Today Dad, Mum, Ah-boo, Ah-gong and I went to Siam Deli for breakfast. Each of us had a breakfast sandwich (a sandwich with tomatoes, mushrooms, bacon and fried egg) and were completely filled after we finished them. We went straight up to the lobby and hired a van to the well-known Patong Beach. I was slightly nervous at first when Dad told me that there were loads of lady-men there but when I got to Patong, there were barely any!
We bought a few DVDs from a local shop and as we went out, we saw this open-air bus with huge speakers screaming “THAI BOXING TONIGHT!! DON’T MISS IT!!”. Somehow, I felt an urge to find out more about Muay Thai.
Afterwards we walked past all the bars to get to Ocean, a shopping centre located across the road from the beach. Dad bought a new stock of cheap pants, while I admired the powerful military laser pointers for sale. I also couldn’t believe that in expensive shopping malls like this they actually sold fake Crocs! I doubt that even the shoes in the Ecco shop were real.
We passed a place called ‘Rock City: live music’ to get to the major mall in Patong and probably in Phuket called ‘Jungceylon’. It was a gigantic place and definitely a shopper’s dream. We wondered around a bit and saw a few funny shirts for sale such as one that said ‘Patong Beach. 2000- Bomb Alert. 2001- SARS outbreak. 2002- Dengue Fever. What next?’. We had a look at the many different booths, and were soon watching a woman perform amazing magic tricks. She claimed that if we bought a set of this magic trick kit, she would teach us how to do it. We did buy it, but still didn’t manage to do it. She said that practice makes better and to read the set of instructions she gave us.
We stocked up at the Carrefour and bought washing detergent, butter and some fruit. Soon enough we were back at the Marriott enjoying Thai noodles at our villa.
Patrick
