RRRoti!

We woke up at 5am to fly to Phuket. It was painful, but worth it to get to the Thai Islands. Our flight had a child on it dying from some horible mucous infection. For the first half of the flight, about every 30 seconds, this kid behind us would cough or snort or make some other horrible noise. There must have been literally tons of phlegm in that kid. When the flight was over, he had disappeared. I believe they quarantined him. I would. Alyssa wore her mask during the flight. It was cool landing because the airport is literally on the beach. Ok, kind of scary, but cool once we had landed. Also our plane had a vieo camera where the pilot sat so you could see what the pilot sees. That was weird.

So yeahhhh it rained all day. Poured, actually. Very unfortunate. We are only in Phuket less than a day and we couldn't even go to the beach. Instead we checked into our hotel, which is a really cool place, ate fried fish, yellow curry, and chicken satay across the street, then had a 7 dollar foot massage. By the time all of that was done, the rain had subsided and we were able to swim a bit. There is a really cool bar inside the already cool pool. The hotel is super Thai jungle themed with trees every where, statues of Thai things, waterfalls, etc. The pool is like something youd find at a water park, minus the slide. Crazy jets pop out of nowhere, controlled by the bartender Nee who became our friend. Theres a big waterfall that randomly falls from the trees above, and elephant statues shooting water from their trunks. We drank a lot of tropical drinks like Coconut Lovers out of a coconut of course, Pina Coladas, and Sawasdee Delight. It was happy hour so buy 2 get one free. They weren't strong at all, just delicious.

Nee was really nice and she told us a couple things to do later in the evening, and offered to drop us off at a seafood restaurant down the road. After she got off at 7pm, we met up with her and her friend and they drove us along the coast, just after sunset. The rain had stopped and the sky was clearing so the sunset was really nice. I really felt like I was in Thailand. They dropped us at this place that didn't look that good to Alyssa because she had seen a better one up the road before. So once they left, we left the restaurant so as not to offend them, and tried to find a tuk tuk. Well the tuk tuk wouldnt go up the street for less than 200 baht which is ridiculous. Another guy said ok I take you for 150 baht. We get in the "taxi" and see no meter, just a certificate, which could easily be hand made. Then we ask the guys name and he says No Name. And we are like... uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh okk.... we need to get out. Luckily he was actually quite normal and we were at our location so we got out and got some dinner.

Now dinner was interesting. The food was awesome: mussels with basil, steamed crab, fried fish with lemon sauce. The patrons of the place were not. Mui Ne had all Russians, Phuket has all Swedes. Even our lunch place today was Thai-Swedish. ???? The people in the mini bus today from the airport were Swedish too. Then the people at the hotel are all Swedish.... and then the people sitting around us at the restaurant were all Swedish. What the heck? Oh except for the beef cake Americans who ordered beers and hamburgers for dinner. The two Swedish girls next to us ordered fried rice and chicken tenders. Why the restaurant had those now makes sense to me-- for stupid idiot tourists. They fly so far, spend a lot of money, and eat stupid food. People were staring at us when they saw how much we ordered and how we ate. Especially when I was eating the fried fish head. YUM. I could eat that every single day. I was busy staring at the super scary couple or maybe father/daughter? or mother/daughter? Honestly, I couldn't tell the sex of the older one. Either way, they were two of the ugliest people I have ever seen. The girl had her hair braided and was super thin and tall and covered in those huge freckles and wanted to buy this terrible tapestry from a random man walking around. Then the man or woman with her looked mummified but had been bleached from head to toe first and hung out to dry like a raisin. Honestly, this doesn't even describe them. So freaking creepy.

After dinner we got ROTI. Alyssa has been yelling for roti everywhere we go. It is her favorite thing. We looked every where on Khao San Road for it but they were off that night. Luckily the cart was next door to the restaurant and we got to meet the charming Ma Nah, who made our delicious roti. Ma Nah proceeded to try to make Alyssa his girl friend, and also told us eggs make man strong, like strong every where. Whatever that means.... ew. His friend offered to drive us back to our hotel. It was all very ridiculous. We got a Tuk Tuk and tried to find the street with "night life". The night life was turned off tonight. It is a holiday and everything was closed. After tripping over a few stray dogs (they are everywhere here), we took another tuk tuk back to the hotel, which is where I am now. Our room has its own computer with free internet. Of course I didn't bring my camera usb cable with me. I swear I won't be able to upload anything until I get back. It has been really frustrating. Anyway... our room is really cool. Our bed is GIGANTIC and could probably fit a family of 6. We also have a really pretty mosquito net!!! And a coy pond outside with a nice sitting area.

Bed time, gotta wake up early and go to the BEACH.