Thailand (Part 2)
Thu, 28 Jan 1999 01:23:21 -0800:
I fulfilled a lifelong dream here: I am now a certified
SCUBA diver! My first dive (it was also with Ken and Sheryl) was at
an island called Hin Daeng. Hin Daeng island consists of two rocks just peeking
above the surface of the Andaman Sea, covering about as much area as your
backyard. World-class dive site (the divemaster told us we were being "spoiled").
No sea snakes there, but plenty of lionfish and scorpion fish, moray eels,
and several barracuda orbiting above us. |
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Ken & Sheryl on the island of Hin Daeng (that's it--that's the whole
island right there), about 40km south of Ko Phi Phi. |
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Amazing Thailand is tourist-ready. |
An owner of a longtail boat mounts his new single-cylinder diesel engine
on one side of a pivoted drive shaft assembly that is about 6 meters long.
Then he removes the muffler and maladjusts the fuel mixture in the mistaken
belief that he gets better performance when it's deafeningly loud and smokey.
He'll be as deaf as Keith Richards within a couple of years. (Thanks, SLS) |
Lanta Island, eastern shore. A group of boys just finished constructing
their kites, and commenced precision flight test procedures.
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Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 02:28:22 -0800:
Lanta Island, in the Andaman Sea. No email there (they just got power
electrical lines 3 months ago). Lanta is nice. On the verge of over development
if they let things get out of hand. Went walking on the road that passes
my bungalow site and saw monkeys, monitor lizards, eagles, etc. There is
a national park that "protects" the interior virgin rainforest of the southern
part of the highlands on Lanta, as well as a large (something like 64 sq
km) patch of sea and small islands in the vicinity.
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Sheryl and Ken, evening fishermen in distance.
(Lanta Island) |
Gotta include at least a couple of good sunset shots. (Lanta Island) |
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OK, one more sunset shot.
This was one of the most amazing sunsets I'd ever seen.
(Prom Thep Cape, Phuket) |
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This is the view looking west from "The Lookout" on Ko Phi Phi.
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"Ko" means "island" in the Thai language.
"Ph" as in Phuket, or Phi Phi, has a silent-H. So "Ph" is pronounced
as "P".
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