Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Phuket - Thailand 9th - 20th January

The island we snorkel off - taken from the plane......!


 Clara and Amy sailing in on last day...

 Capsize drills - Are you ready Amy?

Passed - CHC & AHC Bronze and Silver, GHC Bronze

Amy and Clara capsize drills...

Last day with instructor Katy

Amy de-rigging

Girls being towed home - storm brewing on the left!

GHC back to work!

In the safety boat during sailing course - Chalong Bay


Mrs C

Off Snorkling......

Sadly not much snorkling - bit choppy and viz poor so.....

Clara with a monster Jellyfish!

Amy with a Pie!

Gracie not happy at all with a Jellyfish....get it off me!!!!

Amy

Clara

Gracie

Girls chilling on the beach about to become Mermaids....!?

CC on form!

Hoddit and Doddit.....!

The snorkling trip boat

icloud....appeared from nowhere...

Picnic lunch on the beach

Junk yard - actually long boats

Mermaids!!!! 

The view from our self catering apartment....

Our view today 12th Jan....go away rain thought we had left you behind

Chill out Ladies!

The pool - Waterside Phuket

The beach - We are the rather ugly white building in the distance

Sunset

Callum and Fee......bring back any memories??

Pineapple rice.....DELICIOUS and a bit hot too!


Or a dinasaur bug for main.......

Pancakes for pudding on the beach - YUM!

Good morning walk to sailing course....

On our way to school......

Girls back in their classroom - Phuket sailing course

Amy and knots...

Not a bad place to learn....

Figure of eight, reef and bowline

And homework.....knots and dinghy things for exam tomorrow...13 Jan

Amy with her boat 'Charlie' very apt!!!

Clara about to go - girls helmeted up

Clara putting the tiller on....

And off she goes in Go Go Goochie

And Amy in Charlie.........

And Gracie in DaVinci.....

Gracie negotiating a buoy......

Mes dames sailing solo.....ish!!!

Gaggle of sailors.....

Looks like the race is on......

wrapping up!

'Tidy'

Sravaigin.......??? We are all waiting for you....!

L/Cpl C's visit to the local barber for a trim....BIG mistake before I could say no it had gone!!

Bananas growing by the roadside...

...a coconut or two......

A crab sand artist - these were all over the beach.

Girls on their way back from sailing...

Cheers with a Singha premium quality Thai beer as it says on the tin....!!!

Singha

We are down at the bottom right by Chalong Bay (Above the 'a' in bay) on the Panwa Cape, the drive from the airport took about 45 mins to give you an idea.









5 comments:

  1. Wowee, the memories are well and truely jogged, I'll have a fried chicken with thai curry please.. followed by fried tiger prawns and basil leaves!!

    Looks like the girls are loving the sailing.. who needs diet coke when ther is Singha and Chang!!

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  2. That is SOME haircut, Charlie! Hope you didn't pay more than you do at home. although it will last a long time. Did Amy cry when she saw you?

    Where is Stravaigin? Sitting in a cold, dark, wet marina.

    How did the sailing exam go? The knots certainly look well, but I am hoping the girls will be a whizz at the clove hitch for when I forget it...

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  3. The lethal haircut cost me a massive 100 Baht about 2 quid......poor chap did not understand a word of English and my explanation was probably not good enough! In fact it definitely was not good enough.....he just went for it straight away and once the damage was done, there was nothing I could do. Exam results are going to be handed out when the girls start the next course on Tuesday! Hopefully they will progress into Toppers.

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  4. We are longing to hear the exam results .... Is Mrs Cameron actually on this term out trip or is she at home with the baubles. Pictures please of Mrs C. We are LOVING this blog - it brightens up our day when we come in from the cold and the rain and the ice and the wood lorries. Can I print off 'the haircut' and take it to Aberfeldy - it would brighten his day too... Annie x

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  5. Great haircut Charlesie. Brilliantr to see you all looking so well! Lot of love from us all - A, T, K, M & O xoxox

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