Washing
Today we went in separate directions first thing. Darryl went in search of water from the machine and Christine was in charge of the laundry.
Still, the water machine was locked away, so Darryl gave up!
The washing machine was also being used so Christine retreated to the market to waIt.
We reconvened at the market as this was where breakfast was waiting. We decided on delicious coconut jelly snacks, coffee and hot soya milk. We also bought some oranges as the market closed.
The washing machine was now free so we added our dirty clothes to be collected in an hour. We set a timer on the phone to coincide with the timer on the washing machine.
Darryl went in search of water again and found exactly what we were looking for. A huge bottle that the locals use. He paid a 90 Baht deposit and 30 Baht for 20 litres! The shops tend to sell 500ml plastic bottles of water for 10 Baht! We will get the deposit back when we return the huge bottle to the shop.
Washing done and hung all around the hotel room to dry. It makes an interesting sight but smells quite nice! We are hiding from the heat, staring at the washing and waiting for the Internet to come back to Life!
We walked along the main road and saw some peanut noodles for sale. You not only got a bowl of noodles with peanut sauce but loads and loads of different vegetables too. It was great and we shall visit again! After filling out boots with healthy food, we continued our walk through the back streets to the park. We walked along the river past a food market, various piers and sculptures. The final one was apparently a Tsunami memorial. It didn't actually say that at the site but on our phone app.
We sat at a pier and watched the locals come and go across the river to the small village opposite. The wind started to build making manoeuvring the long tail boats a little more difficult. We thought the sudden increase meant soon the rain would be heading our way too. We decided to leave the pier behin and head back to the hotel just in case it poured. It didn't rain at all!
Sunday is the last day of the night market for the week so we paid out final visit. Darryl decided to buy a new t-shirt. It took forever to choose. Somewhere too big, some were to small!
After the night market we headed across the street to look at the other small market that is open at night. We bough some squid in with rice from another stall ink plus mango sticky rice for dessert. Normally we would have eaten them downstairs at the hotel but the mosquitos were out! We retreated to our room and had a bed picnic using our small lunch boxes. It was soooo nice!
End of a great day of eating ;-)
