Tim and I decided to try some pancakes from the lady who
cooks in front of Loh’s shop. Banana and
egg pancakes with a choice of condensed milk or chocolate syrup drizzled on
them. Her stall is clean and popular
which is a pretty good indication that it is ok. We are not sure what mixture she uses for the
pancakes but it is a dough like mix which she kneads and stretches with oil
then fries. Probably more like a roti
than a pancake. Delicious but not too
sweet. She is a real artist and great cook.
We got a plain pancake with chocolate sauce on it as well (65 baht) and
the “doughnut man” we bought some puffed doughnutty balls for 2 Baht each. Fuel in our tummies, we started our walk to
Phuket Aquarium, 2 kms from here.
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| Pancakes for breakfast! This dear lady works 7 days a week. |
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| Traditional Thai long tail boats at Kantary Bay |
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Phuket Aquarium was excellent. We encountered lots of school kids,
presumably on their end of year excursions.
The display was not huge but extremely interesting especially for our
little nature lover, Luke. There were
cowfish, cat fish, clown fish and boxing shrimps but it was the moray eel that
stole the show…it looked like a muppet performing on Sesame Street! The aquarium is situated on Cape Panwa one of
the southern tips of Phuket Island and the outlook over the shimmering water to
the distant islands is truly beautiful.
This is not an area overrun with tourists and apart from a few offers
for taxis, you can walk along the promenade unhindered.
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| Moray eel |
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| Is it a muppet?? Love this Moray Eel. |
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As it was lunch time we thought we would try a
noodle-soupish dish from a food cart.
This cart had loads of local customers so we took that as good
recommendation. We initially bought one dish to sample and share but before
long, we’d bought 5 bowls full and were sitting at the little table provided on
a straw mat slurping up the thick rice noodles and ripping soup down our
chins. Luke, always reluctant to try new
food ended up loving the thick noodles which we called “Moray eels” to entice
him. So, from now on, our family name
for these noodles will be “Moray eels”!!
Our lunch time entertainment was watching local “electricians” climb up
bamboo ladders to fix the many twisted wires attached to the power pole – no
helmets, in thongs and shorts…..Our walk home was easy after that lovely lunch
and an icecream en route.
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| Slurping up delicious thick rice noodles |
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| Not quite complying to safety standards! |
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| Karl and I enjoying Kantary Bay, Cape Panwa |
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And, yes, the afternoon merged into evening whilst we were
swimming in the 150 metre pool, cooling off and reflecting on our day. And yes,
we had a variety of Halal sausages from the “Sausage Lady’s cart with rice and
veggies for dinner.
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