I'm in Thailand!

I finally made it to Thailand. After 24 hours of flying and over 30 hours in airports, I made it safely to the Land of Smiles. With only a bit of confusion among my three flights and Thai customs, I was officially allowed onto Thai soil. Unfortunately, on my plane to Phuket I realized that I had planned a hotel for the next night, but not the night I arrived (my flight landed at 2 AM, embarrassing admission that I did not think this entirely through). I asked the people at currency exchange where a pay phone was to make a local call, and instead the woman behind the counter called my hotel, told me they would not give me the same rate as expedia, and arranged for a hotel in my price range. The hotel she found for me was a "bungalow" just down the road from the airport and was a small cottage that consisted of two rooms: the bedroom and tbehind a steel door the toilet, sink and a showerhead.
As soon as I stepped out of my bungalow at 12:30, the man thatso kindly let me in at 3 AM the night before greeted my and told me that a taxi to my next hotel would be 100 baht (about $3). He then escorted me to his car, put in my bags, and drove me the 5 minutes to my next hotel, which is much more conventional to American standards. The hotel is a bunch of rooms (obviously) that are laid out ranch-style. My room is the farthest one, and I got to see quite some sites as I walked to my room including tortises having sex.
It is the end of the "rainy season" here in Thailand, otherwise known as monsoon season. It had already rained twice today, and not too hard, so I thought it harmless to begin my walk to the hotel lobby to find some lunch when it was slightly raining. As soon as I left my room it began to rain heavier and heavier, and about halfway to the lobby(about a minute) it was a terrential downpour. I found some shelter under a tree and watched the downpour for two minutes when it then began to stop. I made it to the hotel's restaurant and had my first delicious Thai meal of seafood while listening to the rain taper off, just in time for the end of my meal and my walk on the beach.
The town is small and mostly consists of restaurants, but the people are extremely friendly. The beach is full of trash, hopefully because of its proximity to the airport. Tomorrow I go to the hotel in which I will be staying at for 3 weeks during my TESOL training and get to meet the other participants in my program!