April 30 - May 3, 1998
We took a little trip up to Phuket for the 3 day holiday weekend
(Labour Day in Singapore) just for a little relaxation. We spent
the whole weekend just laying around the beach and doing a little
wandering through the restaraunts and shops around the beach.
And we rented wave runners and did some para-sailing. Laying on
the beach there is a well designed activity. There are umbrellas
and lounge charis set up on the beach that can be rented by the
day from a Thai people who have their own little strip of beach.
They also sell you cold drinks and beer and other vendors come
along selling fresh fruit, sandwiches, sunglasses, copy-watches
and other stuff. You can also get a Thai massage on the beach
for about US$10 and hour. All in all, a very relaxing trip and
not very expensive at all.
Patong Beach in Phuket
The beach stand serving us cold drinks
Keith gearing up for para-sailing
Keith taking off
Keith sailing
Keith landing on the beach. I hit REAL hard and close to the water,
but I didn't tell Jill since she was next
Jill has plenty of help gearing up
A smooth take-off. See the guy behind her? He goes up with you
and just hangs on to the ropes to control the direction and speed
Jill sailing
Jill landing. Smoothly and right on target
That's all. Nice trip
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