Dear Gamsai,
Thanks for replying. I have been through Thailand hundreds of times on the way to other places but never spent more than one night there until this coming trip.
It is pretty well my first trip as a tourist as well - when I was working I travelled at least 40 weeks a year so the last thing I wanted to do was travel on holidays.
Now I've been retired for a while and I have the erge to travel for my enjoyment - but I don't want to travel and just go to tourist traps - I want to meet real people with real live - and who are interesting!
I've always been active - done a lot of silly things like parchute jumping and long distance swimming. I speak several languages, mainly European ones like German, Italian and Greek but I only write in French and English. I read a lot and generally love life.
I now live in a small country town in the far north of Queensland. It is a lot different from London or Washington or even Sydney or Canberra but I like it.
Hope you write back.
Peter