We woke up early but since we had nothing but time on our hands we took it nice and slow and spent a few hours just reading in the gentle breeze. We then went for lunch at our usual place and Robert asked the chef to cook him something special. The chef questioned him about likes and dislikes for a few minutes before sending of one employee to shop something while he went back into the kitchen and started rumaging around. The clinking choping crackling and sizzling finally produced this stunning dish and by the look of Robert's face it was pretty tasty too.
After the delicious meal Hannah joined us for some time at the beach. We thought it was a bit hot in the sun and parked ourselves under the cooling shade of an umbrella. Hannah hadn't eaten anything yet and Robert set of with her in a quest for some food. They were in luck as the local squid lady was standing close by with squirming delight slowly sizzling over the open fire.
It was surprisingly soft and not chewy at all which led to Wayu trying a bite or two aswell.
After our squid chilli diping, we got more or less attacked by the beachs' hawkers. One and same person could ask something in the likes of:
- Heloo you want braid? Massage? Clip toenails? Ring? Bracelet? Manicure? Pedicure? Color your hair? Shaving? Threading? Waxing? No??! If you want you come to me! Pinky swear!¡!
And then there were something like 15-20 more waiting in line to say the exact same thing... Kinda funny :p But then some people relented after the 10th or so hawker and bought a thing for a dollar or two.
At around six we went to eat some dinner and then headed to Sky Bar for a power hour. For all of you who don't know about it its basicly a drinking game where you watch a bunch of funny vidoes in a row and take a sip after each clip. Wayu played with choco-banana milkahakes and the others with beer. We played for little over 20 minutes before the internet went out, but it was just aswell as the six pints and two big milkshakes everyone had in the beginning now were gone.
We had just finished the game when a guy called Jimmy entered the bar. After spending some time chatting about this and that, we found out that he was a vagabond sing/songwriter who cruised all through SE Asia and made a living of playing his own music. He played us a few songs and we leaned back and relaxed. His music made us feel really at ease and his voice was something else :)
Jimmy told us that he was playing later in a bar up the road and invited us to come and listen before he went off to prepare.
We stayed in Sky Bar for another couple hours enjoying the company of everyone there. We all shared stories of past glories and failures and had quite a few laughs while doing so. Then it was time to go see Jimmy preform and merrily we walked up the road.
When we got to the bar there was no singing but everyones faces was turned towards the different tellies (TVs) who showed the Wimbeldon final. Apparently an englishman was playing and our friends got sucked right into the exitement. It was iceing on the cake when he won aswell and we joined the cheers with the rest of the bar. Jimmy acted like that was his que and imediately started playing something to suit the mood.
We listened to Jimmy play untill midnight before we felt it was time to say godbye to everyone. We ended the night with a slow stroll back home to the hotel, and in our minds it was a very good ending to a very nice day.
//Wayu & Robert
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