16th January 2014

Simon and I rocked up at Rosie’s around 10am.  All was well, she’d completed most of her packing and as ‘check out’ wasn’t till midday, we sat and drank coffee on the balcony while Simon checked if all flights were running to schedule in Bangkok.  Unfortunately all was good, so no extended holiday for Rosie.  
After checking out, Si rode ahead to the new Eco office and Rosie and I walked to drop off bags etc, by this time we were all pretty hungry, so we went to Café Del Sol, to have a delicious ‘divers breakfast’ (eggs, beans, toast, bacon & coffee.
Remember that we had a manicure/pedicure the other day….. well Rosie’s nail polish has somehow changed into a foul orange, pink color so we decided to have one last pampering session  ..why not?!!    What made it special is the color on Rosie’s fingers didn’t really come off that well and stained her nails and fingers, so after a lot of varnish remover and scrubbing, they still looked pink, so with a smile, the Thai lady just put a layer of clear varnish on and said “beautiful”  hmmm
We both had our toe nails painted but at one stage or another, we smudged them several times by putting our flip flops on, stubbing our toes  ..the poor Thai girls were hanging out the shop door trying to repaint etc while Rosie and  I were concerned that we needed to confirm her boat ticket, taxi and collect her case which was being dropped off at the pier.  What a palava but so funny!!
By the time, we’d finally retrieved Rosie’s case, sorted tickets and organized a taxi from Samui ferry  port to the airport, we had about another half hour to wait until her boat came in.
We waited at the pier for the ferry, said our goodbyes with a few tears shed…. and we wish her a short and safe journey back home. Its been a great time, and so nice to have family here…. its just so sad when they leave…..

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15th January 2014 – Rosie dives again!

This morning I met Rosie at ‘Zest’ for breakfast   ..it was a rather late start for us all, I think the activities were finally catching up with us all.  Earlier on that morning, I’d called Crystal to stick the 3 of us on the afternoon boat to fun dive as this would be the last chance for Rosie to dive due to her flying on the 16th.
The dives were brilliant, although it is full moon, high tide and pretty rough, the visibility was really good.  The first dive was at Twins, which Rosie had been before a couple of times but that didn’t matter as we headed out to what’s called the ‘Secret pinnacle’ and didn’t see a soul, the 2nd dive was at White Rock, where  we had at least 20 meters visibility.  There was just an abundance of fish  ..just a lovely way to finish.  Simon took his big boy camera, so expect some footage to appear very soon. 
When we got back to land, Rosie and I headed back to her hotel for a quick cuppa and then decided to go for an oil massage.  OMG  it was amazing!!!   If only they were a cheap and as good in the UK.
For Rosie’s last evening, we headed down to Crystal as she wanted to watch the Open Water movies from that day (as Rosie loves them) and met up with the crew for a couple of beers.  For Rosie’s last meal, we headed to ‘Whitening’ where we had a delicious last meal.  

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14th January 2014 – Chill out day

A lazy day today!  …after Si dropped me down at Crystal, I walked along the beach to the Regal to find Rosie out on her balcony watching the divers in the pool.  Today ‘s definitely a quiet day as it’s been pretty full on since Rosie’s arrived.   I should think she’ll need another holiday after this one LOL.
As Kirsty our lodger had the day off, she came down to meet us by the pool to chill.  After sunbathing, swimming, snorkeling, we went to ‘Pranees’ for lunch where I ordered an assortment of Thai dishes that Rosie had yet to try.  It was rather a lot but hey ho  ..we left with very full tummies.  
On route back to the hotel, Rosie’s bought a pair of sun glasses and popped into a little craft/jewelry shop which had a necklace that matched her earrings that she was given. 
Café Del Sol was the venue for this evenings dinner.  I copied Rosie by having a Chicken Milano  ..very tasty!

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