Day: The Eighth

Today we decide that a ride to the highest mountain is in order, seeing as yesterday turned out to be a bit of an undomesticated water fowl pursuit. I was feeling fairly crap at breakfast, so we decided to delay leaving for an hour or two. I used the time to read a guidebook, which confirmed what the proprietor of the hotel had said: namely that even though it was only a 100km from here to the top, the last 40 km would take at least four hours return. April had taken the time to get her nails done at a massage/beauty parlor close by. I was persuaded to have a Thai massage (back/neck/shoulders, $12/hr). April paid for me, thank god, because at the end I was completely incapable of controlled movement.... I was so relaxed that they poured me into my boots. Later we went to a mall April had found out about (starting to see a theme here??). The latest Harry Potter movie in English with a thai subtitle was about to start. The only other time I have watched a Harry Potter movie was with April in Cairns, in 2003. Starting to see another theme?

The day seemed to disappear, food, a little shopping, and restarting blogging seemed to take care of the day quite nicely.