Originally written on December 10, 2004

I awoke early, as I had on the boat, at 7am. I let Kirk sleep and took a book to read and some yoghurt and museli for breakfast out to the front porch. At 8:30 am I was off to the supermarket to purchase an international phone card, and called my parents and my grandparents. Impressed with how much I had accomplished by 9:30 am I went back to the bungalow and slept till 12pm. And so the sleeping begins.

We went to the closest restaurant for lunch, and were pleasantly surprised to find it reasonably priced, you can always tell by the price of drinks (pop/alchohol etc). Grilled ham and cheese sandwich was on the menu and was promptly chosen, along with a new thai food (muslim origin) favourite, masamum. This is a creamy spicy stew with potatoes and either chicken or beef. With a pineapple shake and a diet coke the meal cost 5 CAD.

After lunch we checked out the facilities at our hotel, our bungalow is in a separate section from the main complex. We went past the pool, the restaurant, and down to the beach. During high tide the beach completely disappears, as told by the large breaker wall separating the beach from the resort property. The sand beach is intermixed with rocky outcrops, which we explored for sea stars and other intertidal animals. We found a sea slug, and lots of small fish in the tidal pools. The air was hot and still, really muggy. After a short walk down the beach it was time for a swim in the pool.

The pool has water jets to massage your aching muscles and ceramic elephants that shoot water into the pool from their nostrils. The water went only to my neck which was the perfect height for me! After swimming we went back to the bungalow, where we read (Kirk listened to an audio book), and then I layed down for another nap (3 hours!). Crazy~

Kirk woke me up at 7pm for dinner, and we headed back to the restaurant where we ate lunch. For dinner I had spaghetti, as I was craving it. Never crave western food in an asian country, because you will be surely disappointed. A 3 out of 10. Kirk had his favourite, Tom Yam Goon (coconut curry chicken soup) by default. He wanted red curry, but the curry dishes were in Thai and we were unable to communicate with the waitress, so Kirk decided on an all time favourite. After dinner to the internet to catch up on stories and then to bed.