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