Group Weekend in Pattaya July 16, 2008
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We spent the weekend with about 10 other couple who’d married in March 07 like us. We’ve been friends with these people since before our wedding as Tik was a member of Wedding Square – a website for Thai brides to network and to discuss their wedding plans.
Holiday in Koh Mak May 1, 2008
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We decided to take a weekend away to Koh Mak and stayed at the CocoCape Resort.
Koh Mak is a few hours drive south of Bangkok, near to Koh Chang. I’m not sure how we decided on the resort but it was probably on the recommendation of one of Tik’s friends.
We’d actually arrived during the rainy season, although, nothing to me is more relaxing than being in a small wooden hut, nice and cosy, when the rain is pouring down.
We did have spells of great weather and used it to explore the island, walk down the beach and read by the hut.
For the first two nights we were in a wooden hut that, if the resort photos are to be believed should have been situated Maldives-style over the sea, however perhaps due to the season and low tide, was about 20 meters away. Our immediate environment was just mud flats.
Service at the CoCoCape Resort was a bit lackluster and we gave up waiting to be served for breakfast one morning when the waiter just refused to even acknowledge us.
The last night we upgraded to a suite which was a little more inland but afforded us the luxury of a large bed, a bath and an elevated view of the swimming pool and the sea.
Our last full day was especially memorable because we foolishly dated to kayak to a neighbouring island as the sky began to gray. We arrived on this beatiful island in the middle of a torrential tropical storm, knowing that whether it subsized or not we had to brave the rough waters to return to the resort within a few hours.
Tik did especially well in the Kayak seeing as she only learnt to swim a few years ago. We learnt the hard way that the heavier of the two kayakers should sit at the back of a Kayak. If you don’t do this then, as we discovered, the kayak is prone to capsize. Tik struggled initially to get back in but managed it eventually. The only casualty was our camera that got bathed in seawater but thankfully we did salvage all photos.
See the photos of Koh Mak here
A Weekend in Koh Samet March 25, 2008
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We spent the weekend on Koh Samet with Nick and Ying. Great weather, clean water, a nice and cheap bungalow and great friends. It’s times like this I remember why I’m living here instead of in the UK.
