Tuesday 11th February
8.30am
Yesterday, after
my beautiful long swim, we went ashore with Andrew and Sue (Settlement) and
hired a car.
First thing – I
found a shop which sells stamps, and… a shy little letterbox! So, at last, another batch of postcards are on their way, albeit slowly, to Pete’s and my (16, combined…) grandchildren.
Our friends hadn’t
been to Patong Beach, so we drove down the beautiful coast and sent quite a few
hours in this frenetic beachtown, showing them The Sights.
It was quite a lot dirtier and smellier than
when we left last week, but it was all still very interesting. And exhausting!
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| A whole line of massage therapy (in JungCeylon) -not very private - most massage places are a bit less ummmm clinical... |
We are about to
use our second day of hire car – maybe will go up to the Big Buddha. We did try, on our way back but…the sun was
setting and it would have been totally dark by the time we got there so…delayed
gratification!
5.30pm
All day long
people swim up to, around, and past 2XS.
Sometimes they stop for a chat; sometimes they wave; others just glare. The Russians seen to be VERY good
swimmers. We have just had a gaggle Trois Français, chattering away, and
attaching themselves to the lower steps of 2XS as they rest from their
exertions. They are oblivious to us…we
are only metres away, sipping our cool drinks and waiting for our guests to
arrive for sundowners…
9.15pm
Ou guests have
left.
We provided:
Parapenters
Sunset
Food…drinks…chat
And today we saw the
fabulous Big Buddha, still under construction.
It is considered to be the biggest construction project in Phuket…and there
are MANY projects!!
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| LOVE this colonnade of golden statues! |
This reminds me of when about 16 of us did a lagoon float with the outgoing tide. We let ourselves drift between the two hulls of a catamaran chatting away. As we popped out the other end the very perplexed owners were peering over the bow wondering what on earth was happening under their boat. They seemed cheerfully bemused.
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