Christmas in Thailand

It's been a while since we were able to update the blog so I'll have to remember all the stuff that we did this week in Thailand.

When we first got here, we pretty much took it easy. We found our hotel and relaxed for the evening and tried to get our bearings. The hotel that we are staying in is really nice with a large spacious bathroom and a good sized room. It's on the 4th floor overlooking the main drag in Kata and the hotel next door. There is a great big pool below us with a built in bar.

The next day was a fun filled day of scuba diving. There is an island off the southern tip of Phuket (which I can't remember the name of) and we were off for 2 dives there. The boat was pretty crowded with a huge Russian contingent aboard for some strange reason.

As for the diving, it was pretty nice. We saw a lot of coral and a ton of fish. Some of the neatest creatures below were cuttle fish (two of them). They were cuddling a little bit, which was good fodder for my yet to be deployed play on words later in the day. We saw two Morey Eels, a scorpion fish, a nudibranch, a lion fish, and gigantic clams. I also had a close encounter with a Titan Trigger fish, which had visible teeth in front and the dive master previously told us about his trigger fish attack earlier. He waved me away from it.

On the way back, we passed out and got ready for the Christmas Gala dinner, which was an obligatory part of staying in the hotel. The dinner included a large buffet with lots of meat, and some seafood. The entertainment included Missadan on the microphone singing songs by the Beatles, Elvis, The Everly Brothers and more. Besides Missadan, we were entertained by the housekeepers doing a stage performance of the latest new age music, and a lady boy with a lip syncing dance number.

We left at about 10 to head up to the room, where I went out to the patio and watched the show of the hotel next door. They had fire dancers! Also, the night was filled with fireworks viewable from the room and candle lamps being sent up into the night sky to celebrate the coming of Christmas.