Day 3: Watersports

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Since we are right next to the sea, we thought it would be a shame not to take advantage of some fun in the water.  This time the fun was going to be using some water toys.  First up was parasailing.  We sent up two groups, the first to lift off was Tanner and Kim, second was Justin and Ron.  Amanda was perfectly content staying in the boat and being an observer.   Never having been parasailing before we thought it would be more of a thrill ride than it was.  Actually, it was a chance to get a bird's eye view of the area and have a nice ride at the same time.  Each tandem got a chance to get wet a couple of times during the ride, only to be quickly swept back up into the sky a few seconds later.  Everyone enjoyed the ride without any moments of fright.  Ron also took some nice shots while up in the air, including a couple of videos (one is on the picasa website).

       

 

Next up was a wilder ride on a jetski.   A change of pace from the tranquil, slow, and smooth parasailing, was the rough, fast, wild action of jetskiing.  Ron took turns taking the kids out one by one.  Tanner even took a turn at driving for a few minutes and did well.  Kim also drove for a little while, taking Justin for a ride.  She was only good for 10 minutes, nerves a little frayed giving the kids rides.  Amanda claimed she did not like the ride, but we have a picture here to prove otherwise.  The water was choppy with the other boat traffic, which made for some good fun!  Justin and Tanner wanted to keep going, but after the hour was over Ron's hands and arms were worn out.

After expending so much energy we had to go back to the hotel and relax by the pool for the rest of the afternoon!!  We got our first rain drops of our trip around 3:30pm and they lasted for about 5 minutes and did not even make us get out of the pool.

The sunset was another beautiful one, very similar to yesterday's great sunset, so we did not bother with any pics, just look at yesterday's if you want to know what it looked like.

Tomorrow we are off to visit some Orangutans near the other Shangri-la, the bus leaves at 7:30am so we are off to bed early...at least so we thought....  As we are typing this, we heard the sound of the door closing.  Thinking housekeeping just came in, we bolted to the other room (the kids are sleeping in the front room where the door is).  Instead, we find Justin not in his bed.  We open the door to find Justin sleep walking in the hall outside of our room.  He was determined to get out as he quietly undid multiple locks.  An Aussie family, who was walking by, noticed Justin leaving the room in his pajamas, in a dazed state, and was redirecting him as we opened the door.  I'm sure tomorrow morning Justin will not remember his 1 minute hiatus in the hallway!!!  Now it is time for bed...