Five favourite pictures from Phuket

We are just back from a week away in Phuket, where we relaxed, sat by the pool and went for a few adventures. I have posted some pictures up on Picasa, http://picasaweb.google.com/ajmccarthynz but here are five favorites.

This is the view from a small lookout located in south of Phuket Island. These three beaches all look out towards the Indian Ocean and were the most badly affected by the Boxing Day Tsunami. We stayed near the middle of the three beaches called Kata. To the north is Karon Beach.

This picture is on the same run up to the lookout. I found five elephants exploring the side of the road so held the hand out for a picture. Pretty cool to see them in the wild just roaming around.

This is sunset picture from Kata Beach out towards the Indian Ocean. The sunsets have an amazing intensity and glow in Thailand, not sure of the exact reason but it makes for a great photo.
We left Phuket for the day for a boat cruise around some of the island hear Phuket. This is a picture from Maya Bay which is an on an island called Phi Phi Lay. We entered this bay through a small gap in the rocks. The bay was very touristy as is sort of famous as this is where a movie called The Beach staring Leonardo Di Capro was filmed in the 1990's.

This is a picture of the signs which now litter the Andaman Coast to Thailand. In every low lying area, signs now warn people of the Tsunami risk and guide people to the evacuation routes. Thailand has finally constructed an early warning system for any future Tsunami with buoys floating 1000km out in the ocean.

It was great to do a bit more travelling and to escape Singapore for a week. It was nice to come back to the city and the order of Singapore but it is great to know that within two hours we can visit many cool and different places throughout Asia. Our next plan is to see a bit of Malaysia with my parents in June, and then perhaps try Cambodia sometime in the future.