone longbecause visiting boats weremany – sometimes five in aweek; Roger allowed them oneweek’s stay. To facilitate passagethrough the reef, he cut a V-notchin the vegetation.

“Using binoculars, it is pos-sible to see a white marker… and,beyond that, a brown pole in thecenter of the V. When the markerlines up with the pole, you areperfectly aligned with the centerof the channel.” If not aligned,prepare to hit bottom.

Always enterprising, Roger

built a silkscreen press, designeda logo featuring boobies and co-conut crabs, and screened T-shirts that he sold for US$20 eachto tourists.

“When the Coast Guard ora cruise ship came through – youcan imagine, they bought themall,” he said, adding that he soldhundreds.

In 2000, German womanAnge Blanes joined Roger. Thisafforded opportunity to recordtheir peculiar daily lives in “real-ity” style videos.

That was lucky, because,thanks probably at least in part toRoger’s control-exerting pres-ence, Palmyra was sold in 2001to The Nature Conservancy. Itsever-absentee landlords garnereda cool US$37 million.

Roger sailed back to Hono-lulu, where return to civilizationrattled him: “It took more than ayear to return to normal.”

Since then he has written abook of his experiences calledNoble Savage (as yet unpub-lished), married, and moved toThailand. Today, he lives inChalong with wife Jayne.

“I take life like a hobby,” heexplained. “You know, the Afri-cans say, ‘Tomorrow doesn’t ex-ist today.’ I think that’s a good phi-losophy.”

Roger Lextrait may be contactedat: rogerjayne@yahoo.com

H A P P E N I N G S16 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

T his week

TIME TO HELP: Asia Center Foundation Phuket Director Roelien Muller (center) receivesa wall clock from Ingon Diloktharadol (2nd from right), Managing Director of InnovationTime Co, and her staff during her recent visit to Phuket. The Asia Center Foundationprovides services for homeless children and tsunami victims.

BUILD ME UP: Prithep Sosothikul (2nd from left), Managing Director of Tri HouseBuilder Co Ltd, celebrates the grand opening of the company’s Jungceylon branchwith General Manager Werapong Kaigate (3rd from left), Executive SecretaryMantana Nuntarak (4th from left) and hosts.

SUMO STYLE: ‘Sumo wrestling’ was one of manyactivities held during the International Day festivitiesat the British International School Phuket on March30. The event was organized to celebrate the manynationalities represented in the school’s student body.

MAKING SENSE: Dr Supaluck Kanjanamethakul (3rd from left), Chairperson of Child WatchPhuket, receives a check for 50,000 baht raised by The SenSes Charity Event, led by SenSesHealth & Beauty Clinique Director Naranporn ‘Kathy’ Namchoo (2nd from right).

STAR STOPOVER: General Manager of Burasari Resort Chris Green (center)welcomes Thai singing star and model Peter Corp Dyrendal (right) andinternational model Ase Wang to the Burasari for a FAME magazine fashionshoot for the summer 2007 issue.

OPEN FOR LEARNING: Phuket Vice-Governor Smith Palawatvichai (4th from right) presides over the opening ceremonyof the Laguna Phuket Community English Language Center with Laguna Phuket Managing Director Michael Ayling(center) and local dignitaries and resort representatives. The courses offered at the center are free and open to thepublic.

M O T O R I N GApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 17

Beamer screamer

BEHINDWHEELBy Jeff Heselwood

T H ET H E

Ispotted one on the airportroad and while there is al-ways a great variety of carson the highway, the BMW

335i is a little unusual for Phuket.Why? Because it’s expen-

sive – even by Thai standards –and the speedy two-door coupéis hardly a suitable motor totrundle around the island in.

The 335i Coupé is a stylishcar, one based on the more con-ventional 3-series sedan. While atwo-door coupé may not be toeveryone’s liking, BMW has beenproducing such cars for almost 70years.

In the 1890s through to the1920s, most motorized vehicleswere open-topped, but in the ’30sproduction techniques improvedrapidly, allowing more curva-ceous body styling.

It was this technology thatushered in the first coupé modelsand BMW was one of the first toidentify this new trend. Its 327model featured two wide doorsand four seats. The car sharedmechanical components with themore cramped BMW 328, the topsports model of the day.

In 1954 BMW introducedits 502 coupé and in 1955 this wassuperseded by the 503. The firstBMW compact coupé arrived in1959 and in 1962 the better-known 3200CS was introduced.Moving on to later models, thecelebrated 6-series of the 1980swas successful on the track, win-ning the European Touring CarChampionship three times.

Less successful was thesleek 850i with a V12 engine.Although more than 30,000 of the850s were sold, BMW quietlydropped it just overa year ago.

The first 3-se-ries coupé came in1991 with the latestmodel being re-leased Septemberlast year. There arefive engines tochoose from in thenew range: threegasoline- and twodiesel-powered models, withmore to be added later this year.

Top of the range is the three-liter, twin-turbo, direct-injectiongas engine producing 306bhp(225kW) and 400Nm of torque

over a wide engine speed rangeof between 1,300rpm and

5,000rpm.Top speed is

an electronically-limited 250kmhwhile the 100kmhsprint takes lessthan six seconds.

Carbon diox-ide is the currentbuzz word in Eu-ropean motoringcircles, with the

EU commissioners proposing tointroduce legislation that re-quires manufacturers to complywith an average of 130 gramsper kilometer (g/km) by 2012.For the record, the three-liter

engine in the 335i produces 228g/km.

Of the other engines, theentry-level diesel motor in the330d BMW offers 231bhp and auseful 500Nm of torque. Even thisdelivers above-average perfor-mance, completing the 0-100kmhin just 6.6 seconds.

Both diesel engines haveparticulate filters and pre-cata-lysts close to the engine that ab-sorb even the tiniest soot depos-its and reduce nitrous oxide emis-sions.

All versions of the newcoupé are available with eithera six-speed manual or an ad-vanced six-speed automaticgearbox. The new automatic

features upgraded hydraulics, aninnovative torque converter andquicker gear changes than itspredecessors.

The torque converter re-mains engaged for most drivingconditions, considerably improv-ing fuel consumption.

The interior is in classicBMW style, with a mixture offunctionality and sporting lines.An automatic arm extends fromthe B-pillar that feeds the seatbelts to the driver and front pas-senger when the wireless ignitionkey is inserted and the doors areclosed. The arm then retractsback into the pillar.

A handily-placed releasehandle on top of the front seats

allows easy access to the twoindividually-sculpted seats in therear. The front seats move for-ward and return automatically tomake it even easier. The rearseat passengers are separated bya center console and are seatedlow to provide plenty of head-room.

Both rear seats come withISOFIX safety child seat fixingsas standard.

It may be unusual forPhuket, but the 335i coupé is anattractive motor car with manyfine attributes. Priced fromaround 4.3 million baht.

Jeff Heselwood can be reachedby email to jhc@ netvigator.com

At 4.3 million baht, the BMW 335i Coupé is pricey but if you want to stand out from the crowd, there’s always a price to pay.

L I F E S T Y L E18 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

ANDBOB’SYOURUNCLET

he new darlingamong women isBob. FormerSpice Girl VictoriaBeckham hasfallen for him and

a lot of fashion-consciouswomen will most certainlyfollow suit.

Bob in this case is not aman, but the classic bob haircut,which is making a comebackand could be seen trotting thestreets of Phuket soon as thebob is easy to style, making itperfect for Phuket’s heat andhumidity – and it even fits undera motorbike helmet nicely.

Accurate cuts and stylesthat have a geometric look –inspired by haircuts popular inthe 1920s and 1960s – also aretrendy. Men’s hairstyles,meanwhile, are reminiscent ofthe 1980s.

The new look is flat andglossy, said Stefanie Koehn of

the association of Germanhairstylists and barbers. Com-pact cuts are displacing soft,fringed cuts. “Exact cuts arecoming at the expense ofplayful elements,” according toGermany’s central associationof barbers in Cologne.

The new interpretations ofthe bob are not as strict as theyinitially appear. Precision isalways combined with a softstructure, the association says.

“The contours are in factoften very geometric,” said hairfashion journalist Simone Friebof Cologne. “The cut itself is,however, flexible and very, veryversatile.”

Frieb said hairstylescurrently are shifting betweentwo poles.

“On one side are theclassic feminine looks that arelong and lustrous. On the otherside are androgynous looks,”she said, adding that such

extreme short hairstyles areideal in combination withclassically cut pantsuits.

Martina Acht, a worldchampion hairstylist fromOffenbach, also sees hairstyles

moving in two directions. Anatural look with long layerscontrasts with geometric cuts inwhich “hair color greatly comesinto play”.

The favorite is the bob.

“Bobs are the height ofcurrent style. Victoria Beckhamis the best example of that,”said Acht. Smooth, round andchin-length, a traditional bobcurves around the side of thehead. There are new versionsin which the front is cut in amushroom shape and the backremains long.

Koehn said currentvariations employ vastly asym-metric and undercut sections ofhair. Bangs, or fringes, are alsoin the mix, although Frieb saidthey are not per se the fashionstatement.

Bangs are, however, anindispensable part of men’scurrent hairstyles. Men whowant to be stylish are havingtheir hair done like the musi-cians of the ’80s band DuranDuran.

“Provocative and verymasculine” is how the centralassociation of barbers charac-terizes the new looks.

“Longer hair is clearly instyle for men,” said hairdresserJens Dagne.

The new rock star styleuses long layers and asymmetri-cally cut bangs. The hair is thentwirled, worked over with astraightening iron and kneaded.Occasionally, it’s then slickenedwith a gel.

Restraint is the trend inmen’s hair color, as in women’s.

“A lot of dark browns ininteresting shades” are thefavorites, said Koehn. Asidefrom that a lot of time is beinginvested in grooming andstyling.

“People again valuehaving nice hair,” said Frieb.

Koehn added that hair-styles have become “preciousand luxurious”. And hair mustbe well groomed because that’sthe only way to make it shine.

– Sandra Cantzler, dpa

Hair styles this season willrevolve around clear linesmaking the bob the perfectcut.

L I F E S T Y L EApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 19

Afashionable dress, niceshoes and stylish hair-do are the basic ele-ments that make a

woman look more attractive, butadding decoration and length toher nails can make her feel evenmore attractive and more femi-nine.

“Using acrylics to makenails longer and decorating themwith 3D decorations is popular,especially for women who haveshort nails,” says PatchareeVatcharawipakorn, Sales andPublic Relations Manager ofSenSes Health & Beauty Cli-nique.

“Acrylics are more popularthan using fake nails that areglued onto real nails.

“Fake nails last for only aweek. Acrylics last longer, arounda month, and make nails stron-ger,” adds K. Patcharee, who hasworked closely with the nail paint-ing and beauty salon at theSenSes for two years.

“Most of our customers areforeigners, but French acrylicnails, using acrylic to make nailslonger with white acrylic tips, arepopular among both Thai and for-eign customers. This nail stylematches any dress color or anyoccasion,” she explains.

“Foreign teenagers preferusing acrylics to make nailslonger and to decorate them withcrystals, jewelry or fancy deco-rations.

“This popular style comes atquite a high price, around 2,800baht and up, but sometimes weoffer promotions”

K. Patcharee adds that youdon’t need a special occasion tohave beautiful looking nails.

First the nail is cleaned toremove all natural oils from it, thena mold is attached to the fingerand acrylic painted over the nailto build it up to the length chosen– short, medium or long.

Acrylic powder is thensprinkled on the nails and thehand is then rested in a nail ovento speed up the drying process.

The nails are then filed,painted and decorated.

Prices at the clinic are 1,700baht for acrylic nails; 2,000 baht

for French acrylic nails; 50 bahtto 200 baht per finger for 3D naildecoration; and 30 baht a fingerfor jewel nail decorations.

SenSes Health & Beauty Cli-nique is opposite the Red Roomin Cherng Talay, Thalang. Tel:076-271373-4.

Got itnaileddown

By Supanun SupawongThis picture: Lengthynails with 3Ddecorations and lots ofsparkle are popularamong customers atSenSes Health &Beauty Clinique.

Below, Glitter, gemsand jewels all help tolend your hand somestyle.

F E A T U R E S20 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

DREAM CHILD

Nikorn Banjerdlert ishaving a busy morning.One of his spa ap-pointments was can-

celed when the guest hobbled inexplaining that she had just beenbitten by a dog and was on herway to the clinic. K. Nikorn wash-ed the wounds on her leg theninsisted on driving her to the clin-ic himself.

The guest couldn’t believethat someone who barely knewher, much less a business owner,would take time out of his day tohelp her. All K. Nikorn had askedin return was that she pass it onand help someone, too.

K. Nikorn tells me this sto-ry as I settle into a chair in thereception lounge of his newly-opened Roseberry Spa in Surin.“If you work from the heart, mon-ey will come,” he explains.

The Roseberry Spa is thedream child – in addition to theirfour children – of K. Nikorn andhis wife, Dorinda. It’s Dorinda’smiddle name “Rose” with herfamily name “Berry” that gavethe spa its name, K. Nikorn ex-plains. Combined the couple hasmore than 30 years of spa expe-rience and knowledge fromaround the world.

“It was our dream to haveour own spa. A place where peo-ple could come for tea and a chat,or a spa treatment if they want-ed,” K. Nikorn says. He explainsthat the spa is more like a templeto him as it is intended to treatthe spiritual self as well as thephysical body.

While I sit in the white, soft-ly lit room, sipping ginger tea andsurrounded by books with enlight-ening titles as the scent of incensewafted through the air, the spaindeed has a sacredfeel.

K. Nikorn hands me a menuexplaining the purpose of the list’ssimplicity. He eventually wantstheir therapists to be able to talkwith guests to learn their needsand to prescribe a treatment. Themenu describes Thai massagesand deep tissue massages, andincluded alternative treatments,

such as reiki and Raindrop Ther-apy, a therapy using essential oilsand spinal massage. Body wraps,scrubs and facials are also on themenu.

The products used in alltheir treatments are natural andmade by Roseberry Spa.

I decide to have the signa-ture treatment, the 90-minuteRoseberry Massage at 2,500baht. My therapist leads me to the

spa area, comprising two small-yet-homey rooms each with amassage table, hand basin and anoutdoor shower adorned withhanging plants.

I undress and climb under alarge towel on the massage ta-ble. My therapist stands at theend of the table and lowers herhead in meditation.

She then begins the deep tis-sue massage, which concentrateson pressure point areas. She be-gins by massaging my feet fromheel to toe and gently appliespressure to the arches. She slowlymoves her way up my legs andto my stomach. The room is dark,silent and the temperature per-fect. I can feel myself drifting offslowly.

I then roll over and she mas-sages my legs and back. I askedher to work a little more on my

upper shoulders. I feel her applystronger pressure to areas along

the middle of my back and shoul-ders. The extra pressure meltsmy tension away. I roll onto myback for a complete head-and-shoulder massage.

Then I hear a gong lightlystruck. The sound is enough towake me out of my dreamy state,but doesn’t startle me. My backfeels amazing and my entire bodyfeels almost weightless.

K. Nikorn rejoins me andcontinues our conversation, ex-plaining about his involvement inspas and how it has improved hislife.

The idea behind RoseberrySpa is to help others find thepeace of mind and happiness thatK. Nikorn radiates. “Helping oth-ers shows how healthy our stateof mind is,” he says.

K. Nikorn says he and hiswife work to create meaningfulspa experiences for their guests,and all of his staff are encour-aged to take the best care ofthemselves so they are better ableto take care of their clients.

As I leave the spa, a quiethaven from the hustle of daily life,I feel lighter. There’s even abounce in my step. K. Nikornpokes his head out the door,“Drive safely,” he warns. “Andbe happy!”

Roseberry Spa, Surin Beach.On the main road, 200 metersfrom The Plaza Surin. Tel: 076-279293, 081-8940316. Email:info@ roseberrythailand.comWebsite: www.roseberrythailand.com

WARM WELCOME: Roseberry Spa therapists Rungrudee Udta (left) and Nittiay Posee offer a hospitable reception and an even moreinticing treatment at this special place in Surin.

MAGICSpa

By Laura Schafer

Roseberry Spa,Surin Beach

April 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 21F E A T U R E S

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: Ideal for a painless visa run, if you can afford it, Althea powers through Phang Nga Bay at a quick 26 knots.

For most people yachting,and chartering in particu-lar, includes a heavy doseof socializing with

friends, networking for businessand even romantic getaways. So,when looking for a power cruiserto buy or charter, comfort, power,safety and style tend to top thelist – and for all theseAlthea, a Cumberland44 catamaran, justmight fit the bill.

Althea is design-ed for comfortable liv-ing on board. Minimumheeling, greater pri-vacy and huge livingspace – the usual ad-vantages of a catama-ran over a monohull –are all features of thispower cat.

Sure, she has allthe power and perfor-mance you can prob-ably handle, and we will get tothat shortly.

At 44 feet the Althea has120 square meters of floorspaceover three decks, about that of asmall house. Below deck are twocabins with en-suite lavatoriesand a large master suite set into

the hulls to create quiet havensaway from the main salon.

Plenty of headroom andwide windows create airy andwelcoming quarters that are well-insulated from the engines, andseparate quarters and facilitiesfor the captain and chef are ac-cessed from the foredeck to af-

ford the passengersmore privacy.

The main salon iswhere it all happens onthe Althea. The largeopen area has 360ºviews and encom-passes a roomy galley,a living and dining areawith seating for eight,and the main helm.

The centrally lo-cated galley is rightacross from the living-dining area and next tolarge glass doors thatopen to the aft-cockpit,

which makes serving drinks andfood to the socializing areas in thesalon, the helm area or the aft-cockpit easy and convenient.None of that up-and-down nui-sance of below-deck galleys.

Even the stairs to the largebimini-covered fly bridge are only

a meter away, and the fly bridgeitself has room to maneuver inand features roomy benches, awood side table and additionalseating near the helming station.

The captain doesn’t need tofeel isolated from his guests whenout on the sea as the main helmin the salon is designed for so-cializing, with comfortable sofaseating to the left and front of thecaptain’s two-seater bench.

To the center and right ofthe main helm is all business,though, with enough electronicsto confuse a computer geek anda large chart table. GPS, radar,depth sounder, fish finder, VHFand all the standard goodies arewithin arm’s reach, and a remoteauto-helm allows the captain tosteer the cat while away from ei-ther helming station.

But socializing isn’t every-thing, and everyone enjoys thethrill of a powerful boat on thewater. Althea’s twin Volvo D6engines deliver serious perfor-mance: 310hp from each engine.

Quick enough for a day tourof Phang Nga Bay or a run toKrabi and back, she cruises at 22knots with a maximum speed of26. Fuel consumption at those

All atSEA

By Teddy Tucker

speeds are 50 and 60 liters perhour, respectively.

The Althea is only 10months old. She was built inFrance and shipped to Port Klangon the coastline near KualaLumpur. There she was commis-sioned by Olivier Payen of AsiaMarine and her maiden voyagewas the 20-hour cruise toLangkawi. The final leg of hershake-down was a seven-hourjaunt to Yacht Haven where sheis presently berthed.

What does all this pleasurecost? The Althea charters for1,440 euros (63,000 baht) a dayincluding a captain, chef/steward,food and soft drinks for six, anda five-hour ration of fuel for cruis-ing. More people and additionalcruising time cost a little more.

For chartering or more infor-mation about the Althea contactAsia Marine. Tel: 076-239111.Email: charter@asia-marine.net

CRUISIN’CAT

22 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 23T A K E A B R E A KApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 23

Solution, tips andcomputer program at

www.sudoku.com

The principle of Sudoku is very simple: each row, each col-umn and each “box” of nine squares within the puzzle mustcontain all the numbers from 1 to 9 with, naturally, no repeti-tions. Guess if you will, but each Sudoku puzzle can be solvedusing logic alone. Beware: this puzzle has only one solution,which is on the next page.

Can you find the seven

differences between the

two cartoons below? And

can you find them faster

than the rest of the family?

Spot the DifferenceSpot the Difference

Compiled by Tortuus. © 2007

The Cryptic CrosswordPPPPPUZZLESUZZLESUZZLESUZZLESUZZLES

RhymeTime

EEEEEZ TZ TZ TZ TZ Trivia Quizrivia Quizrivia Quizrivia Quizrivia Quiz

Scribble SScribble SScribble SScribble SScribble Spacepacepacepacepace

1. How many men did theGrand Old Duke ofYork have?

2. What is the capital ofthe United States?

3. Which country has theMarseillaise as itsnational anthem?

4. In cameras, what doesSLR stand for?

5. Death Valley, the Gobiand the Sahara are allexamples of what?

The words or phrasesdescribed below allrhyme with “boy”.

What are they?

1. Irritate.2. Genuine article.3. Ancient beauty.4. Famed ballet

company.5. Playfully shy.6. Stratagem.7. Northern

mountain.8. Chicago state.9. Feeling of

delight.10. Demolish

Answers on next page

ACROSS

1. Offer prayer about scrap.Picture it. (7)

5. Report back about love forcavalryman. (7)

8. Nor congenial, destroyedInca blouse. (10)

9. Beat a trial version, say.(4)

11. Bold, takes left love. (7)12. Cut in half, swings both

ways to religious group.(6)

15. Sue? She may makeJapanese food. (5)

16. Vera and big town truth.(8)

18. Coming out of printmeasure, queen andgentleman. (8)

20. Put Evian back? That'sgullible. (5)

23. Rang in no province. (6)24. Distributes facing pages in

newspaper. (7)28. Small pond. (4)29. Lesser judge: "Wise men

on the street getappropriate money." (10)

30. Honors instrument in elitecorps. (7)

31. Emit little radical I ate. (7)

DOWN

1. Put out about nothing butshow displeasure. (4)

Answers on next page

6. Which is Thailand’smost northerlyprovince?

7. The Golden Triangle iswhere Thailand andMyanmar meet withwhich other country?

8. Meg is a short form ofwhich name?

9. Which animal is alsoknown as Orca?

10. How many legs does aspider have?

2. Naughty boys damage car,lass. (7)

3. Stubborn claret cart introuble. (12)

4. Long time period? No, inshort. (5)

5. Price for ringing bell? (4)6. Student officer is almost

perfect. (7)7. Reciprocates and does

play again, maybe. (6)10. Di's got powerful friends

but no power. (12)

13. Drug money. (3)14. Worry about guitar part.

(4)16. Five ever change

direction. (4)17. Said was aware of novel.

(3)19. Rock 1,000 in real mess.

(7)21. The state of Mr Jones! (7)22. Falsely incriminates glass

holders. (6)25. Abbot's assistant, earlier.

(5)26. Boat parts have no Latin

art. (4)27. Give up seed, they say. (4)

Solution on next page

T A K E A B R E A K24 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Get your brainin gear with

The Monster QuizKids! Ask Mum and Dad to help you find the answers to these

questions. They’re not easy but, if you do some research, you should beable to find the answers to all of them.

Quick Crossword

Cryptic CrosswordSolution

Puzzle

Solutions

Sudoku solution

Monster Quiz

Answers

Quick CrosswordSolution

EZ Trivia Answers:

1. 10,000; 2. Washington DC; 3. France; 4. Single-lensreflex; 5. Deserts; 6. Chiang Rai; 7. Laos; 8. Margaret; 9.Killer whale; 10. Eight.

Solution to Cartoon Puzzle

Solution below, right

ACROSS

1. Pen component.5. Night flier.7. Freedom.8. Pastry-encased food.9. Illuminated.12. Hang around.13. Top of triangle.15. Bouncing noise.17. Spice.19. Zig’s partner.21. Take a small drink.24. Organ of vision.25. Not professional.26. Not high27. Use 24 across.

Rhyme Time Answers:

1. Annoy; 2. Real McCoy; 3. Helen of Troy; 4. Bolshoi; 5.Coy; 6. Ploy; 7. Doi; 8. Illinois; 9. Joy; 10. Destroy.

1. Where was the world’sfirst civic public parkopened, and when?

2. Which suspension bridgehas the longest span in theworld?

3. Who was the first personto represent India as TestCricket player, captain,coach/manager andChairman of Selectors?

4. Who led the victoriousforces in the Battle of theIce in 1242?

5. Who lost?

6. In which year was theplanet Uranus discovered,and by whom?

7. How did Tsar AlexanderII of Russia die in 1881?

DOWN

1. Himalayan country.2. Flaw.3. Computer manufacturer.4. Constellation **** Major.6. Rubber fluid.10. Take something with you.11. Egyptian sun god.14. Treats with excessive

indulgence.15. Artist’s prop.16. The Wizard of **.18. Water bird.20. Middle Easterner.22. Dog’s foot.23. Wager.

1. Birkenhead, Eng-land, 1847; 2. Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, Japan;3. Ajit Wadekar; 4.Alexander Nevsky; 5.The Teutonic Knights;6. 1781, by WilliamHerschel; 7. A bombwas thrown at him; 8.Mongolia; 9. 1986; 10.Adam Smith; 11. TheGreat Blizzard; 12.1958; 13. The 10,000-dollar note; 14. “Lackof use”; 15. Juventus,Lazio and Fiorentina;16. Trieste; 17. 1977; 18.1905; 19. Laika; 20.Blackbeard.

8. Baron Roman Ungern vonSternberg was dictator ofwhich country?

9. In which year wasMicrosoft publicly listed?

10. Which economist isfeatured on the new British£20 note?

11. What natural disasterstruck the eastern US in1993?

12. In which year did Arabnationalists overthrow themonarchy in Iraq?

13. In 1969, the US stoppedusing four large-denomination banknotes.What was the largest?

14. Why were they withdrawnfrom use?

15. Which Italian soccerteams were relegated lastyear because ofinvolvement in matchfixing?

16. Which Italian provincewas independent until1954?

17. In which year wassmallpox eradicated?

18. In which year did Norwaygain independence fromSweden?

19. Name the dog aboardSputnik 2.

20. Pirate Edward Teach waskilled in 1718. By whatnickname was he betterknown?

Answers below, left.

F E A T U R E SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 25

Off theSHELFBy James Eckardt

Asian ways of making whoopie

PHUKET DIARY Upcoming events on the island

If Jerry Hopkins broke out in hives, hecould probably write an entertainingand instructive book about it: causes,effects, folklore, history and literature.

He’s an old pro like John McPhee, theNew Yorker writer who can write aboutanything and who once penned a bookcalled Oranges about, yup, oranges.

Give Jerry Hopkins a juicy topic likeAsian aphrodisiacs and he’s off and run-ning. His 32nd book, Asian Aphrodisiacs(Periplus Books, Singapore,2006, 254pp) is subtitled FromBangkok to Beijing – TheSearch for the Ultimate Turn-On.

He takes a broad viewof the subject with chapterson Ayurvedic and traditionalChinese medicine, Indonesianjamu potions, many types ofspices, marijuana, massagetherapies, oils, lotions, snakeblood, scents, ragas, Tao andTantra, pornography, sex toysand surgery.

The subject is a scaffolding for himto travel around, having a good time andindulging his curiosity.

First of all, he is on the far side fromcredulous. “Tiger penis soup? Rhino hornon the oyster half shell? Give me a break!”he writes.

Still, why is rhino horn regarded byso many Asians as an aphrodisiac? Well,for one obvious reason, the resemblance.

“The reason cited most often had to dowith the ‘law of similarity’; the horn sortof looked like a penis, therefore (the beliefwent) its consumption, ground into a pow-der, would make a man ‘strong’.”

But Hopkins probes further: “Anotherreason for the animal’s popularity was therhino’s sexual stamina. My friend at theLondon Zoo told me that for the blackrhino, copulation lasts for 20 minutes at atime and continues for three days.

‘The female is unableto support the weight of the(usually bigger) male for toolong,’ he said, ‘and will moanwhen she’s had enough. Andwhen he ejaculates, there arebuckets of it.’”

This book is chock fullof such vital information. Amention of garlic as a sexualstimulant has Hopkins spin-ning off on another tangent.

As his Khmer-Thaiwife fries up a wok full of

garlic and pepper, “it’s like the breath isbeing sucked out of my lungs and I cough,I weep. The same thing happens on thestreet when vendors cook their most popu-lar condiments for seasoning the day’s stir-fries. I walk by and it’s as if I’ve enteredan asthma-like Twilight Zone.

“I love it.”Seal’s penis is another wonderful

aphrodisiac, much esteemed by the Chi-nese. This occasioned much joy among

30,000 ex-fishermen in Newfoundland af-ter the seal at their famous cod banks hadgone extinct.

“And while it was proven that thescarcity of fish was due to foreign over-fishing in what traditionally had been Ca-nadian grounds, the seal was also a prodi-gious consumer of cod. Unable to kill Eu-ropean fishermen, that left the seal as a

handy target or opportunity, as well asa new revenue source.”

In the chapter Garden Snakesand Trouser Snakes, Hopkins manfullytastes cobra blood and gall bladdersin Jakarta, Guangzhou and Pailin.

A Thai newspaper story about atruckload of cobras confiscated on itsway to China is so routine that it’s rel-egated to the back pages. “Imaginehow the media in the U.S. would covera story about seven thousand rattle-snakes being found in a truck on itsway from Texas to Canada.”

And then there’s all that sexystuff from the sea: shark’s fin, sea cu-cumber, seahorse and fugu, “a blow-fish popular in Japan that will, if youget so much as a taste of its poison-ous parts, make you stiff all over.”

In a chapter called The SweetSmell of Success, he is brutally dis-missive of aromatherapy: “It soundedlike a sweet-smelling scam to me. Andan expensive one at that.

“Still, when upmarket spasstarted popping up across Asia, many

of them connected to five-star resorts andoffering aromatherapy, I thought I shouldcheck it out… The more I got into it, themore sources I checked, human as wellas on the Net, the more the practice ofusing volatile plant oils for sexual benefitsounded like fragrant crap.”

So what does work? Good old fash-ioned marijuana.

Until April 15. Phuket BikeWeek.

This year’s Phuket BikeWeek is based at the Port Arena,Jungceylon. Activities include anexhibition of motorbikes from allthroughout Asia, the Best BikeContest and the Miss PhuketBike Week Pageant.

April 21. BBQ and Live Bandat Wine Connection Chalong.

All you can imagine for agreat Saturday night. All-you-can-eat barbecue buffet and liveband for 349 baht, from 7 pm untilmidnight. Tel: 076-282411-2, 087-8896074. Email: FB.Phuket@wineconnection.co.th

Until April 30. BIS IB VisualArt Exhibition

British International School(BIS) IB Visual Art Exhibition atRoyal Phuket Marina.

The exhibition of about 100artworks by seven BIS Interna-tional Baccalaureate (IB) artmajor students includes sculp-tures, photographs, paintings andfashion visual artworks.

Open daily, 9 am to 5 pm.

For more information call BIS at076-238711-20 ext 0 or JeanetteSkelton at Royal Phuket Marinaat 081-7971420.

April 22. ACYC sailing.The third race day of the

Ao Chalong Yacht Club(ACYC) Keelboat and MultihullRace Series 2007. As the ACYCrace series is intended to be afamily fun day on Chalong Bay,all are welcome to join regard-less of sailing experience. Skip-pers’ briefing at 9 am at theACYC clubhouse. For more in-formation call Tony Knight at081-7470074 or visit www.acycphuket.com.

May 6. Triballistic Triathlon.Event 5 of the SILK TriBal-

listic Triathlon Series at the JWMarriott Phuket Resort & Spa.

Although the six-race seriesis designed for junior triathletesand their parents, with age divi-sions from 6 to over 60, Event 5will include a Senior Competitioncomprising a one-kilometer swim,a 30km bike race and an 8km run.

The Iron Kids Team Chal-

lenge, comprising a 300-meterswim, 10km bike race and 2kmrun, will have two age classes:under 18 and under 12. Eachteam must include one first-timetriathlete.

Registration will begin 7 amrace day, followed by race startat 8 am.

For more information callHugo Jones at 081-0782024;email: hugodeb@hadyai.loxinfo.co.th or visit www.triballisticclub.com

May 26 and 27. Phuket Inter-national Rugby 10s

The Fifteen 7 Sharks fromthe UK will be back in Phuket to

defend their title as Phuket Inter-national Rugby 10s champions atthis year’s event, at Karon Mu-nicipal Stadium May 26 and 27.

Two teams to watch out forthis year, said tourney organizerPatrick Cotter, are Devon RFCand Aussie Armed Services,which will consist of players fromthe Australian Army, Navy andAir Force squads.

The coffin dodgers old boys’10s competition will also be heldduring the weekend, as well as awelcome party, Tour VirginBeauty Pageant and a fund-rais-ing dinner.

For more information emailPatrick Cotter at phuketrugby@

gmail.com or visit www.phuketvagabondsrfc.com

June 17. Laguna Phuket In-ternational Marathon 2007.

The Laguna Phuket Inter-national Marathon 2007 looks setto build substantially upon thesuccess of last year’s inauguralevent. Organizers Go AdventureAsia are expecting 1,500 interna-tional runners from 40 differentcountries.

A half-marathon and a10km fun run will be held so thatpeople of all ages and athleticismcan take part.

For more information visitwww.phuketmarathon.com

E D I T O R I A L & L E T T E R S

- Since 1994 -

367/2 Yaowarat Rd, AmphurMuang, Phuket 83000Tel: 076-236555Fax: 076-213971Email: info@phuketgazette.net

The Gazette is pleased to receive mail from read-ers. Please write to us at 367/2 Yaowarat Rd,Amphur Muang, Phuket 83000, fax to 076-213971or send an email to editor@phuketgazette.net

with your views for publication in our next issue.We reserve the right to edit all letters. Pseud-onyms are acceptable only if your full name andaddress are supplied.

Letters

26 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Editor: Parichat UtintuManaging Editor: Chris Husted

Editorial Consultant: Alasdair ForbesNews Editor: Stephen Fein

Chief Reporter: Sangkhae LeelanapapornEditorial Team: Natcha Yuttaworawit, Janyaporn Morel,

Dominic Earnshaw, Sompratch Saowakhon, Supanun Supawong,Suganya Semacote, Zach Fridell, Laura Schafer, Ted Tucker.

General Manager: Oranee PienprasertkulMarketing Manager: Natthira Susangrat

Classifieds Manager: Phatsara RaktammakitPublisher: The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd

Contact us

Advertising Sales: adsales@phuketgazette.netClassified Advertising: classads@phuketgazette.net

Website Services: koy@phuketgazette.netGazette Guide inquiries: guide@phuketgazette.net

Telephone: 076-236555 (10 lines) Fax: 076-213971

In association with The Nation Multimedia Group PCL

Copyright © 1994-2007 The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd

The views expressed in the Phuket Gazette are those of the writers and contributorsand do not necessarily reflect those of the publisher, the editor, the shareholders, or thedirectors of The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd.

Letters conveying views and suggestions are published here. Those seeking comment from governmentofficials or business owners are published as Issues & Answers on the facing page.

– The Editor

Tsunami warning towersneed sounding off

Attack the issue –not the perspective

Vague and conflicting media reports regarding the April 7 testing ofthe National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC) tsunami warningsystem clearly demonstrated the need for better planning, co-ordina-tion and public relations by the NDWC and other government agen-cies involved.

Announcements that an “audible” test of the system was to beheld arrived far too late, as evidenced by the testing having to besuspended “after causing surprise and panic among both locals andforeign tourists,” according to state-run Thai News Agency.

Yet it is difficult to know where all this alleged panic occurred.According to a report in one local Thai-language newspaper, resi-dents in Phang Nga’s Tai Muang District gathered around a warningtower in anticipation of the microphone “knocking” noises the sirenswere expected to emit. Instead, they were disappointed when thetower there remained as silent as ever.

Aroon Kerdsom, head of the Phuket Provincial Office for Di-saster Prevention and Mitigation (ODPM), told the Gazette that heand other officials had manually tested one of the three tsunami tow-ers in Rawai using a microphone “knock” test.

To the Gazette’s knowledge, this was the only audible test onthat day. Soon after, NDWC Chief Dr Smith Dharmasaroja admittedto the Gazette that the test had been “called off” at the last minutedue to an inadequate public relations campaign.

What is peculiar is that later that day several international pressagencies, including Associated Press and Deutsche Presse-Agentur,reported across the globe that the tests “were a success” in Phuket.How could this be if only one of the province’s 19 towers was audi-bly tested as planned – and not remotely?

The NDWC continues to report that the warning system is op-erational and that audible testing is likely to resume after the Songkranholidays, again using the “knocking” test.

What is needed is full-scale, remotely-triggered testing of theentire system, putting all the sirens through their paces. Who wouldhave ever considered using “silent” tests to check whether an au-dible alarm system is working or not?

Confidence in the NDWC system is low – only one hotel in theregion has been willing to invest the 200,000 baht necessary to con-nect to it. Last week’s fiasco will erode public confidence even fur-ther. The warning system will be effective only if the public has con-fidence in it; this is why successful full-scale testing is needed assoon as possible.

I love reading your letters page,as it is always a pleasure to heardifferent points of view, but I re-ally was disgusted by a letter froma Mr Sheldrick in a recent edi-tion [April 7].

People are, and should be,entitled to their own opinions, but

I am writing in regards to the re-sponse of Simon Sheldrick to theletter by “We Love Speed” re-garding jet-ski use in the prov-

The formerly deserted beach atLayan, between the NationalPark and the Banyan Tree, isundergoing an interesting trans-formation. Along the entire lengththe mostly broken and dilapidatedumbrellas have been placed atapproximately five-meter inter-vals, and several refreshmentshacks have also appeared in re-cent weeks.

Although now mainly de-serted, one can only assume thatlocal entrepreneurs are alreadystaking their claims for when thenew Shangri La Resort opens forbusiness in a couple of years.

At the same time the landthat fronts the beach has just beenfenced off, preventing localpeople from accessing the beachas they have done for years.

Here again one can onlyassume that the landowner, real-izing that the hotel will wantbeach access for its guests, ispreparing to charge a hefty feefor the privilege.

With all the problems asso-ciated with removing and resitingillegal vendors from other devel-oped beaches, surely now is agood time to ensure that this for-merly empty stretch of beachdoes not turn into yet anothereyesore by clearing the area be-fore the businesses can claim forloss of livelihood.

John DalleyPhuket

All jet-skis need is alittle common sense

It’s not too late tosave Layan Beach

ince. I would suggest that beforereplying to letters in the Gazette,Mr Sheldrick first carefully readand understand what was writ-ten.

Had Sheldrick read care-fully, he would have noted what“We Love Speed” was actuallycomplaining about: irresponsibleand/or drunk operators, the needfor age restrictions on jet-ski use,and the possible introduction of alicensing system with rules andregulations put down in stone, towhich all riders would have toabide.

Yet his only argument in fa-vor of a total ban is the death ofa 13-year-old boy, who clearlyshould never have been allowedon a jet-ski in the first place with-out, as “We Love Speed” argued,a responsible adult in charge.

Mr Sheldrick really ought toget back in his shell and crawlback under whatever stone hecrawled out of. Millions of peopledie each year in road, rail and air-plane accidents. Should we banthem all too and destroy “the glo-bal village” that we have be-come? I think not, as a return toThe Dark Ages is not what hu-manity strives for…

Please grow up and give usall a break by thinking a little be-fore putting forward such an idi-otic argument.

Cedric SmythePhuket

the asinine, banal attempt at blas-pheming someone else’s view onthe use of jet-skis, wherein hecited one very inappropriate story,was nothing short of a highly per-sonal attack on another person’spoint of view.

If I say right here and nowthat Mr Sheldrick ought to be“hung, drawn and quartered” Iwould be very wrong – just as hewas wrong to write such garbage.

As it is, you at the Gazettethought it fitting to print such rub-bish.

Both yourselves and thewriter of that inappropriate pieceof horse manure really ought tostop and think for a while beforeputting pen to paper or finger tokeyboard. Absolutely pathetic.

I am disgusted that he optedto cite one very inappropriate in-cident of manslaughter throughneglect, and to go even furtherby suggesting that all people wholove speed would career at highspeed through shopping malls onhigh-speed motorbikes.

I think Hollywood is toblame for allowing feeble-mindedpeople to confuse reality with fic-tion.

As sorry as I feel for suchvictims of idiocy, one has to askoneself, who – if anyone – is cul-pable?

Earnest HemingwayPhuket

In my experience, the one-waytraffic in Patong has been a realimprovement, especially for for-eigners and pedestrians.

However, zebra stripes andflashing lights would give walk-ers a better chance to cross thestreet.

Robert BroncelThe Netherlands

I like it one-way…

P E R S P E C T I V E SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 27

Is the system cracking up?

Sorting out the stenchand fair fares in Patong

The setting on fire of SaijaiPhromdaen in Patong in

February by a man allegedto have serious mentalhealth problems highlightedthe difficulties Phuket’s healthand social services agen-cies face in dealing with thementally ill.

Chief of the Phuket Pro-vincial Office for Social De-velopment and Human Se-curity Phannee Sithikanexplains their predicamentand what can done to im-prove the situation.

FIRSTPERSON

Our agency might seemlike it does very littlefor the mentally ill, butpart of the problem is

that we must deal with a widevariety social problems in Phuket.

We have only 10 socialworkers and we must find solu-tions for the homeless, people withserious physical and mentalhandicaps, people in the hospitalwho are very ill but have no fam-ily to assist them, children whoseparents are in jail, poverty casesand even beggars on the streets.

One of the primary problemswe have in serving the mentallyill is that we have no hospital forthem here. Any person with a se-rious problem must be sent toSuan Saranrom Hospital in SuratThani for diagnosis and care.

Families bring their relativesto us saying that they can’t man-age them. The only solution wehave for treatment is to send themto Surat Thani. This, however,requires staff time and if a per-son is dangerous or violent wehave to be very careful that theperson doesn’t endanger thedriver or the passengers in the caron the way there.

Going all the way to SuratThani is time consuming, but Ican’t say that we need a hospitalhere as the number of mentallyill people on the island isn’t thatgreat and wouldn’t justify theexpense. However, it would cer-tainly make co-ordination of theircare easier.

The population of mentallyill individuals seems to go up anddown with the time of year. We

– Compiled bySangkhae Leelanapaporn

often have no idea where thesepeople are originally from; manypf them are transient, living inpublic areas. It is hard to keeptrack of them. Even when peoplecall with a complaint, the subjectof the complaint often isn’t therewhen we arrive.

We can’t always act asquickly as we would like becausewe must ask the police to pickpeople up. It is their legal respon-sibility to deal with dangerous ordifficult people.

We know, of course, that thepolice are overburdened too andmay have an emergency they aredealing with at the same time weneed their help.

Once someone is in custodywe can’t leave them with the po-lice as it is not their role to carefor the mentally ill, so we beginthe process of moving them toSurat Thani. All of this takes time,co-ordination and manpower. Itis difficult to do these thingsquickly – we don’t have enough

people.As tourism is the principal

industry on the island, and the pub-lic has little tolerance for havingmentally ill people out in public.But we do need to have some un-derstanding and patience withthem.

A good example is in theSamkong area. There is a Phuketnative with mental health problemswho walks around the streets in ared sarong. His family lives hereand we already have his back-

ground information. He neverharms anyone and never walksfar from his home. His family ac-cepts his ways and there is noneed to hospitalize him. We haveto respect his human rights. Wecan’t just go and get anyone, butif they really need help then it isour duty to provide it.

Sometimes a person hasquite a serious problem, but fami-lies don’t like the idea of hospi-talizing them. This can be a prob-lem for us too. If they managethe person well and keep themaway from public areas some-times it works out okay.

There is a process forpeople once they enter the sys-tem. If we are dealing withsomeone who is homeless andhas no family, we need to have alocal doctor certify that they arementally ill before we can takethem to Suan Saranrom Hospi-tal. If their family admits themthere is no need for a doctor tocertify them beforehand.

Once they are in treatmentmany people get better and canreturn to their home. People withno family and who can’t remem-ber or don’t know their hometownare transfered to a center forhomeless people in Nakhon SriThammarat.

We can’t stop the problemof mental illness but we do ourbest to take care of people af-flicted with it. If members of thepublic let us know about peoplewho they believe may have men-tal health problems we will go andtry to help.

The tuk-tuks and motorbike taxisare using the new one-way sys-tem in Patong as an excuse forhuge increases in fares. I recentlypaid 80 baht for the same motor-bike taxi fare that was a flat 20baht in September.

It was great when theprices were standard. What hap-pened to those standard fares?

Then there’s the open sew-ers. The stench can be so bad itputs you off eating and it can lastfor blocks – and it is undeniablyhuman waste.

This is a major health haz-ard and not something Thailandwants tourists returning home andtelling their friends.

I love Phuket even if I dohave to walk around holding mynose, but is anything being doneabout this?

Tim DevlinPatong

Patong Deputy Mayor ChairatSukkaban replies:

The stench in Patong is fromrestaurants and hotels not having

septic tanks, which help breakdown wastewater before it en-ters the main sewers.

Also the sewers are madefrom cement, and sometimeswaste is trapped where segmentsof the cement pipes join.

Patong Municipality is notignoring this problem. We havethe sewers cleared out two daysa week, using bacteria to breakdown waste caught in the pipes.

We have also issued a let-ter asking owners of hotels andrestaurants to install septic tanks.

We have also asked forPhuket Provincial Prison to pro-vide well-behaved prisoners tohelp us clean out the sewers.Once we have confirmed thatwe have prisoners to help us wewill increase the number of dayswe clean out the sewers.

Surapol Tonrungreanetawee,Chief of Phuket ProvincialLand Transportation Office,replies:

In 2002 the TransportationDepartment set standard fareswhich were agreed to by the tuk-tuk drivers on Phuket. Howeverthis schedule was just an agree-ment, not a regulation.

Last month I asked thePhuket Governor to revise the setfares. He has already set up acommittee, which has yet to pro-pose a new schedule of fares.

The new fares will be sentto the Ministry of Transport inBangkok for consideration.

Only after the new fareshave been made into regulationscan we take action against tuk-tuk drivers who charge more thanthe set fares.

My neighbors have built a con-struction next to their house thatsuspiciously resembles a buildingfor a prawn farm.

I have heard that prawnfarms use chemicals that canleach into the ground and con-taminate the water supply forthose living close by.

My well is only about 30meters from this place. Could thisbe a problem for me? I use thewater for washing only.

Joanne LaSalleRawai

Pairo Suttaporn, Chief of thePhuket Provincial FisheriesOffice, replies:

The Fisheries Department isvery strict in controlling prawnfarms. They must be registeredat the Provincial Fisheries Office,and we check them often.

Prawn farm owners mustfollow many regulations, other-wise they are not allowed to ex-port their prawns or sell theirproducts locally. They must ad-here to the Good AquaculturePractice, or GAP, all the wayfrom the hatchery stage throughto harvesting.

Prawn farms no longer af-fect their neighbors becauseprawn farm owners must nowuse biodegradable products, un-like many years ago when manyfarmers used chemicals thatwere harmful to humans and theenvironment.

The Department of Fisher-ies has removed all those hazard-ous chemicals from sale at chemi-cal supply shops, so you can besure that there will not be anyhazard to you or contamination ofyour water supply.

Problematic prawn farm?

ANSWERS&Issues &The Phuket Gazette, 367/2 Yaowarat Rd, Muang, Phuket

83000. Fax 076-213971, or www.phuketgazette.net

Is there a company in Phuket thatreplaces car or truck wind-screens? Or are windscreensavailable from main dealers only?

Nathan GalePhuket

The Phuket Gazette replies:

Klung Krajok Rodyon at31/18 Thepkrasattri Rd in KohKaew (Tel: 076-377655) andAnajak Krajok Kong at 24/147Thepkrasattri Rd in Rassada (Tel:076-239116) are just two busi-nesses in Phuket that repair andreplace windscreens.

Repairing broken windscreens

F E A T U R E S28 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

In The Stars

The dangers ofdengue fever

HEALTHMATTERSBy George Robbie

ARIES (March 21-April 20):Someone is out to burst yourbubble of contentment this week.If you know you caused an upsetrecently you are advised to laylow during the coming days. Ifwater play isn’t your idea of fun,you will probably be happier tostay at home anyway. Thursdayis the luckiest financial day – thenumber four could help to put asmile on your face.

TAURUS (April 21-May 21): Anarid romantic landscape won’t de-press you this week. Other mat-ters will take precedence and youshould be delighted with one par-ticular financial outcome. An ex-citing love affair is forecast torock your world next month and

you will be in a better position todevote energy to it. In the mean-time, there are pressing demandson your time and you are advisedto keep careful note of all ap-pointments and commitments.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21):Beating about the bush couldfrustrate you this week. Peopleyou thought you could rely on arelikely to disappoint and heat ex-haustion is no acceptable excuse.If you are too easy going you mayneed to sharpen your business-related expectations. Take timeout to enjoy the social scene thisweekend; your love of watersports will be an advantage. Thecolor snow white enhances yourcool.

CANCER (June 22-July 23):Friends are likely to be drainingthis weekend. A Capricorn whohas a lot on their plate asks tooffload some responsibilities ontoyour shoulders. Your main goalfor the rest of the month shouldbe to practice saying the magicalword “no”. Developing this skillwill enable you to streamline com-mitments and get ahead muchfaster. A transport delay of somekind mid-week turns out to be ablessing in disguise.

LEO (July 24-August 22): Pastrelationships come back to hauntyou. If closure was an unfinishedissue, it’s high time to face thefacts. Work turns out to be morefulfilling than you anticipate; a

new project should give scope fordreams to come true. On Tues-day you need to walk a fine linebetween being too assertive andmaking your point clearly. Wearthe color aquamarine to enhanceyour charisma this weekend.

VIRGO (August 23-September23): Taking the bull by the hornsis not usually your favorite move.You will need to assert yourselfearly next week, however, if youdon’t want to stay in the samerut for much longer. The stars areready to support your attempts tomove on. Avoid socializing witha Cancerian friend this weekendas they will put a damper on theatmosphere. The number 7 canbring luck on Monday.

LIBRA (September 24-October23): You could be saddled with toomuch responsibility this week.Work colleagues and friends ap-pear to regard you as a never-

ending source of help and advice.The best thing to do this week-end is to leave your phone athome and join in the holiday at-mosphere. After Thursday, lifeshould ease into a slower gear. Ifyou are single, you are likely toimpress an attractive Sagittarianon Sunday.

SCORPIO (October 24-Novem-ber 22): After a recent surge ofhot romance in your life you mayfeel like a deflated balloon thisweekend. Try to avoid being thewet blanket in the midst of ev-eryone else’s fun. The reason forthis temporary lack of passion willbecome clear next week and anew relationship grows strongerthrough total honesty. Capricorncomes clean at work on Wednes-day and business relationships aregenerally well starred.

SAGITTARIUS (November 23-December 21): You will find easyways to have fun without splash-ing out too much cash this week-end. For most of you the simplelife starts to gain appeal and re-location to a more remote placeis on the cards. Take care of per-

Dengue fever is a spec-ter hanging over anyone who lives in atropical environment.

Carried by mosquitoes and nick-named the “break-bone fever”for its excruciating pain, it’s oneailment that is worth knowing thesymptoms.

Dengue is a flavivirus car-ried by tiger mosquitoes, so-named because of their stripedlegs. Aedes aegypti is the rath-er passive female vector thatlikes feeding off humans in ur-ban environments, while Aedesalbopictus is the rather aggres-sive species that will feed offanything it can find in jungle en-vironments.

Both bloodsuckers preferdaytime meals, but man is usual-ly the carrier for the virus theytransmit. Although not new, den-gue fever (DF) is referred to asan “emerging” disease becauseit is only in recent decades that itbecame a serious problem due toits evolution into a haemorrhagicfever.

There are four different se-rotypes (groupings) of dengue,each capable of giving you DF –including severe headache, painbehind the eyes, sometimes anasty rash and awful pain in thejoints.

Lasting for one to twoweeks, it can leave the patientfeeling lethargic and often quite

depressed for months after, butlifelong immunity to that serotypeis conferred.

Before World War II, manytropical and sub-tropical areasaround the world were endemicwith only one serotype of dengue.However, the mass troop move-ments and refugee migrations ofthat time enableddengue serotypes tocross borders withthe help of tiger mos-quitoes.

Manila set thescene in 1954 whenit was hit by whatwas later named dengue haem-orrhagic fever, or DHF. Patientswere found to have contracteddengue-2. In 1958, it was Bang-kok’s turn when 2,297 people,mainly children, fell ill with DHFand 240 (10.4%), died. Unfortu-nately for the residents of Bang-kok, this epidemic continued for

five years, eventually causing10,367 recorded cases and 694(6.7%) deaths, primarily in chil-dren. Before WW II, Bangkokhad not been exposed to dengue-2, but it appeared to be the cul-prit in this outbreak.

In 1981, Havana experi-enced 344,000 cases of DHF,

with 116,000 hospi-talizations and 158deaths (0.05%). Itcost the Cuban gov-ernment $103 mil-lion to control. Onceagain, dengue-2was found.

It transpired that this popu-lation had previously been infect-ed with dengue-1, causing milddisease or no symptoms at all.

For every patient with DFsymptoms there may have beenfive infected people who don’tshow any symptoms but still pro-duced antibodies against the virus.

When infected with den-gue-2, previously-produced an-tibodies reacted with this newserotype, causing, if you will, aderanged, hyper-efficient im-mune response.

Massive amounts of chem-icals called cytokines are releas-ed by the white blood cells ofthose infected, causing the symp-toms of DHF – leaking blood ves-sels on the skin’s surface (result-ing in bruising), enlarged liver,very high fever and internal bleed-ing. This can develop into con-vulsions, a drop in blood pressureand dengue shock syndrome(DSS).

It is now accepted that se-quential infection with differentserotypes of dengue increasesyour chances of DHF and DSS.About 90% of DHF/DSS patientsare under 15 years old, and thereis no vaccine or antiviral medica-tion.

The World Health Organi-zation estimates that 40% of theworld’s population is at risk fromdengue.

Without appropriate treat-ment and fluid replacement, fa-tality rates in DHF/DSS can bemore than 20%, but with modernmedical care this rate falls to lessthan 1%.

Thailand has attacked theproblem admirably, educatingcommunities about preventionand control and improving themedical services. Even duringthe cyclical explosive outbreaks,the case fatality rates are keptvery low. For example, of 139,327cases of DF/DHF in 2001, thefatality rate was 0.18%. Of45,893 cases in 2005, it was0.15%.

It is likely another outbreakwill occur in the next year or two,so it is important to keep opencontainers empty of water to re-move mosquito breeding ground,and to apply DEET mosquito re-pellant. It may not be as lethal asyou thought, but dengue is still avery unpleasant experience.

George Robbie holds a master’sdegree and diploma from theLondon School of Hygene andTropical Medicine. A UK-wual-ified teacher, he provides sci-ence home schooling in Phuket.He can be reached by email tohomescience@gmail.com

F E A T U R E SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 29

by Isla Star

MAKING TRACKSBy Top Dog

sonal possessions on Monday asabsent-mindedness is indicated.Leo is ready to lead you up thejungle path regarding romance,but you should spot this one com-ing. Number 6 could be luckymidweek.

CAPRICORN (December 22-January 20): Keep your expec-tations on an even keel as it willnot be possible to achieve all thatneeds to be done this weekend.The holiday atmosphere is con-tagious and you won’t be able tomake anyone concentrate onbusiness. Profits are highlightedtoward the end of next week. Ifyou have forgotten about a mi-nor investment made last year,you will be pleasantly surprised.The color sapphire blue enhancesyour ability to attract.

AQUARIUS (January 21-Febru-ary 19): Silence is golden nextWednesday when a meeting with

an ex-flame takes you unawares.Stirring up old grievances is not agood way forward and you needto cultivate some positive energy.Going with the flow is the bestway to have fun this weekend –if you try to organize others, it’slikely they’ll leave you stranded.Another Aquarius has started towonder what makes you tick anda romantic date will be on theagenda.

PISCES (February 20-March20): You should be in your ele-ment this weekend. Your talentfor swimming in the right direc-tion socially ensures that interest-ing new friends are made. Ifyou’ve started to wonderwhether a recently-begun ro-mance is really going to work out,it’s best to take some time to bealone. The answer to a work-re-lated problem could be revealedin a dream you have early nextweek.

Kanchanaburi town isno stranger to foreignvisitors and tourists,drawn principally by

the Bridge on the River Kwae andHellfire Pass, both sites on thenotorious Burma railway of WorldWar II.

In recent years however, anew attraction has been bringingin hundreds of visitors every day;the so called Tiger Temple situ-ated at Wat Pha Luang Ta Bua,a few miles outside of townwhich I metioned in my last col-umn on tiger conservation.

I had read mixed reportsabout this temple and decided tosee for myself whether it is agenuine effort at tiger conserva-tion or merely a glorified zoo.

The templeitself was built in1994 as a foresttemple and ref-uge for wild ani-mals. If you areexpecting to seetraditional tem-ple buildings, you will be disap-pointed. At the entrance is a smallsouvenir shop, office and localradio station. Having paid the 300baht admission fee you enter anarea of several acres of scrub

and small trees, interspersed withconcrete buildings that house thestaff and of course the tigers.Deer, pigs and horses also roamaround the area freely.

The first tiger reportedlyarrived here in 1999, a young cubthat was found by local villagersand later died.

Several other cubs were lat-er given to the temple, supposed-ly after their mothers had beenkilled by poachers. Further cubshave been born at the temple, andon my visit there were a total of19 tigers there.

The best time to go is justafter lunch, shortly after the adulttigers are led out of their cagesby the Thai staff. That is whenthe two latest tiger cubs, which

you are allowedto pet, arebrought out toplay. If you areexpecting to seetigers roamingaround freelyyou will be dis-

appointed. The tigers are led outone by one and are on very strongleads. They are then chained tostakes in a roped-off area.

The tigers are fed a mixtureof dry pet food and crushed-up

chicken. There is no blood in thediet, which is why, we are told,they are not interested in eatingyou or me.

Visitors stand behind theropes and are offered the oppor-tunity to have a special photo tak-en for a fee of 1,000 baht. If youhave paid for the special photo –and most people do – you sit downand a tiger’s head is placed in yourlap.

The tigers slept the entiretime I was there.

According to my guide, anaverage of between 400 and 600visitors come here every day,more on weekends and holidays.There have long been plans tobuild an island where the tigerscan roam free and not spend 20hours a day caged up, and thereis some indication that work isunderway to build this.

A foreign volunteer theretold me that there are plans tocatch a wild female, and mate herwith one of the males, and then

release the cubs back into thewild, with the intention of tryingto repopulate areas where tigershave disappeared.

While the temple does givevisitors the opportunity to get asclose to a real tiger as is possibleand this will undoubtedly contin-ue to attract tourists, I left herewith an uneasy feeling and morequestions than answers.

While I have no doubt thatthe project started with the bestof intentions, and that the tigersare breeding here naturally, whichwould indicate that they are hap-py, I felt very uneasy at a lot ofwhat I saw.

There have been accusa-tions that the tigers are druggedto allow visitors to touch themsafely. This is denied by the staffbut the animals certainly give theimpression of having been sedat-ed. Spending 20 hours a daycaged, you would expect them toactively enjoy the four hours of“freedom” they get.

It is also clear that a tremen-dous amount of money is beingspent here by tourists, and as mytour operator pointed out, morethan enough to have built the ti-ger island several times over.

For me, the jury is still out.

Tiger Temple: the jury’s still out

The Temple Abbot watches over a tourist getting close to two ofthe tigers.

C O M P U T E R S30 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Crashed HD? Stay cool…

When he isn’t writing computerbooks and magazine and news-letter articles, Woody Leonhard(woody@khunwoody.com, www.askwoody.com) runs Khun Woo-dy’s Bakery and the SandwichShoppe in Patong.

QMy hard drive just died. Ican’t get Windows to boot.

I tried sticking the drive in anoth-er PC and it didn’t appear any-where, not even in the BIOSwhen the computer started up. Ithink the head crashed.

The drive is loaded withimportant data. I know there are(expensive!) “clean room” repairshops in Europe and North Amer-ica, but I can’t afford the time, orthe possibility of further damag-ing the drive in shipping. Are thereany good alternatives?

PN, Phuket City

AThe Web abounds with folkremedies for dead drives.

Windows Secrets Newsletter re-cently ran an article called “Hun-dreds of Hard-Drive Repair Tips”(www.windowssecrets.com/comp/070322).

The only repair tip I’ve everhad work in Phuket involves stick-ing a dead hard drive in the freez-er for an hour or so, then plug-ging it back in quickly, trying tocopy any valu-able data off thedrive before it,i n v a r i a b l y ,crashes again.

I’ve pulleddata off twodead drives thatway in the past six years. Not animpressive batting record.

The last time my main harddrive died, I was in deep keekwai. The drive held two full daysof un-backed-up work on one ofmy books, and there was no wayI could re-create the missingchapters without painfully writingeverything again from scratch.With deadlines looming (aren’tthey always?), I was desperate.

A friend of mine once toldme about a man here in Phuketwho could raise hard drives fromthe dead. A couple of phone calls

later, and I had the extremelygood fortune to meet GrigoryMorozov (email: ne-grusti@narod.ru, Tel: 086-6827277) atPhuket Data Wizards, www.phuket-data-wizards.com. In less

than 24 hours,Greg had all thedata pulled offthe dead drive –every bit of it, asfar as I could tell– and “ghosted”onto a new

drive. Bringing my old data backto life was as easy as re-install-ing the hard drive, flipping the“On” button, and waiting for Win-dows to appear. Magic.

Phuket serves as home tomany extraordinary computerpeople. Greg’s one of our greatnational resources.

QI just got this productfrom Apple that had a con-

fusing statement. “ImportantNotice to QuickTime Pro Users– QuickTime 7 will disable theQuickTime Pro functionality in

prior versions of QuickTime, suchas QuickTime 5 or QuickTime 6.If you proceed with this installa-tion, you must purchase a newQuickTime 7 Pro key to regainQuickTime Pro functionality. Af-ter installation, visit www.apple.com/quicktime to purchase aQuickTime 7 Pro key.”

I bought an iPod and load-ed the software. Does this noticemean I need to purchase some-thing else?

FN, Patong

ANope. You’re fine with plainold everyday QuickTime

(which gets installed when youinstall iTunes). The Wikipedia ar-ticle on the topic (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quicktime) says:

“QuickTime is distributedfree of charge, and includes theQuickTime Player application.Any application can be written toaccess features provided by theQuickTime framework, but theincluded QuickTime Player is lim-ited to only the most basic play-back operations unless the user

purchases a QuickTime Pro li-cense key, which Apple sells for$29.95. Pro keys are specific tothe major version of QuickTimefor which they are purchased.The Pro key unlocks additionalfeatures of the QuickTime Play-er application on Mac OS X orWindows.”

I don’t know of anythingthat most people need in Pro.Take a look at the Wikipedia arti-cle for a list of “Pro” features, ifyou think there’s a chance you’llwant to pay for them.

QI just brought a new HPWorkstation and had 16GB

of RAM installed (8 x 2GB mod-ules). Windows XP Professionalreports that I have 2GB! Is thisnormal? The guys from the shoptold me that HP said that thememory will be used but not re-ported correctly by Windows.

When I first got the work-station it had Vista on it and it alsoreported only the 2GB of RAM!I since sent the computer backto get XP Professional on it as I

COMPUTERKHUN WOODY’S

Q&A

could not take Vista Business.Really hated it.

Anyway, I have never hitthis problem before as I havenever put more than 2GB in acomputer, I would appreciate any-thing you could tell me about this.

IJ, Patong

A16 GB? Wow! I’ve neverheard of anybody running

16GB. Extraordinary. It must bea hell of a computer….

The max memory in Win-dows XP is 4GB, but applicationscan only get at 2GB (see www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEmem.mspx).

You had a 32-bit version ofVista before you went back to XPPro. (I don’t recommend the 64-bit versions of Vista; the driversare still too flakey.)

Apparently 32-bit versionsof Vista can’t even “see” morethan 4GB – and your programscan’t actually use much more than3 to 3.5GB. Details here: www.vistaclues.com/reader-question-maximum-memory-in-32-bit-win-dows-vista/

So to put it bluntly, you gottaken. Unless you’re willing tosuffer the slings and arrows of(unstable!) 64-bit Vista or (onlyslightly more stable) WindowsServer 2003, any memory beyond2GB is only marginally useful, andanything beyond 4GB goes com-pletely untouched.

As for Vista Business…yeah, Vista Business sucks. Vis-ta Home Premium is pretty cool,though. In general I wouldn’t payto upgrade an XP computer toVista, but anybody who buys anew computer should get VistaHome Premium (or Ultimate, ifyou really want to spend a lot ofmoney for a little bit more).

HEADACHE REMEDY:Putting a crashed hard

drive in the freezer mayallow you to extractessential data. Or it

may not. But it’s wortha try as a last resort.

April 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 31

Find more Property Classified ads at www.phuketgazette.net!

B U S I N E S S & M O N E Y32 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

ON THE MOVE

Phuket duo launch Internet busbooking serviceTHAILAND: Software pro-

grammers and Phuket residentsAmerican Eric Kenly and Aus-tralian John Lindsay have teamedup with entrepreneur ChaiyotKotchapan to launch the websiteThaiRoute.com, through whichpeople can book long-haul bustickets.

Although the portal has beenonline since the beginning ofMarch, the service was launchedat a press conference in Bangkokon March 30.

In an exclusive interviewwith the Phuket Gazette, ThaiRoute.com Executive DirectorMr Kenly explained that the web-site is currently in Thai only andthat the online booking service hasyet to be activated. People willbe able to book tickets directlyonline as soon as the website hasbeen uploaded to server.

In the meantime, travelerscan check the website for busservices available and call the 24-hour reservations hotline at 02-2696999, which has English-speaking operators.

Payments can be made atany branch or ATM of KrungThai Bank, Siam CommercialBank and Kasikorn Bank, and atany TOT customer service count-er, Mr Kenly said.

From May 15 payments canbe made at any 7-Eleven storeoffering Counter Service, he add-ed.

Mr Kenly said that the im-mediate response by the publichas been excellent. “After pro-

moting the service in Bangkok thenumber of calls made to the 24-hour call center were double thenumber we expected,” he said.

The number of people us-ing the service is expected toboom as the service is still in itsinfancy and ThaiRoute has yet tolaunch a nationwide promotionalcampaign, he added.

ThaiRoute currently ac-cepts bookings for long-haul ser-vices from Bangkok to destina-tions including Chiang Mai, Lam-pang, Khon Kaen, Loei, Roi-Etand Mukdahan.

For journeys to and fromPhuket, Thairoute accepts book-ings for buses to Haad Yai, in-cluding stops at Trang and Phat-talung, (though not Krabi) and toSungai Kolok, including stops atPattani and Narathiwat.

Bookings for buses betweenPhuket and Bangkok are not yetavailable as Central Tour andPhuket Travel Tour, which togeth-er run all the private scheduledbus services between Phuket andBangkok, have yet to join the ser-vice. The country’s most wide-reaching bus operator, the pub-licly-owned Transport Co Ltd, hasalso yet to join the service.

“We currently have a verygood solution for long-haul bustravel, but many people are ask-ing for the same solution forshort-haul journeys, such as be-

tween Phuket and Khao Lak.Currently you cannot reserve tick-ets for such journeys. We areworking on adding those servic-es,” Mr Kenly explained.

ThaiRoute.com is the brain-child of K. Chaiyot, Mr Kenlyexplained. “John and I comefrom a very significant softwarebackground. We were approach-ed by Chaiyot Kotchapan, theMD of Thairoute, who has moreexperience in software program-ming. It was his idea. He ap-proached us with the idea andthen we created the blueprint andstarted putting the software teamtogether and started developingthe plans,” he said.

Mr Kenly and Mr Lindsayare no strangers to Thailand. MrKenly has spent 15 years in Asia,and been living on Phuket for thepast three years, while Market-ing Officer Mr Lindsay has beenliving on Phuket for six years.

The trio undertook marketresearch before drawing up de-tailed plans for the service. “Wesurveyed more than 200 Thaipeople at bus stations and askedpassengers exactly what theywanted,” Mr Kenly explained.

“The most common com-plaint was that it was very incon-venient to get tickets. Travelersfound it frustrating and eventhough they had to travel to the

bus station to book a seat therewas no guarantee that any seatswould still be available.

“Some respondents saidthey were prepared to pay extrato be able to book online,” he said.

Mr Kenly added that buscompanies were also asked whattheir requirements for an onlinebooking system were. “Theygave excellent feedback. Wewere very surprised that theirrequirements were very sophis-ticated; we didn’t anticipate that,”he said.

“So we went back to thedevelopment phase. Once theserequirements were addressed itbecame an extremely easy as-signment,” he added.

Mr Kenly said that he ex-pected long-distance buses tocompete well against low-costairlines in the coming years. “Wedo not see the number of peopletraveling on buses in Thailanddecreasing for several years.Feedback from our surveys indi-cates that at least the currentvolume of passengers will con-tinue to use buses for long-hauldomestic travel,” he said.

ThaiRoute is already look-ing at expanding its range of ser-vices. “We have already beeninvited by Adm Bannavit Kengri-an, Chairman of the NationalTransportation Legislative As-sembly’s Committee, to create asimilar solution for trains.

“We anticipate being not justa bus ticket booking service; thatis simply our first step. We willadd most other transportation ser-vices,” said Mr Kenly.

ThaiRoute.com Executive Director Eric Kenly (left) and MarketingOfficer John Lindsay forecast that the company will snag 30-50%of the six million bus tickets sold in Thailand each month.

Kesaya Sa-ard-oat, fromRatchaburi, has been appoint-ed Spa Manager of Quan Spaat Renaissance Koh SamuiResort & Spa. She has a de-gree in education from ChiangMai University and has beeninvolved in the spa business formore than four years. She hasworked with several leadingspas in Thailand, including:Central Spa at Sofitel CentralHua Hin Resort; Ananda Spain Bangkok; Baan Thai Well-ness Retreat in Bangkok andAnantara Spa, Kempinski Ho-tel Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

Montha Thongngam, fromBangkok, has been appointedExecutive Housekeeper ofDusit Laguna Resort. Shehas more than 20 years ofexperience working in hotelsin Phuket and Bangkok, in-cluding: Amari Coral BeachResort in Phuket, as Assis-tant Executive Housekeeper;and Executive Housekeeperat Katathani Phuket BeachResort. Prior to joining theDusit Laguna Resort, shewas the Executive House-keeper of Amari Watergatein Bangkok.

Claudio Mendini, origi-nally from Trento, Italy,has been appointed chefat the La Trattoria ofDusit Laguna Resort. Hehas 25 years’ experiencein Italian cuisine plus apassion for making freshpasta. Prior to joiningDusit Laguna, he was Ex-ecutive Sous Chef atSedona Hotel Yangon andExecutive Chef at MarcoPolo restaurant in ChiangRai. Before that he own-ed a hotel in Trento for 10years.

By Sangkhae Leelanapaporn

B U S I N E S S & M O N E YApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 33

TALKSMONEY

By Richard G Watson

Economic growth in Asiais moving forward at apace that is changing thebalance of wealth on

our planet.This has many benefits for

the global economy as increaseddemand for products and servicesprovides increasingly large mar-kets for the goods, resources andservices produced in developedand developing countries.

Progress always has nega-tive consequences, such as pol-lution, but overall such rapidgrowth results in increased op-portunities and standards of liv-ing for enormous numbers ofpeople.

People often fear change,but change is one of the few cer-tainties of life. The 1997 Asianfinancial crisis was, basically, aspeed bump on the road ofprogress caused by current ac-count imbalances – not specula-tors, as many would have us be-lieve. The speculators onlysought to profit from the situation;they were not its cause.

Hard lessons have beenlearned from 1997 and this timearound most of the Asian coun-tries participating in this massiveboom have positive current ac-count balances and substantialforeign exchange reserves.

Growth on this scale re-quires massive investment andthis creates opportunities for in-vestors.

At a recent investmentseminar in Asia, one presenterwho spoke on real estate oppor-tunities in the region was besiegedby the audience at the end of allthe presentations. He was not justanother developer with an indi-vidual project with sandy beach-es, his subject was much broader:Asian REITs (Real Estate In-vestment Trusts).

REITs have been estab-lished for decades in some coun-tries, such as the US. Other coun-tries are just entering this mar-ket. REITs were not allowed inthe UK until recently. When theBritish government realized theirbenefits, not only were REITs le-galized, but investors were of-fered tax incentives to encourageinvestment in them.

REITs are simply a group-ing of real estate holdings quoted

on a stock market with their pricedependent on the supply and de-mand for the underlying assets.Naturally, property has the abil-ity to rise and fall in value andearn an income from rental.

They give investors the abil-ity to invest in a wide variety ofproperties, from residential, suchas condos, to commercial, suchas office buildings and shoppingcenters, to industrial facilities suchas factories and warehouses – ora mixture of them all.

Commercial property in-vestment in all its forms requireshuge capital investment and ex-pertise. REITs allow people toinvest in that sector by holdingone or more REITs with only a

modest amount of capital requiredto join.

In Asia, the situation is morecomplex. Property may not belegally accessible to foreign na-tionals and legal systems maybear little resemblance to anythinginvestors are familiar with. Evenfor highly experienced real estateinvestors, the capital investmentcan become enormous and hold-ing physical properties can be avery illiquid investment.

A REIT allows investors toaccess part of a large “pie” butalso allows them to exit the in-vestment quickly. Investing inAsian REITs is an overwhelm-ing task for the individual; theamount of research required will

deter all but the most determinedor foolhardy.

This is where REIT fundscome in. One example is Austra-lian-based Absolute Asset Man-agement’s Asian REIT PropertyFund, which is currently using theslogan, “Be part of the AsianProperty Boom.” This fund un-dertakes all the research on in-vestors’ behalf by selecting REITsfrom throughout Asia and pack-ages them into one fund.

Absolute Asset Manage-ment is an established group; inaddition to its head office inMelbourne it has a regional of-fice in Kuala Lumpur.

From January 2003 to Janu-ary 2007, Asian REITs produced

an annualized return of more than27% per year, well in excess ofthe MSCI Asia (Morgan StanleyCapital Index) of shares, whichreturned just under 20%.

From January 2002 to Janu-ary 2007, the value of REITs listedin Asia rose from around US$12billion to well over US$160 bil-lion.

Current country allocationin the Absolute – Asian REITProperty Fund is: Australia 20%,Japan 25%, Malaysia 5%, Korea5%, Singapore 15%, China andHong Kong 15%, Taiwan 5%,with the balance in cash or othermarkets.

In February Standard andPoor’s said, “Expectations for theAsia REIT market remain highfor 2007. Estimates say that thisregion is undercapitalized, withonly 4% of assets under REITsversus 60% in Australia.”

Singapore’s Business Timesreported on December 23, “Theoutlook remains positive for AsianREITs over the coming years.The growth and diversificationvisible in 2006 is likely to hastenin the period ahead.”

The fund is available inpounds sterling, US dollars andeuros, and is domiciled in theCayman Islands, rendering it tax-free. The administrator of thefund is Trinity Fund Administra-tors, Dublin, Ireland. KPMG (CI)is the auditor and the Royal Bankof Scotland International is thecustodial banker.

Richard G Watson runs GlobalPortfolios Co Ltd, a Phuket-based personal financial-plan-ning service. He can be reachedat Tel: 076-381997, Fax: 076-383185, Mobile: 081-0814611.Email: imm@loxinfo.co.th

Asian REITs boomleads the curve

REAL ESTATE BOOM: A Chinese schoolboy rides his bicycle past large buildings under construction inBeijing. – Photo by EPA/Michael Reynolds

S P O R T34 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

CHALONG: Dutchman ChrisJongerius on his new Firefly 850catamaran The Frog whizzedround the course to take line hon-ors by a long lead in Race 3 ofthe Ao Chalong Yacht Club Keel-boat and Multihull Race Series onApril 8.

The Frog, launched just intime to sail south and compete inthis year’s Royal Langkawi In-ternational Regatta, got off to agood start, which is critical in theMultihull class as there are nohandicaps applied among theFireflies.

After giving Tony Knight onFidgi cause to keep an eye onhis stern while sailing down theline waiting for the start siren,Jongerius, Matt McGrath, Chris“Chuck” Husted, Managing Edi-tor of the Gazette, and the restof the crew sped off on the up-wind leg, right behind Ben Cop-ley’s Asia Spirit, with MuzzaNorstrand at the helm.

With winds gusting up toabout 12 knots, Asia Spirit led thefleet to the outer marker and wasfirst to hoist its spinnaker for the

claiming second place. Fidgi raninto trouble early in the race andwas forced to retire.

Cinders ran out of luck –and out of wind – and failed tofinish within the allotted two hoursafter the first boat completed thecourse.

In the Cruising class HarryUsher and Lady Pie on Eos sailedwell to win the class ahead ofSanook.

Jay Ujjin of Day SponsorRatri Jazztaurant awarded priz-es to the winners of each class,and an all-cheer salute was giv-en to Steve Hatchett for suffer-ing alone in the heat in the startboat while waiting for the fleet tocomplete the course.

Jongerius also won the En-couragement Award from raceseries sponsor Image Asia. Gren-ville Fordham of Image Asia said,“I should have brought three priz-es today, but today’s prize goesto… well, you all know him. He’sthe guy who’s always out there,always smiling, always joking,never whines… Well done,Chris.”

The next ACYC race dayis on April 22. All are invited tojoin, regardless of sailing experi-ence. Cost is 100 baht per ACYCmember, 200 baht per non-mem-ber – Thais can join free. Formore information call TonyKnight at 081-7470074 or visitwww.acycphuket.com

– Chris Husted

long downwind run past Koh Bonand round Koh Hei.

The Frog passed Asia Spiritas they approached Koh Bon,though Bill Phelps’s Twin Sharks,with Firefly designer and builderMark Pescott on board, made upenough ground lost on the first legto have The Frog’s crew keepan eye on her position.

The Frog, however, had thelead and the luck of the wind onthe Koh Hei leg, managing to sailout of a windless “hole” and con-tinue round the island and up Cha-long Bay to finish line.

Mark Horwood on Charrosailed well to secure third placein the class.

Asia Spirit won the Racingclass, with Mia Gillow on Minx

Hop it, Frogtells rivals

FROGGERS: Chris Jongerious (red shirt) trims the jib while Matt McGrath helms The Frog to victory.

TriBallisticset to golong-distanceMAI KHAO: The SILK TriBal-listic Triathlon Series will bebreaking into longer distancesduring the fifth event of the sea-son on May 6, with the senior di-visions traveling 39 kilometersduring the race.

The SILK Triathlon Seriesof six races is specifically de-signed for junior triathletes andtheir parents, with age divisionsranging from 6 to over 60.

The long-distance race, tobe held at the JW MarriottPhuket Resort & Spa, will in-clude a Senior Competition witha one-kilometer swim, a 30kmbike race and an 8km run, aswell as an Iron Kids TeamChallenge.

There will be two ageclasses for the kids team chal-lenge: under 18 and under 12.

Each team must include onefirst-time triathlete. This compe-tition will consist of a 300-meter

swim, 10km bike race and 2kmrun.

Registration will begin at 7am on race day, with an officialstart time of 8 am. Each competi-tor will receive a kit bag includ-ing a race series shirt, race num-ber and swim cap for the season.

The athletes’ accumulatedpoints from their best four resultsin the series will be totaled to de-termine the series award winners.

The top three males andfemales in each age category willreceive awards at the TriBallisticannual dinner at the end of theseries in June.

The TriBallistic Triathlonseries is presented by SILK res-taurant, hosted by the JWMarriott Phuket Resort & Spa,and sponsored by the PhuketGazette.

For more information, visitwww.triballisticclub.com; call or-ganizer Hugo Jones at 081-0782024; or email: hugodeb@hadyai.loxinfo.co.th

By Laura Schafer

PHUKET: The Rotary Club ofPhuket will hold their “PhuketRotary Golf Club” tournament onApril 28 at Phuket Country Clubin Kathu. The top foursome willreceive a crystal trophy, whileproceeds from the event will beused to help rid the island of tu-berculosis.

Registration will be from

9:30 to 10:30 am on the day ofplay, followed by a shotgun start.

Individual prizes will also beawarded based on handicap ba-sis, with other fun competitionsincluding “closest to the hole” oneach hole.

Interested golfers can con-tact Phuket Country Club beforeApril 25 at Tel: 076-321038-9.

Rotary sets date for TBcharity tournament

S P O R TApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 35

WICHIT: More than 300 runnersheld on for the distance at PhuketRajabhat University’s 11-kilome-ter mini-marathon on April 8 toraise funds for their student schol-arships.

The early-morning race be-gan at 5 am at Baan LaemchunPublic Park on Pattana ThongthinRd, near the Wichit Health Of-fice.

The top five athletes in eachage class received a trophy anda medal.

RESULTS

11km Open Women: 1. LinaDivis; 2. Mayuret Kong-in; 3.Sirima Mosika.

4km Open Men: 1.Sompong Panshoo; 2. WichetPuttirat; 3. Anucha A-nuisong.

4km Open Women: 1.Doung-rutai Somrak; 2. KanikaLek-kam; 3. ChantrapornPidkoon.

4km Boys under 12: 1.Pitaya Boonsanong; 2. Kiatisak

Klabkan; 3. Songklod Klabkan.4km Girls under 12: 1.

Tanachaya Upatising; 2. JulawanMalakan; 3. Janjira Maiyim.

11km Boys under 15: 1.Dusit Thongyam; 2. BoonnamKanlek; 3. Kraingkrai Mosik.

11km Girls under 15: 1.Siriyakorn Kamlai; 2. Thitiwo-rada Plainpeangtham; 3. NalindaDivis.

11km Men 40-49: 1.Sudjai Intanai; 2. Chamroon Sae-Tan; 3. Narong Poncharoen.

11km Women 40-49: 1.Rarerng Pasapatkul; 2. TrithipThahin; 3. Sudjai Intara.

11km Men 16-20: 1.Olarn Leelasilapasart; 2.Komsan Thongyaem; 3. SittichaiYukhonthorn.

11km Men 30-39: 1.Suchon Patchana; 2. JaiPutchuay; 3. Dithiwat Nopnob.

11km Women 30-39: 1.Chamaiphak Klinprakhon; 2.Wandee Chamroenrak; 3.Saowalak Janthong.

11km Male 50-59: 1.Supot Luaboonchoo; 2. SuriyaNa Bangchang; 3. PraphanJindamaneesri.

11km Women 50 and

over: 1. Kessaraporn Boonkao;2. Yulong Ratcharoenkit; 3. Sa-ang Apaitharn.

11km Men 60 and older:1. Phairat Leelasilapasat; 2.

300-plus athletescompete in PSUmini-marathon

Tienseng Boonyapinihan; 3.Boriboon Pilai.

Due to a scorekeeper mis-communication, 11km men’s openresults were not available.

SIREN SONG: Top runners received a police escort as they neared the finish line.

Tony Meechai, TV personal-ity and natty hat wearer , vis-ited the Bangkok HospitalPhuket on March 31 to en-courage golf as a healthy ac-tivity.

Meechai, who was bornin the US, began working inthe golf industry when he was

KEEP ON SWINGIN’15 and later became a mem-ber of the Professional Golf-ers’ Association of America.

He currently runs theHeartland Golf Schools, hoststhe Heineken Golf Clinic PlusTV program and tours thecountry extolling the socialand health benefits of golf.

PATONG: The new season ofthe Patong Darts League contin-ues on April 17 with the follow-ing matchups for Week 2:Piccadilly v Dog’s Bollocks;Queen Mary v Beach House;Shakers v Offshore; Valhalla vDidi’s; Simply Red vs Coyote Bar(home teams listed first).

Patong Darts:Matchupsfor Week 2

THALANG: Rajabhat PhuketUniversity will hold a canoe andfishing boat race April 22 at BaanAo Por Pier. Proceeds from thecompetition, which will includeraces of two-person canoes and10-person hua thong fishingboats, will go toward scholarshipsfor bright students from the AoPor mosque.

For canoe racing, registra-tion is 500 baht in the open classand 1,000 baht in the professionalclass (primarily canoe operators)

Canoe racing at Ao Por Pierper team. For hua thong boatsthe registration is also 1,000 bahtper team.

The top three teams in eachcategory will receive trophies andcash prizes; 7,000 baht for first,5,000 for second and 3,000 forthird.

Teams can register on theday of the race before the offi-cial start time of 8 am or by con-tacting Khun Ning at Tel: 081-0803414 or email: ning_lilly@hotmail.com

36 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007P H U K E T P R O P E R T Y

Construction Update by Janyaporn Morel

Developer Island OasisResorts’ new apart-ment project ThePalms is to be built on

two rai on the Kamala Beachroad. Site clearance began in mid-March and construction is ex-pected to begin by the end ofApril. The project is expected tobe completed by June 2008.

John Hayward, MarketingDirector of Island Oasis ResortsCo Ltd, told the Gazette that thisproject has been very popular andabout 60% of the units have beensold.

The 230-million-baht projectwill have two four-story apart-ment buildings housing 30 two-bedroom units and six duplexthree-bedroom penthouses. Theunits are being sold with 30-yearleases and a contracted agree-ment for two 30-year extensions.

Stretching across the frontof the buildings, with direct ac-cess for ground-level units, willbe two huge swimming pools.The first pool will be 40 metersby eight meters, the second willbe a free-form design of 380square meters.

“The main concept is to pro-vide family-style accommodationwith easy access to KamalaBeach, which is only metersaway, just across the beach road.

“There are very few placesin Phuket that have a quiet beachroad like this one, especially in thepopular resort areas such asKata, Karon or Patong. So ourlocation will really attract people.

“Kamala also has its own

markets, banks, restaurants, shopsand bars to attract people, too,”Mr Hayward said.

The 30 two-bedroom unitswill be on the first three floors ofthe buildings. Each unit will have

a total area of 98 square metersand each bedroom will have anensuite bathroom. The three-bed-room penthouses will sit on thefourth floor of the buildings andhave 162 square meters of livingarea plus a roof deck.

There are two view choices:Sea View or Mountain View. Theprices for the two-bedroomapartments start at 8.995 millionbaht and penthouses start at18.995 million baht.

“There are so many devel-opments in Phuket now and someprices on the island are very high,but The Palms has very goodvalue at affordable prices. It’s in

the perfect location so the apart-ments will give a good rental re-turn as an investment.

“The penthouses will befully furnished at this price, andthe two-bedroom apartments willhave a standard furnishings pack-age as an option for about 300,000baht,” he said.

Of the 36 units, 13 apart-ments and 2 penthouses have yetto be sold.

“Our obvious market is theUK and expatriates living inSingapore or Hong Kong. Thereare a lot of UK people interestedin moving to the Orient becauseof the climate. They can escape

the winter and come here for highseason with their families for re-laxation.

“Another interesting chan-nel for us is the Asian market. Wehave sold a couple of apartmentsto Chinese individuals and Phuketis not very far away for them; fly-ing from Shanghai is only fourhours.

“Our location on the islandis an important point of ourproject. Kamala Beach is wellknown as a beautiful beach aswell as being a very safe beachbecause of its shallow grade, un-like Surin and other beaches thathave steep drop offs,” Mr Hay-ward said.

The architect and designerfor The Palms is Axil ArchitectCo Ltd and the construction con-tractor is Haad Yai Nantakorn CoLtd.

For more information contact Is-land Oasis Resorts Co Ltd of-fice and showroom at 88/6 Moo3, on the Kamala beach road,Kamala, Kathu, Phuket 83150.Tel: 076-385305, 076-386143.Fax: 076-385482. Website:www.island-oasis-resorts.com

Work begins on Palms project

Left: The pool will comeright up to the apartments.Above: Penthouse interior.

April 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 37P H U K E T P R O P E R T Y

Design by Natcha Yuttaworawit

SHAPED BYDREAMS

Since February 2005,Kumpee Charoenchai,owner of Classic Barnon Yaowarat Rd in Phu-

ket City, has been selling furni-ture built to designs that passers-by cannot help but notice.

“The inspiration for my de-signs comes from customers’basic ideas of what they wantcoupled with what they wanttheir ‘dream’ furniture to look like.That’s different from other de-signers in Phuket,” K. Kumpeesays.

“Dreams and demand aredifferent. I was working for adesign company that designedmass-produced furniture, but cus-tomers sometimes don’t like thefurniture in stock; they want theirdream furniture,” he adds.

K. Kumpee has been in-volved in furniture design sincehe was a student at SilpakornUniversity. After graduating, K.Kumpee worked at a big designcompany until he opened ClassicBarn.

Now he uses ideas fromcustomers to design his products,but he also takes into consider-ation functionality and quality.

“Customers like this, andbuy it. That makes me feel muchmore confident in my designs,”he says.

However, K. Kumpeepoints out that many homes in

Phuket are second homes forowners.

“So many of the homes areintended for a more relaxed styleof living than that of primaryhomes. So the owners have nolimitations to decorating theirhouses, they do not need toworry too much about function,”he says.

Most of the furniture atClassic Barn is in modern ratherthan antique styles, though K.

Kumpee says that many itemshave been designed to integratewith the style of decor alreadyused in some owners’ homes.

“The first time I visitedPhuket I noticed many designs ofhouses, boats, restaurants andresorts, but there wasn’t a stylelike the ones I use now,” he says.

Classic Barn is near SuriyadetCircle on Yaowarat Rd, PhuketCity. Tel: 076-256021.

BORED WITHYOUR LIVING

ROOM? Rescue isat hand in the form

of a whiteChesterfield,

(above) with RedCross cushions,or bright, quirky

occasional chairs(right) from

Classic Barn.

P H U K E T P R O P E R T Y38 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Gardening with Bloomin’ Bert

Set your garden on fire

A STURDY BUSH: The firebush may not be the most spectacular of plants, but is ahardy grower unfazed by the harshest tropical heat.

Want to know moreabout a plant

in your garden?

Email Bloomin’ Bert at:bert@bloominbert.com

Ialways knew what I wantedto be when I grew up. Afireman. I’m not sure if itwas a helmet fixation (I have

to be careful how I say that) orsliding down that big shiny pole(I think I’m digging myselfdeeper here) but I really wantedto be a fireman. That would be“firefighter” to those offended bysuch an obviously sexist term.

Then I changed my mindwhen I discovered that sprintinginto burning buildings and extin-guishing raging infernos was notexactly the safest profession inthe world. It was then that Ilooked around and decided thatbeing an astronaut was my des-tiny. After all, they get to walk onthe moon and everything.

My dad was the one thatended that plan. “You’re fromYorkshire, lad, not America”, heinformed me dramatically oneday. “Those Americans don’t letus go up with them.” At that timethey didn’t and yet another doorclosed on one of my planned pro-fessions.

He decided that my futurewas with the Yorkshire cricketteam. I certainly qualified in onerespect, having been born in thecounty (a requirement at thetime), but unfortunately my wist-ful father had overlooked onefairly significant factor: I was aterrible cricket player. He seemedto ignore the fact that I couldn’tthrow a ball, hit one with a bat orcatch. I still can’t. Shame really.

It wasn’t until I got alot older that I realized thatthis “growing up” thing sim-ply doesn’t happen. Not forme, anyway – I’m just asinfantile as I was in myteenage years. I still findfarts funny. I still chuckleat pathetic double en-tendres. My schoolboy hu-mor seems to be lingeringsomewhat; maybe I’llgrow up some day.

And what happens?I end up living in Phuketwriting about gardening.Hardly what I had in mindas a dreaming youth. HereI sit, staring at the key-board, with rain pouringdown outside. The tem-perature has dropped fromthe oven-like norm, to amuch more gentle heat. Ihaven’t been outside re-cently, but I’ll bet that themajority of Thai people arewalking around wearingcoats and complainingabout the cold. Is this the start ofthe rainy season already? It can’tbe.

It’s actually kind of cold Isuppose, in a twisted, tropical sortof way. If this was England, we’dbe huddled around inside tryingto keep warm around a cracklingfire, watching the stream risefrom our sodden clothes. No sur-prise how tenuous the link be-tween crackling European firesand gardening in Phuket is, but

here we go – I got thinking aboutthe firebush, or prathat thong asit’s known by the coat-wearingThais. Proper gardeners call it theHamelia patens.

Some plants are spectacu-lar in one or many ways. Somehave incredible eye-catchingblooms. Some have an amazingaroma that is caught on the windfrom fifty paces, or leaves thatlook so spectacular that you’dswear they were created as awork of art by an artist with aparticularly warped mind.

The firebush is differentthough. It has absolutely none ofthe above. In fact it should reallybe known as the “none of the

above” plant. About the only thingin its favor is its name, which con-ceivably might cause a few im-mature schoolboy sniggers.

It’s certainly a bloomer, anddoes so year-round – it’s just thatthe “blooms” in themselves are alittle bit disappointing. They don’teven look like flowers – more liketiny reddish-orange tube-likethings about a centimeter long,with deep red throats. It gets itsname purely because there are alot of them, so from a distance allyou see is splashes of fiery or-ange in the bush. Snigger.

These tiny tubular flowersare great attractors of humming-birds, which would be great if we

actually had them in Phu-ket. Have you ever seena humming bird, by theway? Tiny things, they are– just a couple of incheslong.

Anyway, back to thefirebush. Its original homeis Mexico, and it grows asa large evergreen shrubthere. Elsewhere it’s alsoknown as the firecrackerplant, for obvious reasons.Stunning it may not be, butit’s a rugged bush that willgrow just about anywhereit can get some sun. Atthose times of the yearwhen everything else inthe garden starts to look abit frazzled and tired, thefirebush will still be sittingthere happily, just steadilygetting on with the busi-ness of growing. You haveto admire a rugged bush.

It will put up withpoor soils, and is even tol-erant of salt, so it’s ideally

suited to the island life here. Ifyou’re feeling energetic, you canencourage the growth of moreflowers by putting it in rich or-ganic soil, which will also help itto grow more quickly. It is greatas a patio plant, bedding plant orby the pool. My apologies if I startto sound like one of those sad littlemen on the Discovery Channel.

If you leave it alone, it willgrow up to about a couple ofmeters, but by that time, it will looka bit straggly. If you’re intendingto put a few of them together, it’sbetter to have more of them,closer together (20 to 40 centi-meters apart is about right). Thisway, you can allow them to ex-pand a bit then trim them backuntil you have a full-blown hedge.The short term downside of thehedge idea is that pruning slowsdown the production of flowers,as they always grow right at theends of the stalks.

In terms of propagation, thisone is a member of the “cut-it-and-stick-it” club. Just cut off areasonably thick, healthy-lookingbranch and push it unceremoni-ously into some damp compost or,if you don’t have any, even plainsoil will do. It’ll probably take rootanyway – just wait for it to startgrowing.

If you like a fiery bush, thefirebush is perfect. What’s more,with its name it brings out theimmature sniggering youth in allof us. At least I hope it’s not justme that hasn’t quite grown upyet. Personally, I hope I neverwill.

P H U K E T P R O P E R T YApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 39

Home of the Week Chalong

This large Thai-stylethree-bedroom housestands on 800 squaremeters of land and has

300sqm of indoor living space.The entrance is either via

the main front door or the sidedoor. On the ground floor thereis a large living/dining room witha Western-style kitchen off to theside in a separate room.

The downstairs has largepicture windows which allow inplenty of light, giving it an airy,spacious feel.

A hardwood staircase leadsupstairs to the master bedroomand two guest bedrooms. All bed-rooms have en-suite bathroomsand air conditioners.

The bedrooms’ large win-dows give great views across theunspoilt landscape of the valleywhere the house is situated. Thereis a landing area which could beused as an office.

Go down a few steps andyou come to a large terrace bal-cony perfect for kicking back andenjoying the weather.

The main bathroom has a

large one-way picture windowallowing you to look out over thecountryside as you bathe.

The house has a consider-able walled-in garden with lawnand tropical plants perfect forchildren or pets. There is also atiled terrace and 32sqm pool.

In front of the house is atwo-car parking area and in thegrounds there is a laundry roomas well as a maid’s room withattached bathroom.

The house is tucked awaywith two others in a quiet cul-de-sac in a naturally beautiful areaof Chalong. The location ispeaceful and unspoilt, but stillconvenient for shopping and lei-sure amenities.

Utilities include well water,three-phase electricity, septictank, telephone line and ADSLconnection.

The house is for sale at 13.5million baht.

For more information, contactK. Pongsaton at Tel: 086-7432011, email: phuketqhouses@hotmail.com

TALL THAI

IMPOSING: The three-bedroom home stands out from the crowd(right). The view from the balcony (above) says ‘countryside’.

C L A S S I F I E D S40 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Property Gazette

SEA VIEW, LUXURYFOREIGN FREEHOLD

CONDOMINIUM

2 bedrooms, 167sqm, high-floor condo with panoramicsea views of Karon beachfrom all rooms. 14.5 millionbaht. Contact Jeremy atPhuket Land Search. CallTel: 081-8916174.

PropertiesFor Sale

RAWAI 2-STORYhouse. New, 160sqm. Price:1.5 million baht. Close tobeach. For more informationcall Tel: 086-9408914. Orcontact for details via email at:freeholdprop@yahoo.com

RAWAI BEACHcondo. Sea view, foreign free-hold. 450,000 baht. Tel: 086-9408914. For more info email:freeholdprop@yahoo.com

12 RAI IN PALAI12 rai of flat land for salebetween Chalong andPhuket City. Road access,water, electricity, Chanotetitle. Ready to build. Willingto subdivide. Price: 3 millionbaht per rai. More info atTel: 087-105-7320. Email:stefan@phuketit.co.th

RAWAI BEACH VILLAfor sale. 2 new houses. Ask-ing 3.5 million baht with240sqm of land. Price: 5 mil-lion baht with 400sqm. 100meters from the beach. Tel:086-9408914. Contact email:freeholdprop@yahoo.com

RARE STUNNINGseaview land in Layan. 8 rai,Chanote, road access.More information at email:danwea@loxinfo.co.th

SEAVIEW LANDIN CHALONG

3 rai for sale, stunning seaview over Chalong bay andsurrounding islands. 8.5 mil-lion baht per rai. Can subdi-vide. Tel: 087-1057320.

Email:stefan@phuketit.co.th

RAWAISHOPHOUSES

FOR SALE/RENT

2 new, connected shop-houses in Rawai, on WisetRd. Living area: 200sqm.Freehold land price: 4.5 mil-lion baht. Financing possible.Tel: 081-8928526. For furtherdetails please see ourwebsite at: www. phuket-besthomes.com

RENOVATIONnot yet complete. City house,9 rooms, 170sqm, garden100sqm. Sell for 2.3 millionbaht. Rent for 13,000 baht permonth. Near Nai Harn. Tel:084-4454614.

4.5 RAI IN RAWAISquare plot, access from 3roads, Chanote title, 200mfrom beach. For more informa-tion and details call Tel: 081-8918085. Contact via email:sawasdee51@hotmail.com

OCEANVIEWHOUSE, KATA

Absolute sea view, best loca-tion in Kata. Fully furnished,ready to move in. 800 sqm.4 bedrooms with pool. Tel:076-284137, 081-737-1585. Email: jaspalt@loxinfo.co.th A must see.http://andatharavillas.com

DREAM HOUSEFOR SALE

Dream house in Chalong on715sqm of land with privatepool. 4 bedrooms, 5 bath-rooms, Western kitchen, 7aircons, dual carport andmuch more. Perfect forfamilies. A must see. 16million baht ono. Tel: 081-8926251. Email: mrsouza@hotmail.com For furtherdetails, please see ourwebsite at: www. phuketdreamhome.com

KRABI LANDLand for sale near Ao Nang,mountain view. 1.2 million bahtper rai. Tel: 081-7475293.

HOUSE FOR SALE2 stories, 4 bedrooms inChalong. Western kitchen.Discounted price: 3.8 millionbaht. Tel: 081-9795755.

FOREIGNownership. Nai Harn BeachCondos, high quality up-mar-ket, safe, secure. Large 2-bedroom units completely fur-nished and equipped, greatlocation, views, close to thebeach. Only 8 million baht, amust to see! More info at Tel:081-7974068.

HOUSE FOR SALEKARON BEACH

With swimming pool. 3 bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms, seaview. For sale at 13 millionbaht. Call Tel: +49-211-4791183. Inquire via email:soipatak18@aol.com

2-STORY TERRACEhouse. Resale down payment.3-bedroom, 2-bathroomtownhouse at Phuket InterVilla I. Prime location, oppositeBoat Lagoon with 88sqm. Tel:076-325411, 081-979-3369. Fax: 076-32 5413.Email: phudtheera@phuketrealty.net

COMFORTABLEHOUSE FOR SALE

in secure and desirable de-velopment. 3 bedrooms (2en-suite), 3 bathrooms, 2floors, living room, verandas,kitchen, study, laundryroom, garden, garage,ADSL, UBC. 7.9 millionbaht. Tel: 084-8439579.For more information email:somlerdee@yahoo.com

BEACHFRONT LANDfor sale. 1,125 square wah30x130 meter with NorSor 3Kor, Sukorn island, Trang.Price: 1.6 million baht. Tel: 084-8516845. Email: odo_jp@hotmail.com

CONDOMINIUMSComing soon: 18 luxury con-dominiums in Pasak, Cheng-Talay. Please email for moreinformation and details. Email:info@skylinephuket.com

LAND IN TRANG4.5 rai in Trang. Perfect loca-tion for future business. Infront of main road, oppositeuniversity. For more info anddetails please contact KhunTan. Tel: 076-296658, 089-6513479. Email: tannynanny@hotmail.com

DESIGN BY YOUNew project by a Phuket lo-cal. Good location for privacy.Design your dream. For infocall Tel: 081-537-2655. Fax:076-525063. Email:kwan_1905@hotmail.com

MODERN STYLISHHOUSE IN KATHU

for sale. 3 bedrooms, en-suite bathrooms, large livingroom. Kitchen, dining, laun-dry room. Set around spa-cious veranda with walledgarden, private parking,semi-rural yet close toshops, international school,golf courses. 9 minutes toPatong. Price: 4.6 millionbaht.Tel: 084-8439579.Email: somsrij@aol.com

LAND FOR SALEKamala. Spectacular moun-tain-top view 3 ngan 43 wah(almost 1 rai). Electricity & wa-ter supplies. Price: 5.8 millionbaht ono. Call Tel: 076-386-038, 086-6870379. Email:anthonym@rks1.freeserve.co.uk

PATONG SEAVIEWvilla with outstanding sea view& swimming pool. 22 millionbaht. Contact at Tel: 087-389-8139, 089-5896144,089-2911112.

PATONG STUDIOsea view. Top studio apart-ment. Fully furnished withWestern kitchen, in best loca-tion with swimming pool & carpark. 2.7 million baht. Call Tel:089-2911112.

50% DISCOUNTNo joke! Moving Oct 07 toGermany & want to sellquickly. 2-story, Western-style marble villa with all ex-tras on 3.5 rai Chanote land.Ready to build your own resi-dence in quiet area in Thalang.Now 7.5 million baht or bestoffer. Tel: 087-3898139,089-2911112.

TOWNHOUSEin Patong. 150 meters tobeach. New, 2 bedrooms, 3bathrooms, aircon open-plankitchen, lounge, cable TV,phone line, good size accom-modation. Fully furnished.Price: 4.2 million baht. Tel:084-8144090, or 081-0263029.

MUST SELL HOME!Now! 4 million baht. New, nearbeach, Free LCD TV, chopperor furniture! Call Tel: 081-0837254, 089-7830494.Email: jimcox007@msn.com

2.3 MILLION BAHThouse. Kamala, 132sqm. Fur-nished, 2 bedrooms, bathroom,laundry, kitchen, garden, 2aircons, cable TV, phone andADSL. More information atTel: 081-5377137. Email:sunisadia@hotmail.com

LAND FOR SALE8 minutes to Laguna, BaanJo Thalang,153sq wah(600sqm). Chanote title,water and electricity. Price:1.325 million baht. Call Tel:081-041-5646. Email:Khunraf@hotmail.com

BEACH CONDOSin Karon. Last units left, 12bedrooms, starting from 69million baht. Easy walking dis-tance to the beach. Guaran-teed rental return. Tel: 076-292265, 086-0043008.Email: info@ayudhya.net Forfurther details, please see ourwebsite at www.ayudhya.net/english/condos/index.php

OCEANVIEW CONDOA "must-see" apartment re-sale, located in Kata. Stunningocean view and walking dis-tance to the beach. Unique op-portunity. Leasehold. Call Tel:076-292265, 084-0535780.Email: info@ ayudhya.net

LAYAN SEA VIEWThe land is 30 rai overlookingLayan and the Andaman Sea.Selling at 7 million baht per rai(on the right hand side of theroad). For sale by owner. Tel:086-4706648. Email:thanuwat.p@gmail.com

HOUSE IN NAI HARNfor sale. 85sqm, 2 bedrooms,2 bathrooms, kitchen, livingroom, 3 aircons, carport, cableTV, 2 telephones and furni-ture. 2.7 million baht. Call Tel:084-0513731.

1.5 RAI LANDLaguna area. 1.5 rai in a verypopular development areanext to Laguna Phuket.Chanote title. 5 million baht perrai. Tel: 076-325411, 081-9793369. Fax: 076-325413.Contact via email: phudtheera@phuketrealty.net

ELEGANT HOMEExclusive hillside, big pool,garden with trees. Tastefullyfurnished. Nice! Please callTel: 076-388236, 089-7275407. Or email: bob@cosmic-mindreach.com For furtherdetails, please see our websiteat http://villa-sale-phuket.com

NEW HOUSEfor sale. 4 bedrooms, 3 livingrooms, big kitchen, open plan,great value. Sale by owner/builder. Tel: 076-280440,086-6831964. Contact email:franklee200@hotmail.comFor further details and info,please see our website at:www.chalonghouse.4t.com

ANUPHAS GOLF VILLADetached house on 320sqmland. 3 bedrooms, 2 bath-rooms, living room, fully-fittedkitchen/dining area. Solarpower. Freehold, Chanotetitle. Price includes all teakfurniture, beds, table, TV, sofafor 6.9 million baht. Pleasecontact for more details. CallTel: 081-0874201. Email:glenys_horne@hotmail.com

PLOT OF LANDIN BANG TAO

1.5 rai, 300m from thebeach, Chanote. Tel: 081-7371687, 086-6869821.

C L A S S I F I E D SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 41

Property Gazette

URGENT SALE!2 million baht. Furnished, 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom homewith kitchen and 2 aircons.Ready to move in. Please con-tact us for more details. Tel:086-7003376. Email:contactmalisa@yahoo.com

HIGH-TECH OFFICEHigh-tech office building incentral location close toChalong circle. 2 stories witha total of 408sqm with seaview in quiet residential area.Central aircon system, com-plete security system, contact-less door access system,CCTV with remote access.Server room with armoreddoor and CAT5 cable systemfor computer network andphone switchboard. Privatecarport. Perfect for compa-nies that need an attractiveoffice with high standards.Price: 15 million baht. Pleasecontact for more information.Tel: 076-282211, 081-958-0815. Fax: 076-283251.Email: moo@phuketgajden.se

HOUSE FOR SALE

Includes furniture, 2 airconsand hot water. For sale at5.9 million baht (land andhouse). 80sq wah (320sqm), 2-story house with 4bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, bigstoreroom and large gardenin a nice tranquil area. 10minutes to Nai Harn andRawai beaches and 15 min-utes to Phuket City. Pleasecall owner for viewing.Tel: 084-9916654.

TROPICAL VILLAFOR SALE

Living area 600sqm. Gardenarea 6,400sqm (4 rai). Large250sqm terrace. 3 bed-rooms & 1 master bedroomwith en-suite. Open-plankitchen, living room,Jacuzzi, swimming pool,100sqm of artificial river &charming island, 3-car ga-rage & exterior parking.Completely furnished, foos-ball table and snooker. Price:49 million baht. Located atPa Khlok, 5 min from AoPor, marina, golf, etc. Nosea view. Company formedsince 2002. Chanote title.Project by international ar-chitects. Contact Tel: 081-8935270. Email: mrdupouy@yahoo.fr See website:www.tropical-house.net

CHALONG LUXURYhouse. 2 stories, 4 bedrooms,4 bathrooms, secure, quiet lo-cation, 2 kitchens, laundryroom, full aircon, double ga-rage, etc. Area: 292sqm.Curved teak staircase, spa, so-lar hot water, nice gardens,river views. 7.9 million baht.Chanote. Please call for moredetails. Tel: 076-383193,089-7245655. Or see ourwebsite at: www.phukethouse4sale.com

LAND FOR SALE2.7 million/rai. 9 rai for sale atPasak Soi 8, Cherng Talay, 2.7million baht/rai. Please contactfor more information. Tel:076-282808, 086-9519198.Fax: 076-282346. Email:heypiassy@hotmail.com

URGENT, HOUSEFOR SALE

Big area. 87 Thalang wah. 2bedrooms, 2 bathrooms.Cherng Talay. 2.8 millionbaht. Tel: 081-0912102.

CHALONG

Nice luxury house with 3 bigbedrooms, 2 very spaciousbathrooms. Big kitchen, din-ing and sitting room, 3 ve-randas. Fully furnished, 2carparks. House 1 year old,very quiet and safe location.Living area: 230sqm. Land:520sqm. Price: 7.6 millionbaht. For info call Tel: 081-8937068.

PATONG BAY;GREAT SEAVIEW

A stunning beauty. Art decohouse in Baan SuanKamnan. One of the best,most quiet, green, clean andsafe neighborhoods on theisland. Located on a hillsideat the south end of Patong. Alarge and tall house on a toplocation. Overlooks the bayof Patong in the daytime andyou can enjoy the livelyPatong scenery in the nighttime. Enjoy the looks from adistance and have a look atour webcam. Tel: 086-786-6350. Fax: 076-345273.Email: buurmanb@hotmail.com For further details,please see our website atwww.patongbluepoint.com

KATHU POOL HOUSEnear Loch Palm Golf Coursefor sale. 3 bedrooms, 3 bath-rooms, fully furnished, 3aircons, 3 water heaters,15sqm pool. 200sqm land,ready to move in! Only 4.9million baht. For further details:Tel: 089-7241140. Email:nong.phuket@yahoo.de

LAND IN NAI YANGChanote near beach for sale.2 Rai for 7 million baht, 1 Raifor 3.5 million baht, 6 Plots(each 440sqm) for 1.5 millionbaht per plot. For more infoTel: 089-7241140. Email:nong.phuket@yahoo.de

BEST HONEST DEALin Rawai. 2 plots of land withhill view. Flat, ready to be builton. Chanote titles.- 3,576sqm (2 rai, 96 talangwah). 35m deep x 107mwide. 7 million baht.- 1,252sqm (3 ngan, 13 talangwah). 27m deep x 50m wide.3.2 million baht. Contact mefor more information. CallTel: 089-9728544. Email:av58phuket@yahoo.com

28 RAI ON KOH LONELocated on Koh Lone island.Has 120m of beachfront, op-posite Phuket Aquarium. CallK. Tum. Tel: 084-0002083.

BEACHFRONT LANDfor sale. 1,125sq wah, 30 x130 meters with NorSor 3Gor. Sukorn island, Trang. 1.6million baht. Please contactfor more info and details. CallTel: 084-8516845. Email:odo_jp@hotmail.com

COLLEGE TOWNapartments. 30 apartments, 4shophouses, city center, 95%occupied. 14 million baht obo.For further information, pleasecontact Martin at Tel: 087-2676300.

SURIN SPRINGSStunning, luxury lakesidehouse. 4 bedrooms, 4 bath-rooms, private pool. 5-minutewalk to beach. Aircon, Sat TV,ADSL, nicely furnished. 25million baht. Please contactfor further information. Tel:076-270655, 089-9084861.Email: kingsrqw@lds.co.uk

STUNNING VIEWChalong land. 5 rai at 5 millionbaht per rai. Chanote title. Ac-cess from 2 roads, electricity.No agents. Please contact forfurther information. Call Tel:084-9256568. Or email:gloriabcl@yahoo.com

TOWNHOUSEwith a sea view. Just finished.Stunning views, elegantly fur-nished. Great neighborhood.Tel: 084-8419885. Email:phukethomes@hotmail.com

KATHU HOUSEfor sale. 2 bedrooms, 3 bath-rooms, lounge, dining room,big kitchen, furnished. 1.6 mil-lion baht. Tel: 087-2705514.

WE BUILD YOURhouse for 990,000 baht.90sqm bungalow for 990,000baht. 145sqm two-story housefor 1.39 million baht. We canbuild any style of private homeor commercial building in anylocation on Phuket. Tel: 076-322015, 086-8528234.Email: info@1nj.de ContactJN-Tech Co. Ltd. GermanConstruction. See website at:www.1nj.de/e-index.html

CHALONG HOUSEfor sale. 2 stories, 4 bedroomsin Chalong. Western kitchen.Discounted price: 3.8 millionbaht. Tel: 081-9795755.

FAMILY HOME ONCHAO FAH RD

4 bedrooms, 5 bathrooms,a modern kitchen and alovely garden. For long-termrent at 35,000 baht amonth. For sale at 7.5 mil-lion baht. More info email:phuket8@hotmail.com

PATONG HOMESFOR SALE

Buy properties direct fromowners (no middle man).Tel: 087-2650118. Email:ant_p_clark@yahoo.co.ukFor further details, pleasesee our website at http://housesforsalephuket.blogspot.com

EXOTIC KATAOCEANFRONT

5-star luxury, 1-bedroomapartment. Spa, pool, quietarea, ADSL, sea view.38,000 baht per month.Tel: 089-9726017, 089-9171161. Contact viaemail: asiasail@yahoo.comFor further details, pleasesee our website: www.koumbele.com/kata1

SEAVIEW HOUSE2-bedroom house with largeswimming pool and Europeankitchen in the best area inPatong "Baan Suan Kamnan".17.5 million baht. Tel: 086-2706454, +44-778-9995522, 089-4727588. Email:djudges@hotmail.com

KATHU NEAR GOLFcourse. 2-story house, 1 yearold. 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms.House is 220sqm. Land is488sqm. Fully furnished.Price: 7.5 million baht. CallTel: 083-3953976. Email:kawthai@hotmail.com

KARON POOL VILLA2 bedrooms, furnished, quietlocation, sea view. Price: 7.5million baht. Call Tel: 089-4735080.

NEW MODERNBALINESE VILLA

IN KATHU

Near Loch Palm Golf Coursefor sale. 3 bedrooms, 4bathrooms, office, large livingroom, Western-stylekitchen. Sala, water pond,maid’s bungalow, 58sqmpool, massage showerheads in all bathrooms, solarhot water, aircons through-out. 330sqm living area,800sqm land. Well priced at14.5 million baht. For moreinformation and details: Tel:089-7241140. Email:nong.phuket@yahoo.de

C L A S S I F I E D S42 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Property Gazette

PATONG SEA VIEWNew apartment with swim-ming pool. 30+30 year lease.Price: 2.5 million baht. Chan-ote land plots with electricityand water from 450,000 baht.Tel: 081-6917241, 089-5896144.

Properties For Rent

CHALONG, NEW HOME

for rent. 2-bedroom, furnishedwith telephone, UBC, aircon.For more information call Tel:089-6521473.

KATHU TOWNHOUSETownhouse in Kathu for rent.2 Bedrooms. Fully furnished,air conditioned. 9,000/month.Tel: 081-8953661.

2-ROOM APARTMENTfor rent in Kamala, 3 minutesto the beach. Furnished,fridge, ADSL, Wireless Lan.10,000 baht per month. CallTel: 081-7193962. Email:bbq@ loxinfo.co.th

1-ROOM APARTMENTfor rent in Kamala, 3 min tothe beach. Furnished, ADSL,Wireless Lan. 7,000 baht permonth. Tel: 081-7193962.Email: bbq@loxinfo.co.th

HOUSE FOR RENTSea view, fully furnished, 2bedrooms, Chalong bay.22,000 baht per month. CallTel: 081-6064279.

SEAVIEW COTTAGE

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,swimming pool, large gar-dens, sun decks providingamazing sea views. Fur-nished with Sat TV, Internet.10 mins to BICS/ MarinaCape Yamu. 45,000 baht permonth. Tel: 086-2796283.

PATONG 2-BEDROOM

APARTMENTUBC, ADSL, swimming pool.Great location. 20,000 baht.Tel: 086-2790837.

APARTMENT KATHUA quiet furnished apartment,3 bedrooms, living room,kitchen, 1 bathroom, terrace,aircon, fans, swimming pool,telephone. Near Loch PalmGolf Club. Available for long-term rent at 15,000 baht. Tel:076-202725, 081-8916632.

PATONG BAY VIEWHOME

2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,pool, ADSL, UBC, kitchen,dining room, great location,long term only, must see.60,000 baht per month.Avaliable May 1, 2007.Tel: 08-78821963. Email:benlee53@hotmail.com

KATA LUXURY APTFurnished, 2 bedrooms, 2 bath-rooms, aircon, Western teakkitchen, huge terrace. Long- orshort-term. Starting at 20,000baht per month for long term.Tel: 089-5926890. Email:north&west98@yahoo.com

GOLF VILLA FOR RENTNew 4-bedroom, 4-bathroomvilla at Phuket Country Club.Pool, aircon, maids' rooms.Long-term: 65,000 baht amonth. For more informationcall Tel: 086-2772691. Email:davidinasia@hotmail.com

KATHU HOUSEFOR RENT

Fully furnished, 3 bed-rooms, fully fitted kitchen,2 bathrooms, living room,driveway. Quiet soi close toPhuket Country Club golfcourse and Central Festi-val. Call K. Pom for detailsat Tel: 081-4998719.Email: marshall_hugh@yahoo.co.uk

RAWAI RESIDENCEstudios. Rental per month:6,000 to 12,000 baht. Aircon,safe, ADSL, UBC, close tobeach. Tel: 086-9408914.

PALAI, GREEN HOUSEBIG GARDEN

Fully furnished, 2 airconbedrooms, hot shower, liv-ing room, kitchen, garage.11,000 baht a month. Palaiarea. Tel: 081-8924311.

BIG HOUSE FOR RENT3 big aircons, bedroomsfully furnished, but nofence. Beautiful garden,near Chalong Bay. Price:30,000 baht per monthincludes electric and wa-ter. Tel: 081-8924311.

KAMALA BEACHNew apts and houses forrent or sale, fully furnished.Rent: 15,000 to 30,000baht. Call Tel: 084-3059606.

RAWAI HOUSEfor rent in Rawai resort. 3 bed-rooms, 4 bathrooms, kitchen,terrace, fully furnished, 2 safes,5 aircons, ADSL Internet, com-munal pool, tropical gardens,car park. Long lease. Price:50,000 baht per month. Formore information email:hans_lange@ hotmail.com

BUNGALOW RAWAI1 and 2 bedrooms withkitchen, air con, baht, cable,ADSL. Quiet location. Nice ter-race. From 8,000 baht. Tel:086-2790837.

BANGTAO SEAVIEWland plots. 3.9 million baht.Land plots with infrastructure.First class sea view. Tel: 086-2670157. Contact via email:bannuaton@yahoo.com

CHALONG HOUSEfor sale. 2-story house inChalong. 376sqm, 3 bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms, maid'sroom, kitchen, living room, 2aircons, good area. 4.2 millionbaht. Tel: 081-0790688.

FREEHOLDCONDOMINIUM

Cape Panwa, 106sqm livingspace, ground floor, open-plan dining and living areawith direct pool access,European kitchen, 2 bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms, fullyfurnished. 6.5 million baht.Tel: 076-279280, 086-2821172, 089-8746054.

Email:apawann@hotmail.com

NAI YANG HOUSE3 MILLION BAHT

Must sell, discounted price.2 bedrooms, includes all fur-niture and appliances.Quiet, gated community,pool, sauna, gym. 1 minutefrom Nai Yang Beach. Cus-tom floors, cabinets, tiles,lighting. Euro/US standards.Contact for more details.Tel: 089-8742607. Email:jintananong@yahoo.com,loverofasia72@yahoo.com

MODERN HOMEIN SAIYUAN

Rock-style home, 4 bed-rooms, 5 bathrooms, ahuge kitchen and a big gar-den. For long-term rent at35,000 baht a month. Forsale at 8.5 million baht. Tel:081-7872201. Email:phuket8@hotmail.com

RESORT ON PHI PHI18 rooms for sale on 5 rai ofleased land. 14 years remain-ing on contract, can be ex-tended. Plenty of room forexpansion. Contact for details.Tel: 081-7193375. Email:resortonphiphi@hotmail.com

VILLA BUNGALOWS3-bedroom villa and 5 bunga-lows, all with aircon. Verycheap as owner is leaving. CallTel: 081-6064649.

TWO SHOPHOUSES84 wah. Near Robinsons andSapan Hin. 24 million baht.Please contact me for furtherdetails. Call Tel: 081-3707795, 089-470 8519. Email:nawalak@yahoo.com

LAND FOR SALESAMUI

Land for sale on Samui.Meanum soi 5. Nice loca-tion, just 2km to beach,750sqm. 1.5 million baht.Call Tel: 076-288860, 086-9474494.

LUXURY KATAbeach. Seafront, Aspasia, 5-star, 1-bedroom apartmentwith pool. Spa, leasehold, fur-nished. Priced to sell at 8.4 mil-lion baht. Tel: 089-9726017,089-9171161. Email: asiasail@yahoo.com For further de-tails, please see our website atwww.koumbele.com/kata1

CHALONGSHOPHOUSE

with ocean view. 3 stories,perfect for small business.Very close to Chalong pier.2.5 million baht. For moreinfo please call K. Supachai.Tel: 081-554-4140.

APARTMENTbuilding for sale in PhuketCity. 18 rooms, 4 floors withChanote. Call for more infor-mation. Tel: 084-0541447.

FREEHOLD CONDOfor sale. Double bed, TV, fridge,balcony, parking. 1.3 millionbaht. Tel: 085-7977786.Email: tj_biggie@hotmail.com

MISSION HEIGHTSLAND FOR SALE

Fully-serviced land plots ofvarious sizes. Please ring forprice. Tel: 089-2262612.Email: jim@jimmarsh.net

KATA BEACHbargain. 2 minutes to beach.Quick sale due to moving.Price: 2.9 million baht. Call Tel:084-8405834.

FURNISHED HOUSE5 minutes to Laguna Phuket.3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms,UBC, ADSL, solar water heat-ing, 3 aircons, living room,large hall area, pool 5m x10m. Usage area: 310sqm.Land: 1,200sqm. 13 millionbaht. Contact for more info.Tel: 089-8738295. Email:tomasflet@hotmail.com

CHEAP LANDfor sale. 2 million baht per rai.Wife's illness forces urgentsale of 3.5 rai of NorSor 3 Gorland on the government roadbetween Ban Saku and NaiYang Beach. Permission for 8houses already granted, deepwater borehole & electricity isadjacent. 2 million baht per rai,with quick sale from a Thaiowner. Tel: 076-328451,083-1728052. Fax 076-328451. Email: phuketairporthotel@yahoo.com

BANG TAO, 5.3MILLION BAHT

New house, 2 minutes tobeach or market. 3 bed-rooms, 3 bathrooms, withhot water. Contact K.Shanya. Tel: 087-3863388.For more information email:shanya.arman@gmail.com

SEAVIEW LANDin Nai Harn. 640sqm withChanote and views to Phi Phi.2.9 million baht. Tel: 076-288-047, 081-8941660. Email:cottrell@loxinfo.co.th

NEW HOMENEAR BEACH

Chalong, 3 bedrooms, 2bathrooms, 2 car spaces.New furniture. Quick sale at4.5 million baht. Please con-tact for more details. CallTel: 089-7830494, 081-0837354. Or send email:jimcox007@msn.com

PATONG TOWERSEA VIEW

Furnished 1-bedroom, 1-bathroom condo with 2separate balconies and for-eign freehold ownership.Quiet, in the heart of townand shops. Unobstructedpanoramic view. 100meters from Patong beach.Pool, indoor parking, 24-hour security and reception.A rare chance to secure aone of a kind location! Of-fered at 7.5 million baht.Tel: 087-2761225, 081-6927397. Info via email:patong15@gmail.com

KATA BEACHapartment. New one-bedroomapartment with pool, gymand services. 3 million baht.Tel: 089-4735080.

4-BEDROOM VILLAwith pool. 1km from Laguna,5 aircons, ADSL, Sat TV, liv-ing room, garden. Contact atTel: 084-8516121.

PATONG CONDOPanoramic sea view, 36sqm,best location. Newly remod-eled. Furnished, pool, kitchen.Freehold. 2.2 million baht. Forinfo call 085-7823231. Email:guntmit@aol.com

1 RAI RAWAI LANDHigh quality. 1 rai Chanote landcovered in palm trees, verybeautiful, road, electric, toparea, private. 4.5 million bahtper rai. 2 one-rai lots available.Call Tel: 086-5950188. Email:nsupin@yahoo.com

IMMACULATE VILLAVery private location. Lushtropical garden, pool, 4 qualitybedrooms, 4 bathrooms, largeliving room, top kitchen, hugepatio. Fully furnished, 450sqmof living area, 1,500sqm ofland. Chanote. Thalang areanear Heroines Monument.Contact Tel: 084-6907057.

OCEANFRONT HOMEin Chalong. Unique opportunityto purchase a spectacular villaright on the sand for only 34million baht. Call Chuck formore details. Tel: 076-271544, 087-2095174. Email:info@phuketmarbella.com

VILLAS IN RAWAI2-story luxurious villas. 325to 500sqm living space on700sqm plot land. Startingfrom 15 million baht. CallTel: 089-6525664.

Gazette Online Classifieds – 10,000 readers every day!

ATRIUM HOUSE INAO NANG

A 4-bedroom, 4-bathroomhouse with internal swim-ming pool, on 1,200 sqm.3.5kms from the beach. 10million baht. Please contactfor more information. CallTel: 081-6213432. Email:will@hoefsmid26.nl

C L A S S I F I E D S

Property GazetteApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 43

BIG HOUSE FORRENT

Located at AnuphasManorom village, attachedto Suan Luang public park,1.5km from Central Festival,300sq wah, 4 bedrooms, 4bathrooms, swimming pool,fully furnished. Please con-tact for details. Mr. Mongkon.Tel: 084-0628040.

25% Discount on Classifieds for Shopper Card Holders

IF YOU...Place your ad in these pages;Present your Shopper Card; andPay for the ad at our offices,

you’ll enjoy a 25% discount* AND have your ad appear free ofcharge in the Phuket Gazette Online.

With more than 10,000 visitors a day, the Island Trader Online isThailand’s most active classified marketplace.

*Ads may be submitted in person or online (phuketgazette.net/classifieds), butmust be paid for at the Gazette offices. The discount is not available whenpayment is made at our agents.

The Phuket Gazette Co Ltd367/2 Yaowarat Road, Phuket CityTel: 076-236555 Fax: 076-213971

1-BEDROOM CONDOin Patong Tower. Newly reno-vated in a beautiful modernstyle. Best location in Patong.Long-term only. 18,000 baht permonth. Call Tel: 087-1238320.Email: deherder@hotmail.com

CHALONG,4BEDROOMSwith aircon, 3 bathrooms,large open area living/diningroom. European kitchen.Fully furnished, swimmingpool, ADSL, UBC, nice gar-den. 50,000 baht per monthono. Tel: 081-9566745.

2 HOUSES FOR RENTin Kata. 1 to 2 bedrooms,garden, UBC, ADSL. 17,000baht per month. 2 bedrooms,AC, TV. 11,000 baht permonth. Tel: 081-7371687,086-5869821

LONG-TERM RENT

Tenant seeks long-termrental of a beautiful house,condo or apartment inPhuket. Please contact formore details. Tel: 076-245-966. Email: info@phuketandamanrealestate.com

3-BEDROOM HOUSEfor rent in Chaofa Thani. 9,500baht a month. Nice garden. Tel:076-280440, 086-6831964. Fax:076-280440. Email:franklee200@hotmail.com

QUIET HOUSE & CARfor rent. Fully furnished, 3bedrooms with aircon, cableUBC, ADSL, maid & gardener.Toyota Yaris, black, auto-matic. Rent from May to July07. 49,000 a month, 20,000baht a week. Tel: 081-9703136.Email: agogniat@loxinfo.co.th

BEACHFRONT CONDOKalim area, Patong. Highstandard. Fully furnished, 2bedrooms, kitchen, pool,many facilities. Call Tel:081-8920038.

SEAVIEW APARTMENTSfor rent in Karon & Patongbeach. Tel: 089-4912496.Email: bluewaterphuket@gmail.com

HOUSE IN TRANGfor rent. New beautiful house,Pak Meang beach front, 1 bed-room, kitchen, bathroom, onebig living room and carpark.10 minutes to Chao Mai Na-tional Park. Long term (mini-mum 1 year): 8,000 baht permonth. Tel: 087-3840864.

2 CONDOS FOR RENTor sale. Melville House orPhuket Palace, completelynew, fully furnished, lots ofextras. 20,000 baht permonth each. 3.9 million bahtor 3.2 million to buy freehold.Tel: 084-1861858. Email:coltat1962@yahoo.com

VILLA FOR RENTBeautiful, new 2-bedroomvilla with private pool closeto Rawai and Nai Harnbeaches. Fully furnished,aircon. 35,000 baht permonth. Pool and gardenmaintenance included. Mini-mum 6 months. Call Tel:081-9701716.

BIG HOUSE FOR RENT3 big aircons, bedroomsfully furnished, but nofence. Beautiful garden,near Chalong Bay. Price:30,000 baht per monthincludes electric and wa-ter. Tel: 081-8924311.

RAT-U-THIT ROADSHOP

Detached building, largeshop with offices above,prime location. For moreinfo call Tel: 081-8935200.Email: gsf@seal-asia.com

PHUKETB.L. APARTMENTS

New in Kathu. Big room, 1bedroom, aircon, cable TV,ADSL, hot shower, 1 livingroom, garden, carpark. 8,000baht per month. Call Tel: 081-6923163.

CHALONG HOUSEfor rent. Fully-furnished housefor rent in Chalong. Availablefrom May 2007. 3 bedrooms,2 bathrooms and 2 aircons.The house is 2 years old, set inthe quiet and beautiful BaanMannikram Estate. The homecomes with its own privategarden, TV, DVD, fridge, mi-crowave, washing machine,telephone line, etc. Rent is20,000 baht per month, witha minimum 6-month contract.For more details, please con-tact Marc Husted by email atmarc_husted@yahoo.com ortelephone Mr. ChristopherHusted after 7pm on 087-8874659.

RAWAI HOUSEFOR RENT

Set on a totally secluded900sqm plot, with a 40sqmswimming pool. Guest cot-tage with own bathroom.House has 2 bedrooms,large bathroom, huge livingroom with balcony andviews, indoor and outdoorkitchens. Furnished, ADSL,UBC, weekly maid service,gardener. Available fromMarch 24 for 6-month let.45,000 baht/month. CallTel: 081-0806560.

SURIN BAY AREAbig garden. Long-term leasenow available on 3-bedroomhouse with aircon, outdoorkitchen. 1.2 rai of screen-fenced garden. Unfurnished orpartially furnished as required.Good for pets, kids & privacy.Large covered outdoor area.Garden maintenance pro-vided. Tel: 086-9410410,086-2692020. Please seewebsite for more details andphotos at: www.phuket_house.here.fastmail.fm/@ S u r i n _ B e a c h /Surin%20House%20-%20Details.doc

RAWAI SEAVIEW APTDeluxe studio, new, furnished,full kitchen, aircon, cable TV.Price: 7,000 baht per month.Tel:084-0571420.

NAI HARN HOUSE1 minute to the beach. 3 bed-rooms, 2 bathrooms, kitchen,aircon. 20,000 baht/month,minimum 1 year. Call Tel:081-3971835.

NAI YANG HOUSEFOR RENT

3 bedrooms (2 w/ aircon),living room, kitchen, fridge,garden, fenced, ADSL andUBC. 18,000 baht permonth. Tel: 089-6506221.More information at email:ek_phuket@hotmail.com

FOR RENT: LAND &HOUSES PHUKET

3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms inLand & Houses Phuket. Fullyfurnished, 2 aircon bed-rooms, 1 aircon living room.Rental price: 20,000 bahtper month. Available on April 1,2007. Please contact fordetails.Tel: 081-5440571,085-0412121.

RAWAI CONDOSfrom 5,000 baht per month.Superb fully-furnished studioand 1-bedroom condos allwith aircon and balconiesfrom 5,000 to 10,000 bahta month. Weekly/monthlyrates available. Tel: 087-8917408, 089-2925309.For more info email: gillies18367@hotmail.com

HOUSE IN KAMALAFully furnished, 2 bedrooms,kitchen, living room, laundry.Hot water, phone, ADSL,cable TV. 15,000 baht/month.Tel: 076-263254, 081-5377137. Fax: 076-263254.Email: sunisadia@hotmail.com

CHALONG HOUSEfor rent. 4 bedrooms, 3 bath-rooms, living room, kitchen,office, 4 aircons, indoor wa-terfall. Chalong. Tel: 084-8444228. More info via email:saisorn1971@hotmail.com

LAGUNA AREAluxury home with pool. 3 bed-rooms, spa, big garden, ex-otic furniture. Rent: 25,000baht per month. More info atTel: 089-5944067.

EXCLUSIVE RESIDENCE3-bedroom villa offeringbreathtaking sea views. 3bathrooms, maid room,snooker room, study, lounge,dining, kitchen, spacious ter-race. Tropical gardens, privatepool. Secluded and secure lo-cation. Internet and Sat TV.70,000 baht per month. CallTel: 086-2796283.

HOUSE FOR RENTFully-furnished, aircon bunga-low available from May 2007.4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.Situated in an exclusive andsecured estate opposite BoatLagoon Marina. 45,000 bahta month, minimum 1 year.Tel: 081-8921732.

QUALITY HOME INKATHU

Detached house, 4 bed-rooms, 3 bathrooms,with pantry, kitchen andmaid's room. Close to Lo-tus. Long-term rent at35,000 baht a month. Forsale at 7.8 million baht.Tel: 081-7872201. Email:phuket8@hotmail.com

RENTAL HOUSE8 rooms, new air conditioning,with or without boat and car.Call Tel: 087-8844725 formore information.

LARGE STUDIO APTQuiet + view. 70sqm studio.Bedroom, living room, kitchen,storage room, walk-in closet,terrace. Furnished, TV, aircon,carpark, swimming pool. Abso-lutely quiet and private hillside lo-cation. Long-term rental at24,000 baht per month. CallTel: 076-296621, 081-6916147. Fax: 076-344689.Email: info@baansuanvilla.de

LIST YOUR RENTALPhuket-rentals.com does nottake commissions. We haverenters contact you directly.Tel: 086-0799584.

C L A S S I F I E D S44 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Property Gazette

Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 95 baht,

with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad.

All advertising must be paid for in advance.

Deadline for Property Gazette page: Friday 3 pm.

Deadline for all other ads: Saturday 12 noon.

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading)

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

Classified Advertisements

Please use this form to write your classified advertisement.

Then hand it to any of our agents.

AccommodationAvailable

BuildingProducts

& Services

AccommodationWanted

HouseholdServices

Agents for Classified Advertising

PHUKET

K.L. Mart Tel: 076-280400/3Patak Rd, Chalong Fax: 076-280403

Earth Language School Tel: 076-232398/9Phang Nga Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-232398

Sin & Lee Tel: 076-258369Thalang Rd, Phuket City Fax: 076-211230

Taurus Travel Tel: 076-344521/2Aroonsom Plaza Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344523

41 Minimart Tel/Fax: 076-324312Srisoontorn Rd, Cherng Talay

Deli Supermarket Tel: 076-342275Rat-U-Thit 200 Pi Rd, Patong Fax: 076-344314

CASH PAIDfor condos/houses in need ofrefurbishment. Patong, Karon,Kata, Kamala. Call Tony formore information at Tel: 076-341489, 086-2672646.

CONDO PATONGLONG TERM

wanted by German fromSept. Price about 200,000baht per year, must be in aquiet area. Call Peter. Tel:081-3977905.

WANTED: SEAVIEWland. I am looking for a pieceof land no less than 1 to 3 rai.Must have a sea view (prefer-ably looking west). Must bebelow the 70-meter limit! Iwould prefer to buy from Thaiowner only. Please send anyinformation such as pictures,lot drawings, size or locationto me at the following email:stuntmeup@gmail.com

WANTED: PATONGtower condo with a sea view.Keen buyer. Please contactme if you have one availablefor sale. Contact information:Tel: 084-4471978. Email:diggerresort@hotmail.com

KATHU RENTALMarried couple moving toPhuket within the next fewweeks is looking for a house inKathu for a long-term rental.We are looking for a furnishedhouse, preferably with Internetaccess. Our budget is 8,000to 14,000 baht per month. Ifyou have an availability,please contact us with detailsand photos (if possible) atemail: tukieb@gmail.com

RENTAL HOUSENeeded for 3-4 weeks in Marchand April 2008. Close distanceto the beach and not over 8,000baht per week. Occupants in-clude 2 adults and a 3-year-oldchild. Contact us via email:jensjoberg@hotmail.com

Property Wanted

LAND WANTEDCash buyer would like to pur-chase around 2 rai of seaviewland, preferably sea and islandsview, on the northeast coast ofPhuket. Land must have elec-tricity and good access road.Land should not be overlooked,and should be suitable for build-ing a house. Immediate decisionand payment offered for a fittingplot. Prefer details by email infirst instance. Call Tel: 086-9446288. Contact via email:phuketgraham@yahoo.co.uk

WANTED!Restaurant and shop

- Patong

- Beach side (main road)

- Min 300sqm

- Min 5-year lease

Shop area:

- Min 25sqm

- Min 3-year lease

Tel: 089-5939928.

HOUSE WITH POOLI'm looking for a house in aquiet location that is far awayfrom any main roads. Locatedbetween Kamala and Kata(possibly Rawai) with largeswimming pool, at least 2 bed-rooms, and Internet access(ADSL or similar). Needed forlong-term rent (6-12 months orlonger). I'm willing to pay up to60,000 baht per month. Houseis needed from September 2007onwards. Tel: 084-840069.Email: flesh@gmx.ch

SMALL LAND PLOTwanted on Phuket Island tobuild a house. Will need about100sq wah. Also need electric-ity and water. Prefer flat land.Email: villathani@hotmail.com

3 TO 4-BEDROOMHOUSE WITH POOLVery nice private housewith large pool and privatetropical garden. Rentweekly or long- term. De-tails and photo. Tel: 081-6764849, 081-772 2300.Fax: 076-378361. Email:w_amonoo@ yahoo.com

HOUSE FOR RENTKaron Beach. 2 bedrooms,aircon, ADSL, 5 minutes frombeach. 10,000 baht a month.Contact at Tel: 086-9488139.Email: jefdejong@gmail.com

NEW 4-BEDROOMHOUSE FOR RENT

House on 1,606sqm of landwith private pool, Jacuzzi, nicegarden, kitchen, living room,dining room, sala, BBQ,maid's room, solarcell hotwater, 3 space carpark andautomatic gate. Available fromMay. 10 minutes to Lagunaand Phuket City, 15 minutesto airport. Tel: 081-9707019.Email: nisaya@ yahoo.com

LUXURY VILLA RAWAILarge, 4 bedrooms en-suitewith beautiful garden, swim-ming pool, UBC, cable, ADSL.Long- or short-term rentalsavailable from 70,000 baht. Tel:086-2790837.

HOTEL PROMOTIONLow season, long-stay,beachfront hotel includesAmerican breakfast and addi-tional facilities. 18,000 baht permonth. Contact Tel: 076-345518, 081-8920038.

ROOMS FOR RENTSpectacular ocean views,swimming pool and Jacuzzi,daily breakfast and house-keeping, satellite TV, aircon,free high-speed Internet.From 1,000 to 2,000 baht pernight. Tel: 084-8395447. Email:gm@hilltophotel.com

PATONG ROOMSCentral Patong, short dis-tance to the beach and easyaccess to entertainment. Con-tact us: Tel: 081-8948446.www.southernfriedrice.com

KATA BEACHNew guesthouse with all theamenities. Wireless Internetthroughout the building, freeaircon, fan, safe, minibar, laun-dry, bar and restaurant withThai and European menu con-taining 215 items. Tel: 081-8948446. Visit our website:www.southernfriedrice.com

TAMCONSTRUCTION

Quality building services,all jobs done by qualifiedstaff with English speakingboss! Fair price and freeestimates given. Renova-tions, shopfitting, electricaland metalwork, built-in fur-niture and more. Please callTel: 089-6500133. Email:tamjai_06@yahoo.com

Specialist in European stone-care products and services:

Prevent: rust, stains, mildew,algae, scratches

Remove: builders’ residue,incorrect sealants, rust, stains,

mildew, etc. Daily care & cleaningproducts also available.

Tel: 07-2824930, 076-271217Fax: 076-271218

Email:info@thestonedoctor-asia.com

• Restoration• Sealing/Protection• Maintenance

All your maintenance,protection & cleaning needsfor natural and manufacturedstone.

• Marble • Sandwash• Granite • Terracotta• Slate • Terrazzo• Sandstone • Ceramics, etc

The Stone Doctor

PAINTING & DECORPainting and decorating forinterior or exterior. We maintaina high standard of service thatis available in the Chalong area.We use anti fungals and prim-ers to ensure a long-lastingfinish. Other services includeplumbing, tiling, etc. We alsooffer a full maintenance servicefor your villa including: maid,pool and garden service. Wespecialize in properties wherethe owner spends a largeamount of time overseas. Foradditional information and a freequotation, contact us at: Tel:076-281327, 081-8954480.Fax:076-281327. Email:handyman@loxinfo.co.th

WOODWORKINGSpecialized in woodworks forhouses & boats with our ownfactory and boatyard. Furni-ture (built-in or moveable),kitchens, bars, counters,work desks, etc. We can re-pair or rebuild anything thathas to do with woodwork. Tel:076-243089, 081-9683118.Fax: 076-243089. Email:pro_carpentering@yahoo.com

CONSTRUCTIONAll types of constructionsevices. Houses, ceilings, paint-ing, aircon, steel, renovation.Contact for more information.Tel: 089-5913996, 087-2636337.Email: malaisiam@gmail.com

PATONG APARTMENT

Large bed, aircon, hot wa-ter, cable TV, good view.Price: 8,000 to 18,000baht per month. ContactTel: 089-2909567. Pleasevisit our website for moreinformation and details:www.brommathaihouse.com

NEED HOLIDAY HOUSEWe need a cheap house of 2 to3 bedrooms from October 12to November 10, 2007. Familyof 5 adults, non-smoking, non-drinking. House must have akitchen, fridge, and aircon inbedrooms. Must be less then20,000 baht per month. Nopreference for location. Email:jonnakas@yahoo.com

HOUSE FOR RENTwanted in Patong. Housewith 1-2 bedrooms, fur-nished, A/C, garden andpool. Walking distance tothe beach. Period: end ofJune until end of Septem-ber (3 months). Email:dutchsailor07@hotmail.com

NEW 3-BEDROOMhouse. 2 bathrooms, livingroom, 2 aircons, garden,cable TV, carpark. Tel: 081-5384539, 084-0511955.Please email: sornin_s@yahoo.com

C L A S S I F I E D SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 45

Boats & Marine

LODESTAR DINGHY

W/ ENGINE

Inflatable Hypalon Rubberboat with 9.8hp Tohatsu en-gine. Includes travel bag,Water Sky and 2 person Ba-nana. All items only 3 monthsold. Please contact. Tel: 076-289691, 085-7988231.Email: c9000@gmx.de

BOATS OR YACHTS

Wanted inflatable, 2 to 3meters, hard transom.Please call for more details.Tel: 086-9270293.

DINGHY FOR SALE

3.10m dinghy in perfect con-dition ,fiber floor, extra seat,5 months old with a like new8hp engine. Includes all ofthe equipment. Purchasedfor 150,000 baht, will sell for110,000 baht. For moreinformation and details con-tact call Tel: 076-485271,084-6297767. Email:stardustbar@hotmail.com

TOUR & DIVE BOAT

BUSINESS

Based in Pattaya, this tourand dive boat businesstakes full advantage of thisregion's roughly 3 milliontourists per year. In addi-tion, the potential number offunctions in the Chonburiarea are expected to in-crease as a result of the newSuvarnabhumi Airport and itsproximity to Pattaya. Withabout 10 coral islands tochoose from on a full daycruise, this tour and dive busi-ness has been serving itscustomers successfullysince 2001. An excellenttrack record and service-minded approach has en-sured a great reputation andmany happy return custom-ers and referrals. The persontaking over this business willalso take over an already built-up customer base. The busi-ness has 3 full-time and 2part-time staff, and owns allthe equipment and 2 ves-sels. The main vessel usedfor dive and leisure tours is a75 foot long double-deckerwith a license to carry 50passengers. A 30 foot land-ing craft and 15 foot dinghyare included. The dive andtour boat business generatesannual turnover of 4.2 millionbaht. Due to retirement ofthe current owners, thissuccessful business is nowavailable for takeover, withan asking price of 8.8 millionbaht. The sellers can assistthe buyer to ensure asmooth transition. Tel: 038-756939, 087-1370541.Email: post@mvkingolav.com For further details, andmore information pleasesee our website at

www.mvkingolav.com

3.2 METER DINGHY

Little use and is in good condi-tion. Recently serviced. Newanti-foul treatment. 68,000 bahtor nearest offer. Contact foradditional details. Tel: 076-282283, 087-8977083. Email:pjpkt@phuket.ksc. co.th

FIBERGLASS

speedboats. Demoboats:Noryacht 470 with Tohatsu50hp and 600 with Yamaha85hp both with bimini. Also 1new 470 ready for mountingoutboard. Boats can be testedin Ao Yon, near Panwa. Call foran appointment. Europeantrailers are available. Pleasecall Tel: 089-2878941. Email:arottes @frisurf.no

SAILBOAT

1968 ISLANDER

for sale. 44ft world cruiser,laying Haven Marina,US$50,000. Please con-tact for more details. Email:temptation44@hotmail.com

BOAT MOLDS

Fiberglass speedboat moldsfor sale. 23ft, 27ft, 35ft, 38ft.Please call for more informa-tion. Tel: 076-527129, 086-5950978.

NEW 26' FIBERGLASS

lobster boat. Located inPattaya. Professionally built in2006. 2 berths, enclosedhead, 200hp Isuzu diesel in-board, windglass, stern plat-form and much more. 2.2 mil-lion baht. Please contact formore information. Tel: 038-251526, 081-8620319.Fax: 038-251192. Email:jacall@ptty.loxinfo.co.th

TASAR FOR SALE

Join the upcoming WorldChampionships in Phuket(July). Two-person perfor-mance dinghy complete withbeach dolly, road trailer.150,000 baht, or might sell 50%share to the right person.Please contact for more infor-mation. Tel: 081-8941530. Fax:076-239729. Email: andrew@leemarine.com

BOAT FOR SAIL

45-foot fishing boat, 165hp Hinoengine, GPS, fishfinder. 1.2 mil-lion baht. Please contact formore information. Tel: 076-284069, 087-2776056. Email:ianthebaker@hotmail.com

RUBBER DINGHY

for sale. 4.6m, RH460 NovaMarine, fiberglass hull, steeringcontrol, 40hp Yamaha, nicetrailer, good condition. 200,000baht plus VAT. Tel: 074-731198,089-7370465.

51FT SLOOP

Liveaboard or charter. Thairegistration, new sails and newrigging. Price: US $90,000. Tel:087-2295743.

18' FISHING BOAT

Fiberglass. Boston Whalertype, mint condition, 85hpYamaha. Includes trailer. Price:360,000 baht. Please call Tel:076-200933, 085-2534429.

ht

C L A S S I F I E D S46 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Island Job MartBoats & Marine

CABIN CRUISER31FT

Sunseeker motor yacht.Thai registration with char-ter license, 12 passengers.For sale. Please contact formore information at Tel:081-8950680. Email:trin.klinkeaw@yahoo.com

NORTH SEA BOATSX2K (2004)

Built in December 2004.Newly refurbished bymanufacturer. 2 x 200hpYamaha engines, completeelectronics and many fea-tures additional to standard.Price: US$60,000 (nego)ex-Bali, Indonesia. Call ortext:+62-813-38419911.Email: jwort@indo.net.idFor further details and infoplease see our website atwww.bwsbali.com

SIMPSON MARINE

requires the services of acharter boat sales and book-ing representative. The idealcandidate will be a Thai na-tional, have a strong back-ground in sales and market-ing, an excellent commandof English both written andspoken, be self-motivatedand confident. A backgroundin a marine-related fieldwould be a strong advan-tage. Own transport is es-sential. Initial applicationsshould be made by emailinga full resumé and refer-ences to:

Email: phuket@simpsonmarine.com

TEACHERS WANTEDTeachers required for:

* Public schools

* Business/resort classes

* On-site classes

Candidates need to be nativeEnglish speakers with TEFL orCELTA certification. Prefer-ence given to bachelor degreeholders with teaching experi-ence. Please call Brent at ECC.For more information call Tel:076-219062.

OFFICE MANAGERThai Office Managerneeded for busy sports-ori-entated business in Chalong.Requirements: read, writeand speak English and com-puter skills (Word, Excel,Internet) needed. Workingwith Thais and foreigners.Excellent salary, social insur-ance and bonus. Please con-tact Smai for an interview.Tel: 076-367071. Email:info@tigermuaythai.com

SWEDISH SALESPERSON (FEMALE)

Well-established inbound Scan-dinavian travel agency lookingfor a Swedish female Internetsales person to be a part of ourteam. A background in salesand/or the travel industry,computer skills and pedanticorganizational skills will be nec-essary, as well as really goodknowledge of Thailand. Imme-diate employment. Please sendCV with photo to Anders Palmor contact for more informa-tion and details. Tel: 076-246427, 081-8932575. Fax:076-246180. Email: andersp@loxinfo.co.th

PROGRAMMERPHP, MYSQL, English speak-ing Thai. Tel: 085-1317278.Email: apexbc@hotmail.de

THE GARDENGeneral administration andmarketing position Thalangarea. Up to 20,000 baht permonth. Must have good En-glish (spoken and written).Tel: K. Bill 084-1032358, K.Anna 084-0575756 for moreinformation.

FISHING BARGAIN!New boat, warranty, alloy, 6meters, center console,Sportfish. Thai survey. Cost toimport: 1.48 million baht. Selllow price to quick buyer.Trailer & tow vehicle included!Please contact for details. CallTel: 081-8922824. Email:makocraft@hotmail.com

FIBERGLASSspeedboats. Demo boats:Noryacht 470 with Tohatsu50hp and 600 with Yamaha85hp. Both with bimini. Havealso one new 470 ready formounting outboard. Boats canbe tested in Ao Yon, nearPanwa. European trailers areavailable. Call for an appoint-ment. Tel: 089-2878941.Email: arottes@frisurf.no

FERRY FOR SALELength: 30m. Gross: 322 tons.244 passengers. 12.2 millionbaht. Docked at Phuket. Tel:081-4084991.

NEW DINGHY2.2 meters, rigid bottom.Price: 45,000 baht ono. CallAna at Tel: 086-1204275.

PROWLER 9,000Asia Marine. 2 SchionningHulls and 1 platform to be as-sembled and completed forsale. Tel: 076-239111. Fax:076-238974. For informationand details contact email:broker@asia-marine.net

Gazette Online Classifieds

10,000 readers every day!

20M CATAMARANFOR SALE

Built of ply-glass-epoxy forliveaboard or day charter.Not finished. For info call Tel:087-8919620.

FISHING BOAT

New, fiberglass, 4 X 1.5meters, 5hp engine. 70,000baht for boat only. Withtrailer: 20,000 baht. Pleasecall for more information.Tel: 081-4775637.

AVON REDCREST 3MRigid-transom floorboard,good condition, 25,000 baht.Mercury 15hp long-shaft out-board. Little used. 25,000baht. Mariner 4hp shortshaftin good condition. 15,000baht. Tel: 087-2810452.

C L A S S I F I E D SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 47

Island Job Mart

MAID

Working hours 1:00am to10:00pm, Monday to Saturday.Must be able to drive, female,uniform provided, good person-ality. 7,000 baht per month &9,000 baht per month after pro-bation. Tel: 089-7724664.

PART TIME

Translate documents online,work from home, choose yourown time. Language: French,German, Spanish, Portuguese,Chinese, Japanese, Greek,Italian, Dutch, Russian & Ko-rean. For more details email:sakullayanee@ hotmail.com

HEAD OF THE

ENGLISH DEPT

- Thai national

- Fluent in both oral & writtenEnglish

- Bachelor’s degree in Englisheducation

- Coordinate with ESL Teach-ers

- 5 years’ teaching experience

- TESOL or TEFL certificatedesirable

- Understanding student cen-tered teaching practices

- Commit at least 2 years

Please send a copy of yourresume in Thai by April 30,2007, to Fax: 076-487124.

TIMESHARE SALES!

Have you ever dreamed ofworking in a virgin market?The Holiday Club is a largemultinational company withover 24 years in the time-share business. We are pres-ently running 2 full-timeroad show teams visiting re-gional areas in Australiawith enormous success.Our customers are highlyqualified, English speakingand most have never seen atimeshare presentation be-fore! We are currently re-cruiting experienced Man-agers and Liners to staffadditional teams to travelAustralia. Our staff enjoyhigh commissions, dailyspiffs, weekly draw, com-pany paid transport, and ac-commodation and reloca-tion packages. For more in-formation email your CV orexpression of interest. Allcorrespondence will betreated in strict confidence.Call Tel: 61-755923394.

Email: rob.hewison@holidayclubpacific.com

GOOD PAID

PC WORK

We need freelancers fordata entry, SEO, design anddeveloping websites, etc.Contact for details. Email:vankets@gmail.com

EmploymentWanted

SALES & MARKETING

position available for maturemale in busy marine chandleryin Boat Lagoon. Thai national,must speak fluent English,have sales experience, be out-going and energetic. A knowl-edge of boats useful. Call fordetails. Tel: 081-8913067.

PROFESSIONAL

HOTEL MANAGER

Have been in Thailand for 10years as GM, RDM, FrontOffice Manager and SalesMarketing Manager. Hotelgraduate from CambridgeInternational College. Look-ing for new position. ContactTel: 081-0801004. Email:hotelgm@gmail.com

LOOKING FOR

EMPLOYMENT

Young, energetic Filipino girllooking for immediate em-ployment in Phuket. Fluentin English and perfect com-puter skills. Please contactat Tel: 089-017- 5706. Email:marcellep@mail.com

SALES PERSON

Internet advertising for marineand seafood industry. Thainational who can speak, readand write English. Computerliterate, good negotiation skills,must have own transportion.Call K. Kevin Tel: 087-2820867.Email: kevin@sea-ex.com

CHIEF ACCOUNTANT

CPD license is a must. Knowl-edge of QuickBooks is a plus.Must be good on reportingcash flow, budget, etc. Call Tel:076-239111. Fax: 076-238974.Email: hr@asia-marine.net

OFFICE MANAGER

wanted by estate agent. Theposition requires basic ac-counting skills, good com-mand of English, computer lit-eracy. Please send CV byemail or for more informationTel: 086-686 5998. Email:info@tropical-homes.net

UK RECRUITMENT

Consultants. Young, articulateand sales-minded British re-cruitment consultants wantedfor busy office in Phuket. Ex-cellent salary. For more informa-tion email: Ian@evocation.netFor further details of our com-pany, please visit our website atwww.evocation.net

STAFF FOR INTERNET

in Rawai. Thai female staffwanted full or part time withcomputer skills and basic En-glish knowledge. Good salary.Contact Mr Rudi. Please con-tact for more information. Tel:076-288808, 081-0909640.

HOUSE MAID

I require a live-in house maid.House is close to Boat Lagoon.Must be friendly with dogsand able to cook. Middle-agedThai female preferred. Pleasecontact for more information.Tel: 081-8913067.

Looking for a job? www.phuketgazette.net!

C L A S S I F I E D S48 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Tout, Trader & Trumpet

Articlesfor Sale

Bulletins

BusinessOpportunities

KATA BEACHNew guesthouse for sale orrent. Call for info and appoint-ment. Tel: 081-8948446.

BAR & RESTAURANTIN PHUKET CITY

Lounge/bar/pool near RoyalPhuket City Hotel. 80sqm, 2floors, fully equipped, aircon,sound system, plasma TV,nice decoration. 4-yearlease, 5 years or more pos-sible. 1.9 million baht + rent.Contact Tel: 081-7288087.

NANAI BEAUTY SHOPfor sale. Only 120,000 baht.Suitable for other uses. Newaircon, glass frontage, etc.Please call K. Orn Tel: 081-3974957.

RESTAURANT/BARfor sale in Rawai area. Fullyequipped, good location. Callfor details. Tel: 081-0520160.

INVESTORSWANTED

Profitable franchise lookingto expand in southern Thai-land. Minimum investment:1.5 million baht. Please con-tact for additional details. Tel:084-8412830. Email:islandmuscle@gmail.com

BOOK SHOP SALEPatong OTOP book shopfor sale. Price: 690,000baht. Tel: 084-1705552.

BusinessProducts &

Service

FOR SALESiemens dishwasher. Auto 3in1model. Stainless steel.Three months old. Never used.40,000 baht new. Best offer willsell. Tel: 087-933-4097.

TEAK WOOD20 years of age, 200 rai, 60,000trees. Good for yacht or exportfurniture. Delivery available. Tel:076-244450, 081-9787847.

PATENT ANDBUSINESS

For sale for the manufac-ture and sale of exclusivecar covers and solar heatprotection for all models ofcars. Patented in Thailand. "AWorldwide Business Oppor-tunity". The Thailand patentand methodology for manu-facturing as well as the engi-neering involved are for sale.Also included (for a limitedtime) is assistance in thetooling needed. The businessand patents may be boughtoutright, or as a license tomanufacture with royaltiespayable to the patent owner.For further informationplease call or write in Englishor Thai language to MrAlasdair Forbes. Tel: 087-8849964. Please email:a l a s d a i r . p h u k e t @gmail.com Preview the prod-ucts, by visiting our websitewww.car-cap. com (Thai lan-guage) or www.car-cap.com/english (English language).

SOLID INVESTMENTMulti business. Car care,100sqm cafe/restaurant,50sqm aircon office, separatetoilet house, big parking area,billboard rental, 6 staff rooms.3 minutes to Lotus. 1 location,3-year lease. Call PVB,Bertrand. Tel: 081-2715292.

2 UNITS FOR SALE

Tailor shop located besidethe absolute Sea Pearl Hotel.Tel: 081-8269390.

KATA CENTERRawai. Shophouse for rentand land for sale. Tel: 081-2730080. Please visit ourwebsite at http://landandshopforsale.phuket.net

RESTAURANT (PIZZA)Nanai Rd, 2 units, all equip-ment. 190,000 baht. Tel: 089-4696839, 084-8506380.

UMBRELLAS CURVERand courtyard, 3m diameter,various colors and styles. Start-ing at 2,300 baht. Please con-tact Tel: 081-7193962. Email:bbq@loxinfo.co.th

BEAUTIFULmassage shop. Busy locationNanai Rd, no key money, 6-year lease. 80,000/100,000baht net high season profit. In-cludes all fixtures. 1.2 millionbaht. Call Tel: 086-2625321.

LODESTAR DINGHYw/ engine. Inflatable Hypalonrubber boat with 9.8hp Tohatsuengine. Includes travel bag,Water Sky and 2 person Ba-nana. All items only 3 monthsold. Tel: 076-289691, 085-7988231. Email: c9000@gmx.de

CAFE/BARChalong. Wholesale & retailpies, fish and chips, etc. Cheaprent includes accom. 2+2years. Royal street, all training& recipes. 995,000 baht. Amust inspect. For more informa-tion call Tel: 087-024-5036.

RETIREMENT VISAservice. Reasonable price.Please call us for more infor-mation. Tel: 081-5372655.Fax: 076-525063. Email:tdc_asia@hotmail.com

RETIREMENT VISA1 year only 25,000 baht.Must have Thai bank ac-count. 100% guaranteed.Tel: 085-7954768 (English),081-8929960 (Thai).

CHIROPRACTORDr Richard Cracknell. CallTel: 076-330889. Visit ourwebsite at www.chiropractic-phuket.com

TITLE SEARCHProtect your investment.Check the land title beforeyou buy. We offer full legalservices including purchaseagreement, lease and landregistration. Free consulta-tion. Tel: 076-345277.www.siam-legal.com/land

NO 1 VISA &ACCOUNTING

Best prices & service! Visaservice for Thai and foreign-ers, company registrationand work permit. Tel: 076-280447, 087-2650595.For more information email:phuket@no1visa.com

QUALITY WEBHOSTING

5,000 baht per year.• Low price, high speed• Take care of you with ourbest service• Server stability• 100% uptime• Lowest domain pricingfor .com/.org/.net/.biz• Free parking page• Spam & virus protection• Webmail

Tel: 076-528737.Please see our website at

www.WideDiscovery.com

BEER BARSFor advice on buying a beerbar in Phuket call Kevin atTSBA. Tel: 084-7300190.

FITNESS CENTERFOR SALE

Gym established for 7 yearsin Phuket. Owner retiring.Contact Tel: 081-8111067.

GUESTHOUSEfor sale with restaurant/bar.Located opposite main en-trance to Royal Paradise Hotel.6 guestrooms with shower,aircon, TV. Luxurious, beauti-ful restaurant with kitchen,high standard. 14 million baht.Call Tel: 081-8956587, 081-8949060, 086-2697093.

RESTAURANT/BARon Nanai Rd. Best location onthis street. Fully equipped, pooltable and big screen TV. Only500,000 baht. If interested Ican send some pictures.Please contact for more de-tails. Tel: 087-1133043. Email:barneywest@hotmail.com

KAMALA REST/BARNew place for rent. Main road.Famous pizza. Fully fitted andready to open. Lease: 5 years,6,000 baht per month. Key:money 400,000 baht. Pleasecall for more information anddetails. Tel: 086-2878966.

STUDIOS IN PATONGStudios with small kitchenettefor rent in Soi Nanai 2. Lowseason offer of 12,500 baht permonth, all included. Call Tel:081-5362954. Email for info:petro@phuket.ksc.co.th

CONSTRUCTIONcompany needs partner. Weneed a partner to expand ourcompany. Required capital is 6million baht for 50% of theshares. For more informationplease contact us via email inEnglish, German or Thai.Email: fliege37@hotmail.com

RESTAURANTfor rent. New restaurant forrent at 25,000 baht permonth. 1 million baht to buyall the equipment. 4 floors:- restaurant on 1st and 2nd floor- apartment on 3rd floor- staff room on 4th floorReady to open now! Pleasecall or email for additional de-tails. Tel: 081-8915602. Email:andrea.capucci@gmail.com

GUESTHOUSEKamala, small guesthouse,bar, restaurant. 4 roomsand small apartment, beau-tiful terrace, very clean. 1minute to beach. WIFI. 5-year lease for 900,000 baht.K. Bob. Tel: 087-2661851.

JEAB’S JUMPINGCASTLES8 models.

For children’s parties.Tel: 081-8939742

www.phuketjumpingcastles.com

LOW INPUT, HIGHoutput, automatic carwashmachines for sale. Startingfrom 3.9 million baht. For moredetails please email: carwash_phuket@hotmail.com

GUESTHOUSEFOR SALE

Near Sheraton Krabi. Byowner. Contact Tel: 081-3703109, 086-7431586.

GUESTHOUSEFOR LEASE

Long-established hotel with12 rooms. All rooms haveaircon, cable TV, minibar,window and hot & cold wa-ter. 40-seat restaurant, greatlocation. For quick sale: 14million baht or nearest offer.Tel: 086-2727939. Email:eb-naiharn@web.de

VISA & LEGALSERVICES

Company registration 2,229baht;one-year visa 5,999 baht;retirement visa 5,999 baht;work permit 5,999 baht;UK & US visa 16,999 baht.No more visa runs – get aone-year visa for only 5,999baht.Establish your Thai companytoday, buy land or start yourbusiness for only 2,229 baht!Property title search, salescontract and land registra-tion.Thailand’s largest legal ser-vice network. Always lowprices by our licensed Thailawyers.Please contact for details.

Tel: 076-345277.

Email: info@siam-legal.comwww.siam-legal.com

TAM CONSTRUCTIONQuality building services, alljobs done by qualified staff withEnglish speaking boss! Fairpriced renovations, shopfit-ting, electrical, metal workand built-in furniture. Tel: 089-6500133. Email: temjai_06@yahoo.com

BOUNCY CASTLEfor hire. Healthy fun for kids.Great rates. Tel: 081-891-8689, 081-6765363.

HEALINGCRYSTALS

Use the power of naturalstones to energize, sootheand calm the mind. Tel:087-263-9548.FINE

CONTEMPORARYFURNITURE

Get used to quality. Pleasecontact Tel: 053-859125, 086-9238228. Fax: 053-859125.Email: nanapart@indochine-decor.com Visit our websiteat: www.indochine-decor.com

C L A S S I F I E D SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 49

Tout, Trader & Trumpet

Computers

Miscellaneousfor Sale

BACKGAMMON

Retired businessman lookingfor backgammon players onPhuket Island. Please callTel: 081-5778443.

Cameras &Equipment

SONY UNDERWATER

camera. Sony 5.1 megapixelcamera with underwaterhousing. Includes two 256 MBmemory sticks. 11,000 bahtono. Email: danhogfelt@hotmail.com

PRO DATA

RECOVERY

All kinds of computer magic.Tel: 086-6827277, 081-5819782. For further informa-tion, please visit our website:www.phuke t - da t a -wizards.com

PersonalServices

DEAL FOR FAST SALE

Computer, compact withmany accessories and table,still 3-year guarantee. 8,500baht. Tel: 081-2945441.

EXERCISE BIKE

computer program. Good con-dition. Cost: 26,000 baht. Sellfor 8,500 baht. HD sit-up benchlike new. Cost: 8,000 baht. Sellfor 3,500 baht. Please call formore information and details.Tel: 081-9583513.

20 INCH APPLE

cinema screen. Only used forfive months. New price was24,500 baht. Will sell for 15,000(not negotiable). Tel: 076-378255, 087-8822597. Email:euro-art-gallery@ planet.nl

SVT EUROPE

Mottagare (Digitality VC-CI 304)with 2.4m dish. For additionalinformation, please contact Tel:076-289288. Email:hasse.reinholdsson@telia.com

GREAT WEB DOMAIN

for sale. Very attractive do-main names for sale, neverhave been online. Living in Eu-rope and do not need themanymore. Large range of pos-sibilities with the site names.€2,000 each. Call Tel: +32-476954944. For further details,please visit our websiteswww.asianscuba.com &www.aquasiam.com

TRAIN TICKETS

to Khon Kaen. Two first classsleeper cabin tickets to KhonKaen on April 9, departingBangkok 8:45pm. 2,200 bahtfor the pair. All trains for KhonKaen are fully booked so bequick. Call and ask for John.Tel: 081-0815952. Email:messagejohn@hotmail.com

ELITE PERSONAL

TRAINERS

Looking for serious clients.Results guaranteed.

*Rehabilitation

*Weight Loss

*Body Sculpting

*Nutritional Advice

Contact us for further informa-tion. Tel: 076-282349. Email:islandmuscle@gmail.com

Personals

BETTER MAN

Massage for relaxation. 24hrs. Tel: 083-9699839.

PERSONAL

counseling in Patong. U.S.trained mental health profes-sional is now accepting newclients. Counseling for adultindividuals, couples and chil-dren. Email: parwgk@aol.com

EUROPEAN SINGLE

Educated, gentle, nice looks,looking for romance on a moreor less serious basis. Email:ackroydee@ yahoo.com

JVC VIDEO CAMERA

Digital Model GR-D7OAA. DVcassettes, 700x digital zoom,color LCD viewer. USB link DVin/out. 8 MB memory card. Onlyused for 4 tapes. Recent largebattery replacement. As new,with all complete manuals,leads, carry case, etc. Pricedat only 12,500 baht. Tel: 081-9783089.

POINT OF SALE

hardware. Includes 3M touchscreen, automatic till, receiptprinter, price-display monitor,bar-code scanner, QuickBooksand point-of-sale software (asused in McDonald's). New:120,000 baht, will accept60,000 baht. For more informa-tion Tel: 081-0801170. Email:billylawrence1955@yahoo.com

C L A S S I F I E D S50 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007

Wheels & Motors

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_| (heading)

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|_|

Please use this form to write your classified advertisement.

Then hand it to any of our agents.

Classified ads are charged per line. Each line is 95 baht,with a minimum of 4 lines (heading included) per ad.

All advertising must be paid for in advance.

Deadline for Wheels & Motors page: Saturday 12 noon.

Wheelsheelsheelsheelsheels & MotorsotorsotorsotorsotorsAdvertisements

Pickups

Saloon Cars

HONDA CIVICRed tags, 1.8L; 3,000km,auto. 450,000 baht plus 28months at 15,000 baht permonth. Tel: 086-2878966.

TOYOTA SUPRAMaybe one of the bestToyota Supras in Thailand isfor sale with offers over 2.55million baht. Please contactfor full details. Tel: 076-240042or 081-8911635. Email:ndwilliams@chevron.com Foradditional information, pleasevisit our website at: http://r cweb .ne t / f o r ums /showthread.php?t=289199&goto=newpost

FORD PROBE 1997FOR SALE

Good condition, import car.Price: 350,000 baht. Red sportscar. Call Tel: 089-8742960.Email for more information:pwarunee@hotmail.com

1957 MGAROADSTER

Mechanically restored by afarang mechanic in 2002. In-cluding new motor, carbs,gearbox, clutch, brakes, ra-diator, etc. Supplied from UKMGA specialist. A reluctantsale at 850,000 baht, but thegarage space is required torestore a 1960 XK 150 Jag-uar. Tel: 081-6913926.Email: applegold@gmail.com

TOYOTA STARLET 88Economical runabout. Goodchance to upgrade from mo-torbike. 75,000 baht. Pleasecontact for more information.Tel: 089-8682563.

HONDA CIVICAt 1.8L Vtec October 02. Blue.1 lady owner. Sony CD player.500,000 baht. Please contactfor additional information. Tel:081-7873392. Email:onecoolphuket@yahoo.com

AUDI A4 FOR SALE1.8L, automatic, 1997. Darkgreen metallic with beigeleather interior and 17" wheelswith new tires. Beautiful car,only 6 on the island. 340,000baht. Tel: 085-1191891.Email: c_commie@yahoo.com

MITSUBISHI EVOVIII MR. White on white, Momowheels, 2.5 years old, main-tained by Mitsubishi RalliartThailand. 1.75 million baht. Callfor details Tel: 085-1191891.

JAZZ COOL 2005

VTEC, 22,000km, 530,000baht or 250,000 baht andbank payments of 9,300 baht.Contact for additional informa-tion. Tel: 084-8516121.

HONDA CITY IDSL1 careful lady owner, bronze,2004. 50,000km, full options.480,000 baht. Please contactTel: 086-2825107.

SUBARU WRX

Turbo clip, body kit, ex-haust. Quick sale. ContactTel: 085-7977786. Email:tj_biggie@hotmail.com

1994 MITSUBISHILANCER

Recent overhaul includingnew clutch, skimmed head& head gasket, fuel injectionsystem, wheel alignment.Full service history. CD ste-reo with USB port, powersteering, aircon. Absolutebargain. 200,000 baht ono.Call Tel: 081-9702028. Formore information email:sprattmargaret@yahoo.com

MAZDA 323 FOR SALEAutomatic gears, 128,000km,aircon, CD player, 4 doors.Price: 135,000 baht. For addi-tional information Tel: 084-8491037. Contact via email:phuket1000@gmx.de

SLK200 BENZ

Convertible, 1997, perfectcondition, 80,000km. Full in-surance. 1.95 million baht.Tel: 087-8904528. Email:fullmoonlaser@hotmail.com

HONDA JAZZV-Tec, 2006. Full options,metallic silver paint. New:705,000 baht. Asking price:590,000 baht. Tel: 089-727-2822. Email: tonpa@gmx.net

HONDA CITY ZXSilver, top model. Full options.September 2005 model.16,500km, no accidents, ladyowner. Asking 500,000 baht.Contact Tel: 081-8937068.

NISSAN CEFIRO2 liter for sale! Aluminumchrome wheels, MP3 soundsystem (USB Stick ), no ac-cidents, 80,000km, verygood condition. Price:585,000 baht. Tel: 076-344305, 086-2798667.Email: info@phuket1.de

BMW 316iGreen, built 1995 (in Munich),well maintained, 92,000 km.For sale at only 495,000 baht.Call Tel: 076-398126, 087-8850064. Fax: 076-398126.Email: hajoms@hotmail.com

MITSUBISHI LANCERChamp. Year 1998. 4 doors,well maintained, white color,power steering. Selling for69,000 baht. Please contactfor details. Tel: 081-7375909.

NEW TOYOTA CAMRYNew Toyota Camry 2.4V ur-gently for sale. Beat thewaiting list. Only 2,000km,black, full options. Ownerleaving Thailand . Must sell.Call now! Tel: 086-6900444.Email for more info: info@luxuryyachtsthailand.com

AWESOME 2003Honda City. 2003, light-blue.Great condition. Great aircon.Airbags on both sides, CDplayer, automatic gears. 4doors. 168,867km. 400,000baht or best offer. Please con-tact for more information.Tel: 086-6303601. Email:shoopbayoop@yahoo.com

96 AUDI S6 TURBOFull options, 270hp, high-endstereo, service book, alumi-num mags. 370,000 baht. Formore information please con-tact Tel: 089-5330357. Email:sholaisen@hotmail.com

VIOS 2003Black, central locking, remote,65,000km, manual gears,CD. Good condition. 365,000baht. Please contact for moreinformation. Call Tel: 089-8736889. For furthur detailsand photos please email:w n a m m a t a p e t e r s e n@hotmail.com

HONDA CITY TYPE Z1999, good condition, silver,110,000km, full insurance.Price: 260,000 baht ono. Pleasecontact for furthur information.Tel: 086-8623085. Email:davidudon@gmail.com

TOYOTA CROWNRoyal saloon. This car is beau-tiful to look at and in perfectcondition. 1991 model withClass 1 insurance. Manualshift. Contact for more info.Tel: 084-8491091. Email:johnleinfelder@yahoo.com

BMW 1990 S5Silver, excellent condition. Willbe leaving Thailand soon.Please contact K. Bill formore information and details.Tel: 081-6936972.

TOYOTA FOR SALE1996, quick sale. 180,000baht. Well maintained.Please contact for moreinformation and details. Tel:076-239111, 081-9583095.Email: hr@asia-marine.net

LEAVING SALEFamily cars. All three cars forsale at only 229,000 baht totalprice. All cars are in very goodcondition. Must see. For moreinfomation and details pleasecontact Tel: 081-7375909.

NISSAN NV FOR SALEJune 2004. 63,000km, manualtransmission. Silver color.250,000 baht. Please contactfor more information. Tel: 081-9785058.

ISUZU D-MAX FULLOPTIONS+++

2004, D-Max, 3.0TD, manualgear box, full service history.2 owners, 54,000km, over150,000 baht in extras, mintcondition, must be seen.520,000 baht. Contact foradditional information. Tel:084-8507170. Email:rooke_simon@ hotmail.com

FORD RANGER XLSTurbo, open cab. Year: 2006.Price 395,000 baht. Pleasecontact Tel: 086-1542255.

NISSAN FRONTIER AXL2006, only 2 months old,7,000km, all leather trim.Price: 475,000 baht. Pleasecall Tel: 084-4413633.

TRITON MEGA CAB2006, blue, 2WD, 17,000km,CD, rust proofed. 150,000 bahtand take over finance pay-ments of 7,883 baht monthly.Please contact for additionalinformation. Tel: 085-7959105.

BENZ 230E W1241993, perfect condition, sil-ver, auto. 620,000 baht.Please contact for more infor-mation. Tel: 084-0577505.

GREAT DEAL2006 Chevrolet Colorado, 4-door, 33,000km, 3.0 turbodiesel. Price: 450,000 baht.Tel: 094-4724423. Email:joecarre@hotmail.com

ISUZU D-MAX CAB4

2003, 160,000km, perfectcondition, good runner, 3.0L,auto gears, only one owner.Price: 520,000 baht. Pleasecontact for more informationTel: 087-2709093. Email:s.anut@hotmail.com

C L A S S I F I E D SApril 14 - 20, 2007 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E 51

Wheels & Motors

Motorbikes

Rentals

4 x 4s

ISUZU D-MAX 2.5 DITURBO SX

2004, 4 door, removablecanopy. 66,000 km, full servicerecord, one owner. 450,000baht ono. Please call Tel: 076-202577, 087-2729564. Email:besters@gcthailand.org

TOYOTA FORTUNERDIESEL

Beautiful, black, 3.0L,manual, 2005. Full servicehistory. Warranty. All ex-tras including cream leatherinterior. 25,000km. Bargainat 845,000 baht. Tel: 084-8438932. Contact email:paul_phuket@hotmail.com

FORD HI-RIDER 200518 months old, 27,000km, 5-speed, alarm, excellent condi-tion. 430,000 baht. Tel: 084-1880896. More informationat email: dimhost@gmail.com

FORD RANGER 2006Open cab, silver, 28,000km.355,000 baht. Call for moredetails. Tel: 084-4413633.

FOR SALEFord Ranger, XLT model.2002 diesel, 71,000km, ex-cellent condition. Only270,000 baht. Call Dieter.Tel: 086-2812899.

NISSAN NV CAPFor sale by a farang woman. 2years old, 63,000km. Ser-viced at Nissan. 290,000baht. Excellent condition.Manual transmission. Call fordetails. Tel: 081-9785058.

ISUZU PICK UP3.0 i-TEQ, 5-speed, 4x4,navy, 2005, 4 door, ABS,airbags, wheels, 75,000kmblack, MP3. Price: 270,000Baht. Finance at 13,541baht for 24 months. Tel: 081-9797473. Contact email:privated@loxinfo.co.th

ISUZU CAB 4, 4WD

2001, 56,000km, manualgears, 3.0L, good condi-tion. Price: 470,000 baht.Tel: 087-2709093. Email:s.anut@hotmail.com

TOYOTA TIGER 4WD

4 door, large crew cab, fullyserviced, 140,000km, blue,TV, UK owner, very goodcondition. 460,000 baht. Tel:083-5068328.

SUZUKI JEEPCaribian, 4x4, aircon, full in-surance. Price: 9,000 baht permonth. Tel: 086-9488139.Email: jefdejong@gmail.com

TRITON MEGA CAB2006, blue, 2WD, 17,000km,CD, rust proofed. 150,000baht, take over finance pay-ments of 7,883 baht monthly.Call Tel: 085-7959105.

TOYOTA VIGO4X4 G

Original owner, March 2006,13,000km, silver, auto. Fullinsurance for 1 year. Price:690,000 baht (no bargain-ing). Call Tel: 087-0820100.

4X4 VGS ISUZUOnly 3 months old, auto.,brown. 700,000 baht with in-surance. Tel: 089-5944017.

YAMAHA FAZER

Like new, 2004, 1,000cc, only10,700km. 295,000 baht. Tel:081-5370331. For more infor-mation and details email:phuket@cbre.co.th

JEEP 4 SALE100% legal but far fromnew! Cheap fun transport. Abargain at 130,000 baht.Tel: 081-8922824. Email:makocraft@hotmail.com

CAR 4 RENTNissan NV Deluxe, auto. Perfectcondition. Full Insurance. Lowmonthly price for A1 Renter.Tel: 081-8922824. Email:makocraft@hotmail.com

P.M.P. CAR RENTand taxi service. ToyotaWish, Camry, Vios, Yarisand Honda Jazz for rent.Short-term or long-term.Minibus for tour, taxi ser-vice. Call for more details.Tel: 087-2646808, 083-1743880.

A1 CAR RENTAL

Cars, trucks, jeeps that are allfully insured for rental. Bestprices for long-term rental:12,000 to 20,000 baht permonth. Call Tel: 089-8314703.For further information and de-tails please email: a1carrent@myway.com

CARS FOR RENT

Many types of cars for rent.Short-term or long-termrentals at special rates.Tel: 081-6078567. Email:suksavat@hotmail.com

NEW TRUCK FOR RENTChevrolet Colorado C-cab.Cheapest rental on the is-land, full insurance. Price:15,000 baht per month. Tel:081-7472033.

2007 TOYOTA YARISWhite Yaris for rent. Auto-matic, aircon, ABS, airbag,CD, MP3, tinted windows.18,000 baht per month for6-month minimum. Tel: 089-9733276. Email: may@patongbeachthailand.com

JEEP FOR SALE

Same as original Renegadereconditioned for 85,000baht (receipts available).New vital parts, body workand paint. 130,000 baht obo.Contact Tel: 086-2666350.

FORD ESCAPE2003, black, 45,000km. Excel-lent condition, full service his-tory. 750,000 baht ono. Email:mike@mikepearson.net

KIA SPORTAGE 4WD1997. Full service in Decem-ber. Owner for 5 years, movingto Europe. 295,000 baht to in-clude full comprehensive insur-ance. Please contact for addi-tional information. Tel: 089-9723861, 081-7378662. Email:ba@kiwibrian.com

FORD ESCAPEYear 2003, low mileage, 1owner, immaculate condition,beige leather interior, originalcondition, dark green metallic.790,000 baht or best offer.Tel: 081-8913067.

TOYOTA FORTUNER2005, 2.7L VVTi, silver metal-lic, 40,000km, like new, 1 yearwarranty left. Price: 890,000baht. Call Tel: 081-9701070.

HONDA DREAMGreen book, all papers, electric,reliable. 15,000 baht. Email:th246810@hotmail.com

HONDA SONIC 125CCWell looked after, reliable andfast. 20,000 baht. Call fortest ride! Tel: 085-7920093.Email: cespouy@hotmail.com

YAMAHA VIRAGONew tires and chrome,resprayed. 35,000 baht. Tel:084-0580800, 081-2949232.

HONDA PHANTOM50km on a new engine rebuildby Honda. New clutch, goodcondition. New tires. Mustsee. Only 55,000 baht obo.Contact for further details.Tel: 087-8821963. Email:benlee53@hotmail.com

HONDA WAVE:24,000 baht per month. 680baht per week. Good condition,discount for long term. Tel:076-288542, 086-6837162.Email: somthawin_pw@hotmail.com

HONDA VARADERO1000cc, 2001, 34,000km,green book, 2-month guaran-tee, good condition. 380,000baht. For more information Tel:086-0207205. Email:blackyrider@yahoo.com

HONDA WAVE 125Electric starter, 2 years old,good condition. Price: 20,000baht. Tel: 089-5944017.

SCOOTERS: NOUVOAND CLICK

2006, low mileage, like new,no accidents. Sell Nouvo:42,000 baht; Click: 39,000baht. Tel: 081-3670991.

SMALL MAZDATRUCK

1993, sporty version ofFamilia. Clean engine andbody. 90,000 baht. Pleasecall Tel: 089-8682563.

CAR FOR RENT45,000 baht per month(monthly rental basis). Isuzu D-Max i-TEQ VGS 3.0 (HighModel). 4 doors, silver color,ABS, airbag, 4 WD, DVD/CD.1st-class insurance, only2,255km Please contact Tel:081-8169247, 081-9586741.

SUZUKI CARIBEAN1 year old for rent. 600 bahtper day, 3,500 baht per week,9,500 baht per month. Koi’sKamala. Tel: 087-9037933.

JIKKY CAR RENTMany types of cars for rent.Good price for long-term. Auto-matic, CD player, insurance.Tel: 081-8915296.

ISUZU D-MAX LS

3.0 i-TEQ, 4x4, Jan ’05, 4door, ABS, airbags, wide alloywheels, MP3. Only: 595,000baht. Call Tel: 089-9662994.Email: nengrich@gmail.com

TOYOTA FORTUNER2.7 VVTi, silver, top ofrange model, auto., full ser-vice history, leather, likenew. 840,000 Baht. Pleasecontact Tel: 086-2796283.

NISSAN FRONTIER2003, 4 door, Carryboy,1st class condition. Price:355,000 baht. For informa-tion call Tel: 087-2699919.

TOYOTA MIGHTY X4 doors. 1994. Only 120,000km, runs excellent & clean.Asking 185,000 baht. Tel:076-341827.

52 P H U K E T G A Z E T T E April 14 - 20, 2007