So the next day, again we had an awesome breakfast indoors. This time I DID take pictures of the expansive buffet! Then we gathered up our laundry and off we went on our “laundry” journey, which was quite fun! First, the laundry was wheelchair accessible – big TICK mark! We did laundry in the open air with other Thai people – along with sitting and sweating away at the tables in the laundromat. Our driver was to pick us up at 2pm and we were done by 1:30 so as there was a 7-11 across the road (there are TONS of 7-11’s here – just like Starbucks in North America). As Marriott only sells Pepsi around the world (only issue I have with them), I was starting to crave some Coke Zero. Got to 7-11 and they had HUGE steps. So crossed the road and sure enough in this man’s store there was a fridge with mini Coke Zero’s! I bough all 6 of them – they were 11 bhat each – so a total of 66 bhat and then Andrew got a rather large can of cold beer for 60 bhat so a total of 126 bhat or about $4 Cdn. To pay basically just over 40 cents for a Coke Zero was a bargain that I had never seen before! I was a very happy camper going back to the Marriott with our clean clothes and my Coke Zero stash! Our driver even saw us in the store and came to the curb to pick us up – he was running early!
Back at the Marriott, after relaxing from our outing, I finally got up the courage to look at what happened to my knitting – the green sweater was cut in 1 place (it is now completely put back into a ball) and the purple one was cut in 3 places. I am going to have to make something smaller with that!
To resolve my knitting stress, I decided to have a massage. I THOUGH I signed up for a head, neck, upper back massage however once I got into the facility (it was not accessible I found out so they took my through a back route and into a private building instead used for couples massages) – it was at totally different massage I received. Holy smokes! It was a good thing I am taking pain medication as even at a “gentle” rating, those Thai fingers can be nasty! The massage starts with a feet cleanse which is traditional. Then you get onto the massage table. The massage table is a bit wider than the ones I am used to and that is because the lady gets up on the table and massages you from there – when it comes to your lower back and legs. Then she massages your upper back (I have no idea how she did that – she was on my side on the table) and then she goes to the front and massages your shoulders. As I did not really want to discuss my medical issues with her I did not tell her about my Botox on the right side of my neck and back. She could tell though! She told me my right side muscles are weak, which is a very true statement! So after an hour and a bit of that treatment I was ready for bed!
So we ordered room service for dinner! I ended the night with a far too big Creme Caramel which Andrew of course had to help me finish!