X2 Kui Buri- Heavenly Escape

We went away to the beach last weekend for papah's birthday. This is our second year keeping to our self-made family tradition of heading to the beach for Papah's 'cow-day'. Weeks before, Gooly was already packing and re-packing his beach paraphernalia; mini dinosaurs to bury, shovel and spade to discover and Halloween bucket for shells. Mahmee refused to buy a new beach bucket. That pumpkin pail has gotta have more usage, rite?

So early in the a.m, Mahmee made sandwiches, eggs and tuna. Gooly's were without onions. He absolutely detests them. We started the journey at 10am, expecting to reach Hua Hin at 12pm, and then it's another hour or so to Kui Buri.

The X2 (pronounced as cross to) Resort was.. what can I say? Mamamia? Ohhlala? The concierge/front desk was very different. A huge square bed of spring flowers greeted us, instead of the usual concrete slabs or marble/granite structure. It was all very al-fresco. Front desk service was efficient, which is pleasant and a little surprising, considering that we were still in Thailand. :)

That's the pumpkin pail..from last halloween!

The room was ..sigh.. what all honeymoon suites should be. A ceiling height glass door opens to a small private pool.

The cement floor dries up quick, so we needn't worry about Gooly slipping and falling after dipping into the pool. I must say the owner(s) and designer(s) of the resort have thought of EVERY little detail that made our stay seems heavenly.

Memoirs of a Geisha! I so want to read that..

Books were available. Imagine, just chilling out with a few good books at the beach. If we had stayed longer, I'd definitely devour the good selection of books. I'm a little surprised that the resort trusts that no one will conveniently tuck in the books home, and more than happy that no one has done that thus far. Should you go, please don't breach the 'trusting' bond. It's hard to come by these days. Oh, the same goes for the Cds they dubbed, complete with information for each disc i.e easy listening for beforeplay (hehehe.. sounds better than 'sexy music for foreplay?")

Hello pumpkin pail! Again!

Watcha building, Gooly?

Whose butt is bigger? :P

The beach was deserted which was GREAT! We never liked crowded beaches with vendors hassling you for lottery tickets or massages or whatnots.It was very therapeutic soaking my feet and watching the waves wash away all the 'sighs' and 'grunts' off my soul. A little soul-cleansing ritual of mine. : )

As the resort is very isolated; Hua Hin town is about an hour away, they knew they had to provide the BEST for everything. That's why the good selections of songs, books and FOOD!Mmmmmm.... the seafood was succulent..and salad, very fresh! The ambiance at the bar cum restaurant was cool, with jazzy music at the background. It will be very cool indeed if you had a bunch of friends and just hang out cos seriously, it does look like one of those happening clubs in town, only with less patrons.

Spa treatments are available but I don't fancy them. I'm sure they are good. Do try if you go.

We woke early the next morning, opened up the curtains, and had the morning sun greeting us on bed. I remember thinking, "Life is beautiful". Oh, i forgot to mention that it rained, but that didn't bother us at all! We headed to the beach when it stopped, or Papah will be hovering an umbrella over Gooly when it rained a little. Otherwise, we were in the room goofing around, listening to songs.. yup..practically doing nothing.

This is another one of my favourite shots..



Will we go again? A firm yes. Do you want to go? If I am not convincing enough, or my lousy camera didnt do justice, browse here www.x2resorts.com (will somebody teach me how to do a link already? :P) Anyways, I'll post some of the other pics taken from my lousy RM200 camera. I should really consider getting a uber canggih one...