Hi Mika,

No problem, I know what you meant :-)

Wolfgang and Evi owned the "Short Cut", which was one of the boats we used
most in the old TSAC days. They also owned the "Wicked Witch" and the "Ugly
Duck". Lately, they ran the "Short Cut II" and a fleet of speedboats in an
operation whereby you can be driven to Khao Lak and then get on a speedboat
to the Similans in about an hour. There you would rendezvous with the "Short
Cut II" and spend the day onboard, before being taken back to Khao Lak, and
then by minibus back to Phuket.

The problem in Khao Lak was that most hotels were built right on the beach
(often illegally), so they took the full blast. The Thais think up to 2000
people died there. The diveshop was in one of the hotels.

I keep hoping that they just have other things to do right now than
communicate, but I think I'm hoping against hope.

Bjorn

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SCUBA or ELSE! Diver's forum 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Doelle
> Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 03:45
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Phuket
> 
> 
> Bjorn said:
> 
> >Thanks for that link, Mika.<
> 
> Umm, sorry for the bad snippage in the first reply. That was 
> a google post and I did not check the quoted part.
> 
> Hope nobody misread it. I don't know Wolfgang and Evi and 
> have no reason not to hope that they turn up alive.
> 
> At least I think I don't know them, but besides Siam Diving 
> and Santana, I have never dealt with any other diveshop in 
> Phuket. And the only other ones I know are the Tin Tin guy 
> and the former owner of the Dive Cafe (who now runs a 
> computer shop across the street from Siamdiving). 
> 
> M
> 
> Certain German TV commentators seem to have trouble with the 
> geographic names in Thailand. One of the channels still keeps 
> talking about Fifi island.
>