A few snippets that have entertained Claire and I during our
stay here…
Holiday in’t mine
The resort is Tin Mine themed. Of course. Turns out, before
it was a tourist have, Phuket was a huge tin mining area. So our resort owners
decided to give their gaff a distinctive theme to make it memorable that is
anchored in the past. It’s a bit full on – e.g. all the bars have metallic
names (Rivet, Plumb); the cutlery is shaped like wrenches and spanners; all the
décor is metallic – see the bolted metal swing seat held up with chains
overlooked by a smiley face made of industrial cast offs below. Excellent if
odd theme.
Having such a nice
time…?!
It’s been a great resort to people watch in. By far our
favourite is a Russian couple who are always at the same infinity pool as us
(what an awful sentence, sorry!). The woman of the pair always arrives wearing
a tiny bikini, massive sunglasses, huge high heels (to the pool!) and a filthy scowl. She stalks around taking photos with her
SLR camera or moodily posing next to tin-mine-themed-gubbins, or openly sneering
at the awful, scruffy Brits messing about with a ball in the pool. She and her
husband do not exchange a word; nor does she smile. Ever. Fun. Fun. Fun.
Banana art?
We had a great laugh doing a 4-hour Thai cooking course as an
anniversary present to ourselves, esp as we cooked with such a fun bunch of
other guests and a giggly, expansive instructress called Ann. Highlight
photo-wise was accidentally creating a banana fritter that looks EXACTLY like Australia.
It even has a Tasmania, look! Couldn’t fashion a giant Lion’s head eating the
Aussie banana whole, though…
Do mention the war, apparently…
Finally, we had a great last evening hanging out with our
cooking buddies Stephanie and Sven, a couple from France/Germany who live in
Switzerland. As the cocktails flowed, we had such cross-cultural exchanges as Claire
and I teaching them the Peter Kay-inspired “Walking to the dancefloor walk”,
and Sven teaching us the “German gangster walking to the dancefloor walk”. And I
was on my best Basil Fawlty-esque behaviour of NOT mentioning the war. I thought
mentioning the Franco-Prussian war by mistake (as you do) was bad enough, when
out of nowhere, Sven was the one to
make a joke about The War! Don’t let anyone tell you the Germans don’t have a
sense of humour…
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