Day 25 & 26

14.07.23 – 15.07.23

Not much to report for today!

A nice lazy one, helped by the very heavy rain we had all afternoon and early evening. ⛈️

I managed to get in a decent swim 20 lengths. Before the rain came! 

Dinner at Kats and an early night!! Wild! 😂😂

I’ve woken up today with a back ache! Not sure why! I’ve been trying to do stretches everyday. 

I think I may well treat myself to a nice back massage with the lovely herbal pads!! 😍😍

I’m finding that I really struggle to not ‘do something’ ‘go somewhere’ ‘achieve something’ every day! I’m not very good at lazing around. I also battle with myself to go and have the massages as I’m not used to being able to afford them or treating myself. It’s not the best mindset to have and I know what I’d be saying to someone else in my position! 

With this in mind I headed to Lila Thai Massage! 

When I arrived there was a large group of Chinese people there, (predominantly men) I think they had just arrived. I said I’d pop back later but the woman were insistent that I stay. My concern was that the last long massage I’d had was upstairs in a room with at least 5 other beds and just as my treatment was finishing 2 people came in, they proceeded to chat and I could hear their phones beeping and pinging! Not ideal. 

I most certainly didn’t want a room full of loud chatty people during my massage! 

They took ages to decide and were being very loud and slightly overwhelming. 

Even the usually calm and quiet staff seemed a little stressed! 

My lovely lady took me to have my feet washed and I watched with a sinking heart as the group all headed upstairs 🙁

I should have had more faith! 

After having my feet washed I was taken to another room downstairs all to myself! 😍 Joy! 

My massage was insanely good! Such a treat, she seemed to know exactly where needed the most work and she was firm but not painful. 

The room was so peaceful and she also wrapped my head so all sound was muffled and my eyes were covered. 2hrs seems to last forever. When you think it must be over and she’s forgotten about the herbal pads, they appear and the treatment goes on for another 30mins! Truly wonderful. 

I thoroughly enjoyed it and feel great. 

I came back to the hotel and chilled. I was just about to get in the pool when we had a huge rain storm, that actually lasted for ages. 

Luckily it had stopped raining by the evening as I needed to go back to the Night Market. I’d bought a pair of white trousers but they don’t fit properly, so I’m returning them. I’m pleased to say there was no issue in getting my money back. 

It was a beautiful sunset, really pink sky! I wish I could have been on a rooftop to watch it! 

I almost stopped a a fancy Burger Restaurant called ‘Rock Me Burger’ but just couldn’t justify the price!! 

So it’s back to Kats for dinner again! It’s tasty, cheap and the vibe is great. 😍 

No swimming today but I have done 13500 steps. 

Books read 13

Next Victim. Helen Durrant. Crime thriller, it was ok. I think I might have read it before! 🤭