Tuesday 21st January
Our darling Zoe is
four today. Beautiful, charming, clever,
eccentric. I do hope she is available for festivities today… She is
such an asset to our family.
Yet another
fabulous Thai island…
This time we are
anchored off Ko Lipe, which is extremely pretty. Not spectacular like Ko Phi Phi but gorgeous
nonetheless. And not such a BOOMBOOM
party island.
We are going to
have a whole day here, wandering along the beaches and eating the beautiful
Thai food. Some of us need this break
more than others although we all have our wounds… Pete is covered with big red
inflamed bits, probably form his small nap in the sand on the beach at Ko Ro
Nok. I was in a hammock off the ground
so I didn’t suffer this infestation.)
James has had some sort of food poisoning and spent a lot of time
feeding fish over the back of the boat.
This didn’t last long but was not very nice for the duration. Bron had been very brave but…just a bit
seasick. I have filled her with Kwell
and encouraged her to lie on the couch for most of the time during our all-day
passage from Ko Rok Nok to Ko Lipe. As
for me…bad stomach cramps and much loss of all of my meals of the past few
days. Never mind; I slept VERY well and
didn’t get up till 9am so…all is well!
James blames the
cats in the restaurant on Ko Rok Nok… I don’t think so; I blame the fish.
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| James unimpressed... |
And today will be
a lovely day!
We did a 2½ hour detour to get here yesterday. James had read in Lonely Planet that an
outcrop of rocks (Hin Muang) somewhere not far from Koh Rok Nok is the best
diving site in Thailand. So – let’s go
there, on the way to Koh Lipe!
Weehee! Yesterday it was very
windy, with rock & roll sea, big waves… We excavated James from his bunk
and his eyes lit up. Looking good! He
said…or maybe he didn’t, but none of the rest of us thought it looked good at
all. It looked extremely forbidding and
dangerous, with big waves surging around the rocks. There were a few dive boats nearby, with
intrepid divers exploring the depths.
There was no way in the world I was going to set even a toe in this
forbidding water, with my little pink snorkel & flipper combo…
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| Swim here?? I don't think so... |
Today is a BIG
birthdayday. More birthdaypeople than Zoe!
Harry, Pete’s
grandson has reached double numbers – ten today! Pete’s first three grandchildren were all
born within a few months; they are all ten now.
(Ella, Grace, Harry.) And here he is in
a photo with, coincidentally, Pete’s niece Melissa (chef and personal trainer
extraordinaire,) who also is celebrating her birthday today.
Lastly – Steve
Mason, our lovely Flinders Island friend (and distant cousin of Pete’s.) We love having Steve as crew on the
boat. He is always cheery, happy,
helpful, if sometimes…a little green around the gills.
Happy birthday to
all of these very nice people.
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