DAY 35 & 36 - ANNIVERSARY / POOL DAY

Day 35 - Anniversary

Celebrated our 17th anniversary today with a special 7 course "wine pairings" dinner at the resort's Full Moon Restaurant.  We had done this before, in Vegas, and were thoroughly impressed so decided it would be worth it again, for this special occasion.  Won't go into all the details, but the head staff were busy elsewhere with a special event so we were served by what I can only guess are less experienced staff…  When they poured the wine for each course, it was a FULL glass.  Picture it - a tiny little bit of food + one full glass of wine.  And not much delay in between each course….  Well, we'd previously discovered it's not easy (or cheap) to get a nice glass of wine here in Thailand so, of course, I couldn't let that wine go to waste…  I wasn't staggering or anything by the time we left but we did have to make a hasty exit following the dessert (chocolate 3 ways - which I didn't finish!!!!) and plenty of wine left unfinished.  

Balcony at our first room, overlooking the lily pond garden.
  Decided to switch rooms on the 3rd day as while the room was nice,
it was just a little too cramped - especially the bathroom

View through sliding doors to the bathroom (from the bed area) of our second room.
Requisite rose petals for the double bath provided daily :)

DAY 36 - Pool Day

Another lazy day at the pool. The sun was the brightest we have seen so far in Koh Samui and as we are leaving Monday, it has a chance of being the best weather for our stay. We bought lunch from the beach vendors - two women who carry their charcoal cooker and all foods to the beach every day. The spring rolls and chicken satay are surprisingly good. At 90 Baht ( $2.90) it is a bargain compared to the resort which charges a minimum of $10 for any food. The beach vendors wear long pants, long sleeve shirts, gloves, hat, and scarfs, all while cooking over a charcoal bbq. There must be some type of immunity to the heat that we foreigners will never have.

Beach vendors set up shop outside the resorts and/or
wander up and down the beach with their wares.

Took a taxi down to the Chaweng Beach area for dinner - very busy, lots of restaurants and shops catering to tourists.  Had a really good sushi meal then browsed through a couple of the shops.

Dashboard of the cab we came back in...

Icons for sale!  Not sure what the fascination / significance of the icons
is...  We've seen them everywhere, including on spirit houses.