Bamboo Cottage
A God-picked place for us!
Tucked out of the way in the quiet green
Laid back and casual
Communal atmosphere with a common area
4 boys for Aiden to play with
Shared BBQ meals
Better than a hotel
Not quite pristine, but close
Pretty much all to ourselves
Unfortunately without shade
Starfish, hermit crabs, brilliant blue kingfishers
Fantastic clouds in a blue sky
Sky Bridge
Cable car up just over 700 m on a kinda cloudy day
Spectacular views all around
Walk the bridge between mountains
Cooling breezes, not thick with humid heat
Wide open views of rain forested mountains, open sea, islands,
The mysterious place where sea and sky meet and mingle
Surprisingly cheap ice creams at the top
Remembering and recreating poses of our Bangkok Art in Paradise visit
A rather cheesy Martian roller coaster IMAX show
Subway lunch in an empty restaurant
Underwater World
A down day idea, something we could walk to
An amusing seal feeding show
A "broken" penguin that couldn't remain upright in the water
Ginormous fish
Beautiful, mysterious, always happy rays
And then birds and other creatures definitely not found underwater!
Snorkeling
Rather disappointing because of the time of year
Still, we swam with clouds of fish
Seven Wells Waterfalls
600+ steps to reach the top - not exactly a hike!
But well worth the trip
Mountain fresh water crystal clear
Rock water paths worn waterslide smooth
Finding sunglasses in the deep pools along with darting fish
Swooping down the flow of water into the pools
Exploring, climbing, sliding, swimming
Our best day yet,
Mangrove Tour
Speed boat whizzing through the mangroves
Aiden counting garbage pollution :(
Dad being pickpocketed by an audaciously bold monkey
Stalactites that seek the light, guided by algae
Watching a mixed group of eagles soar and swoop over the river close to our boat
Feeding schools of brightly colored fish - even a parrot fish
Swimming off an island cove
Feeding a ray at the fish farm
SkyTrex
The kids' chosen activity with saved up Christmas/birthday gifts
Just under 2 hours spent in the tree tops
Navigating a ropes course
Ziplines, ladders, monkey bars, tightropes, nets, and other various challenges
And then a walk for cheap ice cream
That turned into to a hunt for shelter from the rain
(We were very thankful that our start time for SkyTrex had been moved forward)
And ended with some shared Tea Live drinks.
Hanging Out
Aiden blowing through 3 audio books in the hammocks
Mom crocheting
Dad talking with the 'man of peace' and getting to share our Great Hope
Milo and tea as often as we wanted
Cereal for breakfast!
Searching for the food we wanted and finding instead whole stores devoted to chocolate
And restaurants of Iraninan, Mexican, Italian, American, German food!
Eating well: shwarama, burgers, fish and chips, BBQ, ice cream, chocolate...
definitely a place catering to international tourists!
One Adventurous supper: outside under a tent in a very present thunder storm that took out the lights even... using water bottles and phones for our table lights
And on the last day we found our looked for food: cheap, delicious, street-side Chinese hawker meals..
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