Another fine day in paradise

The days are starting to blend into one another, must mean it's almost over. This morning it was breakfast, read the paper and then a couple of hours work. In the afternoon, it was reading by the pool and some volleyball.

When I visited the Sofitel, the boys were playing pool so I joined them to make 2 teams. Again it was on a full size table so we all showed our incompetence.

Dinner was at another seafood restaurant on a pier, seen here in the day time. This was suggested by Rudi and turned out to be even better than the first one, and slightly cheaper. The tables were glass topped with shells etc arranged beneath. Our Fisherman’s mix of Morton Bay Bugs, prawns, crabs, squid and mussels was supplemented by steamed crab, fish, fried morning glory (the hottest dish in our selection and a bit of a surprise) and fried prawns in garlic. For entrée we had seafood pizza. This place also had a guy playing the guitar and singing, mainly ballads from the 60s and 70s. Simon and Garfunkel and so on. At our request he did a great version of Streets of London.

After dinner I went up to the night markets where I found the stalls selling DVDs and CDs that are common in Phuket all the time. I bought one movie and 2 music DVDs.

The day before, Kellie was helping Pauline select some sunglasses at a small stall. In the process, she accidentally put her own pair down on the table and took a different pair by mistake. When she realised it the next day, she went back to try and swap them back. Her pair was on sale for B250 and in the end she decided it was easiest to just buy them back, after bartering them down to B200. Lucky nobody else had bought them as they were an expensive pair she’d bought in Canada.

Below are some photos of the front of the hotel and the attached bar with old boats used as part of the floor.