Khao Lak

Mummy and Daddy wanted to bring us to a  new place with the beach and a nice swimming pool so we can have fun for a couple of days. Aunty Mavis agreed to join us and brought her family along too for the holiday. Daddy's friends Aunty Sharon and Aunty Alice was also part of the holiday.

Khao Lak is about a couple of hours bus ride from Phuket. Initially we almost couldn't make it for this holiday as there was a military coup in Thailand. However we were told that tourist are not really affected, moreover Khao Lak is away from the capital so should be fine.

The first day we arrived at Khao Lak, heavy rain descended on us after we checked in. So we just rested in the room and waited for dinner. Just after dinner, we prepared the lanterns which Aunty Sharon and Aunty Alice bought from the shops when we were resting. It was really fun as we lighted many lanterns and allowed the hot air to fill the lanterns before letting them go and seeing them float over the ocean until it was out of sight. Beautiful!

The next morning, after we had a heavy buffet breakfast, we were surprised to find a baby elephant at the children's playground. We fed the elephant with bananas from breakfast and took pictures with it, while some of the other kids played at the swings.

We then headed to the swimming pool and had a ball of a time swimming and playing on the slides. Gor Gor Reuben had a lot of fun coming down the slides but I was too small to go alone so Daddy went with me. It was awesome! After spending a couple of hours at the pool, we decided to check out the beach. The waves were quite strong so we could only play along the edge of the water and build sand castles. We had lunch by the beach and the kids were playing until dark clouds moved in and started raining.

Time to head to the children's playroom and do some kids' activities. Jie Jie Eva and myself decided to do some batik painting with the help of our mummies. It was quite fun and we had to wait till the next morning before we could see the finished product. After the painting, we headed back to the room to get some rest before dinner. 

We went to pool again on the second morning after breakfast but we spent more time at the beach that day. Thank goodness the weather was perfect and we could do what we planned for. We even signed up for an elephant ride and Khao Lak local market tour in the afternoon. Gor Gor Reuben was very excited as this was his first time riding on an elephant after having rode on camels and horses before. I didn't quite enjoy the ride and wasn't very excited on the return ride after the waterfall. But we all had fun with the Burmese tending to the elephants as they took many pictures of us with our phones as the elephants walked on their own.

On the last day at breakfast, we celebrated a simple birthday for Jie Jie Eva and Mummy made a simple cake out of the cup cakes available at breakfast. We were given back the batik painting we did and it was beautiful. Unfortunately in our excitement over the birthday celebration, we left it behind at the restaurant. Mummy was very upset when she found out we didn't take it with us. 

We had a good trip with everyone and looking forward to our next trip!