Just like 'Wii Resort', Le Meridian Phuket offered lots of activities, like tennis, mini-golf, archery and scuba diving in the enormous pool. But it seemd like too much work to try most of them. Unfortunately no 'chanbara', but Rika and I were able to improvise.
Mainly we took Hannah to swim in the pool, which she happily did for hours. She is very confident in the water with the water-wings that Kyo-chan gave her for her birthday
This is Rika and Hannah fighting over the lilo
A baby elephant visiting the pool-side
Kyo-chan with baby elephant.
Hannah playing at the beach
Dropping Hannah off at the kids 'Penguin club'.
Hannah with friends from the Penguin club. The lady in black t-shirt is a baby-sitter looking after 2 of the kids.
Breakfast with dad by the pool.
Every night had a themed buffet and a show. And after the show the musicians wandered around the other restaurants serenading the guests.
Saturday night 'Siam' buffet highlighting traditional thai music and dance. I was amazed how many familiar songs are originally from Thailand...
The girls shopping in Patong. Kyo-chan relaxing her feet with a 'pirana' foot-bath
Launching balloons at the beach at dusk
On night Hannah had a fever and lost her appetite. So we took her to the on-site clinic where the nice doctor prescribed lots of ice-cream to treat her dehydration.
One thing the resort wasn't prepared for was my request for somewhere discreet where I could practice Shakuhachi. After much consultation they offered to hire me a conference room - for $90 per hour ! So instead I found a spot well around the back of the grounds near the water treatment plant and the staff care-park. I was able to practice every day before eventually being busted by security on the last day.
