Phuket Fantasea

I probably can post new pictures of our trip since I took about 1000 pictures on my newest camera and Hector snapped about 300 more on our other little camera. I am in the process of organizing them on Shutterfly so they will be easier to view for family and friends.

Today's post will be about Phuket Fantasea which is a cultural theme park that is mostly based of various shops and the big show. It is another way for you to spend your money but it was fun. More elephants in the stores, around the park and definitely in the show. There was also a little stage show about the Phuket which I can't really remember what is was exactly. I do remember that one of the characters was a little person (man) who arrives in Phuket and there were lots of dance numbers. The reason why I was distracted is because in Thailand, katooeys (lady boys) are very common. Some are obvious since they looked like men wearing women's clothing/makeup but others are harder to detect. Lupe and I spent a lot of time discussing if the ladies were men or not. In each dance number, there was at least 3 katooeys dancing which was fun and entertaining. Katooeys are widely accepted in Thai culture and that's that. Take a careful look and try to find the katooeys.

The actual show is a big Vegas-style production with a 3000 seat theatre. It is the kind of show that surrounds the audience with elephants entering from all aisles toward the stage. It tells the story of a man & his magic elephant. There are battle scenes, a cirque du soleil type acrobatics dangling from the ceiling, a comedy bit with a magic show, then a love scene and final battle scene/grand finale with 16 elephants. It was entertaining. The kids had different reactions to the show; Tyler watched the first 20 minutes then promptly fell asleep for the rest of the show. Joshua absolutely loved it and was engrossed from beginning to end (90 minutes).

I'll post pictures later. Like usual, I can't load any right now. Sigh.