03.19.06
A day at the Beach: Chaweng Edition
3/19/06 4:24 PM, Koh Samui
I enjoyed sleeping in this morning. I then went out for a beach walk going inland to buy water and schedule a dive trip. The fellow at Captain Caveman Dive Center was very friendly and pointed me in the direction of local food stalls. For lunch I had Pad Thai, realizing it is the first time I have had the dish on this trip, along with a mango shake. Incidentally while they are referred to as milkshakes, they are almost always ice slushies. I think I have only a couple of times had a milkshake include any kind of milk, and one of those was with coconut milk. Incidentally the stalls with food for the locals are off the strip, which is also where the girlie bars are so I got solicited for ’special massage’.
After lunch I went out for another beach walk and took time to read my book while sipping on a soda. I then went back to the Cabana, showered and went out for a swim in the ocean. I did not stay out long because my back and chest have not seen much sun and are Oregonian Pale. Incidentally I think I need to get more of the waterproof sun block as the last bottle I bought was moisturizing, not waterproof and I am sweating buckets out here. The Chaweng beach is quite beautiful, but it there is the annoyance that you cannot get more than a few feet without being solicited for food, tattoos, or massage.