Day 2 (Tuesday)

Today we drove down the coast to Phuket. Talk about a really tourist infested area! Greg and I have often said that some countries seem to concentrate all of the tourists in one spot, call it "paradise", and then make it look like a slightly exotic Miami Beach. I'm not sure most of them know they've left the USA. I guess the Thais are pretty smart - keep the best beaches to themselves and keep all the tourists in one area....



So on the way back (no, we didn't bother to stop in Phuket for photos. So crowded we couldn't even park...), we stopped at this awesome seafood restaurant by a river. When I say REALLY nice, I mean $40 for the 3 of us. I had oysters (with about 8 little pots of spices to put with them), and horseshoe crab egg salad (below). Yes, made with the eggs of horseshoe crabs.
this was hands-down the best thing I've had so far!










Julie and Greg both had different fried fishes.







Then went back to the hotel and laid on the beach (yes, this is the tough life)...

While Greg tried wind surfing (and tried, and tried, and tried....).

After, we went to a free cocktail and appetizer thing at the hotel and got to release lighted laterns into the sky over the water (sorry no photos....can't lug my camera everywhere). Then, I was thinking of going to the spa for a facial until I found out it was $75 (remember this is an overpriced resort). So we went cheap and used two dollar store facial kits in the hotel room: