On to Club Med

I believe I have an addiction, and unfortunately for Danny, it starts with a C!! On Tuesday we left the JW Marriott to go to Club Med Phuket. We would have loved to stay there the entire trip, but when I booked the trip, they were full for the first two nights! Club Med is located on Kata Beach in Phuket. As we got closer to the hotel, the scenery looked a lot like a Carribean Island...there were shacks set up everywhere selling local specialties and most of the restaurants were open air. This was the largest Club Med we have stayed at thus far and it was fantastic once again!!

One reason this trip was extra special for all of us was because our dear friends were vacationing with us!! They were able to get rooms the first two nights through the British website, so they were there to greet us straight away!! We were all absolutely thrilled to be there with them!! They are truly like a part of our family and we couldn’t wait to make tons of beach memories with them away from China!!

Unfortunately we couldn’t entirely escape China!! Many of the mainland Chinese families have begun traveling over holidays and Thailand is a destination spot for them. We caught one father pulling down his little boys’ swim trunks right beside the pool and letting him go potty right there - even though the toilet was less than 10 yards away. Then, the grandma from this same family moved Danny’s beach towel from his chair and proceeded to cut her toenails right beside the pool on his chair. It was a bit much for me, but thankfully Karen was there to laugh with me!! Seriously, some social graces when one is at a resort would be highly appreciated!!

The kids spent hours on end in the swimming pool. It was a perfect depth for them to swim in and by the end of the week, Eens was swimming underwater!! Well done my sweet boy!! Coop recovered quickly once he was reunited with his Lucy and he was jumping off the side and swimming with his life jacket! El learned a new trick and that was to swim with snorkel gear! I’m hoping on our next beach holiday we can take her snorkeling - she loved staying underwater indefinitely!! She’s much braver than I was at 8!

The kids also loved our daily cocktail hour at 4:00! This trip, raspberry blue slushies were a big hit. Also a favorite was Milo with ice!! As for the adults, we enjoyed our beach drinks and just spending time together!!

After the sun went down, we manned the dinner table taking turns, and trying, but not always succeeding, in leaving at least one adult at the table at all times!! I'm not sure if we ever had a conversation longer than 5 minutes due to all the getting up and down, but the kids sure had fun!! After dinner we sometimes watched the show or played games with the Mini Club, but it was really hot, so I was in bed by 10:30 every night!!

Coop still recovering...what a sweet little boy when he is sleeping!!

Of course, the favorite part of the meal was the ice cream for the kids!!

We have never had the pleasure of vacationing with another family before and I can honestly say it was the best. Club Med was a great place to go because we all got family time, adult time, and the kids got their friend time. It was also nice because all we had to do was make our reservations and show up. No one had to plan where to eat or how to entertain the kids because it was all done for us!!