April 15, 2026

We woke up to thunder & lighting and pouring rain, but the afternoon turned gorgeous! We had a lovely sunset and a relaxing day. Played some games, sang some tunes with the staff and chilled! Also got a chance to do some blog work. More daily highlights below.

One of my favorite ways to get to know people is by playing a game where everyone writes down something about themselves that they don't think anybody at the table knows about them, not even spouses, if possible. Then I collect and read each one and we vote who we think each is, before we reveal!  The 8 of us from Ship (Bob & Sue, Eddie & Angel, Ben, Lyn, Bosco and myself) and David and Jim (who we met at the Resort) played. It was great fun - turns out we had one who went to 10 different grade schools, a minister, an actor, a paintball zealot, a lotion and potions traveler, one was on the Bozo show, one gave a serial murderer his business card, one drove a taxi, was a landscaper & rainbow vacuum salesperson, one went to a sweat lodge & one stumbled upon the Olympic torch run.

By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.
By Pat Patrick July 14, 2026
The nightlife scene doesn't really get going till after 11pm and goes till 5 am in the Chaweng section of Koh Samui . We made our way over to the club district, and one of the hot spots called the ArkBar a little past 10pm to have some dinner, while watching the beach fire shows.