Thursday, 10 July 2008

Last of Phuket Pics

I've loads more pics but it's too tedious to upload and arrange them all. So I've to pick and choose. This is the dilemma of shooting too many pics especially if they're nice. This is my last post on Phuket pics (finally!). I'll upload the rest on my Fotki site soon.
.This was Sherene doing last minute study for diving theory test at the airport, departing for Phuket
.Andrew
.I like this shot of Janielle against the moving background. Found out in this trip that she can be such a poser for shots. Hehe!
.Ps John in action. He can not only hike, climb & dive, but make crepe also! ;)
.This was the spiral staircase at Lawan Residence, where we stayed. I was commenting on how this was a disable-unfriendly place. They had no lift, only spiral stairs after stairs. But no problem for young and active people like us. Btw, we stayed on the 3rd and 4th floor
.The condiments for our fav beef noodle soup. We loved the fish sauce. I think Ps John bought a bottle back. I hope Janielle didn't mistakenly think I was capturing her for the shot. Haha!
.This was when we threw a surprise b'day thingy for Ps John. An early celebration
.I think he was actually surprised. Nice to see his reaction
.All of us at our divers' graduation dinner. We had dinner buffet there at a very affordable price
.The PADI certified open water divers with our cool instructor
.Posing with a metal sculpture of Alien
.The guard always gave us the salute when we walked pass the mall entrance. I just had to have a shot of him
.Nately and Sherene
.To our surprise, they had an indoor shooting cafe at Junceylon. Didn't have to go far away to shoot with real guns
.This was me loading ammo into my gun. I was using Para Ordinance, a 9mm handgun. Chose this because it was the heaviest of the lot, and I liked the silver finishing
.The varied ammunitions
.The guns
.The targets 10 yard away. This pic made them look nearer than they actually were
.Close view of my Para Ordinance
.Posing with our targets. You probably can't see I've more shots in the black zone and less on the white zone. I outscored them. Ngek ngek!
.Samurai wannabe?
.So the question is: did we enter Christin Massage?? WE DID! For Jacky's sake (as you can see hehe!). Too bad I was prohibited to capture any shot in there. Basically, there were many 'gorgeous' (my foot!) masseuses sitting at a see-through room waiting to be picked by customers. We didn't engage their services (of course!)
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You know who was this guy on the left? He's Glen Gilmore, ex-mayor of Hamilton at New Jersey. If you google his name, you can read about his many accomplishments, including during an anthrax crisis! He stayed at the same place and dived with us on our 1st dive day. Totally friendly and down-to-earth guy. He said we can go look for him in New Jersey anytime. Really nice bloke
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This was Phuket taken from the clouds on the way back

That's it for my Phuket photos. Didn't want to overwhelm this blog with too many pics (although it's quite a lot already!). I'll post most of them at my Fotki site soon.

I think Phuket tourism should pay me a bit for these promo! Cos I kinda noticed my blog is being googled almost everyday for pics of some places I took...
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

It was a pleasure to meet you and your friends during my travels. And thank you for your kind words.

I also appreciate your sensitivity to issues of accessibility for the physically challenged. It's great to know that people across the world are attentive and caring about this issue.

My travels always remind me of how many wonderful people there are in the world. I hope that our paths cross again.

In meantime, best wishes,

Glen Gilmore

hwaitah said...

Wow hi Glen! It's an honor to have you dropping by my blog! It was great meeting you too.