A Day In Phuket

Up early to see the sun on the balcony and then breakfast before heading to the beach and to our sun loungers that would be our home for the next few hours. It was paradise, spending time in the sea (and playing about in the terrifically strong waves that stole my ring) and bathing in the sun. Bliss!

At one point we heard this screaming and looked up to see this woman being lifted into the air by a water parachute thing, which was really funny: all you could hear was her screams getting more feint as she is whisked away into the sky!

Just after lunchtime we decide to head to the nearest town and take a walk there up and down these steep hills, sweating like pigs (pun) before trying to find somewhere to eat halal food… not an easy thing to find, which was a bit weird considering about 35% of the population are Muslim. We stop for a coffee at this small café and coffee and beer later, we ask the staff where to fond somewhere to eat that was appropriate. Luckily there was a place that was apparently nearby, so we wander off again in search of blessed food. Thankfully we found it quite quickly, which was a good thing, as I was starving (the beer had helped!)

We treated our tired legs to a massage in a place that had been recommended by the restaurant staff over the road, and expended our initial 30 minutes of legs bliss to a full hour. Mmm.

Legs and feet fully refreshed, we decide to walk back to the hotel along the beach (now sunset) and freshen up before heading out for an evening in Patong. Before we were able to do that, however, we had to wait for the man to come open the safe: the numbers had apparently randomly changed.

Made in China I suspect...