Sunday we drove into Kuah again to do the last of the duty free shopping we needed to do and to take a walk around Eagle Park. Fortunately the rain let up enough for us to do it. I can’t get over how much thunder, lightening and rain we’ve seen and been in, then it clears up for a while and off we go. Then it starts again.
Before we shopped, we took ourselves to a hawker’s centre for brunch. We were the only westerners in there but we did see quite a few Hash House Harriers (and also saw some taking the Mangrove Tour the other day too). I had BBQed chicken with rice and chilli and a clear soup, then fried noodles with chicken and prawns in a soy sort of broth and a lime juice (8 RM for all that) then Russ had a Thai mix of fried chicken and egg, chicken ham, braised garlic vegetables, a chicken and veg dish with salted fish 9so lots of little bits) it was a huge plate for 7.50 MR (or under $3). It was a seriously local, scary sort of eating place and we keep waiting for something to kill us, but so far so good (touch wood!).
We swam for a couple of hours in the afternoon. It rained a couple of times, but was lovely in the water. I’ve really enjoyed a swim every afternoon and although I miss the daily massages by the pool we get so cheaply in Bali, I haven’t missed Linda the nosy, intrusive masseur!
Enjoying the Jacuzzi
We’d picked a Thai restaurant for dinner and headed down town only to find it closed, so had to choose again. We went to another Thai/seafood restaurant Difiqi and were really happy with it. It cost the two of us a tiny 19RM for excellent tom yam soup, chilli chicken, gingered beef 2 serves of rice and 2 lime juices. The servings weren’t large, but the food was delicious and so cheap.
Monday we slept late again, then went down town to the Breakfast Station. We both had roti and curry dip, then I had an omelette (capsicum, onion and mushroom) and Russ had coconut rice with various accompaniments (anchovies, chilli seafood, cucumber, peanuts etc. etc.) an iced lemon tea and lime juice and cost was 23 RM.
After a bit of shopping and very nearly buying myself a pair of Calvin Klein prescription glasses for $190 we returned the car to the hire place. I didn’t buy the glasses in the end as I was worried I might be paying a lot for a fake-cheap if they were real though.
Our last dinner at Cactus was good-we had the duck, coconut curried vegetable, black pepper beef and rice for 59RM.
For breakfast on Tuesday morning, we both had the full English.
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