I can’t think of a better feeling than waking up sans alarm clock, next to your husband, in Thailand, with a view of the ocean, at 9:30am. I was officially in ‘honeymoon mode’ and was ecstatic about my day in which the only thing on my agenda was laying by the pool with my iPad and ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ waiting on happy hour to start at 1:30. Yes, 1:30. Our package included breakfast so we made our way down to the ocean-side outdoor dining area and buckled down for what would be the most eclectic breakfast buffet you could imagine. There’s nothing like binging on breakfast food and then getting into your bathing suit. Yikes. But delicious.
The hotel offered yoga at 4:00pm so we decided that we would actually put that on our schedule. Well that was until we found the upstairs outdoor lounge area that served champagne. Yep, champagne trumped afternoon yoga. Imagine that. 
G and I took a leisurely stroll down the beach. And by leisurely, I mean, it was quite the work-out to trudge through that sand. I frequent SC beaches. This is not a SC beach. It was deep and gave with every step. Within yards we were exhausted. So what do the Gillespie’s do next? Ah yes, stop for a beach cocktail at the Calm Beach Bar. We met some other honeymooners from New Castle, England and enjoyed trading stories.
On our walk back, we strolled upon a local woman who is on the beach, toting her little charcoal poor-excuse for a grill selling spring rolls and grilled corn. A grilled piece of corn is one of my favorites. How did she know? Yall. It was amazing. If someone is looking for a new profession, please move to The Isle of Palms and start a grilled corn business on the beach. Please.
We headed to dinner in Fisherman’s Village. We stopped by and enjoyed a cocktail as the sun was going down. We found some fun swings at the bar closest to our hotel. We decided to buy a ‘balloon’ to light and send off. It was quite the process to get it good and ready and then finally let it go. We watched it for well over 10 minutes. It was pretty cool. We saw lots and lots of them being sold and sent afloat. They actually were very pretty. We had dinner at Starfish (recommendation from the hotel). We both got fish and were served the entire Red Snapper. Absolutely delish. 
We went to bed and did a repeat of the day previous. Groundhog Day, if you will. I bought some fun earrings in the gift shop for me and mom. We decided after the previous day’s hard work that we deserved a beach couples massage. But this is not just any massage. It was a Thai Massage. First of all it was 250 baht per person for 1 hour. That is less than $8.50. Yes, thank you. And we got beat up...in the best way possible. They use their hands, elbows, knees, anything that will dig deep into the tissue. They also pop every possible joint. The weirdest part was when she sat me up, told me to put my hands behind my head and then she used her entire body to whip me around in some awkward contorted positions. It was amazing. It really was. We woke up the next morning and could barely move. Rebecca, meet Thai massage (not to be confused with a ‘normal’ massage). I enjoyed corn again today, but made G get his own because it was so good that I didn’t want to share. We retreated to our wonderful beachfront porch and watched an amazing storm come through. It truly was beautiful. It didn’t last long, but it was aggressive.
We headed to Chewang Beach for dinner. A friend had recommended The Tree Tops at Anantara Lawana hotel. We took a cab over there about an hour before our reservation and had a glass of champagne at their beachfront bar. This hotel was absolutely beautiful and the view was marvelous. We walked over to the restaurant still not knowing what we were getting into. We climbed up this little walkway until we got to our private tree top table. I honestly think that they have used this experience on The Bachelor. And if they haven’t, they should. It was amazing. It was not only romantic, but the food was to-die-for. They did a salt presentation and we got to pick the different salts that we wanted to use. These were salts from all over the world. Who knew? We did a salt taste-testing and you really could tell a difference. This concept was completely new to me. And I loved it. The food reminded me of the food at Nobu. Small portions of the most delicious food you put in your mouth. We enjoyed multiple courses over a lovely bottle of wine. THE MOST PERFECT NIGHT!
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