October 19th, 2009
Pointing Isn’t Impolite in Phuket
We are in Phuket right now, but we aren’t on the beach, so we can’t tell you too much about that part of it. We’re staying in the city and one of the five star hotels Phuket has and it’s pretty much like any of the other major cities of the world. We did some shopping and I got a pair of pants and two shirts and my sister got a pair of pants for only $32.00, which is one of the best bargains we’ve run into during our travels. We decided to get three items only, but the sales lady talked us into much more.
We’re leaving Phuket tomorrow, flying out on Air Asia. We already checked our flight and found that it has been delayed, which we consider a good omen, cause we can fit in a little bit more before we leave. We’re heading to Chiang Mai then to Bangkok and then to Hanoi. The whole flight was relatively cheap, about $280.00, which again is an excellent bargain. My sister did all the booking online. After we watched that show on T.V. where there are couples who get to travel all around the world and how easy it was for them to book cheap flights right on the spot, we thought we’d do the same, wing it during all our travelling. Most of our friends told us we were nuts, but so far, we’ve managed to save a lot of money but searching for the cheapest flight that day!
So, with the extra time we have because of our delayed flight, we checked out the local market. It turned out to be a food market, but it was really great. There were all sorts of foods on display, like purple eggs and intestines. We found a food vendors stall that had a lot of people in front of it and as we approached we saw people pointing. I guess that’s how you order food. So we decided that it would be fun to point to our food. I pointed to the rice and the beef curry. My sister pointed to the rice and a different curry. The dishes were quite scrumptious and cheap, about $2.80! We grabbed some drinks, again with the pointing method, we don’t know what it was but it was yellow, kind of tasted like a watered down fruit juice. After we finished that, we found a sweets vendor and pointed to what looked like pancakes with yellow balls rolled inside. They were very tasty! We figured we had to stop, or we’d point our way to explosion. We were so full!
This experience at the food market was great! I’d like to see something like this back in the States. It was really fun and all the food was fantastic. Maybe will find something similar in Hanoi.
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