Today, September 23rd is my birthday and tomorrow September 24th is Thavorn's birthday and we are both year of the tiger and kindred spirits. We celebrate our birthdays together at midnight :-)
It is interesting staying in the resort with Thai people who can chat with the ladies who clean our room daily. During the conversations, we found out that the ladies make the minimum Thai wage of 300 baht a day but most of their income comes from tips left by the people staying in the rooms. Thavorn asked what that amount would be and the ladies says it all depends on the people staying in the room. Farangs tip well and the Japanese and Chinese leave little or nothing. A typical farang would leave 1,000 baht at the end of their stay.
There are three types of folks here, DINKS who spend their time lounging by the pool and drinking in the bars, retired folks doing the same as DINKS, and families with children who are more active, trying to keep their kids entertained. I guess I fit into the second group :-)
The sun was out this morning so I managed to take some pics around the resort, before the clouds rolled in.
Balcony area
View from balcony
Outside hallway
Jaidan waiting for women
Off to the pool
Strange tree with nuts or fruit
Jaidan loves to ride poppa
Resort grounds
Thavorn and Jaidan .. children's pool
Thavorn .. too shy to show bikini
Children's pool
Resort grounds .. central court area
One of the adult pools
Many bars like this all around the resort
Air hockey in Thailand
Lots of activities for children and young at heart
Lots of sleepers all over the resort
This is where they hold the sunset water dance
Activity check list
Turtle theme throughout the resort
Jaidan and his older half sister (5 years)
TTYL
Happy birthday!
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