Honestly, now.

After sleeping for about 12 hours and putting around my hotel room for a while (unpacking, reading on the balcony, etc.), I finally got around to geting out doing some exploring.  I had my camera with me all day, but I kept it in my pack because it would occasionally pour water from the sky.  I didn’t think to pack an umbrella or a poncho, so I took refuge under whatever awning I could find, got comfortable, and read until the rain lightened up.  First thing, I found the training centre.  It’ll take me about thirty minutes to walk there so I’ll be building in some exercise.  Between that and the pool, I think I’ll be alright.  Next, I found a place to eat.  Now this might be in part to my imagination, but everything tastes better here.  The fruit is understandable.  After all, all the fruit in Korea either is imported or grown in greenhouses.  However, even the eggs taste better.  I only had two meals today: brunch and dinner.  It’s amazing to be able to get such cheap, delicious food.  I had muiseli with yougurt and fruit, coffee (strong, take the roof off of your mouth coffee), and scrambled eggs.  All for a $1.80.  Dinner was two Thai dishes.  One of spinich and tofu.  The other of eggs, chicken, peppers, and a few things I couldn’t identify.  Both were served over rice and with sides of cucumber and something that looked suspiciously similar to the leaves of a Christmas cactus (tasted odd, but okay).  There was a lot of food and I doubted my ability to finish my plate.  Luckily, that wasn’t a problem.  That meal set me back $1.16.  I think eating with be one of my new hobbies here.

Like I said, I didn’t take many pictures.  Four, to be exact.  And it shouldn’t suprise you that two of them are of birds.  I’ll like to return to the bird shop.  Unfortunately, I walked by it when I wasn’t really sure of my location.  Not “lost” exactly.  You can’t be lost unless you’re trying to get somewhere.

The other pictures are of my hotel room (which is fully twice the size of my apartment in Korea) and some random flowers.

On a tangent, I like the change in scenery, but I also like the change in scents.  Phuket smells like incense, fruit, earth, rain, and food.  Granted, there are also smells like garbage and sewage, but they didn’t occur that often.

Anyways, I’m going to bed.  I want to get up early and not waste any daylight.