hi there, been back a week, 6 straight days of glorious sunshine then 2 day of solid rain. first rainy day went to phuket zoo (a must go), 9 of us, none of us concerned at all about the rain. second rainy day, shopping, ten pin bowling in new shopping complex (jungceylon), and then back to our accommodation (devana resort) about 10 minutes from beach, great, great place to stay. we all sat outside our rooms, a little bit of shelter, actually quite nice watching the tropical downpour. i wouldn't have liked to have rain for the full 2 1/2 weeks of our stay but the little we did get wasn't a problem. as for theft, nothing went missing, left money, jewellry in the rooms (3 rooms in all). the kids did shopping on their own occasionally and would eat at kfc, they didn't seemed to get ripped off at all, one even left his wallet full of notes in one of the shopping stalls and a local kids ran around looking for him till he found him and rhys tried to give him some money for being so honest and he wouldn't take it. we had the best time, all wishing we were still there.