Friday, May 15, 2009
Exploring and eating
This has been a day of 3 parts.
Bill and I went off for the morning and I can't tell you where.
We headed in a north westerly direction and found small towns/villages with some of the original character of Thai life.
We stopped in one and walked up and down, with cameras at the ready.
The fishmonger had called with his bike and side cart. He sat at the road side and gutted and chopped the desired fish.
A woman sat close by on the floor with a bowl and the dirty dishes.
We took pictures of stalls, but also included the less photogenic places like smart elegant shops.
There was a lovely nursery with masses of flowers and garden ornaments.
We bought 2 orchids. One is for Jamie and Mam and the other we will take to our hosts at a child's birthday party tomorrow evening.
In the other town we stopped in, we walked round the temple buildings and admired a statue of the 2 heroines, mentioned earlier in the week.
There were more photos and we stopped for a drink, chatting with a young woman and her child.
We bought a large sausage on a stick to munch on as we walked back to the car,
We might have eaten out for lunch but we were not really hungry.
I did some noodles in a packet - rather like I buy at home.
We spent the afternoon reading quietly in our air conned room.
I looked at the computer and Jamie skyped me from work.
I could have been 6,000 miles away, just as in our normal lives.
He gave me the web site of the place we will stay in Krabi next weekend. It is a 4 bedroomed villa with a swimming pool. Jamie negotiated a very good price with a promise to give a good write up on his blog.
I went with Mam later to collect the children from school. Utter chaos! Every parent in Phuket seemed to be determined to get into the school site with their pick up trucks and 4x4s - the Chelsea tractor brigade.
The wide road outside was clogged.
We eventually parked on the grass beside the road.
This evening we met some old friends of Jamie and Mam. We also had met Ian (from New Zealand) before - he runs a couple of bungee jump centres. One is here and the other is 1000 miles to the north in Chang Mai.
We ate at a cafe owned by another friend who we have met before. She caters a lot for players at the golf course and has a wide European type menu as well as Thai. The men folk tucked into huge burgers and chips.
It was a happy evening.
Sleep beckons soon.
Bill and I went off for the morning and I can't tell you where.
We headed in a north westerly direction and found small towns/villages with some of the original character of Thai life.
We stopped in one and walked up and down, with cameras at the ready.
The fishmonger had called with his bike and side cart. He sat at the road side and gutted and chopped the desired fish.
A woman sat close by on the floor with a bowl and the dirty dishes.
We took pictures of stalls, but also included the less photogenic places like smart elegant shops.
There was a lovely nursery with masses of flowers and garden ornaments.
We bought 2 orchids. One is for Jamie and Mam and the other we will take to our hosts at a child's birthday party tomorrow evening.
In the other town we stopped in, we walked round the temple buildings and admired a statue of the 2 heroines, mentioned earlier in the week.
There were more photos and we stopped for a drink, chatting with a young woman and her child.
We bought a large sausage on a stick to munch on as we walked back to the car,
We might have eaten out for lunch but we were not really hungry.
I did some noodles in a packet - rather like I buy at home.
We spent the afternoon reading quietly in our air conned room.
I looked at the computer and Jamie skyped me from work.
I could have been 6,000 miles away, just as in our normal lives.
He gave me the web site of the place we will stay in Krabi next weekend. It is a 4 bedroomed villa with a swimming pool. Jamie negotiated a very good price with a promise to give a good write up on his blog.
I went with Mam later to collect the children from school. Utter chaos! Every parent in Phuket seemed to be determined to get into the school site with their pick up trucks and 4x4s - the Chelsea tractor brigade.
The wide road outside was clogged.
We eventually parked on the grass beside the road.
This evening we met some old friends of Jamie and Mam. We also had met Ian (from New Zealand) before - he runs a couple of bungee jump centres. One is here and the other is 1000 miles to the north in Chang Mai.
We ate at a cafe owned by another friend who we have met before. She caters a lot for players at the golf course and has a wide European type menu as well as Thai. The men folk tucked into huge burgers and chips.
It was a happy evening.
Sleep beckons soon.
