Saturday, September 1, 2007

Bangkok





This is Mike and Danielle our good friends and ex-neighbors from K-town. We met them in Bangkok after we left Phuket. They stayed in a swank hotel in the middle of the city and this was taken at a German pub down the street. The large container has a block of ice down the middle to keep the beer cold in the 90 degree heat. It's nice.


This is the royal palace in Bangkok it's incredible and pictures can't really show the scale or level of detail.







This is the royal guard dog who sits outside the palace and eats very well in order to keep up his strength for guarding.


Thailand

THAILAND!

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

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Wow! Talk about the trip of a lifetime! Most people would dare going to Thai food in El Cajon; but you two are really fire walking the adventure. Hats off!-Dig the Aqua Scooters!

Spencer

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

More pictures

Ceremonial procession Nusa Lembongan
Elle with Balinese dancer
Fire dance at Uluwatu Temple
Justin and Elle south Lombok secret spot
Some of the signs in asia are funny

Retro Pictures

Another setup in south Lombok rainy season winds would hook this place up.
This is our adopted family in our Uluwatu rented house Elle is behind the lense.
Fish bbq for twenty.
Shacked at Ulu. Not me.
Elle and Jayne
We had some tech problems so these are some of the pictures we tried to put on earlier.




Hello everyone!

We are about to put any suspicions to rest. I really am on this trip! Elle.
That's me in front of the tallest twin towers in the world Kuala Lumpur.
Justin and I rode this aqua bike from Singapore to Malaysia and rescued two small children along the way.
The cabin like building is where we "roughed it" in Teman Negara rainforest.