Christmas day –
Steven, Jacob and I took a snorkel excursion for the day to Pulau Payar – a marine park on an island about an hour by speedboat. We arrived and weren’t too pleased with the second-hand snorkel equipment offered on the tour. The weather was overcast and the sea a little rough. The fish were plentiful and we saw some beautiful tropical fish along he reefs. The highlight was feeding the fish when we were just waist-deep and creating large swarms of colorful fish frenzies around us.
We returned and found out that the resort upgraded us to a beach villa for the last 2 evenings during our stay. The villas are spectacular and we now have a private infinity-style pool, dining room, kitchen, maid’s room, huge great room, master bedroom and enormous bathroom. When we returned later that evening back to the villa, the maid filled the soaking tub with rose petals and bubbles – Steven dove right in!
The resort planned a wonderful Christmas dinner poolside but was brought into the ballroom due to the weather. The resort created a spectacular display of local and international foods for dinner. We were greeted with champagne and invited to a table with other resort guests. We met one British couple on their honeymoon and traveling for two months, another long-distance relationship couple he from Amsterdam and she from Finland and a US couple that work in Malaysia. We enjoyed the conversations and the local holiday entertainment on stage. We were greeted by Santa – not knowing he was a dark-skinned Malaysian man!
Today the weather was simply beautiful. We took advantage of our private pool and spent the day together around the pool. The resort gave us a Bose sound system for our Ipod – so we enjoyed some music, relaxed and soaked in the warm sun. We had lunch delivered to so we never left the compound. I’ve never felt so relaxed before… of course, I’m ready for our move tomorrow to Kuala Lumpur for some city life. It was a bit of a surreal evening listening to Christmas tunes like White Christmas at this beach resort….
Steven, Jacob and I took a snorkel excursion for the day to Pulau Payar – a marine park on an island about an hour by speedboat. We arrived and weren’t too pleased with the second-hand snorkel equipment offered on the tour. The weather was overcast and the sea a little rough. The fish were plentiful and we saw some beautiful tropical fish along he reefs. The highlight was feeding the fish when we were just waist-deep and creating large swarms of colorful fish frenzies around us.
We returned and found out that the resort upgraded us to a beach villa for the last 2 evenings during our stay. The villas are spectacular and we now have a private infinity-style pool, dining room, kitchen, maid’s room, huge great room, master bedroom and enormous bathroom. When we returned later that evening back to the villa, the maid filled the soaking tub with rose petals and bubbles – Steven dove right in!
The resort planned a wonderful Christmas dinner poolside but was brought into the ballroom due to the weather. The resort created a spectacular display of local and international foods for dinner. We were greeted with champagne and invited to a table with other resort guests. We met one British couple on their honeymoon and traveling for two months, another long-distance relationship couple he from Amsterdam and she from Finland and a US couple that work in Malaysia. We enjoyed the conversations and the local holiday entertainment on stage. We were greeted by Santa – not knowing he was a dark-skinned Malaysian man!
Today the weather was simply beautiful. We took advantage of our private pool and spent the day together around the pool. The resort gave us a Bose sound system for our Ipod – so we enjoyed some music, relaxed and soaked in the warm sun. We had lunch delivered to so we never left the compound. I’ve never felt so relaxed before… of course, I’m ready for our move tomorrow to Kuala Lumpur for some city life. It was a bit of a surreal evening listening to Christmas tunes like White Christmas at this beach resort….
