As you can see from the pictures our hotel is gorgeous- really spacious and relaxing and the pool is lovely. We get breakfast served every morning either on the balcony or in our room and the friendly staff give us fresh fruit everyday. Also the massive fridge in our room has been a god send because it’s red hot out side. We did nothing for the first few days just chilled around the spacious pool because things got really hectic before we set off for Samui and with the jet lag we were really tired and grumpy and the rest was [View Full Entry]

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Well we have finally arrived and unfortunately for us we got left stranded at the airport for two hours. The hotel that we booked was offering a free pick up but they didn’t show so we found ourselves in the very situation that we were trying to avoid after a 26 hour flight. The taxi drivers were aware of our situation and we quickly became pray for the predators who knew we were stuck. They tried to charge us the earth, the airport was deserted and we were the only westerners around, anyway to cut along story short we waited until [View Full Entry]

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Yippee !! Flying Emirates I have always wanted to fly Emirates and now I have and a mighty fine flight it was too. You get loads of space to watch movies, play games like Tetris and solitire etc and you can even watch the plane taking off and have a look at what you are flying over- it’s great. I decided to watch something light hearted so i picked Mary Poppins and Mark choose The Da Vinci Code. We got out all our stuff like books, journals and games and we did not touch them once. The meals were fantastic 5 [View Full Entry]

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Today has been spent with my boyfriend and my family. We have been to Holker Hall Christmas Market and are now having roast dinner at my sister's. Her partner Rob and my nephew are here and my dad is on his way also my mum has just phoned from her holiday in Cyprus. I am just beginning to realise how much I am going to miss everyone. We still have loads to do and we have not packed yet but we don’t care family is more important. I am very surprised at how calm I actually am. When I get home [View Full Entry]

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