[erikE]

Hey all, this is a great forum!

I'm not a total LOS newbie, so I chose to post in this section, not in the newbie section. Feel free to move it. I've been to Thailand three times before, going fourth this July - planning to make Phuket one of my main stops.

I'm a 34 year old Norwegian who sadly found the glory of Thailand a bit late (but I've seen people in the 60ies saying the same thing, so I should consider myself very lucky).

My LOS travels sofar, in three years, have been Phuket, Bangkok with sidetrips and then Bangkok with some side trips.

If you're member of BKKTonite forum you may know me by the same nick, and have read the July 04 Bangkok diary and the July 05 Bangkok diary. This is a diary of my last fantastic trips to this country! As you see, I had a lot of fun!

Well, this post is just an introduction, to say I like this forum and find the general tone in it very informative and pleasent.

I will finnish with a story from when I was a total newbie, when I four years ago built enough courage to go to Phuket and Thailand for the first time.

After a long flight, I got into my Patong hotel, got a good shower. My body said SLEEP, my mind said: Go explore. So I grabbed a chair at my hotel's bar. Got a beer. The waitress asked: You want to buy a beer for my friend? The "friend" sat at a bar stool next to me, wearing shorts and looking totally hot. She was working as a massouse during the day. Sure can do. Some drinks later I told her: You can show me Patong. She ran off to a friend's flat, showering, then returned looking even better in tight jeans.

Well, to put a long story short. We had a good time in bed that night. What a rapid introduction to Thailand!

This was four years ago. I still remember it as it was yesterday.

Well, enough of that.

I will be back in July, hope to grab a few beers with some members at that time. And I will try to remember to bring some Tyrkisk Pepper to Nicke to make some more Black Death (or whatever).

Erik (that is my real name, I remember many remarks about this when visiting Soi Eric)