It's been a great stay for all four of us at the Hilton Phuket Arcadia Resort & Spa.
From the time we arrived and were escorted personally to our rooms, we've been made to feel very welcome by the friendly and attentive employees in the Executive Lounge and throughout the entire hotel.
Our ocean-view rooms on the seventh floor of the Lotus Tower are lovely, with the biggest King-size beds we've ever seen.
The pools have been great, the buffet breakfasts in the Sails restaurant have offered a lot of variety, and the hotel itself is set on a large and beautifully landscaped piece of property.
As we ready ourselves to check out early Sunday morning, we all agree that this is a place we'd like to visit again.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.