At the airport, a beagle comes round to sniff our bags for contraband food, leaving dog hair deposited on our bags. We declare our crisps and nuts but are allowed to keep them.
Taxi to the hotel where we check straight in at 8am and go to our room to catch up on some sleep. Get up a few hours later and go for lunch at the Crown café next door – Ieuan has very nice stir fry thai chicken and Lou a nice salad (although it took quite a while for hers to arrive).
Have a wander round, buying a local sim card, and look in a few record shops. Do a bit of shopping, Ieuan has his hair cut, and we go on the internet for a bit.
Head back to the hotel to unpack and chill out, before going out for dinner. Look at a few places and don’t like a lot of the menus as they are all quite poncy. Settle for Longrain which is a poncy Thai place, although the décor is very nice and staff friendly. We have a delicious stir fry beef dish and an ok peanut chicken curry, but an awful braised veal dish, which features revolting slimy, overcooked veal, swimming in veal flavoured gravy (nb perhaps others may love this dish, I'm sure it was made well, just not to our taste!!).
We head back to the hotel, passing a very bizarre “spaceman” singing space music from a small platform on the pavement and seemingly dressed in a tin foil suit with lights attached. We later learn that he's called the Sonic Manipulator and buy his CD which isn’t that bad at all!!
Taxi to the hotel where we check straight in at 8am and go to our room to catch up on some sleep. Get up a few hours later and go for lunch at the Crown café next door – Ieuan has very nice stir fry thai chicken and Lou a nice salad (although it took quite a while for hers to arrive).
Have a wander round, buying a local sim card, and look in a few record shops. Do a bit of shopping, Ieuan has his hair cut, and we go on the internet for a bit.
Head back to the hotel to unpack and chill out, before going out for dinner. Look at a few places and don’t like a lot of the menus as they are all quite poncy. Settle for Longrain which is a poncy Thai place, although the décor is very nice and staff friendly. We have a delicious stir fry beef dish and an ok peanut chicken curry, but an awful braised veal dish, which features revolting slimy, overcooked veal, swimming in veal flavoured gravy (nb perhaps others may love this dish, I'm sure it was made well, just not to our taste!!).
We head back to the hotel, passing a very bizarre “spaceman” singing space music from a small platform on the pavement and seemingly dressed in a tin foil suit with lights attached. We later learn that he's called the Sonic Manipulator and buy his CD which isn’t that bad at all!!
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