I left Thailand and the day before I went, the sun finally came out.  When it did shine, the whole place looked so much better, after 2 weeks of rough sea, cloud, wind and rain.  koh Samui beach suddenly looked like a nice place.  Even the traffic and the pickups with speakers mounted on them, blaring out promotion details for events became bearable.

Sunshine in Soh Samui

.. and it shone for a whole day

In spite of the bad weather, I really enjoyed Christmas and New Year.  My sister Louise and her boyfriend really made an effort to ensure I had a great time and I appreciated it.  I loved seeing them both and Ian’s 2 boys, Daniel and Andy :).