Sightseeing

BEFORE we had breakfast we decided to take a drive north to see what we hadn’t discovered yet. We stumbled into a Big Buddha statue that travel reviewers recommended. We found it (or what we thought was it) and we really enjoyed marveling at the colors used and the intricacy of the work done in the shrine, temple and statues surrounding it. Since we hadn’t planned on visiting a religious sight we weren’t really dressed properly to be there (please note my hot pink tank-top that says “Out. Of. Con. Trol.” And lime green sunglasses. And running shorts. ) So we just took pictures from afar and enjoyed the scenery.

We later discovered that was not actually the famous Big Buddha, it was further up the road; but we enjoyed it just the same.

We had breakfast and went back to our room to hang out at our pool again. There was more of 8 year old George that appeared begging me to give him lots of attention. I just wanted to lie in the sun (with an umbrella and sunscreen) and read my book, but he can’t sit still and be quiet. I even tried giving him one of my favorite Japanese travel books, and the Thailand travel book to entertain him. It only worked for 5 minutes at a time. I hope our children are less exhausting than he is. Haha! : )

We had lunch, took a nap, went to the beach, went back to the pool and then indulged in the Friday night BBQ the resort offered. We ate steak, crocodile, chicken, pork chops, potatoes, salad, and fruit and we had a few drinks. It was one of those perfectly lazy days that every vacation needs.