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<\/a>Looking off our deck this morning. \u00a0So peaceful.<\/p>\nWe talked and ate until 10:30 when we moved to a small eats\/drinks area nearer the beach.\u00a0 We stayed there, under the roof, until the rain stopped around 1:00, which prompted our move to a line of recliners at a nearby pool.\u00a0 We\u2019re waiting for Lara to arrive.\u00a0 She\u2019ll be the final member of our group, and flew from Beijing this morning.\u00a0 She finds us around 2:00, and the full-on visiting and catching up commences.<\/p>\n The rest of the afternoon involved ordering drinks with umbrellas and taking a dip in the pool or the ocean.\u00a0 We split up around 5:30 to freshen up with plans to meet again at 7:30 for dinner.\u00a0The food is great, and the conversation is non-stop as Judy, Shannon, and Lara begin continue catching up on each other\u2019s lives.\u00a0 We headed back to the room at 10:30 with plans to repeat the whole process tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We woke this morning to light rain.\u00a0 There\u2019s no wind and everything seems so peaceful.\u00a0 We walked to the main dining area where breakfast is served, arriving at 8:30.\u00a0 Shannon and Dom were already there, saving our table.\u00a0 The buffet … Continue reading <\/a>Another pool, closer to food<\/p>\n<\/a>This looks like a likely place for us to camp out for the next 6 days or so.<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0Lara found us.<\/a>Judy, Shannon, and Lara, the BISS trio<\/p>\n<\/a>\u00a0Looking out west over the resort property from the lobby. \u00a0Andaman Sea is beautiful.<\/p>\n<\/a>Gingerbread House in the lobby.<\/p>\n