We made our own breakfast and it was great. Banana, dragon fruit, mango and passion fruit. The mango just dissolved in our mouth it was so juicy and tender. We sit outside on our tiny deck to eat breakfast. It is so humid and warm. Speaking of humid, we had a thunder storm last night with a crack of thunder that woke us up around midnight. The cement was wet this morning from the rain.
After breakfast we walked to Nai Harn Beach. It took us about an hour. It was our first walk to the beach and maybe our last. Gary stubbed his toe wearing flip flops. Luckily he can still walk but his toe is blue. The reason we walked is to get a good feel for the area, restaurants and fruit and vegetable markets. We did find an awesome market to buy fruit on the way home. It will require some walking from the beach on the way back to our villa. We are probably some of the few tourists that walk anywhere! The manager of our villa said no one walks in Thailand, it’s either a scooter or vehicle.
Nai Harn is one of the nicest beaches we have been to in Thailand. It definitely ranks in the top. It is located in a bay that is very protected. It’s not huge, as in miles and miles long, but just perfect. The water was crystal clear and bath tub warm. The sand is fine and soft. The dry areas of sand were too hot to stand on comfortably, especially with a purple toe.
We spent over an hour in the water bobbing up and down on the waves. There is enough surf action to make it fun but not dangerous. We rented 2 lounge charis with an umbrella for the day, the cost was 200 baht, that’s $7.50 CAD. The guy made us sign in with our name and phone number and nationality to be used for covid tracing. The Thai’s have a good handle on things here. That includes wearing a mask outside when near others which may be overkill but at least we are here to enjoy ourselves. The lounge chairs are spaced far enough apart that masking is not required. Same applies in the water.
The Lady Naya Villas are operated by a very helpful couple. The have gone out of their way to make our stay perfect. Tonight Andrew offered to drive us into Rawai and drop us off at a very nice restaurant that he recommended. The restaurant name is Nakita’s. Linda had Penang Curry with chicken and Gary had Prawns with Cashew Nut. Both meals were delicious. Linda asked for spicy but the waitress had it toned down because she didn’t believe she could eat the spicy version.
After supper we walked to the nearby Family Mart, a somewhat glorified 7-11 and picked up a few beer and some plastic wrap to have on hand for all the fruit we have. Our little fridge at the villa is getting full, a crisper draw full of passion fruit, a watermelon, mangos, dragonfruit, beer and bottled water. Pretty much all we need! 21 passion fruit, one pineapple and 2 dragon fruit were $10 CAD. Just an FYI, the passion fruit are the size of a small apple versus the ones you can but in Saskatoon for $1.50 each that are the size of an average size kiwi.
We caught a Grab home from Rawai Beach where we were for supper. It was 93 THB ($3.47 CDN) which is a great deal as we certainly weren’t walking home again with Gary’s sore toe and Linda has a spot that sand and sandal rubbed. Tomorrow might just be a pool day!
