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Hello All, its been a long time since ive logged into here! we havent done much travelling since our return in 2011.
Apart from our city break to New York, and my Hen party to Barcelona, our passports have just about been forgotten about! Until the minute Luke proposed to me!!!! We got engaged on 1st April 2012, and soon set our wedding date to 20th April 2013. All the details fell into place & our honeymoon to Thailand was booked..
We had the most amazing wedding day. it was just PERFECT!! Then day 2 as a married couple we dusted off our passports & made our way to Manchester Airport to go on holiday!!
We Flew: Manchester - Abu Dhabi - Bangkok - Koh Samui, it was 25 hours in total, and really took its toll. we arrived in Koh Samui to the beautiful & tranquil airport...collected our suitcases & found the welcome sign to 'Mr & Mrs Denison' awwwwwwwwwww!!
we arrived at our resort in Mae Nam at around 11am, and was told the room would be an hour to be ready, so we changed & hit the beach!! The view was astonishing!! pure bliss! i couldnt believe that the pictures on the website was just like real life... no need for photoshop!!!
we parked up under a parasol & snoozed on the loungers, I had a dip in the pool, then the receptionist invited us to the room. She opened the gate to our compound, and we were welcomed with a little pool of our own, a garden & a cute villa. All ours :)
The Bath is submerged in the gound in the bak garden. and the shower & toilet is also outside... but it adds to the boutique'ness of the place!! the bathroom has His & Hers sinks & a doorway straight out into the pool... There is also a comfy little day bed/ den. we quickly unpacked & got in the pool!!!!!!!!
After the long journey Luke had a little snooze & i went for a mini exploration of the local area. Along a dirt track to the main road are MANY little spas, so well have plenty of choice this coming week!!!!! at the top of the road is a 7Eleven!! but full of Thai stuff which is unidentifiable!!
Throughout the course of the week we have done very little, relaxed, swam & sunbathed. I have had a couple of treatments - which deserve a story of their own!!! weve eaten with the locals and drank the beer which is as cheap as water!!! The sunsets have been amazing & it sets over the Ang Thong National Marine park islands in the distance. = Beautiful!!
the entrepenour waiter 'Worm' managed to get his annual salary from us one day by booking us onto a sunset beach dinner!! it was pretty amazing & we are on our honeymoon... so we ordered local Lobster, HUGE King Praws & delicious NZ Sauvignon Blanc wine :) to top off the evening we had a chinese lantern float out into the night sky. This week Luke has impressed me with his attitude to try new foods!!! s far everything he has tried - he has liked
!! so its onwards & upwards!! One night during dinner, we were just sitting looking out to sea & these local men were in the sea looking dodgy - Luke & i thought they were sussing out bags on the beach to steal.. but they had drawn quite an audience following them along the beach... it turned out they were trying to catch something - we saw a little head popping out of the sea every so often & the optimist inside me hoped it was a turtle... but it turned out to be a snake & after identifying it - it was a blooming Python!! Yep.... The longest snakes in the world!! Not poisionous but will squeeze you to death if you get too close!! and have the jaw capacity to swallow a medium size person!!!!!! yep - no kayaking / snorkelling / swimming for me!!! (saying that - Luke did get out on a kayak the following day!) The pool attendant tried telling me that there is nothing in the sea & what we saw was a rock!!! I showed him the picture & he looked sheepish & said well it isnt poisonous & not to be affraid of swimming in the sea!!.. the moment i saw it, i made a pact to myself to stay out of the sea & in the pool!!!
we both burned on day 1 so its been difficult to sit out for long periods of time since, but it is so tempting to just bake!!.. you all know what im like!!
weve got a couple of days left, so we plan on hiring a scooter & getting out of here & having a look round! im not used to coming to a place & not checking out the surrounding area but after a year long stress of planning the ost perfect wedding, then it is lovely to just relax& switch off, plus were going to bangkok next week so will be on our feet quite a bit there!!!
im going to worship the sun now, so will add pictures shortly & do a Bangkok update soon :)
Love from Mr & Mrs Denison :)
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