Starting the day woken by a cockerel at 5.30am, then snoozing till 8am when the national anthem, which we presume was played at the local school to start the day, set the dogs howling. We were all well and truly awake by then, so we got on with packing for our next travel day.
We ate breakfast in the town then checked out and walked to the pier for our longtail boat to the mainland. We borrowed a trolley from coco lodge and returned it before boarding our boat, then were pleased to see our mini van taxi waiting at the pier on the mainland.
Flying from Trang airport to Bangkok took 1hr30mins but there was the inevitable waiting around before boarding. We landed in Bangkok at 4.30pm and were settled in our air bnb condo with a pool by 6pm. A refreshing swim in the dark was much appreciated and it was also good to use the washing machine so we have enough clothes you see us through the next few days.
Jon had sought it local activities and our apartment is a 20 minute walk away from Ratchada Rot Fai Train night market so we wandered over there to get some food. The market was enormous and sold all sorts from food, clothes, tattoos, manicures and souvenirs. We were conservative with our food choices, overlooking the squid eggs in favour of pork and chicken, although Joanne did try some Chinese battered balls of salmon, tuna and seaweed, which were tasty.
Kitted out with sunglasses (Toby), a new phone case (Peter), and various other bits and pieces, we finally left the market at 10pm (well before it closed) and walked back home, where we are all grateful for air conditioning. It was 32c according to the thermometers on sale at the market.
Another day, another location. Catching up with Brexit news on Al Jazeera tv.
Lesson learnt: some Thai food at the market is served by pouring it into a table covered with greaseproof type paper, and eaten with plastic gloved hands. It looked like seafood, noodles and sauce. Quite a sight, but we weren't brave enough to try it.
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