It’s Wednesday evening as I write this post. The most adventurous thing we did in the past 24 hours after returning from Phi Phi Island was walk back down the 
cabaret street yesterday evening. However, the performers weren’t out in the street so no more pictures of the “girls.” As we were walking, not on that street, we found a legitimate massage business that was running a special on facials. Miriam and I availed ourselves of the service. Different lotions and scrubs, massage, and steam and ice cold towels, it was heavenly. Phillip said he definitely noticed the difference when we came out an hour later. He and David had wandered around, looking at metal artwork for sale, critters made out of car parts. I’m pretty sure that Miriam and I enjoyed that hour more than Phillip and David did.
We didn’t do much more than spend time at the beach and swim today. I read a book while Phillip and David got serenaded for a charity donation.
Miriam studied the map. For us, it was unusual to see the jet skis coming to shore on the same beach that swimmers used. 
Didn’t seem safe, but at least it was better than the Pattaya beach, where boats shared the beach with swimmers!
After several hours, we came to the hotel pool to cool off and wash the sand off. This afternoon, Phillip had a frustrating time trying to cash a travelers check. The woman staffing the bank exchange kiosk put her “back in 10 minutes” sign out and apparently left for the day. The non-bank affiliated kiosks in this city only change cash to baht, not travelers checks. Phillip and I
walked about a mile to the bank in the mall, where we did get our baht. David and Miriam rode with Dang, our driver from two days ago, back to the coastal area for a fresh seafood dinner. As we were hot and sweaty from our mall walk, we stayed at the hotel and ate here. Phillip had coconut ice cream for dessert, and as you can tell from the picture, coconut ice cream solves bad service issues! Me? I had 
a mango smoothie for dessert. Very needed because I had red curry duck for dinner and Miriam was right, southern Thais make their spicy dishes very spicy.
Tomorrow, we get up early and fly back to Bangkok for the last leg of our trip.
Seems this 4 day stop was the best so far, you might tell Phillip and David it takes sun to tan those white bodies not shade.
ReplyDeleteI think your right about the dessert, what a grin. If Phillips shirt is any indication of the temp there, its good you had that nice pool to swim in each night, not to mention the AC.
More rain at the ranch today alot of red and yellow.
See Ya, Your Cuz.