Today was our first chance on our schedule to "do nothing." What a novel idea, huh? Plan nothing--it's about time! Our bungalow is right across from the beach, so after being directed to the Marine National Park, we headed for a shady spot on the beach.
The snorkeling was nice, the sun was hot but pleasant, and we spent nearly every daylit minute on the beach. Reading, napping, swimming, snorkeling, and watching the crabs fight and catch flies. My new favorite past-time.... Crab-watching. The little white crabs on the beach here are faster than anything you've seen, and quite aggressive. Free entertainment for me. I've also discovered that if you chase them, they quickly tire out and then just stop and jump forward, ready to fight. I've yet to discover how a human should properly fight a crab, but my judgment dictated that I should value my toes more than the shame of backing down from a 3 ounce crab. So I lost the stare-down, game of chicken, whatever you wanna call it...
Apparently today is the Thai New Year, as we found out during dinner. Dinner was again crab and shrimp Thai Food on the beach, with fireworks going off and a really cool tradition of sending off little rafts with a candle and 3 sticks of incense burning. An offering to Buddha perhaps, and good luck for the new year.... Off to bed, as tomorrow will be busy...
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