Turtle conservation centre
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Batik painting with Art
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This morning we escaped the rain to spend an amazing 2 hours with Art.he is a batik artist that lives very frugally in a 1 roomed house/studio. He provides the opportunity to create a bespoke batikWeiterlesen
Some of Art's work
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You cannot appreciate the skill involved in this until you have tried to create batik. We saw these when we arrived and were impressed but having spent a morning creating our own, we are allWeiterlesen
A short break in creating
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Art disappeared off on his moped and returned with milk tea and pastel de nata!
Our finished creation
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Including some minor adjustments made by Art to correct some mistakes!
And the added bonus...
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Art is also a musician and was delighted to share his guitar with Joe....this is the longest he hasn't played guitar for since he started!
Bubble tea and donuts
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Kids have been desperate to try this place and finally it was open when we were hungry enough! 3 doughnuts and 3 bubble teas....£1!
Jeff....
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Pool and surfing
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Joseph is standing up..... Matt.......hmmmm 😂
Final visit to Bang Niang market
16. April 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
This place has been a real highlight. Bustling but very safe and great fun with lots of bargains to be had!
This evening the kids got Roti which are like slightly more bread like crepes which we tookWeiterlesen
Matt was a little peckish...
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Morning at the hotel
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The kids queuing for iced green milk tea at breakfast and pool and lunch with friends (Daniel and Aimee from Nottingham)
Fresh market
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Rin collected us from our hotel and took us to explore the local fresh market. He gathered the ingredients we needed before taking us to his home to cook
Thai cookery class
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We arrived at Rin's home where we were greeted by his wife, sister and son (and the family dogs!) the whole family helped us to prepare and cook Thai food including spring rolls, papaya salad, padWeiterlesen
Wow! What a treat for you all. That is an unbelievable thing to do. Arabella will be making her own spring rolls when you are back home [Dad and mum]
ReisenderWhat a fantastic experience enjoy by all. The food looks very tasty and Joseph and Arabella budding cooks! Xx
That's brilliant. You have certainly packed alot in. Lovely pictures. X [Pauline]
Traumatic last day!
18. April 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Enjoying our final day in Thailand...
Sat on my lounger admiring a kingfisher on the beach, felt something drop on me, turned around and there's a snake!!!! I lept up screaming and Matt didn't believeWeiterlesen
ReisenderIt obviously hasn’t got its flying wings Claire! That’ll be a topic of conversation for a long time! Pleased you all enjoyed your last day! We’ll look forward to seeing you on Monday! Xx
Our last dinner in Thailand
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Really enjoyed following your adventures in thialand. Only 569 photos is not enough Claire!! More effort required! Have a safe journey and we look forward too seeing you all tomorrow [Dad and mum]
Goodbye to Khao Lak
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ReisenderWhat a wonderful holiday you’ve had! Lovely seeing all your photos and following your trip! Xx
Goodbye Thailand 😢
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Arabella has spent most of the morning in tears because she doesn't want to leave 💔
ReisenderI can imagine how she feels after such a wonderful holiday. But she’ll cheer up when she sees her friends and nanny and granny! Xx
Kuala Lumpur airport
19. April 2025 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌧 28 °C
Dinner at hard rock cafea and piano playing
Goodbye...or not
19. April 2025 in Malaysia ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Just about to board the flight when Joseph realised he had left his iPad in hard rock cafe! A sprint through the airport with mummy retrieved it just in time.
Then we sat on the plane for over 2 hoursWeiterlesen
Making the most of KL
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Fortunately our hotel has a pool... unfortunately we didn't have any swimmers or spare clothes in our carry on bags. A trip to the mall adjoining the hotel just about solved that.
Our food isWeiterlesen
Waiting for the coach
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The hotel and food have been really good which has made the delay bearable.arabella created her own Michelin style desert which she was very proud of.
Then we got ready and waited on the lobby for theWeiterlesen
Homeward bound finally!
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