Lanta life is good!
Yes we are still alive and well. We have been lazily enjoying our time in Koh Lanta. We usually go for a morning beach walk but today we hit the pool instead. Gary stepped on a shell or something and bruised his heel a few days ago. A few days of no bare feet on the beach will fix that.
Today we spent all day at the pool, most of it in the water. We visited with several of the local Swedes and saw one family leave Oasis for the journey home, albeit an indirect route home. They will be spending the next 10 days at Malee Highlands before heading home. While we have never been up there, it’s not far away. We need to get out more, maybe we’ll get our act together and rent a car. There’ is a whole Island that is only accessible by vehicle, much too far for us to walk! Actually, too far to go by tuk tuk too, we’ll need a car with air conditioning.
Tonight we ate at the gal’s street food cart that sells Pad Thai. She has another vendor beside her selling mini waffles. It’s now a one stop shop. Supper and something sweet for dessert! Chicken Pad Thai – 2 for ฿100, lime soda – 2 for ฿40 and 3 mini waffles for ฿20. ฿160 is about $6.25 CAD. We were full. Gary talked to the waffle gal a bit, her English was really good. Gary said he doesn’t know how to take the head and legs off the shrimp. God, how embarrassing! So the waffle gal told the Pad Tai gal, so now everyone knows! We think the plan is that when he orders shrimp Pad Thai, there will be no head and hopefully no legs, provided nothing was lost in translation! It won’t be tomorrow as she is closed Fridays. I think we need to take the GoPro just in case. It could be entertaining. We likely won’t get there till Sunday as Saturday night Oasis Bungalows is holding an All You Can Eat Taco night that we have signed up for. We are looking forward to that.
Yesterday there were hundreds of jellyfish on the beach. One lady told Gary that they are safe. She was in the water with her little kid. Gary told her they do actually sting. Jellyfish get their prey with stings. While they may have a hard time finishing off a human, they definitely can ruin your day.
