Overflowing

So we’ve spent Wednesday and Thursday at the Dewa Resort in Phuket. This was a nice change of pace, nothing to explore, nowhere to rush to, just chilling.

After we got settled, we set out for lunch at Khwanta’s Seafood Restaurant. I had seafood with fried noodles and my friend had seafood glass noodles.

After lunch, we hit up the beach and relaxed. Despite the beaming sun, it was nice and peaceful. We headed back at sunset, as they were putting the chairs away.

Dinner was Phen’s Restaurant. It was on the beach, so everything on the sand. I had more Pad Thai and my friend had seafood noodle soup.

The next day has no pictures, as second Resort day was snorkeling. We started with food at the hotel buffet, your usual breakfasty items. In the afternoon we made our way out to the shop taking us out.

We were fitted for fins, a wetsuit, and mask, and we realized that my friend is small in many ways and I am large. Fortunately we got that sorted out and hopped into the speedboat out. The initial ride out should’ve been a warning of what was to come…

As many of my friends know, I am not exactly comfortable being in the ocean. I tried jumping in but ended up not being able to let go of the boat. Then came trying to breathe with the snorkel…they had to change mine to a larger tube. Eventually with me hanging on to our guide’s hand, we managed to get going. After about 10 minutes, I was finally enjoying the various marine sights.

Things started rapidly going downhill when we got back to the boat for a break. I was already getting nauseous in the water (the currents were fairly strong), and the salt water taste didn’t help, which lead to bags, and you can fill in the rest. I have never been that motion sick. Since we couldn’t head back to shore (we also had scuba divers going on the same boat, and they needed to be nearby for support, they were going to have us swim to a beach to hang out on til it was time to go back.

Needless to say, land sounded good. Our guide was going to pull me along, but I didn’t realize this and set off for land on my own. Not having a mask was a mistake. Also, I understand that shore is always further away than it looks. After much struggling, I knocked out for a nap on the beach.

The swim back to the boat went far better once I got my energy back, and we took off for land once again shortly after.

My friend, who also was not immune to the seasickness and I were all smiles at least when we got back, and despite that, looking forward to the next time we do this (hopefully in slightly calmer waters).

Dinner was Peony Coffee and Restaurant. I had yellow noodle with pork and my friend had steamed fish (which looked excellent!)

As we were eating dinner, we had a partial view of the water, which gave us a view of the lightning storm that finally lived up to the forecast. Little did we know that it would turn into a tropical downpour shortly after we finished dinner. We had to hustle back to our hotel, as we hadn’t brought anything for rain. We got clipped with some drizzle that turned as soon as we stepped into the hotel. We hung out on the common area by the pool enjoying the show in the sky (also since the path to our room was flooding, with a waterfall down the steps, waiting was a good idea).

Next up is Siem Reap. We need to be up at the lovely hour of 03:45 so we can catch our 4am ride to the airport.