At noon I went to the pool for a game of volleyball, once again being on the winning side. All matches have been won 3-2 so they are close and hence good fun.
I then had a long soak in a bubble bath. I wonder what the rich people did today.
I took the elevator to the 17th floor and got a few pics of the town and water from up there before heading to the Internet café.
I headed over to the Sofitel with my drinks about 4 and took some more pics of the amazing topiary there. The big elephant is over 800years old.
The others had planned a session in the swim up bar, but I headed for a walk to explore the southern extent of the town. and the new mall there. They have a Tesco’s where I bought a couple of mango peelers and a jacket with the king’s logo on it. The Thai people are being encouraged to wear yellow shirts on Mondays to celebrate his 60th year on the throne. Monday because he was born on a Monday and yelow because that is the colour for Monday. They have these shirts in polo, t-shirt and other forms and as I found as jackets. I chose the white jacket with the logo and some yellow stripes rather than the full yellow version. I wouldn’t want to be mistaken for an umpire when I got home.
It was 5-30 when I got back and the others had finished there swims and cocktails, so we had a few drinks in the rooms before heading out to eat. We first went to a German restaurant cum bakery opposite the Hilton. They had some Thai food as well as various western dishes but it was too hard to work out how to order from that menu so we moved to a Thai/seafood restaurant down the road a bit. Here we had no trouble finding 7 or 8 dishes. It was pretty good but the Seaside was voted the best of the stay.
I wondered again through the night markets and in the end only bought a couple of second hand books so that I won’t run out of reading material.
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