Down for breakfast a very intimate little bistro. All the fruit and breakfast goodies are laid out beautifully. A menu with a great selection of cooked and cold meals and even a couple that are gluten free. Example Spinach with scrambled egg, Advocado with tomato. Home made jams and none of that coffee in a flask, they make it fresh to order, all perfect.
After breakfast we head to the opticians, which is five minutes away. Two young Thai girls who don’t speak English. But they are more than helpful and get the Dame a new pair of specs ordered for today and I took a pair of over the counter reading glasses. Both at least half the price charged in Europe.
There are a lot of “local buses” small trucks with covered open backs. So we flagged one down and for just 30 baht, it took us all the way to the old wall. The only downside is they don’t have a set route so drop other customers wherever they want to go, so can be quite a slow journey.
We visited a temple then found a really nice shop selling clothes, jewelry, handbags, scarfs. I was lucky to find a very nice linen shirt and the Dame nice earrings made by coating a mahogany seed with silver. We had lunch at a street vendor, rice noodles pork and pork balls 20 baht. Van bus (must find out what they are called) back to hotel and a couple of hours by pool. Unfortunately the main pool is shaded, so a bit cold getting in the water. A phone call from optician. They can’t make the glasses reactolite, which was only a few baht more, No problem, the Dame will take them plain. They will be ready tomorrow. Van bus to a shopping center called Think Park recommended online, disappointed. Tuk Tuk back to old walled area to find a shop called Ginger. It was 10 min back in the direction we had come, no joy there. Clothes were a bit weird, so Tuk Tuk back to hotel.
Tonight we are dining in the hotel, we had a pre dinner cocktails at the bar. Set course was chicken satay, two curry’s and stir fried veg, all superb. Followed by chocolate fudge brownies with ice cream. So it’s early to bed as tomorrow we are getting up at 4.30am to drive to the mountains to see the sun rise.
Dame ‘Awkes Travels 