January 22nd and 23rd
We were up in decent time this morning, if you don’t count getting woke at dawn by the mosque call to prayer…even after we both had ear plugs in! We enjoyed a relaxed breakfast at the resort restaurant. There is a ton of variety, cereal, granola, lots of fruit, sliced and chopped, yogurt, home made bread, banana bread, salad greens, tomatoes, chopped peppers and lots of coffee. We even enjoyed some coconut milk in our coffee.
We made a few phone calls this morning, had a chat with Mo & Jim, Al & Bev and Rita. By then the heat was ratcheting up so we lathered up in sun screen and went for a walk on the beach for a few kilometres and then went for a long swim. Gary took his dive computer with him to check the water temperature and it was 30ºC and 31ºC right by the shore. There was a small beach bar that had chairs in the shade out front on the sand so after our swim we sat and had a cold beer. The later part of the afternoon was spent back at our cottage, swimming in the pool, sitting in the shade and finally inside with some a/c (set at 30ºC) until it was time to head out for supper. Last night we had walked into Saladan for supper at the Ocean Indian Restaurant. We had eaten there before and while it was still good their menu selection is hugely reduced and so our choices were severely limited. The view is great though!
On the walk into Saladan last night we had purchased some locally made candied peanuts. They are delicious and so tonight we decided we would head back and stock up. Well after hiking there we found the store was closed as it is Sunday! Guess we’ll have to make a trip back another day! From there we back tracked to go to the Saswadee Restaurant. The meal was good and reasonably priced. We did watch a small mobile vendor across the street selling Pad Thai for 50 – 70 baht and doing a good deal of business. Gary thinks we need to try it one night. We watched her cooking a Pad Thai, the shrimp are whole, heads, legs and all. There are a couple of plastic tables and chairs on the sidewalk for dine in.
We do have a fridge in our room so have a bit of fruit and lots of soda water and beer stocked. Thankfully the 7-11 is just at the end of our street and we can easily pick up a few things there. There is a fruit stand within an easy walk too.
Life is pretty slow here. Some of the toughest decisions we have to make are which bathing suit to wear for the day and where we are going to eat supper! That’s just fine!
The video below is from our walk on the beach. Gary has to figure out how do do close up videos of the bubbler crabs. We also need to video them as the tide goes out, they are much more active as the water retreats.