Slowing down

This week I was supposed to play on my first soccer match but destiny was against it.

On the training session on wednesday I took a big fall and hurt my right knee pretty bad. I visited a doctor next morning and after an xray I found out that either the meniscus or a ligament was thorn. So now it's lay back and relax time. No more sports for a while.

Hopefully I can get better this week as I was planning to go to Trikora again but I kindda have the feeling it will take a while to heal and I really want it to heal properly ...

Maybe that is the only way to slow me down. I already started reading a book (Deception Point by Dan Brown) and fixed my guittar. Maybe now that I will have more time I will learn how to play it.

Foxy Lady ...

This is foxy lady. A Sidney 40 I am crewing in Singapore. Last weekend I raced on her for the first time. I was also a bow men for the first time on a big boat. The last time was on Panique.. a Martin 242 (24 feet).

We went out on saturday so i could get used to the position and it was pretty frustrating as I made a LOT of mistakes. Sunday we had 3 races and we did okay (1 3 3). After 2 races I started making my own system to how to manage the lines remembering some tips Marcia gave Fabio and it all started to fall into place.

This coming weekedn we race 1 race sat and 3 sunday. Should be more interesting now that I have a better idea on what to do.

The Foxy lady team is great ... nice people... good sailors.

One FREAKY event was that sunday moraning while heading to the race we were very close to being hit by a lightning bolt. All the instruments on the boat were gone with the discharge and we could all feel the electricity on the air.

I started playing some soccer in the office and this week we have our first soccer game on this coming friday. Will post more if we win. =)

Ko Phi Phi Finally

Last weekend we went to Phuket to meet with Flavio and Roberta. We are long time friends from Vancouver and now they live in San Francisco... It was great to see them again and it could not be a better scenario. Ko Phi Phi - Thailand. I have been dreaming of visiting this island since I first came to Asia in 2005. It raised a lot of expectations and they were all met.

Phi Phi is sure one of the most amazing places I have ever been to. For this reason I could not post less pictures. I also figured most people come to my blog to see them anyway so why not post a few since I am having such a hard time trying to decide what to post.



We flew to Phuket where we hung out at Kata Beach, known as one of the most beautiful in the Island. I went surfing while we waited for Flavio and Roberta. The next day we took a ferry from Rassada pier and arrived in Phi Phi. The ferry ride was cool and Phi Phi Don (the main island) is beautifull but a bit dirty. Lots of garbage on the beach and some rubble still there we assume from the tsunami. That night we organized a boat trip for the next morning for PhiPhi Ley, and that is the one to see and where "the beach" was filmed...





what an incredible place. We took the boat at 7:30am and all the group tours leave at 9am. This was the best thing we could have done. We arrived at the island and we were the only people there. It was one of those moments of joy in life where you feel fortunate and lucky to be someone that can enjoy this. It is very hard to describe it and I wish I could put into words better.




Today I feel very happy that life has presented itself to me in the way it did... I was awarded with everything I need... family, love and friends... =)

Unfortunatelly we did not have more than a day in Phi Phi but for sure we are going back. Rock climbing looked fantastic and Pri and Tate have to come visit to see. It's unbelievable the rock formations above the blue waters.



On the way back we stayed in Kata one more night and me and Flavio went surfing... fun stuff.

On the to visit list we still have to go to James Bond Island ... well next time ! Who is coming next ?

Now to some more pics...

Trikora - Indonesia ...

Kitesurfer's paradise just an hour away...

We spent the weekend in Indonesia ... will elaborate more on it tomorrow...