8. July 2015 09:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Muay Thai 8. July 2015 09:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetOne evening I went to see Thai boxing. I asked the rest of the family if anyone wanted to join me, bShareOne evening I went to see Thai boxing or Muay Thai as it is called locally. I asked the rest of the family if anyone wanted to join me, but they all said no (it is the national sport of Thailand). I had been once before long time ago in Bangkok and wanted to experience it again.I decided to pay the bit extra and get a VIP seat right next to the ring and that was definitely worth the extra money.There were 8 fights that evening. The first fight was between two kids around 11 years old. Especially the kid in black shorts was very strong and was dominating the fight throughout.The second fight was between two older teenagers. Again the kid in black was dominating the match.The third fight was between to women, a Canadian and a Thai. The canadian girl looked very relaxed and was definitely ready to fight. The Thai girl had no chance against her and the match ended in knockout.Before each fight they go through this unique dance ritual.I was privileged to sit next to one of the judges who has happy to talk, so between each round I could ask him questions about the scoring system which is rather confusing.The 4th match was between a French and a Thai. The foreigners are really dominating this sport now and the Thai's were generally struggling.As with all the fights wit foreigners this fight also ended in a knockout.The 5th fight was back to two Thais fighting.One of the last fights was between a brazilian and a Thai. When walking into the ring you could tell that the brazil was very strong.He started by kicking the Thai in the chest and then punched him in the face.The fight lasted less than a minute before a knockout.The last fight was more in the heavyweight class, again between a brazilian and a Thai.This fight was full of power and again it ended up in knockout.After the fights I happened see the winners lining up out the back. I managed to get a photo with a couple of them....yeah, I look really convincing there.This evening was definitely one of my highlights from the trip and if we were going back then I would probably go again. The atmosphere is amazing and if the fighters are good then the experience is phenomenal.
6. July 2015 07:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Island trip 6. July 2015 07:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetOne morning Kim booked a trip out to some of the smaller islands of Phuket.The trip was in a large sShareOne morning Kim booked a trip out to some of the smaller islands of Phuket.The trip was in a large speed boat and initially the family didn't want to go because they were worried about getting seasick, but eventually they changed their minds.The boys loved the experience and were very proud wearing their life jackets.On the island we could feed the fish from the beach.And there was time to play in the water for the boys (and a bit of snorkeling for me).It is also good to see that they are still using their long tail boats for traditional fishing.
5. July 2015 12:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Baby elephant 5. July 2015 12:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetAfter visiting the big Buddha we stopped to feed a baby elephant.The kids were a little overwhelmed ShareAfter visiting the big Buddha we stopped to feed a baby elephant.The kids were a little overwhelmed by its trunk, but fun nevertheless.
4. July 2015 14:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Big Buddha 4. July 2015 14:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetAfter Wat Chalong we went up to see the Big Buddha on top of a big hill.The Buddha itself is 45 metrShareAfter Wat Chalong we went up to see the Big Buddha on top of a big hill.The Buddha itself is 45 metres tall and is very impressive.They have been building there for the past 10 years and will probably be building for at least another 10.While there we also did a little prayer for Kim's mum.And Aiden being his cheeky self did the 3 monkeys pose.And they loved the big gongs (which you actually rub rather than gong).Surprisingly they also in a far corner of the compound had some indian gods, but maybe not so surprising since we were close to Myanmar with a large indian based population (lots of Myanmar people in Phuket).
3. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Wat Chalong 3. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetOne morning we ventured out to see one of the islands biggest temples, the Wat Chalong.It is a magniShareOne morning we ventured out to see one of the islands biggest temples, the Wat Chalong.It is a magnificent temple with lots to see and it was a pity that the rest of the family didn't want to join us.The temple contains what is said to be a bone fragment of buddha.And the temple itself is full of golden buddhas.Outside there are some elephant sculptures and across from that an areas where they fire of ceremonial fireworks which really scared the boys (as seen of Lucas face).
2. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Food 2. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetThe food in Thailand is delicious.There are so many variations that we cannot get at home and they dShareThe food in Thailand is delicious.There are so many variations that we cannot get at home and they don't add all that sugar.Lucas was a bit tired after a morning at the beach at this one.On KC's birthday we went to an ocean front seafood place.I don't think the family liked the food in Thailand much though, because they wanted to eat japanese and wanted air conditioned restaurants even though the evenings generally were a bit cooler.
1. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Various 1. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetHere are some various photos that I haven't posted earlier.Here is one of a jumpshot with Kim and I ShareHere are some various photos that I haven't posted earlier.Here is one of a jumpshot with Kim and I in front of the big Buddha.Down at the beach there was this artificial wave surfing centre.
1. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Shopping 1. July 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetThe family did lots of shopping.Kim's family had suits and shirts made and the girls bought lots of ShareThe family did lots of shopping.Kim's family had suits and shirts made and the girls bought lots of shoes.We also found some great tshirts for the kids.Although the kids were more interested in the ice cream.
1. July 2015 12:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - fruits 1. July 2015 12:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetIt is fruit season at the moment so we bought lots of really delicious fruits such as Rambutans, manShareIt is fruit season at the moment so we bought lots of really delicious fruits such as Rambutans, mangosteens, mangoes, jack fruit etc.
30. June 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Phuket - Street life 30. June 2015 13:07 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments TweetThe street life in Thailand is as it always have been with lots of food stalls and other shops.PetroShareThe street life in Thailand is as it always have been with lots of food stalls and other shops. Perfect Moments Photography | A Rene Pallesen Journal Blog Portfolio Packages Contact About Home 27. February 2007 12:53 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from 2004 27. February 2007 12:53 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from 2004ShareI have now added photos from 2004. The highlights from this year was a trip to the United States and Canada as well as a family trip to Egypt. This was also the year that Australia entered the war in Iraq, so there are a couple of photos from the anti war demonstrations. Click here to read about 2004 27. February 2007 10:25 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Portugal 2006 27. February 2007 10:25 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from portugalShareIn Mid 2006 I was in Portugal for our International Partner Conference with the company. It was a week of being busy setting up for the conference, socialising but also a lot of fun and partying. Click here to see more photos from:Portugal/Slideshow 27. February 2007 08:14 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from The Blue Mountains 2006 27. February 2007 08:14 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from the blue mountains 2007ShareI quite regularly head up to the Blue Mountains to go Rock Climbing. We normally camp overnight and then depending on the weather and temperature decide on the day what walls we are going climbing on. The photos in the gallery are a selection of some of the photos I've taken in 2006, but there will be more to come in 2007. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of photos of me climbing as I tend to forget to pass my camera to someone else. Most of the time I go with my friend Sarah, but she has now moved to Canberra so she doesn't come up there as often as she used to. Click here to see more photos from: Climbing in the Blue Mountains/Slideshow 27. February 2007 07:47 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Tokyo 27. February 2007 07:47 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from tokyoShareIn September 2006 I went on a business trip to Tokyo along with a colleague of mine Tsukada-san. Most of the trip was hard work and very long days, but I did manage to snap a couple of photos here and there. We did get the deal in Tokyo, so the trip was worthwhile, and we are now installing our solution across all of Asia. Click here to see more photos from: Tokyo/Slideshow 27. February 2007 02:36 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Denmark 2006 27. February 2007 02:36 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from denmark 2006ShareIn early 2006 my Mum had a stroke while my parents were on holiday in Thailand. A few months later in April when I was in Europe for work I used the opportunity to go and visit and check up on how my mum is doing. She is now in a wheelchair and still getting used to finding new ways of doing things. I didn't do much while I was there, because it was mainly a social visit to help my mum and dad. Click here to see more photos from: Denmark/Slideshow 27. February 2007 02:17 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added a photo album for various photos 2006 27. February 2007 02:17 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded a photo album for various photos 2006ShareI have a number of photos that don't really justify being in individual albums. I have now added all these photos from 2006 into one album. Click here to see more photos from: Miscellaneous/Slideshow 27. February 2007 01:41 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from USA 2006 27. February 2007 01:41 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from usaShareIn early 2006 I went a trip to Seattle for our annual kick-off event. Some of us flew over there a few days early to go skiing in Wanatchee east of Seattle. If was a weekend of perfect skiing. It was my first time skiing so I took some lessons after which I was doing fine (blue slopes). During the week we had lots of meetings and dinners. There were award nights as well as just social nights where we could meet up with the rest of the company. The following all of us in International went down to Crystal Mountain at Mount Raineer to do some more skiing. It was a lot of fun and we all had a great time. Click here to see more photos from: USA/Slideshow 27. February 2007 01:30 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from skiing in Thredbo 2006 27. February 2007 01:30 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from skiing in thredbo 2006ShareMid 2006 I went with Soeren and his family (visiting from Thailand) to Thredbo to do some skiing. We drove down there Friday night and returned Sunday night. Thredbo is located in the Australian Alps 5 hours drive south of Sydney. Generally the skiing conditions are pretty good, but last year was pretty bad, but we did get some skiing done. Click here to see more photos from:Skiing in Australia 2006/Slideshow 27. February 2007 01:05 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Holland 2006 27. February 2007 01:05 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from holland 2006ShareIn 2006 I went to Holland a couple of time for work. We have an office in Vianen 50 milometers outside Amsterdam. I normally don't take a lot of photos when I go there, but if you click on the link below then you can see some of the ones I did take. Click here to see more photos from:Holland/Slideshow 4. January 2007 12:27 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments 2008 has started 4. January 2007 12:27 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweet2008 has startedShare The year 2007 as you can see was a busy year with lots of traveling and adventures. It is now time to move onto 2008 and see what this year can bring. You can follow my adventures in 2008 by clicking on this link. Can I at the same time suggest that you bookmark this page and I can highly recommend using the new RSS feed features on this website. << Older posts Newer posts >> Newer posts12...767778798081828384...9293Older posts SearchInclude comments in search Newsletter Get notified when a new post is published. Enter your e-mail Please enter an e-mail address Please enter a valid e-mail Thank you
27. February 2007 12:53 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from 2004 27. February 2007 12:53 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from 2004ShareI have now added photos from 2004. The highlights from this year was a trip to the United States and Canada as well as a family trip to Egypt. This was also the year that Australia entered the war in Iraq, so there are a couple of photos from the anti war demonstrations. Click here to read about 2004
27. February 2007 10:25 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Portugal 2006 27. February 2007 10:25 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from portugalShareIn Mid 2006 I was in Portugal for our International Partner Conference with the company. It was a week of being busy setting up for the conference, socialising but also a lot of fun and partying. Click here to see more photos from:Portugal/Slideshow
27. February 2007 08:14 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from The Blue Mountains 2006 27. February 2007 08:14 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from the blue mountains 2007ShareI quite regularly head up to the Blue Mountains to go Rock Climbing. We normally camp overnight and then depending on the weather and temperature decide on the day what walls we are going climbing on. The photos in the gallery are a selection of some of the photos I've taken in 2006, but there will be more to come in 2007. Unfortunately I don't have a lot of photos of me climbing as I tend to forget to pass my camera to someone else. Most of the time I go with my friend Sarah, but she has now moved to Canberra so she doesn't come up there as often as she used to. Click here to see more photos from: Climbing in the Blue Mountains/Slideshow
27. February 2007 07:47 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Tokyo 27. February 2007 07:47 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from tokyoShareIn September 2006 I went on a business trip to Tokyo along with a colleague of mine Tsukada-san. Most of the trip was hard work and very long days, but I did manage to snap a couple of photos here and there. We did get the deal in Tokyo, so the trip was worthwhile, and we are now installing our solution across all of Asia. Click here to see more photos from: Tokyo/Slideshow
27. February 2007 02:36 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Denmark 2006 27. February 2007 02:36 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from denmark 2006ShareIn early 2006 my Mum had a stroke while my parents were on holiday in Thailand. A few months later in April when I was in Europe for work I used the opportunity to go and visit and check up on how my mum is doing. She is now in a wheelchair and still getting used to finding new ways of doing things. I didn't do much while I was there, because it was mainly a social visit to help my mum and dad. Click here to see more photos from: Denmark/Slideshow
27. February 2007 02:17 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added a photo album for various photos 2006 27. February 2007 02:17 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded a photo album for various photos 2006ShareI have a number of photos that don't really justify being in individual albums. I have now added all these photos from 2006 into one album. Click here to see more photos from: Miscellaneous/Slideshow
27. February 2007 01:41 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from USA 2006 27. February 2007 01:41 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from usaShareIn early 2006 I went a trip to Seattle for our annual kick-off event. Some of us flew over there a few days early to go skiing in Wanatchee east of Seattle. If was a weekend of perfect skiing. It was my first time skiing so I took some lessons after which I was doing fine (blue slopes). During the week we had lots of meetings and dinners. There were award nights as well as just social nights where we could meet up with the rest of the company. The following all of us in International went down to Crystal Mountain at Mount Raineer to do some more skiing. It was a lot of fun and we all had a great time. Click here to see more photos from: USA/Slideshow
27. February 2007 01:30 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from skiing in Thredbo 2006 27. February 2007 01:30 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from skiing in thredbo 2006ShareMid 2006 I went with Soeren and his family (visiting from Thailand) to Thredbo to do some skiing. We drove down there Friday night and returned Sunday night. Thredbo is located in the Australian Alps 5 hours drive south of Sydney. Generally the skiing conditions are pretty good, but last year was pretty bad, but we did get some skiing done. Click here to see more photos from:Skiing in Australia 2006/Slideshow
27. February 2007 01:05 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments Added photos from Holland 2006 27. February 2007 01:05 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweetadded photos from holland 2006ShareIn 2006 I went to Holland a couple of time for work. We have an office in Vianen 50 milometers outside Amsterdam. I normally don't take a lot of photos when I go there, but if you click on the link below then you can see some of the ones I did take. Click here to see more photos from:Holland/Slideshow
4. January 2007 12:27 by Rene Pallesen 0 Comments 2008 has started 4. January 2007 12:27 by Rene Pallesen | 0 Comments Tweet2008 has startedShare The year 2007 as you can see was a busy year with lots of traveling and adventures. It is now time to move onto 2008 and see what this year can bring. You can follow my adventures in 2008 by clicking on this link. Can I at the same time suggest that you bookmark this page and I can highly recommend using the new RSS feed features on this website.