
Paradise has a massive natural disaster waiting to happen too. Before long Tom realises that he's on the edge of a property scam - and suddenly it becomes very personal. It's not just the bar girls and the people with unusual 'tastes'. But, of course, there's a darker side to paradise as there always is when you're looking at a basically poor country which draws the attention of the rich traveller. Hat Nai Yang was idyllic, from the first sighting of the elephants emerging from the sea, to the food available at the Almost World Famous Seafood Grill and the friendly locals. There's a saying that if something seems too good to be true then it probably is, but when you're as close to the bottom as Tom Finn there comes a time when you've got to take a chance and hope that this is your lucky day.Īnd it did seem as though it might have been. Then a chance encounter brought him the offer of another driving job - but this one was in Phuket in Thailand - and included accommodation.

Tom 'confronted' them - and nearly went to jail, but his conviction mean that taxi driving was no longer an option.

And so it might have continued but for two burglars in his home.

Tom Finn had been a builder, but bankruptcy intervened and taxi driving provided some sort of living for him, his wife, Tess and twins Rory and Keeva.
