Christmas was an amazing day, but it was possibly the strangest Christmas I had b/c nothing reminded me of the holiday AT ALL ('cept for the funky trees there covered in funny tinsel). The day before we went to the beach and rock climbed and the day after we were going scuba diving on Phi Phi, so for Christmas itself...we had nothing planned. A day to lounge around, how great huh? First off we woke up and it was BEAUTIFUL outside (like always on Railay), I went out to lunch with Tom and Grace were we splurged on drinks quite early. I had this amazing Pineapple / Coconut Lassi shake with Rum and Shark Steak. Grace had the yummy full fish and Tom another steak. We laugh when we say we're splurging for lunch since we were actually spending about 300 baht for that meal (which IS A LOT in Thailand) but in all actuality it's about $10! Later we went shopping and went to the beach again. That afternoon we had scuba practice at a local pool to learn some of the scuba techniques before going out in the real ocean. that was fun and after that we had another Christmas dinner together. All in All a Lovely day!!!
