Dinner for Two

Wednesday started off a bit late for us due to the unplanned pool party from the night before.  Because of our desire to sleep in, and the time change, we barley made breakfast.  The buffet they laid out was impressive but the eggs we ordered weren't that good.  We've determined that most people here don't eat eggs ala carte.  I'm sure the Pho soup would have been awesome.

After breakfast we went out to tour the island.  As we walked from breakfast to the main gate we stopped to check out the SPA (amazing) and a few other niches of the resort including the boutique.  The tour was very interesting. For $1000 Baht ($31 US) we got a ride in the back of a pickup truck around this small island.  Surprisingly the island has some other resorts on it,,, some were nice and some,, well,,, economy style.  There were a few little towns where we stopped to shop, a pier we checked out and a few villages we drove through.  This island is pretty small but it's home to about 3000 residents, most of which are Muslim (97%).  We were back at the resort after about 1.5 hours.

We returned to the villa around 2 PM and just hung out in the pool.  Katie ordered some Pad Thai which we both inhaled (it was awesome).  Around 3:30 the rains came --- Katie and I both enjoyed sitting in our outdoor covered area and watching the rain pour down,,, the breeze was awesome.  We left just before 5 to make our 5 o'clock spa appointment.

Our stay included two 80 minute treatments for both of us.  Since we're only here for two full days we figured we'd get right to it.  The room the Spa put us in was beautiful, probably the best I've ever seen.  We had to walk over a moat to get in to the room which was enclosed in glass and surrounded by the moat.  The outside waterfall was flowing down in to the moat,,,, it was awesome.  A perfect setting to relax.  My massage was great,,, Katie's wasn't as good.  Her lady had sandpaper hands :-(

After the Spa we went to the villa and showered up then headed off to dinner.  The resort set us up with a private dining experience which was amazing.  When we arrived at the hilltop restaurant they had all the lights dimmed low and at least 100 candles lit all over the place.  Katie looked beautiful in the candlelight (not that she doesn't look beautiful in any other light).  Our table was placed right in the middle of the patio with three candles flickering in the light breeze.  We took some pictures the jumped right in to it.  The dinner itself was pretty good but not our favorite.  The chef started getting a bit to authentic for us,,, but, we enjoyed it.

After dinner we took a buggy (golf cart) down to the bar at the bottom of the hill.  There were no other guests to be found so Katie and I cuddled up on a swinging bench and enjoyed a bottle of wine together.  With the wine gone and our belly's full we headed back to the room to call it a night.  Thursday is another day on the island before we depart for Bangkok.  More to come.......