It's Pronounced Pooh-ket (just in case you're wondering)

We went to Phuket, Thailand for spring break at the end of March. If Phuket sounds familiar to you, it's probably because it's one of the areas that was hit by the tsunami in December 2004. It's a very popular beach destination for Europe and Asia -- there were ALOT of Europeans and Australians. (While I'm on the subject of Europeans, we discovered that you are never too old or too fat to wear a bikini if you're European. Wow.) We stayed in an area of Phuket called Karon, which is one of the beach resort areas. We had a really nice time. We stayed in a great hotel (which was at the top of a hill on the tsunami evacuation route, so I slept easy at night!), the beaches are clean, the people are friendly and it was nice to just relax and enjoy the area. Anyway, we had a really great time (despite Colin getting the worst sunburn of his life) and would definitely go back.

So here are some pictures from our trip that I thought I'd share.

These first four pictures were taken from the cab on the way to the hotel. I had my camera ready so that I could take a picture if I saw anything interesting.


See the blue motorcycle? Can you see how many people are riding on it? Four. The little girl and dad (the only one wearing a helmet!) are in the front, then the mom (you can only see her legs and shoulder) is sitting in the back, holding a baby! Apparently, if you're in Thailand and can fit all of your family on a motorcycle, it's OK to do it. Geez, we could've saved a load of money on the cab if we had known that! Haha


Once again, a family on a motorcycle. Only three of them this time, though. And look who gets to wear the family's helmet!


See the back of the gray pickup truck? I took this picture to show that there are rednecks everywhere. Even in Thailand.


An elephant farm that was on the side of the road.


After finding out that the drinking age in Thailand was 6, Alex was able to let loose and enjoy himself. I'm kidding! When we got to the hotel, we were greeted in the lobby with a glass of juice and a cold towel. Alex wasn't exactly sure what to do with the towel, but he made use of it anyway.


From our balcony.


On the beach. (Pretty much the only way that I'll be in any pictures is to take them of myself!)


Cameron washed up onshore.


Having fun in the water.






Wow! What a great...um...mound of sand you guys have made!


These people would bring this elephant into town every night and for 50 baht (about the equivalent of $1.50) you could feed the elephant bananas and pickles and sit on it. I felt really bad because I felt sorry for the elephant, but the kids loved it. Colin told me it was probably the happiest elephant in Thailand.


Karon Beach


All Alex and Ali could do was watch when the big waves came. Such a pathetic picture, don't you think?


The main street that runs along the beach.


This is the same restaurant where the band is singing outside on the video. The band was so embarrassingly bad. They knew only about half of the lyrics of the songs, so alot of the music was hummed in unison. Pretty funny.


Alex loves his daddy.


More later!
-jodi.