January 6th

View from our room

View from the room! Main hotel left, lagoon, main pool, then ocean to the right. Approximately .5 miles from our bldg to the main lobby and then another 3rd of a mile to the other end. Tram and condole boats for getting around or walking what was called the Museum Walk.

Thai fishing village art piece carved in wood that is 3D - art example

This morning is Janie's Dolphin Quest at the Hilton. The morning was spent relaxing on the deck. Then over to the dolphin quest facilities. Quite the setup for a beach resort.

This was a well oiled machine organization. Janie had a great time learning about bottle nosed Dolphins. They were very impressive and calm around a group of people touching and giving direction. They are smart, fast and love to play. Janie's partner's husband stood with me. A Pilot in Puget Sound. Talked about cruise industry, Covid impact and his job. Interesting to get his thoughts on the whole manner of Covid management. He said every ship came in with Covid cases.

Pool time afterward the Dolphins. Seats right at pools edge with a slight shade from the palm trees. No umbrellas at this pool. Lots of cabanas you could reserve for $500 a day. As usual you meet lots of people on these trips. We met James and his wife from the San Diego area. Long story short he does wine tours in Napa for a semi retired life, while his wife is a professor.

View by pool that looks across to other side of resort

Mid afternoon we were back to the room for clean up and a night at Lava Lava. This beach front restaurant is by a public beach just up the road off the resort drive. They have an old VW out front for a second bar in a grassy area that is quite the sight. We really liked the setting and drinks being right on the beach, however, the food was not so good. Disappointed of course with so many recommendations. The onion rings were over cooked and the rest just not worth covering.

After dinner a quick stroll along the beach. We came up on a small wedding party doing sunset pictures. Also, a sleeping green turtle. Great sunset for pics!!!