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Gavin (35) I've worked as a computer Engineer since 1993 (oh the domain names I should have registered, back in the day) and looking very much forward to spending a whole year playing and adventuring with Tehya and Hanna.

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D’ Lagoon revisited!!!!

April 23rd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under

I felt so pleased and excited as we rounded the rocks and came into D’ Lagoon from the sea. It was so like I remembered it, the beach, the bungalows even the Coconut tree that lays over the beach and supported by a stilt was still there. dlagoon wonky palm treeThe sky was so blue with not a cloud insight. We stayed the first night in a (non bathroom - 30RM) room close to the one we had last visit. It was a nightmare they are all linked down a single corridor about six or maybe seven rooms on each side. The tops are all open to the room on either side so privacy (sound wise) is limited. We had a loud talking German couple on one side and an English couple on the other who sat up late eating crisps and biscuits. I sound so mean and moaning but it’s like you have these people in the same room with you. We got up the next day feeling grumpy and tired after not enough sleep and again this feeling that all is not right with the world. We spent the day being offish and difficult questioning why - surely in paradise one finds happiness!!! I got talking to a German women while washing some of our clothes and she agreed that it can be hard when you are away. She said something I found interesting - that in the search for happiness and perfection you will only every be disappointed because no place can ever be 100% what you are looking for. There will always be some thing that is not quiet right, it is important that you realize this and decide on the things you are happy to live with and those you are not and then enjoy!!! She also said something else that I found quiet enlightening - that she felt 20% of our (general our) unhappiness with what we find in life, is in fact unhappiness we carry around in ourselves!!! D'lagoon bungallow 60RMGavin and I sat down for lunch and made the decision that we would spend the extra 30 RM a night and go for a 60RM bungalow with a bathroom and only one neighbour. If there were problems with noise then we would only be staying for 3 more nights. The food was OK, there were three other children for Tehya to play with and we would be able to check out the beaches we had visited before (which did not disappoint they were as beautiful as we remembered). We spent the next few days relaxing and having fun, on our second night we shared a Dorado (Dolphin Fish) it was huge - cooked on the BBQ and served with plain rice and sambal with the German family and their children.

The only other major down side was that it is different here this time - and I don’t mean in relation to our memories and expectations. There is much more rubbish, hidden behind the accommodation - half buried in the woods and floating in the sea. It varies from plastic bags, noodle packets, water bottles to electrical wire. The size is also different - from huge bits of rubbish to the multi coloured grains/flecks you can see in the sand at the waters edge. Not all of the island is like this - at Mira the beach and the water is much cleaner. I don’t know if this is because of the tidal directions or where this rubbish comes from - some of it is likely to be generated by the resorts. It is also just as likely that some comes from the fishing boats and from the mainland. The coral most definitely starts further out at sea and the numbers of fish (although there are still many fish) are fewer and you find less close to the shore. Dlagoon beach perhentiansThere are many more boats - fast boats. They ferry tourists over from the mainland and in between each of the resorts. So things have moved on……. Over all we enjoyed our stay with D’ Lagoon. It was nice to go back, after 3 nights we were ready for the more solitary feel of Mira again and Gavin called them to ask if we could have another beach side bungalow. We made the journey back to Mira beach - strangely it felt like coming home!!! We have a different room this time - its on the rocks next to the one we had before - its just as rustic and wonky - perfect in every way….. and dinner that night was BBQ fish, spicy chilly sauce, plain steamed rice and salad. It was one of the best meals I have had so far!!!!!

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  1. Comment by Terry on 23 April 2008:

    MMMMmm that last meal you had sounds great,i cant think when i had FRESH fish probably the last time i caught some myself.
    the sun is shining here at the moment although it was nearly frosty this morning,the blubells are out and trees in blossom,so colour is returning to the country side once more,but oooh for warm seas and coral reefs,keep on enjoying your selves and have fun.
    lots of respect for you all bye from terry

  2. Comment by becca on 23 April 2008:

    Wow sounds amazing, bet Tehya enjoyed having some new friends to play with. Shes going to come home speaking so many languages. At home skint and bored imaging i was on my way to visit you, at least the weather is getting slightly better here.
    Gaz has just got a playstation 3 (you jealous bro?) so life revolves around that at the moment (i may even save money by staying in). Anyway tell Tehya baby anabel has been non stop crying since she left so i had to hire a nanny for her (her name is mrs gaz) and now she is being looked after just like Tehya would.
    Sending my love to you all
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  3. Comment by Carol on 25 April 2008:

    Just love reading about what you are doing and the people you meet. The German woman sounded interesting. Some things she said to think about. Well it is samba samba for me. Don’t you just really really wish you were coming to Camborne tomorrow !!!!!! to Trevithick Day. Anyway fun for me with penzamba. Just love the dressing up bit and entertaining. Then a party tomorrow night as it is Jo’s birthday and conveniently for me at local village hall. Or perhaps not conveniently as I guess everyone will want to stay here.I got put in charge of the cake and so made one in fashion of a surdo. Taken me all day and am actually quite pleased with it. Will send you a photo. So Becca thinks she has probs with baby Annabel - well I have greater probs taking rocking horse for a trot every day I can tell you.Considering putting him in local stable. Enjoy yourselves. Miss you. Love mum xxx

  4. Comment by Lisa J @ Connexions!! on 28 April 2008:

    Wow what an adventure you are all having!!! I’m enjoying reading the snippets of the trip in between working of course!! Ha! It’s difficult not to be drawn back to Thailand! Such a wonderful Country, full of lovely people. Very brave to tackle such terrain with a small person! Tee Hee! Continue to have a ball. Take very good care.

    Lisa
    X

  5. Comment by becca on 2 May 2008:

    Missing you guys, haven’t heard from you in a while and guessing internet access isn’t brill. Hope your all well and still having lots of fun (how can you not). Bet tehya is growing so much. Just a quick hi to you and want you to know i love you.
    speak soon xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

  6. Comment by Tina on 3 May 2008:

    Makes interesting reading. I suppose just because your life is one long holiday at the moment it will still have its ups and downs regardless. (Good news for us stops us feeling so jealous)Back to the realisation that happiness is within not without. Follow Tehyas example - we can learn so much from children and their responses to situations because they don’t have our baggage. Your beach bungalow sounds wonderful, have tried to imagine going to sleep to the sound of the sea ………..mmmmmmmmmmmmm. We are fine, my dad has been back in hospital which has complicated life a little and have had to bring mum here as her short term memory has gone, but hopefully he will come out today and things will return to normal. Beccy living and working in London now and Jonathan has started and is enjoying his new job as assistant psychologist in a prison. Keep blogging love reading about you all, big kiss to Tehya. x

  7. Comment by Hanna on 4 May 2008:

    Just a quick note to everyone who has been contributing to the blog - thanks again for logging on to see what we are doing with our time, and of course a big thank you for all your wonderful comments. Keep checking up on us from time to time and keep those comments coming in to us. It is really fantastic to receive them. Love Hanna Gavin and Tehya x x x

  8. Comment by Terry on 5 May 2008:

    i hope the cyclone that has caused a lot of deaths and problems in north burma and has now moved to north thailand does not come your way,a point worth watching on any news chanel you may have access to,loved your pictures of beach bungaloo so simple and easily constructed would be all that a person needs to exist comfortably,it doesnt need double glazing or central heating and dishwashers or tumble driers and all the trimmings that we the misguided seem to expect and would be zero carbon rated and if all human relationships were like Tehyas and Annases what a wonderful world we would live in,but ooh how we the adults have ruined it,
    But at least Tehya will grow up and know that there are alternatives.good luck to you all

  9. Comment by Paul & Florence on 6 May 2008:

    Hi Hanna & Gavin

    Sorry we missed you on Saturday but we waited as promised. Hope the weather in your part of the world not causing you any problems. Rather nasty to the north in Burma.
    Wigan and Bolton have key football matches on Saturday, Their result effects Man United and Chelsea ,, should be fun.
    Hopo the money is going to schedule. Updated Rebecca after your call and she will update your MUm.
    Thasnks again for all communications and pictures.
    Summer has arrioved also in Spsin
    Love Nan ^ G/Dad

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