The restaurant were we experienced THE BEST
complimentary breakfast ever!!!

Khao Soi
I wasn't as adventurous with my food this trip. I found that I really liked this dish
and it turned out to be my 'fall back' menu item. If nothing else appealed...

Grilled chicken, with scrambled eggs, flat egg noodles in a lovely curry sauce,
topped with bean sprouts and some cilantro
Yummy!

Our suite
Came with kitchen, pantry, huge bathroom and lovely terrace

The bar
Right on the beach

One of the pools...that we didn't use
"Why swim in a pool when the Gulf of Thailand beckons"

 While planning this adventure Glen mentioned that we should also include a 'trip to the beach' for some us time before we joined the tour. At first I was hesitant with trying to figure out which resort to pick, how much to spend, how far away to travel by taxi...etc... Brad mentioned in December that Mary and the kids were going to 'Rabbit Resort' for their Christmas break and would report back their thoughts.

Well turns out they loved it! So did we!!

 In the picture below you should see two roofs near the edge of the right side/bottom facing the ocean, we were lucky enough to be in the first one.

Water Lily's like I've never seen before!
HUGE leaves, bigger/taller than me

Bat Plant
'Tacca chantrieri'
Species in the Yam family

Orchids grown out of a coconut shell that was tied to a tree
Very cool

Thai sculptures

These are not drawn, they use a sharp instruments
 to scrape the black away to expose the silver

Showing the traditional way winding silk

Teak carving of Koi

Close up of the above carving

Every house has a shrine

Entrance to Jim's garden

The gardeners house

Unfortunately photographs were not allowed inside
the main house
Here are some from the first floor and surrounding grounds/gardens
These are delicate carvings to let light in but not rain.
On the wall just before cameras had to be put away...