Today started off with our complimentary breakfast. I had scrambled eggs and some fruit.
Today we are going to go exploring the island. We started to walk around but quickly realized we weren’t going to make it far in this heat! We turned around and headed back to the hotel. Its around 11 AM and the taxi driver across the street doesn’t open until 12PM. He is living the life!
The other option you have is to just stand on the sidewalk and wait for a cab to come by. That’s what we did in this case since that guy wasn’t available yet.
Chaweng is the city on the island where all of the touristy kinds of stuff are located. We headed to that side of the island. Its about a 20 min drive. We went up on the beach. Lots of people here. People sun bathing, some of the girls are sunbathing topless. Some you wish that they wouldn’t. 🙂
We ate at a place called Arkbar. A big bar right on the beach. Nice spot too. I had a big salad with chicken. We tried a mai thai drink (I probably spelled that wrong, spelling doesn’t count – I am on VACATION!).
Unfortunately we didn’t bring our bag with our suits in them so we just kind of walked up and down the beach taking the sites. Staying for a few hours until we went back to our hotel.
The Fisherman’s Market is a very interesting place. You walk up and down this closed of area that is lined with restaurants and also small booth like food vendors. We got some chicken on a stick that was so yummy. Fai got us some dessert to enjoy later. We also got some coconut ice cream with sweet rice at the bottom. Everything we’ve eaten has been really good.
Its night time now and we are walking through the markets. Lots of people are here. We stopped and ate at a restaurant on the beach. The food was ok. This was the first place that we didn’t exactly think the food was outstanding but the atmosphere was amazing. We got to see some people light some sky lanterns. Only a couple of people lighting them off so the scene was not all that impressive. A cat and a dog just chillin in the restaurant around us.
We walked some more around the market and then headed back to the hotel. its getting dark. This place is pretty interesting and the people have been great as well.