We hit the road relatively early this morning on a mission to find some famous cookies in the Old Phuket Town. After many false starts in a maze of one way streets, we eventually found the cookie place at the very ed of a dead end street - and it was closed until later that day. Whilst the cookie trail went stale, we did manage to find a local deli that stocked their product anyway. First choice was a type of sesame seed crostati that just fell apart in your mouth and left a lovely sesame taste.
In a tribute to child brainwashing, have you ever tried to type or write the word 'sesame' without actually following it with 'street'. I have just had to delete street after every instance of sesame in the preceding paragraph.
Leaving old town, we headed east across the bridge and onto Keke island, a small island just off the coast of Phuket. Our purpose was to visit a village of sea gypsies and experience a little of their culture. The reality was quite a sad affair not too different to driving through some of our own remote indigenous communities.
A rest in the afternoon prepared us for the highlight of the day: the Simon Cabaret. This world-famous all-singing all-dancing drag show covers top-10 hits from all around the world. Rory and Indi were both enthralled with the costumes and the pageantry of the show. Slightly concerning that when Rory was told all of the people were men (even the ladies), he said "I would like to dress up like that". Not on my watch, dude ...
Indi was so tired that she had a real monster face going on, so Jo put her to bed straight away after the show and then relaxed in a warm bath. Rory and I 'hit the town' for dinner and a massage. It is hilarious to see the massage ladies fight over who gets to massage him, and he not only knows it but plays up to them shamelessly. We had quite an exhausted little boy by the time he crawled into bed about 10:45, but certainly well pleased with himself.
<< will upload photos tomorrow >>
