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of Anne's greatest pleasures in life is walking along a deserted beach
in search of the perfect shell. Phuket has much to offer in the area
of deserted beaches. As you can see from the picture below the beaches
are quiet and not overly populated, certainly no comparison to the
Jersey beaches in summer. As far as shells, well, I don't remember
it being the best place, but I'm sure she found a few dozen to pack
away into the suitcase and add to her collection at home. |
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Anne
collecting sea shells on Phuket |
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Anne
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Thai
longboats anchored just off shore |
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| The
Thai longboats (right) were interesting and unlike what we find in
the States. The motor, appearing much like a car motor, is suspended
over the stern of the boat with a long shaft protruding from it (the
shaft in the picture can be seen inside the boat and not the water).
The propeller shaft extends well behind the boat when in use. They
travel quite fast and were fun to ride in if you could stand the wading
into the water to board. |
Thai
longboats anchored near shore |
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During
our tour of the island we stopped at a modern Wat which contained
some beautiful shrines and buildings. The locals were in the midst
of setting up the grounds for some kind of local festival and had
many interesting things for Anne and I to see and do. |
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Elephant
shrines are common throughout Thailand and we found two at this
Wat (pictures above left and right). The shrine (above center) was
unknown as to who or what it was devoted to.
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Golden
statues of Buddha |
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The
bazaar on the grounds of the Wat |
Anne
shopping for some
trinkets to bring home |
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The
crematorium |
Appears
to be an oven of
some type, but we looked inside
to see it was used for storage
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Anne's
Revenge
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the python that Anne held at Mt. Faber in Singapore? Well, she extracted
her revenge on me here in Phuket. As part of the bazaar that they
were setting up they had these humongous snakes on display and for
a small fee you could go inside the cage with them. Well, guess who
was volunteered by whom? Anne, fresh from her victory at Mt. Faber,
goaded me into going into the cage with these snakes. There were several
of them inside. Most were over 10 feet long and had to weigh several
hundred pounds. They weren't very exciting though as they only moved
when nudged by the attendant who, I might add, was a child of 10 or
12 years old. This was not a particularly brave thing for me to do,
but it was interesting. |
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Now,
continue to the next page for pictures of Promthep Cape at sunset
... beautiful! |
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