Tuesday 1st February 2011
We woke up at 9.30am in the comfiest bed, it might even be more comfortable than our bed at home but don’t tell it we said so! I’d set the alarm because I didn’t want to miss out on the breakfast in a 5 star hotel. I wasn’t disappointed. There was a variety of things to eat on the self service bars – fruit, cereal, yoghurt, toast, jam, croissants, bacon, tomatoes, sausage, pancakes, cheese, ham, bread, fried red snapper and rice (I kid you not – they were catering for all cultures here!). there was an egg chef to make you fresh eggs however you wanted them. There was even a juice chef with a variety of fruit and vegetables. You could pick the combination and he would make fresh juice and bring it to your table. I could get used to this!!!
After breakfast we made our way down to the pool. It was an infinity pool looking out over the ocean.
The sun finally decided to make an appearance and we headed down to the beach. There was a shuttle bus service operated from reception.! They took us down to the other end of the resort to their sister hotel located on the beach. The sun loungers were actually double beds with independent head ends so you could have it set to your own personal preference and were really comfy. Gone are the days of trying to get comfy on a hard plastic sun lounger.
We had lunch at a beach restaurant. I had a fantastic massaman curry with huge chunks of beef.
All too soon it was time to leave the beach and head back to the hotel in the shuttle bus. We grabbed a quick shower to de-sand before heading to the hotel’s spa for a massage. This was included in our booking for free and should have cost £76 for the two of us! We had a full hour aromatherapy massage each – bliss!
After that we headed to the hotel bar to watch the sunset where they were doing complimentary red wine for guests – yay!
Franky was worn out from his day of luxury and pampering and so he went for a sleep while I enjoyed the facilities back in our room.
For dinner we had decided to go to a restaurant that came highly recommended called ‘The Shack’ at Fisherman’s Village, Bophut. This turned out to be abot 25 minutes drive away in a taxi but the girls at reception were more than happy to sort one out for us – you really don’t have to left a finger in this place!
The place is owned by an Aussie bloke called Larry and is famous for it’s steaks. After starters of ribs (Franky) and volcanically hot buffalo wings (me – wlthough I couldn’t finish them – they made my nose and eyes run they were so hot!) we had steak (me) and surf and turf (Franky). This was all washed down with a good Chilean red.
After dinner we had intended to have a potter around the village and check out a few bars as it looked pretty cute but it seemed that by midnight it was pretty much closed so we flagged down a Sang Thaew (truck with two benches in the back) and headed back to the resort. It must be well known for honeymooners as when we told the driver where we were staying the immediately asked if we were on honeymoon.
We’d picked up another bottle of red wine and jumped back in the hot tub to end another lovely day.
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