Kermit the Frog
Last night we found Kermit outside our villa. The video below doesn’t really show the size of the frog.
Stick up the nose day!
This morning Andrew (Lady Naya Villa operator) took us for our second and final covid test to complete the Phuket Sandbox. We will need one last test to head back to Canada. We’ll worry about that at the end of November. The test today was done at the Kata test station, at Kata Beach. They only swab one nostril where as the Phuket Airport testers do both. They do go very deep just the same. We can check results before 10 pm today. Twelve hour turn around tests were just under $100 CAD that’s about 38% of what we paid is Saskatoon. Haztech in Saskatoon may charge way more but they don’t violate your nasal cavity quite so deep, just your pocketbook!
Andrew drove us around a bit including through old town Phuket. It is very scenic Sino-Portuguese architecture. This style is also known as Chinese Baroque, Straits eclectic architecture or Peranakan architecture which is an Asian hybrid style incorporating Chinese and Portuguese architectural styles. The style is very similar to the construction found in Georgetown, Penang Malaysia.
We got back to the villa shortly before the sky opened up. We sat around and ate avocado for lunch with a coffee. The sun came out around 2pm, the temperature was 31º and sticky humid. What better time than to hike up the hill to the Family Mart store! Part way there we stopped at a small locally owned shop and checked beer prices and bought 2 ice cream treats for 30 TB or $1.12 CDN, yes for both. At that price and location, we’ll be back again. From there we finished the hike to Family Mart and bought snacks and a few food items then it was back down the hill towards our villa. We stopped back in at the local shop and bought beer so we didn’t have to lug it as far. The owner asked if we wanted to open a can to which we replied “no.” Although, once we stepped outside we noticed he had a table and umbrella and some seats out front so Gary scooted back in and bought a couple more beer that we enjoyed at the table before hauling all our purchases home.
Supper tonight saw us catching a Grab and heading to Kata Beach to Highway Indian Curry Restaurant, an Indian/Thai restaurant. The gal driving the Grab had her two year old in the front seat with a baby bottle, some toys and a small tablet playing kids video and songs. She did comment how slow tourism has been and they are hopeful that more people will start to arrive. Supper was excellent, we enjoyed onion bhaji, chicken tikka masala, steamed rice and garlic naan.
Once we had paid the waiter we opened the Grab app. It took us quite some time to finally book a Grab for our ride home. It turned out it was the same gal and her little child who picked us up again! She actually was a great driver. It was a very twisty and winding road with lots of sharp curves and steep hills. The terrain in this area is quite rough with steep hills and jungle.
Gary checked when we got home and no covid results back yet. If we can stay up long enough we’ll likely find out by 10, if not we’ll find out in the morning. We aren’t too worried as we have been very cautious and we are both feeling great.
Just before 9pm, only 11 hours after our test we logged in to view our COVID test results. Guess what?
