5. February 2026 15:02
by Rene Pallesen
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The islands have a lot of very friendly dogs. A lot of them are unique that they are large dogs with very short legs.
They are also able to feed themselves by catching and eating fish in the lagoon. There are also a lot of chicken (especially roosters) on the island.
One one of the first days we went to the beach at Kata. The hotel had a shuttle bus to the beach which was an easy 10 minutes walk away.
The beach was actually surprisingly nice with warm water.
About two months ago a sailing boat stranded on the beach during a storm. No one has claimed the boat and a few attempts of lifting it off the beach has failed.
We told the kids that it was a pirate ship, so they wanted to have a closer look.
Kims dad didn't want to go in the water, but decided to keep to his thing with wearing warm clothes in hot humid weather.
19. June 2015 08:26
by Rene Pallesen
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This year we traveled to Phuket in Thailand along with Kim's sisters family and her dad.
We had to fly via Bangkok, so we were a bit worried how the kids would handle the long flight (especially Lucas), but everyone handled it reasonably well.
The boys were very excited to be going on a big aeroplane.
Once we arrived to Bangkok it was pretty obvious to see that they were very excited.
The only thing that never made it all the way to the hotel was our stroller. We lost it somewhere between Phuket airport and the hotel...but wasn't a big loss and hopefully someone puts it to goo local use.
20. May 2015 12:05
by Rene Pallesen
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5. February 2026 11:02
by Rene Pallesen
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One evening we went to a restaurant with a cultural show.
5. February 2026 11:02
by Rene Pallesen
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One day we went on a boat ride. They also showed us how to open coconuts, climb palms, tie sarongs and we did some snorkeling.
5. February 2026 09:02
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One morning we went to Black Rock Beach. I managed to do a quick swim suit photoshoot with the most beautiful girl I know.
5. February 2026 09:02
by Rene Pallesen
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Santa knows if you have been naughty or not...
5. February 2026 09:02
by Rene Pallesen
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This years Christmas Photo is inspired by Barbie and Ken.
23. August 2023 20:08
by Rene Pallesen
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The trip in New Zealand first landed us in Christchurch where we picked up our rental car and stayed the first night.
Next day we drove through Arthurs Pass to Franz Josef (a long drive) where we stayed for three nights. This was mainly so that we had a spare day in case the weather closed in and we couldn't fly to the glacier.
From there we drove to Queenstown via Wanaka and the Crowns Range (another long drive). We were lucky that this was open and that snow chains weren't required.
Here we stayed for 5 nights whereafter we went to Twizel near Mount Cook for two night.
Lastly we drive back to Christchurch to fly out.
Queenstown is a scenic place, but lost of other scenic places along the way.
23. August 2023 19:08
by Rene Pallesen
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Kims highlight on the trip was to go up on a real glacier.
She had booked a helicopter tour that would take up up on a section of the glacier between the two major ice falls.
This is a section of the glacier that Andy and I dreaded having to walk through 20 years ago when we were climbing higher up on the glacier. Mind you, back then there was probably another 100 metres of ice on top of where we landed on this day.
23. August 2023 19:08
by Rene Pallesen
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At Queenstown we did 4 days of skiing at the Remarkables.
The boys did two days of lessons and were with me the other two days. Some friends of our joined us in Queenstown, so for the other days I had Tod to go with, who is a very decent snowboarder.
Aiden and Lucas are both becoming good skiers, but especially Lucas is getting really good to the point where I can bring him onto black runs.
Although Kim is still very much a beginner she still did two days of skiing sticking to the beginner slope where there is a 'magic carpet' lift. I did see some improvement to last year, but she is still too scared to go on the proper lifts.
I bought my own ski boots last year and brought them along (my feet are not compatible with rental ski boots).