Phuket

It has been almost 2 weeks since we got back from our holiday. We left on 1/6 and returned on 5/6. This was suppose to be a trip for our 5th anniversary but we had already decided to take Mahadevan along as we knew we wouldn't stop wondering about him. Last year when we went to Redang without Mahadevan, everytime we saw a child doing something, we kept thinking how Mahadevan would have liked to do the same.

We arrived at Phuket airport by 10am and we were taken to our hotel by the pre-arranged transport. Le Meridien Phuket Beach Resort is a great place for family vacations. The reason for choosing this hotel was that it had its own private beach while at the same time, it was still quite close to Patong. Although check-in is only at 2pm, our room was ready when we reached the resort at 11am.

After a short rest, we went to the beach. My husband and I took turns to swim in the sea as my son would not go in. The waves were pretty strong, getting into the sea was a big challenge. My son was quite happy to roast in the sun and play with his sand toys. After lunch, my son refused to go back to the room, so we went to the swimming pool. The resort has huge swimming pools at both wings and its got a junior pool as well. We were there till about 5pm after which my husband and I were so tired that we had to go back. Of course my son made a fuss about it but he didn't have much choice then.

And so this was our routine for the rest of our stay there. Right after breakfast, its time to go to the beach. After lunch, its off to the pool until evening. Mahadevan did go to the Penguin Club (kids club) for some painting and drawing. I couldnt leave him there without one of us as they only kids 4 years and above to be dropped off. Although they also have baby sitting services, Mahadevan refused to be without us so we could not even utilise that.

We went to Patong 2 of the nights for dinner. Food was okay but the price was not that cheap. All our other meals were in the hotel as most of the time we were too tired to go out. In the end I came back more exhausted then when I went. It was actually a holiday for my son and not really for us but despite that, we would never consider leaving him and going for a holiday.