Phuket, Thailand and FantaSea

On our last full day and night in Thailand we went on our last little trip to see the world renown FantaSea Show. It truly is this magical place. Imagine Disneyland (minus the rides) meets a local county fair with all the fanfare and exhibits, vendors, carnival games, food, entertainment, and LIVE animals. We walked around a good long time looking at all the lights, the sounds, the mini shows, dances, and checked out the hundreds of vendors and all their goods. It was a lovely, pleasant evening- perfect weather to enjoy a stroll. It was so great to just drink it all in.
my humbled attempt at creating a picture we took of both of us in it...so close...(fail)

There was a white tiger exhibit that was one of the most amazing things about our Thailand trip. The tigers were so close so beautiful! We could capture video of them. Check them out below.







Besides all of that and the wild and crazy atmosphere there is a dining hall that hosts a full buffet dinner seating 5,000 people at a time. The food and drink were delicious and the desserts out of this world. After dinner the thousands of people go see the show—the main act—FantaSea!
FantaSea is a live show that is like a circus/laser light/Cirque du Soleil show. The massive cast tells a story of Thailand rich in history, culture, in a magical fantasy legend sort of way. There were tons of elephants doing amazing tricks and other animals including tigers that also played a role and performed beautifully on cue. We are still amazed that the doves, and chickens, and goats all ran across stage on cue without any assistance or help from trainers. So impressive. The entire show was. People were doing flips off of high wires hanging from the vaulted auditorium ceilings and the music and colors were mesmerizing. If anyone is in Thailand it is a MUST see for sure. There are no cameras or phones or video equipment allowed. The elegant staff make sure of that as security was tight. You can buy the DVD and colorful booklet of the performance and we did. So anyone can borrow it from us if you would like to see it yourself.

One of the highlights of the evening was the baby tigers available to be held and fed bottles of milk. They were so tiny and adorable! For the short amount of time (about a minute) they allow you to hold the baby tiger. It was not worth the astronomical price of 900 Baht ($29.59), but we still got very close. Close enough we might as well have been holding it ourselves. So see the baby tiger up close like that out of a cage and able to be touched was so amazing.

The night was truly unbelievable and an unforgettable experience.

Well, we hope you enjoyed all the pictures and video we took of our trip to Thailand. If you would like to see more click the PICTURES tab at the top of the home page and there is a direct link there to our Picasa albums. There you will find many many more photos of many of the places we saw and things we did in Thailand...but for now ...and as we learned in Thai ..
Goodbye (Sa wat dee kah) See you again (lao jer gun)
-Jenny