King's Birthday Weekend- Pattaya

In early December, Thailand celebrates the King's Birthday with a 3-day weekend. We had heard about a great family resort in Pattaya so off we went. We spent the whole time in the pool. Except for the 1 night out to Mike's Mexican Restaurant. Mmmmmm-mmmm! But the rest of the time- in the pool!

Behind the kids, suspended between the 2 towers of the resort, is a giant, inflatable gorilla. The kids liked that he was in the photo with them. Can anyone who was there that weekend explain the gorilla?

 I'm guessing daddy was making bunny ears behind me.

All weekend, in the pool. It was a great time!!!

Pattaya Mini Vaca

Last week an opportunity for a beach getaway arose and we decided to take advantage of it. T's office closed down Thursday and Friday due to the risk of flooding. So, we packed up our sand toys and headed for the gulf.

Diving for sand dollars.

Other fabulous Nichada families were there too so we had a ton of fun playing and dining with friends.

Who ordered the yummy cocktail served in a hollowed pineapple with carrots making up the facial features??? Me!

We also handed the underwater camera to the kids and let them snap all the pool fun. Love it!

The girls with creative hair-dos!

On our way back, we stopped at The Sri Racha Tiger Zoo. A real treasure of Thai family fun. :) We did have fun despite a very humid day. Tiger show, elephant show, feeding baby tigers, capybaras, and kids!

Hungry baby tigers.

Capybaras like green beans!

Kids like popsicles!

Who likes scorpions?! And I don't think this was featured just because of Halloween!

Another Fantastic City

We returned home today from our trip to Hong Kong. We are tired but we are happy! I'll blog briefly to say that we had a marvelous time and I'll post a photo album on Facebook. I've gotten some feedback that my video slideshows are not working properly for all viewers.

Anyway, we loved Hong Kong. Our friends Sara and Paul, and their gorgeous daughers, were wonderful tour guides and company and we hope to host them here in Bangkok soon!

 We only had 3 days but I think we saw the best of HK, including Stanley Market, Deep Water Bay, Repulse Bay,Victoria Peak and Victoria Harbor, the downtown area, sunset dinner at Cafe Deco, The Ngong Ping 360 experience, the giant buddha, Starferry and Harbor laser show, the bat wing junk, and last but definitely not least, Disneyland Hong Kong. I would surely go back to do parks and museums. We'll see if we can make another stop someday!