Day 18 – 20

07.07.23 – 09.07.23

Ok, well I’ve been a bit behind the last few days.

I had issues with my hotmail, which turns out was easily resolved! I just had to delete hundreds & hundreds of old emails and photos! 😳

I have a ridiculous & convoluted way of doing things. 

So, I take all my pics with my phone, which is a Samsung. I then I email them to myself on my Hotmail, which is on my iPad, not on my phone. I have Gmail in my phone! I then save the pics to my iPad/iCloud so I can use them for FB, which I also don’t have on my phone! And on my blog. 😬😳😂 needless to say I take a lot of pics, which were taking up an awful lot of space as were all the other silly emails that I hadn’t deleted! I am now saving and deleting as I go! 

I’ve had a few days of doing not a lot tbh! Which has been nice.

More wandering, swimming and reading. 

I did visit the Night Market on the hunt for a specific Mauy Thai Shop. It’s the guy I visited last year to get Grantley some shorts. He is great and his stuff is excellent quality. I was after some Mauy Thai Gloves. I found the man, he also remembered me from last year! His gloves are great and he has some new shorter shorts which he says are great for Mauy Thai. I end up getting the gloves and shorts, I also get the shorts embroidered with Grantley’s name for an extra £2! 

The night market is lots busier that last year which is nice to see. 

I’ve been back to the lovely ladies at Lila Thai Massage. This time I had a 1 hour Neck Back and Shoulder Massage. It sounds like it should be very pleasant and relaxing, it isn’t!! 

I have no doubt that it’s doing me the world of good, but it is neither relaxing or pain free! The lady, who is tiny, has hands and fingers made of steel! 😳 and it’s not restricted to my neck, back & shoulders! My legs, head, hands all get a good going over! 😂 I certainly feel looser afterwards but not sure I’d have it again! I think the signature massage with the lovely heated pads is more my thing! 

I organised with a Tuk Tuk driver to take me to a little place called Bon Sang which is where they make all the beautiful umbrellas. He said he would charge 300bht there and back and also wait around for me. Sounded great. What we ended up,doing was him taking me to lots of different shopping outlets in the hope that I’d buy something. I think he must work on some sort of commission basis. We went to a leather bag shop, which was ridiculously expensive! Tiny sheep’s leather badges for £120! Then we visited a huge jewellery shop, again stupidly expensive.

A Laquer shop, this at least was interesting and they explained the process for hand making the laquer bowels. I particularly like the ones made with egg shells. But again hugely expensive.

Finally we made it to the Umbrella Place which was also interesting seeing them being made by hand. With some very sharp looking tools! 😬 

It was a pleasant morning, but not quite what I had in mind. 

I love my swimming, but unfortunately not the lying around by the pool. This is mainly down to the little flies/midges which seem to like biting me! Other people seem to be able to laze around. So yesterday I tried a different spot and things weren’t as bad. It’s also much better when there’s a breeze, but the breeze is usually followed by thunder and rain ⚡️⛈️

On Saturday evening I thought I would visit the Cocktail Bar I spotted ‘Midlife Crisis’ I popped over around 6.45. I was shown upstairs and then trough a curtain into another bar, which looked great. It reminded me of some of the quirky hidden bars Rebecca, Grantley & I visited in Melbourne. Sadly it was completely empty! The guys said it gets busy around 9pm (when I’m heading to bed! 😂) So I shall make an effort next weekend to stay up late and visit again. 

To make up for this I popped along to ‘Spice Garden’ yesterday for a B1G1F Mojito! They really are delicious and such a barging for 90bht – just over £2! 🍹🍹

I head to Kats via the Walking Street where I grab a couple more bits for People, I know that things will be much more expensive and not such good quality down in Krabi and on the islands, as they are more touristy, so I’m trying to get everything here. 

Observations.

The guys at the hotel work so bloody hard! They seem to never stop, they are there serving breakfast from 7am then cleaning, doing laundry and housekeeping till around 5! 

I think they like me, especially the housekeepers, because my room is always tidy, I make my bed and put stuff away. I have seen inside some rooms when people have left! OMFG! Disgusting.

Books Read 10

The Death House. Sarah Pinborough.  

I think if I’d read the blurb I wouldn’t have read this book. It’s a gothic horror written in 2015. Ultimately it’s about growing up, dealing with loss and love. I thought it was excellent. I would definitely recommend it.