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Originally Posted by steve@thaib
Surely turning up and spending your money is the best thing to do? The last thing they need is for us to abandon them as a destination so I would have thought that just being there is a help?
I heard the Red Cross appeals today as well though, and the BBC calling it 'the worst natural disaster ever', must be a hell of a mess.
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I was just in Phuket for three weeks in November and just looking at the photos posted by Nicke on the Web, just made me want to cry. (Last time I think I cried was when they wouldn't authorize my Visa at the Eden Club). Seriously, not the way I wanted to remember Soi Eric,...under water. Sadder to see the Webcam from MT bar stuck on the same photo night after night. I just finished booking flights back to Phuket for Jan 28 staying at the V**H****. The travel agent thinks I am f***ing crazy but he also said he hasn't been to Thailand so I'll excuse his ignorance. I think if all the tourists wait until all is bck to normal it is going to be too late for a lot of businesses so I say screw it. I don't mind roughing it a bit if it will help out a little bit. Phuket gave me a lot and now it's payback time.