* * * * * Nai Tong Beach, Phuket, Thailand Monday, 16 th October 1995 It was my 53 rd birthday, and the Wanchan sisters had me rent a Toyota jeep, and then guided me up Phuket’s west coast to an isolated, pristine cove called Nai Tong. As the highway along the west coast, between Patong Beach and the airport, hadn’t been completed yet, Nai Tong, being halfway along the coast, remained hidden from the tourists. Hence it’s beautiful, pristine condition. And boy-oh-boy, dear reader, thanks to the sisters Wanchan, was I ever in for a birthday treat! Originally I had met the Wanchan sisters at the Rock Hard go-go club, in Patong Beach on Bangla Road, a couple of mon...