Day 9: Lounging
We slept in (first time - still woke up at 8 though) and had a nice rooftop breakfast.

Not much happened today, and that was by design.  We lounged at the beach all day.  I was reading The Lord of the Rings trilogy (only 1394 pages) so I had my leisure cut out for me.


We played in the waves, and lounged some more.  Then we enjoyed a couple of Thai massages (270bt each) and "rested" for dinner.

For dinner we decided we needed some real Indian food, and we found a place (called Baluchi) with an Indian chef and a Tandoor at the Horizon Hotel at the south end of Karon Beach.

The food was good; a welcome respite from the endless coconut curries.  We had chicken tikka (made in the Tandoor), bhindi (a little bit too oily) and excellent garlic naan.

We enjoyed a banana crepe (food stall; 50bt) made by an Indian fellow (part Bangladeshi) on the way home.

Day 10: More of the Same

We got a better spot on the beach today (best one in my opinion) and we lounged all day.  We had some fun in the waves as well, hanging out amongst all the Russians.  It seemed that 80% of the people on Karon beach are Russians, with the remainder mostly European.  We sat beside some Finns (from Helsinki) and talked some Hockey.

Simmi got a manicure and pedicure (400bt) and I got another massage.

This evening we walked around the main area of Karon, which had several streets and alleys full of what you normally see here in Phuket: bars, restaurants, massage spas, currency exchange and ATMs,  tailors and retailers.  And usually in front of all of them - food stalls.

That night we found an Italian restaurant (serving only Italian food - no Thai) in Karon.  The owner, in fact was Italian (which we were happy to hear), and  we were pleasantly surprised to enjoy one of our best meals on the trip.  I had the Canelloni and Simmi had Mussels. We shared some white wine and enjoyed the break from Thai food.