Thailand, Phuket

Well sorry for the delay I'm sure everyone has been on the edge of there seat waiting to hear what's going on. Or at least kill some time at work browsing the net. We did make it to Thailand and it has been fun. Despite it's proximity with Malaysia things are much differently here in Thailand. The tourism infrastructure is very developed in comparison and it seems you can't go ten feet without some product, food, service or tour being offered. They really have the hospitality down here as well. It's not called the land of 1000 smiles for nothing.

These pictures are of Phuket island in the southern part of Thailand on the Andaman sea. After striking out on the Malaysian surf scene I thought I would give it a go here. I have been pretty lucky because although this is considered the best place in Thailand to surf it's really fickle and doesn't regularly get much surf. Surfing is relatively new to Thailand and yesterday we watched the only contest they have during the year. Unfortunately the waves at the contest beach were about 1 foot so the local rippers were unable to showcase there skills. As you can see in the pictures this is a beautiful place so the even though the waves are not that good just sitting out in the water is pretty nice. Elle has even decide to start surfing again! Thailand surfing link: www.saltwater-dreaming.com