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04 December 2006 @ 11:14 am
The Racha - Part II  





Our Bedroom


View from our terrace

We capped off our last night at The Racha resort with a nice dinner (room service).  We decided to spend some time in our wonderful little 'villa'.  

Initially, i had wanted to order in the private bbq option available.  Unfortunately, we had to plan ahead...the order had to be in with the resort by 12noon.  So that was out.  We did the next best thing, which was a nice thai dinner, coupled with our nice red wine.  

We ordered a nice seafood salad, a tom yum soup (yummy) and a thai curry.  I must say we were pretty stuffed by the end of our meal.  Everything was washed down with a wonderful bottle of Robert Mondavi Pinot Noir.  


The Garden Pool

After our delicious dinner, we decided to have a dip in the garden pool seeing we haven't actually used the pool at all the whole time we were there.  We were too in love with the main racha pool.  

The perk of the main pool?  They played music underwater...talk about thinking about everything!  Well we had a nice dip in the pool (some of the other residents had brought their laptop, so we still had music), and then we called it a night.


Our Spa Room


what you see when you are getting your massage

On our final day, we were going to take the four wheel bikes on a whirl, but got lazy.  Instead, we spent 2 wonderful hours at their spa.  Great service...they even had floating flowers to look at when you are getting your massage face down on the massage table.  Starring at the boring floor?  No no.  *grin*


Our quick lunch (yummy drink: Racha Mango Madness)

After our relaxing massage, we had a quick lunch, and made our way to our boat transfer to main land.  Upon arriving at the main ferry terminal, we saw a sight which saddened us.  A game fishing boat had just returned, and they caught a young marlin fish.  The fish was still a little one.... they should have let him go.  


Lotus Supermarket (Their Carrefour)

Our limo arrived to take us to the airport.  We requested for a little stop at the Lotus Supermarket, which our driver willingly obliged.  I just had to go grab myself some of the wonderful paste, some rose apples (for cheok's dad) and some instant thai iced tea for myself.



Wobbly Racha Floating Jetty


Bathroom leading to the outdoor shower


Outdoor shower


One of the four beaches


Check out the clear water!


The Racha


The "do not disturb" frog


Sunset from our room


Cheok being silly


Our reaction when we saw the shot


Poor fishie


Really young fella



We have decided that we had too little time at Racha, the next time we return, we must stay at least 3 nights.  We didn't have time for any of the other activities the resort offered.  (day trip to phi phi island, snorkling trips to name a few). 






 
 
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anita_margarita: don't break itanita_margarita on December 4th, 2006 03:17 am (UTC)
Wonderful! I am jealous!
vanessafrida: Yes Sirvanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 03:18 am (UTC)
awww...pls don't be
All things merit my attention and nothing holds it: woooomoxielass on December 4th, 2006 03:23 am (UTC)
The water rivals with Mauritius and this is nearer to home! What a nice resort this is. Glad that you had a great time.

P/S: Check out my cooking adventure post. :)
vanessafrida: vanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 03:24 am (UTC)
actually water wise, i have to agree with ickleoriental... rawa is slightly nicer.

But the resort was fantastic.

Ok i go check it out now :)
Amandamadmoneymonkey on December 4th, 2006 04:06 am (UTC)
Woooowwww!!! That is beautiful! :)
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 04:09 am (UTC)
the place looks better than in the pictures :)
Amandamadmoneymonkey on December 4th, 2006 04:15 am (UTC)
Man! Drooooooool........
Black Swanorientalflower on December 4th, 2006 04:18 am (UTC)
How beautiful!
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 04:19 am (UTC)
it was...:) stay tuned...working on something :)
lumoszoga: pic#44182112lumoszoga on December 4th, 2006 05:30 am (UTC)
OHMYGOD!!! the place looks LOVELY!!!
vanessafrida: In Blissvanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 05:31 am (UTC)
thank you :)
saffyzsaffyz on December 4th, 2006 05:42 am (UTC)
BEAUTIFUL!!!
Woman! Racha is so beautiful... Another enchanting island... So envy...
vanessafrida: peekaboo!vanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 05:44 am (UTC)
Re: BEAUTIFUL!!!
hey i am waiting to check out your langkawi pictures...hehehehe

yea racha was nice....cheok loved it :) guess he loved his belated birthday and advance christmas present :)
saffyzsaffyz on December 4th, 2006 05:59 am (UTC)
Re: BEAUTIFUL!!!
Not my photo album leh... I email you on private the URL... We've got some taken on digital slr, uploading onto my flickr in a bit... :D
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 06:01 am (UTC)
Re: BEAUTIFUL!!!
very good! looking forward to viewing them :)
greentamigotchi: bubblegreentamigotchi on December 4th, 2006 06:29 am (UTC)
really great..i would love to go myself!!! :D
vanessafrida: Peacefulvanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 06:48 am (UTC)
stay tuned, got a video to post. just too swamped at the moment to load it onto youtube. :)
Laineytaiirei on December 4th, 2006 06:41 am (UTC)
That looks SO WONDERFUL! *sigh* Am very jealous 8-) Did you have to pay extras for food, spa service or anything else? Or was it all inclusive... sorry I haven't gone on much nice holidays like this 8-)
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 06:50 am (UTC)
erm it wasn't full board....only breakfast was provided. So we paid for all the other meals and spa :)

the place was worth the money.

Posting a video of the trip real soon. Within the hour i think
JVdrag0nette on December 4th, 2006 06:55 am (UTC)
looks awesome babe! :) you free for phone-ketchup tonight?
vanessafrida: Yes Sirvanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 07:04 am (UTC)
Sure! I msg you tonight?
JVdrag0nette on December 4th, 2006 07:33 am (UTC)
hokay! :)
elinbreadcrumbs on December 4th, 2006 07:06 am (UTC)
V nice! Glad you had a good and relaxing holiday :)
vanessafrida: In Blissvanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 07:08 am (UTC)
it was fantastic sweetie! Loadin the video now :)
Lee-Loo: i like this!clara_xd on December 4th, 2006 07:13 am (UTC)
Wow that looks like paradise! Seems like you really enjoyed yourself! :)
vanessafrida: peekaboo!vanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 07:14 am (UTC)
hey there, we had a fantastic time. In the midst of loading the video.

Little Miss Sunshine.tiffanyx on December 4th, 2006 07:45 am (UTC)
waaaaaaaaa! nice place!!!
vanessafrida: Yes Sirvanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 08:13 am (UTC)
it was ... it was :)
Little Miss Sunshine.tiffanyx on December 4th, 2006 08:15 am (UTC)
how would you rate the resort?
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 08:17 am (UTC)
8 out of ten :)

only because of the boats surrounding the main beach :)
Little Miss Sunshine.tiffanyx on December 4th, 2006 08:24 am (UTC)
this and rawa? :P
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 08:48 am (UTC)
the 2 resorts are totally different. Different feel, different vibe, different perks. Can't really compare. :)
Little Miss Sunshine.tiffanyx on December 4th, 2006 08:52 am (UTC)
mm oksss. will find somehow to visit both places! :P
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 08:55 am (UTC)
fantastic idea!
(Anonymous) on December 4th, 2006 08:36 am (UTC)
Only one word to say... Hwwwaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh.........
(Anonymous) on December 4th, 2006 08:37 am (UTC)
Opppsss, that was me, Kelvin.... Hwaaahhhhhh just left me lost in fantasy I forgot to add my name.
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 4th, 2006 08:49 am (UTC)
hahhahaha you crack me up la....eh...i have posted a video on youtube...still loading...come back and check it out later.

bourgeois_babebourgeois_babe on December 4th, 2006 02:58 pm (UTC)
The water...my goodness...the water...it's so clear it's breathtaking...

Much better than the other parts of Phuket!
vanessafrida: vanessafrida on December 5th, 2006 02:11 am (UTC)
honestly the water was clearer in rawa...just sightly. Less boats...so less polution, but yea it is still very clear.

Def better than other parts of phuket :)
boonseerquixoticremix on December 4th, 2006 03:01 pm (UTC)
looks super awesome! hehhh i just remembered that you were due home from your rawa trip, so i popped by here to check. and WOW, it looks amazing. gosh. and the burger looks HUGE.
vanessafridavanessafrida on December 5th, 2006 02:12 am (UTC)
hey there...this is racha...not rawa...rawa was the trip in july (video in the sidebar)

the burger was yumms i had it for two meals...hehehehehe

viktoryasecretviktorya on December 4th, 2006 03:55 pm (UTC)
Wow! it's amazingly beautiful and so romantic!! was it really expensive... just for future reference! Thanks1
vanessafrida: Peacefulvanessafrida on December 5th, 2006 02:12 am (UTC)
erm...i got a cheap deal (40% discount), so it was quite affordable...esp for such a resort :)
(Anonymous) on December 5th, 2006 01:49 am (UTC)
looks amazing-ana @ anaraes.blogspot.com
vanessafrida: In Blissvanessafrida on December 5th, 2006 02:13 am (UTC)
yea we thought so too :)
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