Wow!!

Grab your kite gear, lots of sun block and go for it.   

During our house hunting trip last year May, we already discovered the beach at the Blue Lagoon/Amara (Najomtien).  We moved to Thailand in August, and my husband did a kite boarding course in September.  My daughters wanted to do windsurfing.  I was thinking, “Ok, do they expect me to lay on the beach?”

Without notifying me, my husband and the kite-instructor organized kite boarding lessons for me!  I was very excited, but reserved in my enthusiasm.  After my first lesson I felt really enthusiastic although this was only the beginning of the fun.

When the course was finished I was expected to buy my own kite gear.  A point of making up my mind.  I decided to go for it!  Only by practicing could I make improvements.

Ok: my kite ended once in the trees, and another time in the roses, but when I had my first good ‘run’ on the board, I had a blast.  When I saw the beach boys looking surprised and my husband looking jealous, I thought, “WOW!!”.

Also, my Thai vocabulary extended: the Thai word for kite is wow!

Marja Hofman                                                                       photo from amasc