Monday!!! btw blogging is so friggin' hard when the whole website is in Thai...

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY ELLIOTT!!!
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT’S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR BABY!!!
I LOVE YOU!!! (A lot)

Now that’s over with (no offense e) down to some serious blogging. Sorry I’ve missed a few days but I’ll still post each day separately…

MONDAY

10:00 am Phuket time

Slow start this morning- I’m only finishing breakfast now. Btw every morning I look out onto the street- which is filled with crazy scooterists. Ligit- I have seen girls texting while driving them; fixing their hair; checking makeup in the mirror; holding kids (I don’t get it but the adults are always wearing helmets and the kids aren’t… anyway); and singing. You don’t even want to know what the dudes are doing…

10:17 am Phuket time

Tom tom – the pushy, chatty taxi driver who is taking us to kata beach (he just won’t SHUT UP about his three “beautiful, intelligent, responsible, amazing, pretty, very nice, lovely daughters who are top of their grade at school”. Yeah he’s impressed. And then my parents started talking… !!! hehehe)

10:15 am Phuket time

QUOTE: “not the first but most talked about steakhouse in town”. Ummm… I wonder if it’s talked about for good or bad reasons? Or maybe it’s just because people see the sign…

10:30 am Phuket time

Kata noi isn’t the same as kata beach! It’s over a massive hill and down a set of stairs which lead to not sand but 2 meters into the ocean. (translation- the taxi driver dropped us at the wrong place and I’m annoyed that I had to walk over a massive hill in the heat)

11:08 am Phuket time

We all look very happy right now (although looks can be deceiving…). We are on three beach chairs on the long, wide kata beach reading our books in the shade. (people keep coming up to me just when I’ve gotten to a good bit trying to sell me stuff)

12:45 pm Phuket time

Me and mum just looked at around the shops and I purchased a sundress. I’m still looking for a second bikini and pressies for you guys. I found some very nice, pink leather broque shoes! NOT quite big enough for socks though…

2:00 pm Phuket time

WOW! Another amazing lunch- me: a beef and prawn salad with lemongrass and lime dressing; dad: a green curry with local seafood; and mum: noodles with a red curry sauce as well as a green sauce with vegetables. YUM!

2:03 pm Phuket time

Forgot to mention- we had our first desserts in Phuket today- tempura fried bananas and icecream and a chocolate soufflé. MMMMMMMMMMMM

5:19 pm Phuket time

Back “home” for catching up on blog, reading and sleeping.

8:10 pm Phuket time

Dinner and a quick look at shops on the way. Fried duck, garlic and pepper prawns and panang vegetables with a very weird sherbert drink (don’t judge- I had to try it. I was sooooo curious!)

9:04 pm Phuket time

This trip has made me realize four things:

One- how much I apprieciate my friends and their company (I know- not cheesy/corny at all you guys…)

Two- how good massages are

Three- what a difference being able to understand the language makes to everyday living

And four- exactly where and how much my body can friggin’ sweat!!!

Miss you guys so much!!!

(Btw, I’m going really well with finding pressies…)