We made it to Thailand, the last of our vacations while living here in Asia. We took a train to Shanghai, a plane from Shanghai to Bangkok, Bankok to Phuket and then an hour car ride to the resort and we were in heaven! The Club Med resort was really nice, the staff was friendly, the beach was right there, the pool was great, they have kids clubs for each of the kids ages so they could participate in activities. Blake's favorite two thinks were the Trapeze and the elephants! We got to ride on elephants through the jungle and feed them, for Blake it was awesome, Grace really enjoyed riding the elephants but was not going to feed them, no way, no how!
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| I do like pina coladas..... |
Brian and I got out into the city to do a little shopping, there were scooters all over the place! Lots of 7-eleven shops, local shops and every other door was a Thai massage place....for 60 minutes......300 baht or about $9USD you could lay and have a massage.....for 100 or $2.85 USD you could have a fish pedicure :) Many wood carvings were seen in the shops, they had a lot of elephant items as you can imagine.
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| A typical street, lots of scooters! |
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| Gasoline in bottle like this everywhere, not many gas stations.....green, orange, yellow choose a color! |
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| Didn't try it but we saw many places offering this service....100 is like $2.85 |
We spent everyday some time in the pool and the beach, it was perfect temperatures in the water, the outside temperature was 85-90 with humidity during the days.
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| Ready for some pool time! |
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| incredible sunsets |
The only thing i had to do while in Thailand was get to see and ride an elephant. It was a very neat experience, we were able to feed them after riding them too.
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| The whole family on elephants! |
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| so much fun! |
Photos from a lookout point we visited close to the elephant trekking place.
A few Thai items I saw around the hotel....
Part of the fun of this trip was that is was my birthday!!! We were able to have a nice dinner just the two of us, Brian arranged flowers and a birthday cake to be delivered to the table. On my actual birthday we had a pool side table for the water trapeze show and a nice bottle of Champagne...I am one lucky girl!
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| Birthday dinner...no kids! |
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| Birthday flowers....beautiful! |
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| rarely so we see mint ice cream in Asia, usually its green tea! |
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Snacks
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| Tuk-Tuk ride in style! |
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| Even Ronald knows the local customs to place your hands together and bow to say thank you. |
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| coconut lamps! |
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| We found a local brewery! |
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| Another Tuk-Tuk ride |
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| Our family <3 |
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| Rolled Ice Cream |
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They had special lanes in the airport and waiting areas for the monks and priests, I thought this was a nice and thoughtful touch but more importantly speaks to their importance in this country.
.I would love to go back one day, so far i think it has been my favorite beach! The people were incredibly friendly, in the airport it says the land of smiles and friendship and it really was. While we didn't get out to see a lot of the cultural sites it was a fantastic and relaxing trip! |
Until Next Time.....
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