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The family in Phuket has shrunk to normal levels again. The recent transplants from Buri Ram have left again. Three sisters of the Phetlert family are here now, Su, my wife, Min, Phil's wife and Smon who works at Rolly Tasker Sails and lives in Phil's house. Phil is a retired Canadian naval officer, and we got to know him from our boating days.
My step-daughter Chim, after two years attendance at Ramkamheng University, has had to suspend her university education because of an accident, the result of which is Our Baby Faay. Faay is a lovely baby. See pictures of it by clicking in the underlined link. My other step-daughter Chuang, after finishing high school and recently working in an accounting firm serving an international clientele, has quit the job to marry a young man from Belgium, Danny Maes, and she lives with him in Belgium now. Danny is one of the four Belgians who came to Phuket for a holiday last year, and three of them ended up with Thai wives. One of them, Rudi married a cousin of Chuang, named Tukta.
Now there are four of us again in our house.
Chuang is taking her former office colleagues on a tour of the island.
They are from the North of Thailand and new to Phuket. From left to right:
Damrongsak, the manager, Tukta, Chuang, the manager's senior assistant,
Na, Chuang's cousin.
Chuang with Tukta on the beach, shortly before Tukta's departure to
Belgium
Tukta is giving a going away party. Left to right: Dtem, Tukta's sister,
her husband, Na, Su, Tukta with her son, and Jom, Tukta's mother
Tukta with Rudi in Belgium. The baby's name is Bo and it belongs to
Rudi's brother
Chuang with her husband Danny.
Click here to see pictures of Chuang's and
Danny's life in Belgium
In January 2002 Manfred and Imke visited us in Phuket. They toured all
of Thailand in a rented car. Manfred is the brother of my former wife Ellen-Traute,
who lives in Canada.
