20 February 2012
Rose/breakfasted a bit earlier on a brighter day.
After breakfast (Ged tried chicken with egg noodles today), Ged cracked on with Sense Of An Ending and even gets to start Exit Ghost today in the sun.
I am a great fan of the novels of both Julian Barnes and Philip Roth. I do recall very much enjoying the Barnes (Sense) whereas I found Exit Ghost a little below par for Roth.
Daisy does Tai Chi class and both [of us] enjoy some sun on our deck and some beer.
Play tennis just before dusk to avoid the heat – Daisy won 6-3 – pleasant at that hour.
Then back for a late siesta and then on to dinner where Basha [chef] has specially prepared the five spice duck for us very well it’s good isn’t it. We also enjoy a starter of dry spice beef salad and additional main teriyaki tuna – best meal at Six Senses so far for sure.
21 February 2012
Woke to a misty rainy morning – rain will not relent all day sadly.
Ged goes off to do some work on the photos before breakfast and then again after, while Daisy does Tai Chi.
Finish off the photos and chat briefly with German couple who wanted our villa and wanted to use the PC – they must hate us but they don’t show it!
Then decide to have a satay nibble & some wine in the room – very nice.
Then attempt to play tennis but the court is waterlogged so we switch to badminton, Ged pulling off a surprise two nil win 15-8, 15-11)! Good fun.
Went to a “cocktail Martini” event in the bar and chatted with a nice Israeli couple.
They were a very interesting couple. She was in publishing and seemed a lot older and more high falutin’ than her man. We felt a bit sorry for them as they were only at the Six Senses for two nights; that wet day was their only full day there.
Then went home for an hour and then went to dinner to try caramelised pork belly done properly – uber-fatty but good with morning glory and tasty brown rice – more like red rice. Starter of cabbage chicken salad.
22 February 2012
Rose to another wet morning. Rested in and took late breakfast.
But then someone turn the lights on and it brightened up in a jiffy.
Soon the resort dried out – we enjoyed our sundeck round our own pool and read (finished Exit Ghost in my case) and had tea in the library with sandwich nibbles.
Played tennis in the evening – I won 6-4 – and thus met Françoise who sorted us out.
After tennis we got ready for dinner and had enormous ribeye steaks after a duo of tuna starter.
Very good meal.