Instead, we breakfast at the shop where I was ordering a takeaway lunch for us to bring along. This stall sells one of the best roast duck in Phuket City. They also sell one of the best roasted “crispy pork” (better than “craklin”) and “char siew” (roast pork) plus homemade Chinese sausage. We had a good breakfast taking care not to have duck which we were packing for our sandwich lunch. The previous evening, we had purchased a loaf of wheatmeal bread, some salad and peeled pomelos (a local fruit) for our picnic.
Back at the hotel lobby at 8.45 sharp, we discovered the pick up driver had not arrived. That gave us some time to collect our stuff and snuggle up back in the room while we waited for his arrival. It turned out that he was looking for us at room 905, the wrong room. Around 9.15, we hopped into the minivan and were taken to their beach hut at Panwa area to meet the boat. The guide at the beach hut helped us choose swimming fins, masks and practically made getting on to the craft a walk-on feat.
It was H**’s first ever experience on a speed boat and she was enjoying every moment of the 40 minute ride out to the island. We averaged about 25 to 30 knots on a relatively flat sea with no chops and small rollers of about half a metre.
As with the previous day, the sun was shiny and we had blue skies. Lucky us!
Once we arrived at Koh Khai Nok, we decided to head for the smaller sister island Koh Khai Nui where the beach was very tiny. There a small hut for shelter and picnicking. With 3 other boats at Koh Khai Nok, I wanted us to have some privacy away from the others.
The Rented Boat at Koh Khai Nok
I arranged to unload the food and a straw mattress and had the guide teach H** how to snorkel. Put on my fins, masks and snorkel and went for a short swim around to check out the corals and visibility. It was only about 10 metres at best that day but, enough for H** to enjoy her first ever snorkeling experience.
While she and the guide went further out to the deeper waters where the corals were clustered, I lazed around in the hut to relax enjoying the peace of the place.
They must have snorkeled for a good hour and half if not more. When she returned, we dug out the food and she prepared both of us duck & salad filled sandwiches. Somehow, out at sea, when you are hungry, everything tasted especially nice. We shared some of the duck with the crew.
Meanwhile we stayed cool and just chatted away the time before we raised anchor. Had the boat stop at Koh Khai Nok for some photographs before heading back to Phuket Island.
On the Beach at Koh Khai Nok, a Pint Sized Tattooed Farang Girl
Although the difference between a half day outing was 2550 bahts per person instead of 3100 bahts per person, I opted for the half day because our visit was short and I had planned some time for shopping in the town.
We arrived back in Phuket after another fast boat ride of about 40 minutes and the van sent us back to the hotel where we took a shower each and dressed up to go out.
First, to the cashewnut factory that belongs to a good friend of mine to buy munchies for her office colleagues. The shop assistant let her through the shop and asked her to taste the variety of items on sale. “Just pick what you want,” I said.
This is a tourist shop and things are expensive. The cashew nut (which is an expensive nut) packs were priced at 260 bahts each and I left her to shop while I made a few phone calls. When she was done, the basket was full but not greedily filled as some might. The cashier punched in the items and the computer screen read 1750 bahts. She smiled a broad grin when the shop assistant netted things out at 1050 bahts after awarding me my customary owner’s friend discount.
I paid up, we exited and I drove her to the U2 shop in the city which was adjoining Robinsons. Shoved 3000 bahts into her hand and told her to take her time to shop for whatever she wanted. I pointed out the internet café where I was going to do some “surfing” and work and told her to meet me there when she finished. She had remarked earlier that she did not dare to ask me to take her shopping as she knew “all guys hate shopping.”
While I did some work and dealt with emails, I was comfortable that she was a capable girl, unlikely to be cheated nor lost so she did her thing and I did mine. About an hour and some minutes later, she appeared in the shop with two shopping bags and showed me what she had bought for her boss, her father, mother and sister and for herself too. I was happy for her that the 3,000 bahts had bought her so many things. She did not complain about it being too little, just happy that she had bought those things.
I ended my internet session, turned off the computer notebook of mine and we left and went back to the hotel to drop of the things and, have a refreshing shower. For our last dinner, I took her to the top of the Thavorn Grand Hotel. The food was decent and I took care to order less for this last evening. We had the whole restaurant to ourselves as there were no other customers. This place used to be packed every night but appears to have lost out to it’s new rivals. The view of the city is from up there is good and I prefer being there than on Khao Rung hill which is heavily promoted by all the tourist agencies.
One of my local friends had arranged to meet me after dinner but we decided to go back to the hotel for a catnap before going out for the night, our last in Phuket.
Once in the room, she was irresistible and we made loving sex again before falling asleep for what was planned as an hour’s catnap. Instead, I awoke at just past midnight and roused her to get dressed too so we could go out for our last night in the city. There was Ah Seng, my local friend who we were to meet too. I texted him “sorry, we fell asleep, if you are unable to meet up now, see you tomorrow.” There was no reply.
This time, I took her to Kor Tor Mor which has become highly popular in the recent year and it was packed right up to the door. The waiter grabbed our bottle and led us to the back where he found us a crack at the bar to place the bottle and we squeezed in. The DJ was playing some great stuff and the intoxicated clientele were just bouncing all over the place. We had missed the last set so simply enjoyed the crowd and Thai sense of sanuk until the place started to empty out at 1am as required by the licensing laws.
Kor Tor Mor's Neon Sign
After that, I took her to the canal area and we had a drink and a Tom Yam Soup for supper at St Jame’s Garden which was filling up with the “after hours” people of all sorts. This one of a few beer gardens that have become hangouts after 1am when all the night places are closed. Later, back to the hotel where we made tender but vigorous sex and fell asleep again. In the morning, I woke her up by painting her breast with my lips and we made sex again.
She remarked that I liked sex and I said the same to her. She cuckled and I laughed it off. Determined that she would try the famous hokkien noodle, we washed up and went out to the shop to have our breakfast.
Then, back to the hotel to pack up her bags. Before we left for the airport, I grabbed her and undressed her for another bout of sex before we upped and jumped into the car.
Her flight to Bangkok was 12.50 and I had a golf game scheduled for 1pm. Without fuss, she volunteered that I left her at the airport and move on to the golf course. A hug, kiss and we parted there. She said that she would check if she could come to Chiang Mai with me in September. I said “Try, I would love to be with you again soon!”
