Nice pics, Carrots. Love Phuket, it's a short hop from China so we go at least 2 or 3 times a year, we usually stay at the Kata Beach Resort just next to Club Med. Don't see any pics of you drinking Singha, Chang or Leo beer? The cops have a permanent station on the main road along Patong Beach where all the big bikes and Jeeps are for hire, almost every tourist who rents a bike rides up the beach road only to be stopped and asked for a license, if you do show a license they'll knock you for no helmet. I think this little road block pays the all the Phuket police salaries.