On the beautiful island of Ko Samet, off the Gulf of Thailand, Kari, Bri, Katie and I decided it would be just wonderful to over see the island from a birds-eye view in a parasail.
The preparation was quite simple. You find the guys on the beach, barter down the price, give them your money and get on the boat. Once on the boat they hand out life jackets and due to their lack of english, they give you absolutely no prep talk on what to do.
Thankfully Kari and Bri were going first and since Bri has been before, it wasn’t really scary for her. Their ride lasted they had a smooth take off, a peaceful, relaxing 10 minute ride and then a great landing. As soon as they hit the boat, the men were quick to get Katie and I strapped in and on our way up. Bri told me that I should take my camera up and get some sweet pictures from the sky. So thats just what I did. It was amazing, Katie and I had a great 10 minute ride as well. But as we were coming down, the rope kind of jerked us, but we still made it on the boat.
As soon as our feet landed on the boat, the rope lost its hold and we went flying off the back of the boat with a parachute and all. We were in the air for a matter of seconds before we were submerged in water. The unfortunate part of the crash was that my camera was infact still in my hand. I managed to keep it from going under, but all the commotion caused quite the splash .
The men stopped the boat immediately and jumped in to untangle us. Honestly I was laughin way to hard to even be worried that we flew off the back of the boat and besides we were wearing life jackets. I must admit though it was quite a rush and made for a fun story to tell as soon as we got back on the island.
P.S.
My camera is still in ICU. I havn’t turned it on yet, in hopes that it will dry out and work again.
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Here are some more pictures from the day!
.FLYING.HIGH.IN.THE.BIG.BLUE.SKY.
Katie and I Pre-Crash
Katie and I Post-Crash
.TWO.WET.FRIENDS.TWO.DRY.FRIENDS.
