Lady Naya Villas - Pool Day
We have a whole month here so no rush to be at the beach every day. It was nice to just lay around the pool in the shade and read. The shade moved away and we had full sun so we ended up in the pool. By 4 pm the shade was moving back to our lounge chairs. Maybe the shade moving back was a bad sign of things to come.
Little Persian Restaurant
The Little Persian is a 15 minute walk from our villa. We headed out for supper a bit after 6 pm. There were a few clouds but mostly blue sky. We saw lightning way off to the North. While we were eating a fantastic meal the rain started.
The pickles you see above were homemade and delicious. We also had a Shiraz Salad to share which consisted of diced tomatoes, onions and cucumber with a deliciously seasoned tangy lime based dressing. We each had an order of Chicken Kebab with rice. They were huge and we should have only ordered one to share. We have 1/2 leftover for tomorrow. For dessert we had Baklava, also homemade and very tasty. By this time the rain was coming down hard.
We were unable to walk back to our villa and we could not get a Grab. In fact the Grab vehicles are hit and miss here, especially at supper time. We finally contacted Lady Naya Villas and begged for a ride Andrew was kind enough to come get us. Yes it was still raining. While we were waiting for Andrew we visited with the owner. He is from Tehran and has lived here 5 years. By then we had actually moved inside the restaurant from the outdoor seating area as the wind was driving the rain in where we had been seated. The owner whose name is Hojet gave us a plate of amazing shortbread cookies to nibble on. Yes, the cookies were also homemade. A coffee would have been perfect but we wanted to sleep tonight. Last night was the first really great sleep we have had since turning our clocks upside down. Phuket is 13 hours ahead of Saskatoon.
We think Andrew is going to take us to the Thai immigration office tomorrow to extend our Visa. We only have a 30 day ViSA because our original return flight was to depart November 28 but it got cancelled and our return date is now December 3. Hopefully!