Annie's Adventures

Thanks. Still getting into the time zone. Should be fine within a few more days. 7 hours difference from UK.
 

Thanks SB. We're at the tail end of the rainy season, so I'm anxious for the days to not be interupted by rain. One of our favourite restaurants - where I took the latest pics - is about a 10 minute walk. Great food, good service. We were disappointed to see our two favourite waitresses from last winter are no longer there.
 

Life is good for you Annie, thanks so much for taking us along and letting us get a taste of all you're enjoying out there in the world. :love_heart:
 
Reposting this here from the Agenda thread....

This island is touristy but not in all areas. Lots of areas that are very quiet and uncrowded. Our area is quiet, but some areas are very touristy and crowded. The restaurants we prefer are the ones run by Thais and their menus are mainly traditional Thai. Lots of other restaurants if we want non-Thai food which I do like occasionally.

My very favourite though is the one where we'll go for my birthday in Feb. We'll book a package that includes a 3 hour boat and snorkel trip, followed by shower at the restaurant, and a 6 or 7 course Thai dinner, and taxi home.

http://www.thevirgincoastsamui.com/

http://www.thevirgincoastsamui.com/the-menu/

Birthday boat and dinner

http://www.thevirgincoastsamui.com/l...oat-excursion/
 
SeaBreeze said:
Thanks for the repost Ameriscot, that place looks fantastic, menu and all, what a treat to be there! :D
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It is gorgeous! Great beaches, sunsets and food. Tried to post part of the menu but it's a pdf and won't let me. We went 3 or 4 times last winter including the boat and dinner for our friends 65th birthday.
 
Check out the Kantok menus - several dishes to share between two people. We've had both vegetarian and non-vegetarian. Seems like we got a couple more dishes last year though, but you definitely get very full. $38 for two people for the meat/fish one, and $25 for two people for the veggie one.

http://www.thevirgincoastsamui.com/the-menu/

A pic I took from this restaurant last year:

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And which made my 5th or 6th cover on this journal in Sept:

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Went to one of our favourite restaurants for lunch today. It's not on the sea so we go because the food is great and the staff all know us. I love coming back and seeing huge smiles and getting a big hug from the boss lady! We last saw them the end of January.

Other than 2 short showers, we had sunshine. So I did some shopping in a tourist area - postcards which will serve as xmas cards, elephant pants (thin cotton with elephants), a handbag because I forgot to bring one. Doh. Fridge magnets. Doubt the postcards will all make to the US and UK before xmas, but better late than never. First thing tomorrow is to pick up some stamps at the post office.

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Bits of fried pork in kale, green onions, garlic. Yum!

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The pool was so warm and relaxing. Had it all to myself for about 45 mins.

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First of many foot photos

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It's been sunny the last 3 days. Downside is, it feels hotter with the sun beating down on you.

Bought some cheap bikes and went out for a ride this morning. 12 miles round trip. Was praying for some clouds to block the sun! We went through an area called Muslim Village which is less than 1/2 mile from our house. Beautiful mosque, nice markets. Then we rode to a cafe called Sweet Sisters which has great coffees and home baking. I felt I had earned a treat. However, we got there at 9:30 and they don't open until 11. So we rode on to one of our favourite coastal restaurants, and they were closed. We'd forgotten that they are closed on Saturday mornings. Oh well.... so we rode back home.


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Thanks! I wish the water would stay the same temp, but the air temp lower. I came back from the bike ride totally drenched in sweat. While riding the bikes though we got a breeze, so when we weren't going uphill it was pleasant.
 
We tried a relatively new restaurant for lunch. It's a row of Chinese/Thai restaurants and is located in the Muslim Village, a short walk away. We didn't realize it was buffet but a very nice Chinese woman with nearly perfect English waited on us and told us the 3 dishes on offer, then brought them to us. We both had the spicy chicken curry served on Thai noodles, a huge plate of lime leaves, some kind of berries, organic baby cucumbers and green beans, boiled eggs, a bowl of onion and ? in vinegar, a bowl of sweet mix of cucumber etc in sauce. My lips were still tingling a bit when we left from the spices but it was delicious. We both just had water to drink.

The total price: 90 baht - about £1.60, $2.50. That's for the both of us.

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First treat in Thailand.

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A caramel coffee frappe.

This time I am not going to nearly ruin a trip by feeling my clothes get tighter and tighter until I can't even wear them. I made some rules for myself and it's working well so far. Alcohol 3 days a week. 1 or 2 treats per week.

Edit on my phone will rotate pic later.
 

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Thanks, Pam. Perfect temp in the pool. Hubby just headed that way and I'll be going shortly.

We spotted a kayak shop while we were out, but it was closed on Sundays. So we'll go back tomorrow then we'll be able to start using the boat we brought.

The rainy season seems to have come to an abrupt halt. This is day 4 of sunshine.
 

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