Clearly on of the big benefits to cruising is meeting great folks and eating good food. Last Thursday night we dined atop a mountain overlooking downtown Phuket. This was to be the last night in Boat Lagoon Marina for the crew of SV Crystal Blues, so a group gather to raise a stein and wish them well. It is also the night that Ley Langford said to me that there was really no reason for Susan and I to stay Boat Lagoon. We discussed that the following morning and after getting a last minute water pump repair, we decided to follow them out to freedom in the bay a day later. -- Dana Dana M. Fowlkes
