Thursday we got up and breakfasted across the road at Cactus then went on a 3 hour Island Hopping tour. Our boat’s motor wouldn’t start so we felt right at home. We travelled out through a number of islands to quite a large one and a stop for a swim at the lake of the pregnant maiden.
Lake of the Pregnant Maiden
Legend has it that if you swallow the (fresh) water, you’ll get pregnant-I didn’t even go in! Then we travelled on to another island and beach where we stopped for a swim-the water was clean, cooler than our pool and we enjoyed it a lot. The tour cost 40 RM pp which was really pretty cheap.
Out Amongst the Islands
There were 7 of us on the boat and we had a nice time with them-especially a young couple from Mumbai.
Port of Malai
We had had a pretty big breakfast, so stopped in a little warung (local café) near the beach for lunch. I had ginger chicken (with rice and salad) and Russ had Patpak (local chicken dish with spices, dried fish, beans and cauli) plus a coffee and lime juice. It was actually bigger than we were expecting and REALLY yummy and only cost us 23.50 RM (under $8) for all of it.
After a rest and a glass of wine, we walked across the road to Cactus for dinner. It was really good and although we had 2 beers and 3 glasses of wine, still cheap (83 RM). We both started with soup-Tom Yam for Russ and short soup for me. Both were excellent. Then we had chilli squid salad, crispy skinned Thai duck, stir-fried veg and 3 serves of rice. The duck although pretty expensive for here (27MR) was up there with the best I’ve ever eaten.
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