I have arrived to Phuket and so has my backbag although it came with a later flight. I was not the only Finnish person who was left without the bag. It was quite funny when they told me that it did not make the flight in Helsinki. My backbag was more ecological than I and it came with the direct flight. :)
So at the airport everyone else had pretty much left and I had to wait 40 minutes for the next arriving flight to get enough people for the minivan. I was entertaining the minivan/taxi sales guys as I was holding the sign while the driver was bringing his car closer. It seemed to be hilarious as 5-6 guys were laughing and pointing at me. I was vey bad sales person and did not manage to get any more people to buy the ticket, so I had to wait.
In the ride to the beach, three people in front were discussing what to see and do in Thailand. They were talking about elephants and two had had exeperience in a elephant training camp and said it was hard work and recommended that the third guy would just go for a elephant riding tour. I had to bite my tounge and not to start explaining why he should not do that, but rather go to an animal sanctuary instead.
But why I actually started to write this post is that I was so positively surprised by The Phuket News paper. Asian newspapers are often full of crime news and convicted people's faces and so this time too, but starting from page 4 there were so many good news that I don't think I have seen in a while, maybe never.
There will be a beach and coral reef clean up day on the December 16th.
2000 buttefflies will be released to wild reserve on November 26th and there are funds raised for the Gibbon project.
Thai man has been arrested in South-Africa for coordinating Rhino horn smuggling.
Two vets from Singapore are arriving to Bangkok to help out their local colleagues to catch snakes and crocodiles.
Ok. This is bad news, but good topic. Two rhino species have gone extinct.
I learned something new about Thailand that every tourist should know, by Thai law guide jobs are for Thai people only. So if you have an international guide, they are not officially lisenced guides. There may be a Thai guide with you, but they are there to prevent the tour operator to be fined. I did not know this. This is a very good tip for responsible travel.
Culture page had a short story about elephants in tourism.
There is an environment page on which they talk about green research, there is a story about horse shoe crab and a Adopt a dog announcement from Soi Dog.
In the weird world (?) page there is a story about a woman who is eating road killed animals. Talk about happy meat. Maybe she has read the book Sick Puppy and was inspired.
I read the newspaper in a cafe, but I had to go and buy it with 20 baht to support it. Check it out www.thephuketnews.com
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