The next couple of days it rained, putting a real dampener on things. Thailand in the sun is wonderful but in the rain dull as dishwater. We even looked at the weather elsewhere in South-East Asia but it was pretty grim all over, so we decided to grin and bare it. What else can you do on a rainy day but have some retail therapy and ice creams on the way? I opted for a banana split which was just what I wanted, took me back to my youth. Odd how that can happen.
The next morning we still had the private hotel and pool so the guys came around and spent the day with us and the kitty lounging around the pool. In the pool, in the Jacuzzi out the Jacuzzi it was a really laid back day, saving our energy for round two of my birthday celebrations. We decided to go to the Blue Maneo a restaurant just a minutes walk from our hotel, armed with beers from our favourite shop (pretty normal). This place had been recommended through Trip Advisor so it seemed ok enough. Plonked under ceiling fans and wall fans it was nice and cool; we ordered a table full of food a Thai delight but to be quite honest: the street restaurant was much better and again half the price; well you can't have it all. Dinner over we headed back over the footbridge to the beach to have a few more beers. By now it was quiet, most diners having gone and a few people like us just wanting drinks and a chat. Birthday officially over, it was time for bed and guess who was waiting for our return? Ting Tong came up with us, he stayed till about four in the morning waking me up to be let out. We said goodbye to our friends who were heading back to Hong Kong for a flight home to the USA for the rest of the summer. We still had the whole place to ourselves. Luckily, because I think if we now had to share it would spoil things, how greedy can you get… The next couple of days it rained, putting a real dampener on things. Thailand in the sun is wonderful but in the rain dull as dishwater. We even looked at the weather elsewhere in South-East Asia but it was pretty grim all over, so we decided to grin and bare it. What else can you do on a rainy day but have some retail therapy and ice creams on the way? I opted for a banana split which was just what I wanted, took me back to my youth. Odd how that can happen. Funnily enough, we ended our time in Kamala beach with a few lovely sunny days, time for some more wandering around, a huge market for instance. All’s well that ends well. At last sun back out to our private pool. Until the morning we left for Bangkok we enjoyed the private hotel and the pool: it doesn't come much better than that.
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Helen R
3/8/2015 08:43:52
Took you back to your youth? That must have been quite a journey!
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Gary keywood
3/8/2015 09:41:05
I always appreciate constructive comments thankyou Helen.
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Helen R
3/8/2015 17:05:04
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