Relaxing Poolside

After a glorious 11 hour sleep, I met up with the group at the Aussie bar down the road for brunch, had a beer and pizza, and took off for a much needed day of R&R Poolside.

The pool was at a resort nearby and had 360 views of the city. It was glorious. I don't really have anything to say about it other than I read my book, had a few cocktails delivered by very attentive staff, swam at my leisure, talked when I felt like it, and just had a great afternoon.

When we got back to the hotel from the pool a few of us continued the day of self indulgence by getting massages! It was an hour long Lao style massage using coconut oil and it was glorious. I almost fell asleep a few times and only didn't because she said to turn over or sit up just at the right moments.

After our massages we walked back to the night market to eat at the same little alleyway we stopped by last night. We had a "buffet" where we just filled our plates high with food a single time for about $2.50 CAD. A great idea in theory, but I wasn't all that hungry and was kind of grumpy because I just had juice spilled all over me - my own fault really, I hit my head on a ledge and it just fell all over Kayla and I UGH - so I really didn't enjoy it all that much. I regret not getting another chicken skewer that probably would have improved my mood but I just wanted to get the heck out of the oppressing crowd at that point.

So we did, and I exchanged my leftover kip for Thai baht, bought some fruit and a muffin for breakfast tomorrow, hit a pharmacy, and went back to the room. Jess and I packed up our bags and then joined the rest of the group at Utopia. They were there playing a volleyball game. I watched for a bit and had a beer before ditching the rest of them for bed. I want to get up early tomorrow to watch the monks receive alms!Læs mere