It was a pretty lazy day today.
Yep, I know that every day has been a lazy day here in Khao Lak, but today we took lazy to a new level.
Woke, showered, and off to breakfast.
Today at breakfast I had the omelette (again), but today they had fish cooked in an orange sauce.
Now I know what you are thinking – fish in orange sauce for breakfast is a loooong way away from the usual Just Right with strawberries and yoghurt.
But the fish was really good.
And they have papaya here too, and it is sooo good. I love papaya, and croissants, and … well, and a lot of things.
I don’t expect I’ll have fish in orange sauce for breakfast when we get home, but when in Rome …
It’s just another one of those mysteries of life .. like why did Japenese kamikaze pilots wear helmets? For head protection?
Anyhow, we overindulged for breakfast (again), went back to room 5204 and put on our swimmers and sunscreen (again), and found some nice recliners by the pool (again).
We thought that the weather looked a bit iffy today, but by the time we were at the pool it was just another day in Paradise.
We got to the pool around 9.30am and probably stayed until about 1.30pm, with our time split between reading our books and floating in the pool. There may have been a nap in there, too …
I organised some mango sticky rice for MBW for lunch, and we were back in our room by about 2.30 for a rest.
Doing nothing can be tiring.
Cocktails at 4.00pm again and I tried a Cuba Libre for a change. I’ve just finished a Nelson DeMille novel called “The Cuban Affair” and they drank Cuba Libres all the time, so … this was research.
Dinner at 6.15pm. Tonight, rather than the Western menu versus Thai menu, they had a buffet. Actually the standard menu choices were unavailable, and it was buffet or nothing.
Yes, I know that “buffet” is code for “DANGER!”, but I was careful and didn’t eat too much. It was really good!!!
It’s probably just as well I’m not Jewish, because I seem to have eaten a lot of pork over the last few days.
Pork satay kebabs, pork in sweet and sour sauce …
I saw a cat on the beach which was concerning, but then I figured it is better to see it on the beach than on the menu.
If you know what I mean …
The usual amazing sunset, then we decided to go for a quick stroll on the beach, only to find that there was a fire show going on at the resort next door.
All very interesting and entertaining, but if you did a risk assessment on that, you’d probably reconsider it.
And that is about it for the day.
I wasn’t kidding the other day when I said that life here in Khao Lak is sleep, eat, swim, cocktails, eat some more, and repeat.
Ciao
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