I’m heading for Sweden tomorrow, so this is my last day here in Phuket (for a while…). I still haven’t told people here I’m leaving - putting it off I guess.

I’m going to take a last picture before I leave, and a picture as I get to Sweden. It’s still snow there you know… It’ll be a nice contrast.

Songkran death toll is now 357 dead and 22,734 injured. They’re hoping to have a few less dead than last year, when 567 died. Blows your mind doesn’t it?

In related news, SARS worldwide death toll is now 144. For an eyewitness look from it’s epicenter Hong Kong, check out the daily Big White Guy.

Compared to the Thai govenments war on drugs, which in three months has killed som 1500 people, Songkran and SARS seems like the sniffles.

As the Chinese say, ‘may you live in interesting times’…