Tag: Banyan Tree Sanya

23 April 2010

Overnight rain postponed tennis but clears the air.

Ged starts Yiddish Policeman’s Union.

Ged’s cold still in full sway. Breakfast. Run backups on to drive, then enjoy our villa for the day, jacuzzi, steam, pool, vids and all.

Then early evening tennis.

Try some in-villa dining tonight – Daisy has a club sandwich, Ged a pasta with prawns washed down with the Venetian we bought yesterday – very nice

Try playing Go/Othello/whatever it’s called briefly.

24 April 2010

Up early for tennis again today then wash, breakfast etc.

Another day relaxing in villa, another day of streaming cold for Ged! Again make most of the facilities – discover the water-bouncy ball doesn’t bounce! Still jacuzzi and steam works wonders.

Try the beach barbecue tonight starter of duck/Hainen chicken – then try prawns, oyster, scallop, clam, lamb, beef… with trimmings and some ice cream! Bottle of Stump Jump goes down well.

Daisy decides to open windows tonight as it’s cooler – bad idea mozzie wise! Someone or something must’ve been badly bitten by one of the mozzies but it doesn’t seem to have been one of us!

25 April 2010

Oversleep tennis slot and it is bright first thing so take some sun then breakfast…

…then Ged’s guts explode!

Quiet day on beach (briefly Ged) and mostly around villa to recuperate.

Daisy swims (Ged doesn’t). Replacement bouncy ball seems more bouncy!

Daisy joins Ged’s “fast” to try to clear guts so quiet evening in and early night – looked at photos again briefly before bed.

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Again rise early, coffee, tennis (Ged 6-4) then fiddle with Internet and backups a bit more. Then planned trip into town.

Taxi in from hotel. Duty-free shop won’t sell to us because we aren’t flying internationally from Sanya! On to department store/supermarket much better. Get bits and pieces there after getting a cheap small case for Daisy to replace the damaged red jobbie.

Taxi adventure on way home as driver takes us miles and miles in the wrong direction, to some godforsaken hotel on the other side of Yalong Bay! He returns us to mystified luggage vendor who sells Daisy a purse and then suggest we seek a taxi from another spot!

We really were only a couple of miles from home!

Spend rest of afternoon in villa swimming, reading, jacuzzing and steaming.

Thai meal again tonight – glass noodle salad starter, crab meat curry and with morning glory and coconut rice. Far too much especially with Ged streaming, but very good food. Chat together! Crash on return.

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19 April 2010

Rose early – started looking at a possible upgrades. Showed a spa suite which we liked and arrange to see the duty manager after breakfast. By 11 o’clock the deal was done we were sorting ourselves out in Villa 2102.

In the afternoon enjoy the Villa to the full, swimming, reading, jacuzzing etc.

Went for a stroll late afternoon to get our bearings. Played ping-pong – Daisy won as usual. Ged is reading A Spot Of Bother, Daisy is reading Shantaram.

Take dinner in main restaurant. Crab cake starter – prawns, pork, veg, and sticky rice. Delicious but too much. Early night.

20 April 2010

Rose early, coffee, tennis (Daisy won 6-4), bathe, wonderful breakfast & back to our super villa.

Pass the day reading, swimming, walk to the beach, swim the main pool etc.

Quietly contemplate staying here longer, as northern Europe is still a no-fly zone.

Try out the steam in villa today.

Book Thai restaurant for dinner and try tuna salad, mixed veg, coconut rice, prawn etc noodle dish, and other stuff, again delicious but too much. Again crash early.

21 April 2010

Again rose early, coffee, tennis (Ged 6-1), bathe, amazing breakfast, Ged plays with Internet and photo backups, then back to our amazing villa for more reading (Ged moved on to Netherland), swimming etc. Very nice indeed. Ged coming down with a cold however.

Still, back to main restaurant for Wang Chang chicken, prawns (again) different green veg and plain rice. Very good, although timing of dishes bizarre especially as we are, once again, the only visible diners in the main restaurant! (A few tables in Thai and the sound of buggies doing in Villa dining elsewhere).

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