Day 23 & 24

12.07.23 – 13.07.23

My plans for the day were to have no plans!! 

I ended up just going for a nice long wander which was very pleasant but very hot! 🥵 

I spotted some graffiti on a wall that was so weird! The night before I’d watched a clip of the last scene of ‘The Trueman Show’ a brilliant film. I then tried to see if I could watch it online, I can’t sadly!

The Graffiti was the last thing he says in that scene! I’ve walked past this wall several times and not noticed it before, or have I? 🤔 Is it a subliminal thing! Whatever it is it was weird. 

I ended up walking for a while and then stopped at a little place near the hotel for a drink & something to eat. It’s called ‘Johns Place’ and always seems busy, mainly with tourists, but it only recently opened so I thought I’d give it a try. I had a small Chang Beer and some spring rolls. Mmm, not sure I liked it. The spring rolls might have had meat, it was difficult to tell! 😳and they were really greasy. Not great. 

After that I headed back to the hotel and had a great video catch up with the lovely Jenna! 😘❤️ 

Sat and watched a Thunderstorm then had another video catch up with Anne & Mandy who were on their last day in Cyprus! Chatting about Ubers!! They were having a few drinks which made me fancy something, especially after Anne told me I was letting the Book Club down by drinking water! 😂

So I got changed and popped into my fabulous local Wine Bar! 

When I arrived a Dutch couple from the hotel were there, they asked me to join them and we had a nice little chat, politics, travel, sustainability, climate change. A very interesting conversation, the guy works in The Hague and was very knowledgeable about politics and energy issues. 

I then had another fabulous catch up with Rebecca! During which I managed to drink another 2 glasses of wine! 😍 (The Book Club will be so proud!! 😂) 

So many lush conversations in 1 day! WhatsApp really is a bloody godsend! 

It went slightly downhill after that as I ended up in McDonald’s for my dinner!! Big Mac & Fries! But it was Yum!! 😍

I didn’t even get in the swimming pool today!! Although I did do over 12,000 steps, so not all bad. 

I’m going to try and do slightly less walking today! 

With this in mind I just go for a supposed short stroll around the local area after breakfast which ends up being quite a long walk! 

But I do find a lovely new coffee place! I went in mainly to use the loo tbh! But it’s really nice and my Caramel Macchiato was delicious, and cheaper than the other places. They even bought me a little trolley to put my bag on! The coffee shop is part of a hotel, which looks so lush! It has a Spa and a gorgeous pool! Their food also looks amazing. 

I like finding these little places, as they are perfect for writing and uploading my blog. And indulging in a spot of people watching whilst staying cool! 😎

I manage to get my swim in today, 25 lengths. It’s really hot and sunny today so after my swim I just chill in the pool, floating about like a sea otter! 

I then have some food, Nikki’s favourite, Hummus on some corn crackers! The Hummus is from Hummus! 

Tonight I need to walk down to the night market to pick up some Mauy Thai shirts I ordered for Grantley, with his name embroidered. They are brilliant! 💙

On the walk there my left foot starts to ache, just across the top. By the time I’ve collected the shorts and walked back it’s really aching and making me limp a little. So I take myself straight to Lila Thai for a foot massage! OMFG! So, so, good. It definitely helped. The lady who did the treatment was so kind. I genuinely feel that they know what’s wrong with your body without being told and massage accordingly. 
I realise I done more than 13,000 steps today.

After my beautiful massage Im starving, so head to Kats. They are busy and so offer to seat me in their new Restaurant, which is next door. They take me round, and it looks amazing, unfortunately it’s empty, so I explain that it looks great but I’d feel lonely, which for some reason makes them laugh and I go back into the main restaurant and have to sit up at the bar, which is ok but not the most comfortable. 

I’ve been toying with the idea of heading and staying in the mountains for a few days? I’ve looked up various places. Some of which look amazing 🤩 but they are not cheap! The dilemma is should I stay here and use a fraction of the cost to have more massages, wine & Cocktails? Tricky! 

Any thoughts on the above let me know! 

Books Read 12

Do No Harm. Jack Jordon. This was the Book Club book for July. I’m afraid I didn’t like it. I found the characters difficult to relate to or like! It was implausible and a tad annoying! Sorry Bookies.