April 27, 2010
Krabi, Thailand
Unfortunately our prayers went unanswered and we awoke to more gray skies. No worries though, a day is always an adventure with Mom and Soup! We headed over to the breakfast buffet and, as we’ve become so good at, ate our fill of the various western/Thai dishes before making our way for a stroll through town. Ao Nang itself is really just a main street lined with shops, restaurants and guest houses on one side and the beach and Andaman Sea on the other—can’t beat the ocean while you’re shopping and eating!
As we made our way up and down it began to pour, so we jumped through the first doorway we could find and there, at Dragon Restaurant, we sat out the storm. It may not seem like we were really getting up to a whole lot, but if I were able to record some of the hilarious conversations we had during our stints in various restaurants/shops, you would understand what filled our time. Finally, everything cleared up and we made our way to meet Ming back at the pool. She was faithfully there with new tropical drinks for us to try and plenty of conversation to be had. Our routine lead us back to the room for some post happy hour snacks, more news and off we went to dinner.
Unsure where to eat tonight we walked into town and examined some menus here and there. We ended up at Ao Ning restaurant where wound up eating some really good food (my pizza was awesome!) We decided that it was time for Mom and Sue to experience their first Thai foot massage after all our walking today. Our feet lead us to a small massage ‘shop’ down an alley near our hotel. I use the word ‘shop’ lightly as we literally entered a small room with sliding glass doors and 4 mattresses— we started laughing at our situation and hoped we were only in store for a massage! The ladies were very nice and got started on our feet; my lady was putting Tiger Balm lotion on my legs and stopped, looked up at me and said ‘Mista, I wax your regs (legs)?’ We burst out laughing and I kindly told her I was going to have to pass on that for tonight.
Things were going well and we were chatting and relaxing until suddenly Sue and I heard a THUD next to us. We turned our heads to witness Mom gasping for breath as this 4’ 9” Thai woman was tossing her around like a rag doll. It’s pretty common for the masseuses to spend some time on your neck and head during a foot massage, but Mom was discovering an elasticity that none of us (including herself) knew she had. One second she would be lying next to us and the next she’d be in the air with one foot touching her head and her arms twisted in a pretzel formation. Not wanting to be rude Sue and I somehow kept our laughs inside, but the second we got through the sliding doors the 3 of us were rolling on the ground in hysterics. For those of you who know my mom you can see why the image of her being bent around like a trapeze artist would be so funny, especially her facial expressions—well it’s really funny to see it happen to anyone!
We couldn’t stop laughing all the way back to the resort and even into bed. What started and ended as a foot massage for Sue and me was actually a lesson in gymnastic flexibility for Mom :)
Even if you're discovering new muscles and tendons you never knew you had: No being crabby in Krabi
Krabi, Thailand
Unfortunately our prayers went unanswered and we awoke to more gray skies. No worries though, a day is always an adventure with Mom and Soup! We headed over to the breakfast buffet and, as we’ve become so good at, ate our fill of the various western/Thai dishes before making our way for a stroll through town. Ao Nang itself is really just a main street lined with shops, restaurants and guest houses on one side and the beach and Andaman Sea on the other—can’t beat the ocean while you’re shopping and eating!
As we made our way up and down it began to pour, so we jumped through the first doorway we could find and there, at Dragon Restaurant, we sat out the storm. It may not seem like we were really getting up to a whole lot, but if I were able to record some of the hilarious conversations we had during our stints in various restaurants/shops, you would understand what filled our time. Finally, everything cleared up and we made our way to meet Ming back at the pool. She was faithfully there with new tropical drinks for us to try and plenty of conversation to be had. Our routine lead us back to the room for some post happy hour snacks, more news and off we went to dinner.
Unsure where to eat tonight we walked into town and examined some menus here and there. We ended up at Ao Ning restaurant where wound up eating some really good food (my pizza was awesome!) We decided that it was time for Mom and Sue to experience their first Thai foot massage after all our walking today. Our feet lead us to a small massage ‘shop’ down an alley near our hotel. I use the word ‘shop’ lightly as we literally entered a small room with sliding glass doors and 4 mattresses— we started laughing at our situation and hoped we were only in store for a massage! The ladies were very nice and got started on our feet; my lady was putting Tiger Balm lotion on my legs and stopped, looked up at me and said ‘Mista, I wax your regs (legs)?’ We burst out laughing and I kindly told her I was going to have to pass on that for tonight.
Things were going well and we were chatting and relaxing until suddenly Sue and I heard a THUD next to us. We turned our heads to witness Mom gasping for breath as this 4’ 9” Thai woman was tossing her around like a rag doll. It’s pretty common for the masseuses to spend some time on your neck and head during a foot massage, but Mom was discovering an elasticity that none of us (including herself) knew she had. One second she would be lying next to us and the next she’d be in the air with one foot touching her head and her arms twisted in a pretzel formation. Not wanting to be rude Sue and I somehow kept our laughs inside, but the second we got through the sliding doors the 3 of us were rolling on the ground in hysterics. For those of you who know my mom you can see why the image of her being bent around like a trapeze artist would be so funny, especially her facial expressions—well it’s really funny to see it happen to anyone!
We couldn’t stop laughing all the way back to the resort and even into bed. What started and ended as a foot massage for Sue and me was actually a lesson in gymnastic flexibility for Mom :)
Even if you're discovering new muscles and tendons you never knew you had: No being crabby in Krabi
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