Noah's favorite daughter's 30th birthday retreat

(parents should not have favorites among their children - but i do. i have a favorite son and a favorite daughter :-))

this album is about our family and 2 other families on a 3D2N escapade to the exotic coastal city of Hua Hin.

the three families that compose this group all live in one building with 5 floors. we have a lot of things in common - age is not one, but the possession of a gopro cam in each family is, and it gave us the basis to name this building - the Jollywood Studios. with this awesome gadget we managed to collect the photos here and some videos to be posted later.

in the van for the 3 - 4 hours trip to Hua Hin

family pose at the entrance

lunch inside the water park

flow-through around the park

the wave pool

waiting for the waves to start

"hey boy, have you drank enough pool water already?"

there were about 6 water tubes of different sizes, colors, dips n turns, but the orange one was really good. here kailee and kukie shrieked through and landed with a not-so-big splash.

nok and jp came down without losing their balance.

omar tries to maintain his usual elegant poise but his weight was too much and they landed on top of each other.

the grandfather's weight too was his undoing.

kailee just loved going back for more rides.

jo ann doesn't usually take this challenging rides but this time she did it twice.

at the black slide - the longest and deepest water slide.

the water was soo clear at the infinity pool and we had fun taking group photos.

this water slide can hold an entire clan.

noah's wife wishing the sun didn't have to set.

the wakeboard pond... they didn't have the wakeboard facilities running that day - to our disappointment.

villa S - a three-storey, 4 bedroom villa by the beach at hua hin was our home for 2 nights.

 @18,000 baht/night 

grandmom and granddaughter seeing who can hold 

her breath the longest.

kukie doing a selfie with the gopro.

the mermaid sneaking up on the dugong.

noah's wife again, savoring the pool. i'm not sure if she was a fish in her previous life.

kailee learns how to dive

that's what we did the whole day. eat, swim, pose, dance, etc.

progression of shots starts at a sitting position and works up closer to the cam...

you bet this was really wacky and fun

breakfast

lunch

dinnerrrrr...

kukie's hawaiian-themed birthday feast courtesy of her old man

it is called a "budol fight" where all the food is placed on the table and is attacked with bare hands.

a little hill of rice and a couple of fish and bbq sticks is all that was left after the fight. 

the  morning after is fun at the beach, which is just a few dozen meters from the villa. the monkey mountain looms in the background.

 on the way back to bangkok we drop by the swiss sheep farm...

and the santorini water park for lunch.

thank you Jesus for family, friends and fun!