Day 8 & 9

27.06.23 – 28.06.23

I’ve had a super relaxing day today 😊

I started my day with a leisurely breakfast, tried the scrambled eggs today, yum! 

Then a nice walk to  Origin Coffee to write and upload my blog, enjoyed a very nice Iced Caramel Macchiato. 

Then I took myself off to Lila Thai Massage and had a fabulous 2hr massage!

It comprised of a Foot, leg, back shoulder, neck and head massage, which was amazing. The lovely therapist had extremely strong fingers so it wasn’t a soft massage by any stretch! However it felt great. Once all the massaging is finished she disappeared for a few minutes and came back with hot, herb filled massage ball pad thingies (I’ll add a pic!) these were them pressed all over you to warm and relax the muscles. It was so wonderful, the herbs smelt gorgeous, mint, bergamot, ginger possibly lime? This bit seemed to last for ages and was so relaxing. 

It was a truly amazing massage and I’m pretty sure I was there for longer than 2hrs. I now have a loyalty a card for Lila Thai, so obviously I’ll have to visit again! 

I walked back to the hotel feeling very zen, I did get into the pool but just floated about for a bit then only did 15 lengths.

After that I just sat around reading my book until dinner time!

Dinner at Kats, Spring Rolls, MaMa noodles 🍜 and a Coke Zero, no pics, sorry! 

Back to the hotel, more reading than bed.

All of which was great, except for the inconsiderate behaviour of some guests, who feel that the table and chairs outside my room is the perfect place for a late night (almost midnight) loud chat on the phone! Fuck off! Go in your room and chat, arsehole! just before I went out to say something, the person next door did. 👍

Back to sleep 🛌 💤 

Breakfast was great, chatted to a lovely family I’ve got to know, English but living in Barcelona; Zoe, Nick and their beautiful girls, Lois who is 6 & Thea who is 3. They are very cute and chatty. 

I’m going to walk down to the 3 Kings Monument today, I think it’s in a quieter part of town and I know it has some nice green spaces nearby.

I end up looking round a Lanna Folk Museum. Lan Na, commonly called Lanna, is the name of the first Tai (Siamese) state in Northern Thailand from the 13th to 18th centuries. Lanna literally means ‘the land of a million paddy fields’ The capital of the kingdom was Chiang Mai. La Na was a powerful state and the centre for the spread of Theravada Buddhism. 

It was great looking round the museum, it wasn’t huge so didn’t take long.

After that I found a beautiful, calm, peaceful garden to sit it. It was lovely. So quiet and relaxing. I just sat watching the butterflies and listening to the birds. 😊

Just across the road from the garden was the Thai Women’s Prison and the Training Centre. They also had a great looking cafe. I went for a little stroll around before returning for an ice cold Lemon Soda. The cafe seems to be more locals than tourists, well outside definitely was, inside with the air conditioning was a different story! 😂 

I really like this area it seems calm and green. 

I wander back towards the hotel, but not really taking a direct route just meandering. 

I’m starting to get hot and a little peckish when I spot a Mango Coco stall! I treat myself. OMG! So delicious 😋 Fresh Mango, sweet sticky rice, mango sorbet, coconut ice cream and a toasted rice biscuit. Exactly what I needed and totally yummy 😋 

I get back to the hotel and jump into the pool, do my lengths, 20 today.

Then chill, reading and people watching. I chat more to Zoe and the children in the pool, it’s their last day tomorrow, they are in Thailand for another 15 days then during the summer they are going to Cornwall! I’ve told them to pop in to Coffee on the Corner 😍 Georgia, be sure to get a photo if they do! 

On the way to dinner I pop into this fabulous little wine bar which is literally 1 mins walk from the hotel (dangerous 😬) ‘Meilleur’ it’s so nice. A fabulous selection of wine, even a Cote De Provence Rose!! 

I order a glass of Australian Sauvignon, which is ice cold and comes with snacks! Tracey, Anne & Nikki, you’d be impressed!  

Unfortunately or possibly fortunately, wine is very expensive in Thailand due to the import tax and other taxes, so this will be a once in a while treat! 🥰

I head to Kats where my dinner and a Coke Zero costs less than my glass of wine! Mad. 

To put it in perspective, my dinner cost £2 my wine £4.

Zoe and her family are at Kats so we chat and the girls ask a million questions, I love that children just ask what’s in their heads with no filters! 😍

Then it’s home for bed.

No outside chatting tonight but a noisy bunch above me, I stick in some earplugs and go to sleep. 

Books Read 4

Strange Sally Diamond. Liz Nugent. Excellent, disturbing, sad and definitely worth a read.

Thank you Julie for the recommendation! 👍