I woke up and was spoilt all day. Luis made a beautiful breakfast for everyone and spoilt me rotten with gifts. I had a lovely day at school, with cards and cakes form the students and well wishes from the staff. After school we had a pool party with a slide, food, and delicious cakes. I went to be feeling loved and a little bit older and wiser.
Friday we returned to Bangkok, Nicola and Paddy took a long 15 hour drive back and we flew with the children. We had a busy weekend, Friday we took the kids to a local hotel for dinner and a night swim, Saturday they went with Luis to the cat cafe and then we went to Harbourland, Sunday a lunch at the Deck. I was thankful Monday and the start of school was coming as by Sunday Sebastian was losing the plot. Far too many late nights, unhealthy dinners and constant entertainment. It was time for a routine once again!
We spent our last two nights in Krabi at a small hotel called The Fong. It was great to see both Paddy and Nicola. I was also able to take Nicola to a beach, as she did not get to have too much of a holiday. However, they had had to extend their trip for another 3 weeks so who knows maybe they will get to a beach yet.
It is suffice to say that our time in Koh Lanta did not pan out exactly as we thought it might. Unfortunately Nicola and Paddy only spent about 15 hours on the island before having to go to the mainland. However, Freda certainly had the best time and was able to see how wonderful the place is. We also got to spend loads of time with her which was great. But we definitely were missing Nicola and Paddy so after a few great nights in Koh Lanta we headed off to Krabi to spend sometime with them before heading to Bangkok.
We had a short stay in Trang and then brought the children back to Koh Lanta. Unfortunately Nicola and Paddy had to stay behind and our job was ensuring that the children were having a great time. Luckily that was not hard to do with Songkran festival just beginning. Koh Lanta was nothing of the scale of Bangkok which made it just perfect for these two. They had a wonderful time splashing people and got right in the Songkran spirit.
Well the birthday certainly did not turn out how we could have imagined. Unfortunately we had quite the emergency that sent me, Nicola and Paddy to emergency off the island. Although the first 24 hours were super stressful and worrying, everyone is okay. Luis stayed back to watch the kids and ensured that Freda had an amazing 9th birthday.
