It's a nice sunny day
A good race, next year, we would be competing again & better...
we have races not only on local opens, but international opens as well
Theres even awards for best looking, innovative rafts.
there we lots of conjestions
Where we literally walk on water!
Timers ready
& Track & field came in second overall
Next was the walking on water event
& we are the official timers!
Prize presentation
& hey where we tried after 4 full hours of timings
The media race event
The "Mt Fuji Blossom tree" raft
that kept all of us very much entertained
rafts made their way in & out here
The day ended with a time record broken
& we have a collision!
& man were the finals fast!
tracks won the 1st position again!
Lots of race lineups for the day
& they are off!
till the next raft event!
1st...
Display of the rafts
& here we are at SRRR06
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not all are lucky to stay balanced thou.
& even broke last year's record with a timing of 61s (from 86s) Crowning the grand trophy for track & field!
Prizes were awarded 10th position onwards
not to mention splashes
Racing untested hand made rafts can be a challenge in the river
A clean finish! (wheres the competition?)
Safety Ready
theres no obligation to dangle $8k of camera over the water too
1 min+ for the track team!
It's early on a sunday
Thats all folks! See ya all next time!
So as the sign says...
Welcome to Kampung Sebukang @ Pular Aur!
Guess who's who? (Suntec National Vertical Marathon)
not to mention a 4 hr boat ride from civilisation too!
another shot of the huts & central hut
all 3 meals are consumed here, prepared non either by the local villagers, neato!
ah the beach, sand & waves...
they even have kayaks (which we don't find a need of either!)
our dining area!
our cozy little "chalet" huts
yea a new self made windows wallpaper!
the jetty & diveboat at our doorstep