petercallen,
Do not be affected (or upset) by anything this load of anti-Thai ... people here say. You are not the only one who likes (or loves, and loves with family here) this lovely Country. Naturally there are bad sides and good sides to every country as you probably know.
Most of the anti-Thai crowd here have their reasons - "some" stranded here without the money to go back and start again (dream of it) in the good old country mostly (after their failure - and their attitude could be near explaining their failure at the first place), it seems.
We live in this country, we give to this country, we receive from this country. We live here.

Originally Posted by
petercallen

Originally Posted by
Kwang
where in Phuket are you Peter?
ive heard a lot of good reports away from the tourist spots, taxi mafia, ladyboys,jet ski bandits, rapists and the death beach.
Rawai, lived here 18 months now and love the place
Also lived in Patong, Kathu, Kata and Chalong in my opinion rawai is the best i bought a house here after looking all over the island