Full Moon Part-B
July 11 – full moon part-b
As the thunderstorms raged last night, we wondered how that was going over at the rave 50km away on Koh Phangan. Then we realized that since that was before midnight, it may have had no effect. Maybe the moon came out after that. We’ll never know.
Today, we were determined to do something. Tyler had purchased a $5.00 snorkel mask and we were surprised to learn that it barely worked. The mask was ‘ok’ but the tube leaked like a sieve. The kids still managed to snorkel a bit in front of the hotel.
After some deliberations, we decided that today would be a massage day. That counts as doing something. Oh, and a laundry day as we finally arrived at a place where laundry was within our target price range – 40 baht per kilo. Sue took over the full pile of our dirty clothes (Tom somehow still has clothes he hasn’t worn yet) and the full tab came to 160 baht or $5.00. We have decided to move here forever.
We might have done something for lunch, but no one can recall what it was. We opted for the massage shack next to our hotel and laid down for our hour long Thai Massage. Evie went first and recommended that Tyler wouldn’t enjoy Thai style so, he got oil massage while Sue and Tom got the body bruising Thai style. Tom survived because he had enough body mass to endure the masseuse’s attempt separate his muscle from the bone, but Sue left the shack filling out the “wrongful injury” paperwork in her mind.
Bodies ‘relaxed’/’ruined’ we hobbled the 200m to town for a late lunch at the Thai place Tom and a Tyler had enjoyed the night before. After Pad Thai, Panang Chicken, and California rolls, the kids went back to the ice cream place from the day before for a pair of hot fudge sundaes. After a quick shopping stroll, we went back to the beach to relax.
It was a kids choice evening and they wanted to go to the game playing bar. We played all the games – ping pong, pool, mini pool, soccer bowing, and the most unusual soccer pool. After an hour of game playing, the kids choice was to go home and have ‘family movie night.’ Sue & Evie watched Anne of Green Gables while Tom & Tyler watched The Flash.
Our version of doing something was still pretty close to doing nothing, but after 3 weeks of very active travel in Tibet and China, we were all ready for some down time.