Up bright and early for our sailing trip to Phang Nga Bay, which is north-east of Phuket. Opened the curtains to our room to see...rain pelting down and nothing but grey skies all around. It looked like monsoon season had finally caught up to us. Already apprehensive about the possibility of rough water (which Sam doesn't like much), it seemed our luck was about to run out. Nevertheless we quickly packed our raincoats and were collected by our driver for the 40 minute trip to the boat docks on the other side of the island. Our 18 metre yacht, the Sakai, is operated by Captain Mark, originally from Perth but resident in Phuket for the last 3 years, a public servant who was looking for, and found, his sea change. As we arrived at the dock
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