Day 3: Celebrating the 1st Marriage Anniversary

One year since I surrendered my bachelorhood to Mansi's masters. We decided to celebrate it big time and this is one of the reason we were in Thailand.

We were to shift our hotel today but before that it was time to enjoy morning hues at Patong beach. Morning provides good opportunity to enjoy the beach in calm and relaxed environment free from commotion of water-sport activities and beach revelers.

Amari Coral Beach

The much awaited event of checking-in to Amari Coral Beach  Resort was here. Our  excitement increased twofold with complementary upgrade to higher category room. 


Unknown to us a bigger surprise was shaping up to make its way from Mumbai to Phuket.


We were escorted to our room by a nice front desk lady officer explaining all the details and facilities  of the resort. A fine experience of hospitality had just begun.

Wow! was the instant reaction the moment we stepped into the room 7327. Large room,  contemporary design and the best part, balcony with a panoramic view of Patong bay. I couldn't stop myself watching the sparkling water of Patong Bay.


As I always prefer, we had a small photo session of our new abode before spoiling the immaculate setting.

A session of Classical Thai massage at Sivara Spa was next object in the List<IActivity>. It came as a handy adieu to the growing stress and tiredness we gained in the last couple of days. Classical Thai massage is yoga based non-oil massage and performed wearing loose clothes.

As the sun started setting in, we went to Jetty to make the most out of it. An array of sun loungers  overlooking the Patong bay and water full of corals beneath was a perfect blend to enjoy the  beautiful twilight. 

And what else can make the day more memorable than having a dinner at a beach side table. LaGritta, an Italian restaurant of the resort was the obvious choice right from the time we planned to stay at Amari. 


Right when we left our room to head towards the restaurant, the rain came as party pooper and left us no choice but to dine at foyer instead of our pre-booked beach-side table.


After returning back to the room, while Mansi was watching news of Rahat Taslim winning 1 corere rupees in the show KBC 4, I changed my Thai mobile SIM with the Mumbai one expecting to receive lots of anniversary messages. Pat came a message from an unknown number right after switching-on the mobile which read "Congratulations Mihir! You have been promoted to Advanced Software Engineer." An immediate investigation, with anxious heart, revealed it was all the way from Mumbai from no one but my reporting manager. A well cherished but sudden and unexpected gift on the day of the 1st anniversary.


Have you heard about The Secret that the universe conspiring to give you everything you want. Well, I am beginning to believe it.