Week 54: 24 to 30 dec

Monday morning Danae got a birthday cake at breakfast from the resort. We did a little last minute shopping in Patong, then checked out and went to Katathani resort. We spent the afternoon relaxing and swimming. In the evening we went to the buffet dinner, we were a bit peeved at having to spend $600 on a compulsory dinner and that not only did that not include drinks, but the prices for drinks were inflated, but it was spectacular.
The kids woke up to new iPod touchs from Santa on Tuesday morning. I got a new Canon DSLR and Steve got his Ripcurl watch. We spent the morning by and in the pool (a different one to the day before). Then for lunch we went up to our room and had our complimentary fruit basket and the birthday cake they had left in our room the night before for Danae. We spent the afternoon relaxing and checking out our gifts and found a local restaurant for dinner.
Wednesday was a fabulous day. We went down to the beach after breakfast and spent most of the day down there. Steve and the kids swam in the morning while I read under the shade of our umbrella. We had lunch on the beach, then Steve and I got massages on the beach nearby where the kids lay on our deck chairs reading. After that we had one more swim, a cocktail or two and went to shower for dinner. We ate at the same local place for dinner.
Thursday it was time to pack up again and go to our last resort in Kamala. It was pretty secluded and right on top of a hill but as soon as we saw our room we were all amazed by how fabulous it was! The main part had a living room and kitchenette with a bedroom off it. The kids had a separate room and ensuite off the main room and they both looked out over our own infinity pool overlooking Kamala bay and the ocean.
It was so quiet and relaxing, but by lunchtime Friday we were feeling a bit restless so we took a tuk tuk back into Patong for the afternoon and evening and spent a lot of the time at our favourite bar playing pool. After dinner we went back to the resort.
Saturday we had to be out of our room by noon because they had other people coming at 2, they would have let us stay if no-one else was coming. So we left our luggage and went into Patong again until it was time to go to the airport, our flight wasn't until 9. We mostly stayed around Jungceylon, the new shopping centre, and had lunch at an Irish Pub there.We got to the airport in plenty of time, and our flight was delayed another hour. By the time we got to the Prince Hotel in KL, it was almost 2am.
Sunday we slept in a bit, had a wonder around the Pavillion (Lachlan and I went to have a Gong Cha tea, because we had missed them), then went back to the hotel for a swim. In the evening we met up with the Leech family at Dua, Lakshmi looked after the kids and the adults went out to La Boca for dinner, then onto Healy Macs, Havana Bar and Yokos. It was a good night and again we didnt get back to Prince Hotel until after 2am.