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Floating lunch stop
April 9, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
After seeing the elephants we stopped here for more delicious Thai food, to feed the giant fish and for a cool down in the lake!
TravelerLooks like you’re having a fab holiday! Xx
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TravelerCanoeing looks awesome!! Xx
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Back across the lake
April 9, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
After speeding back to the pier with some more sight seeing along the way, we made the 2 hour drive back to the hotel. A fabulous day with our amazing guide, Ya.
TravelerWhat a beautiful lake! Xx
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What an amazing time you are having. That is a day to remember. We are delighted you are having such a fantastic holiday [Dad and mum]
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Street food and market
April 10, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
After a day by the pool and beach, we went through the market and got some water pistols for celebrating Songkran (Thai new year) on Sunday as well as a few other bits and enjoyed cocktails, cocktails and street foodRead more
TravelerCocktails and street food look delicious! Xx
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Surin part 2
April 10, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 29 °C
After the Mokken village we stopped for snorkeling. The reef is really amazing and the visibility incredible.the photos and videos just don't do it justice at all! Then we stopped for lunch on the North Island and got taken out snorkeling again on a long tail boat. The reef this time was even more amazing, we saw so many varieties of fish!Read more
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Surin part 1
April 11, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
After an early start we took a 1 hour 20 minute speed boat ride out to the islands. First stop was they Mokken village. These 'sea gypsies' used to just stop on Surin for monsoon season but have now settled here. Then have their own language and cultures and seemed very happy to have visitors, selling their beautiful crafts and enjoying the sweets Arabella offered the Mokken children. A very authentic experienceRead more
TravelerWhat a fantastic adventure despite the rain and mosquitoes! Hope snorkelling was good. Xx
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TravelerAmazing!! Xx
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Overnight on Surin
April 11, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ 🌧 29 °C
We were so unlucky with the weather. The island experience an unseasonal 15 hours of heavy rain overnight. Fortunately we stayed dry on our tent but it made the island experience quite challenging and meant we missed out on snorkeling in the morning due to the sea state.
Arabella enjoyed sweeping the leaves and was saw monkeys, water monitors, bats and bugs but luckily no snakes!Read more
TravelerGreat experience but shame about the weather! Did the tent have air con?!! 🤣
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Traveler Like the dress Claire!! Xx
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Traveler Love the outfits! Are those your PJs Matt?!! 🤣 xx
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Enjoying our last few hours on Surin
April 12, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We enjoyed some lunch and then played on the beach for a couple of hours before rejoining our speedboat
Traveler Lovely photo!! 🥰 xx
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Traveler Great place for gymnastics! Xx
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More snorkeling
April 12, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
(because I can only upload 2 videos per post!)
Traveler She’s a great swimmer! Xx
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Snorkeling
April 12, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We enjoyed 2 more fabulous snorkelling spots before heading back to the mainland. We found lots more Nemo fish and Dory too! We saw huge trigger fish, star fish, pipe fish and amazing coral. The kids ability and confidence in the water is mind-blowing. I end up holding their life vests while they dive down and swim around like fish themselves. And Arabella easily keeps pace with me even when I have fins on and she doesn't!Read more
Traveler Water babes! What a great experience for them! Xx
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TravelerAwesome swimming!! Snorkelling sounds amazing Xx
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What an experience. Looks like your all having such an amazing time [Pauline]
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Dinner at The Golden Elephant
April 12, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ 🌙 28 °C
TravelerFood looks so yummy! Xx
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TravelerAnd the cocktails! Xx
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Beautiful x [Pauline]
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Happy Thai New year
April 13, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
Today is Song Kran, the celebration of Thai new year. We had been told to expect water fights... Arabella was prepared before breakfast!
As soon as we got to the pool the kids found others who were also prepared and English Vs German commenced in the pool 😂Read more
The hotel have put on a great show for you all. Seems like a great place [Dad and mum]
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TravelerLots of good fun! Xx
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Song Kran
April 13, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The hotel organised a morning of games for the kids (and adults!) this included cucumber golf 😂, hoopla, football, sack race, balloon popping and darts plus a huge water fight including giant bins of ice water. As you can imagine, the kids had a ball! The staff were all really involved and got just as wet as the kids. And there was a very sly elderly gentleman who kept creeping up on everyone and pouring buckets of water over their heads! I think he got all of us at some point!Read more
Is that definitely a cucumber!!! [Dad]
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TravelerLooks good fun! Xx
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Surfing
April 13, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
TravelerWow Joseph - another waterspout you’re good at! Xx
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Song Kran dinner
April 13, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
TravelerAmazing food! Xx
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Traveler Arabella looks very happy! Xx
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Pool day
April 14, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 32 °C
Found Arabella some decent goggles after she lost 2 pairs whilst body boarding and the market ones split after a day!
TravelerLet’s hope she doesn’t lose those! What to give you for tea on Monday? Can’t compete with all the lovely food you’ve had!! Xx
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Traveler Lovely photo of you Claire and the beach! Xx
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Traveler That’s a nice thing for the hotel to do on your birthday Claire! Xx
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Meeting the elephants
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
These 3 female elephants have all been rescued. 2 from the circus in Phuket and 1 from logging. One has only been at the centre for a month, another for 10 years. Even in the short time we spent with them it was clear they all have their own personality. The children were blown awayRead more
TravelerThat one looks very sad - so good they’ve been rescued! Xx
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Elephant feeding
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
They get fed 7 times a day and wouldn't survive in the wild as they couldn't find their own food 🙁
TravelerWhat a lovely experience for Joseph and Arabella! Xx
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Banana treats
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 28 °C
They enjoyed about 100 bananas each and eat them like we would eat a bag of sweets!
TravelerThey’re very intelligent animals! Xx
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Walking with the elephants
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
They get taken for a walk to keep them active, one is overweight 😂
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Goodbye ellies
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
TravelerThe elephants obviously enjoy human contact! Xx
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Bamboo rafting
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We spotted a family of huge frogs and a bright green snake as we floated down the river. We fed fish which Joseph was convinced were piranha! So peaceful and very hot!
TravelerHope no crocodiles in the river!! 🤣 xx
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Snake!
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
TravelerThe snake is very well camouflaged! Scary! Xx
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Rafting coffee stop
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
Unexpectedly, whilst rafting we stopped under a huge cliff face where a fire was heating bamboo tubes of water and we were given tea and coffee in bamboo cups!
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Khao Sok viewpoint
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 31 °C
A beautiful view of Khao Sok national park and then a trip to the Tsunami memorial. This represents the height of the wave 😟
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Tsunami memorial
April 15, 2025 in Thailand ⋅ ☁️ 30 °C
The height of the wall represents the height of the wave. It was really moving to spend time here. Our guide was working in a cafe at the time but had taken a day off to visit his family in Phuket. 20 people who were in the cafe that day were killed by the tsunami 😟Read more
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