June 11, 2024
Shopping

This island totally exist on tourism, so SHOPPING abounds!! There are shops for everything. YUMBO
is giant complex right behind our hotel and it also has a ton of restaurants and clubs - a very hopping spot all day long. Today, Peter & Cris and I explored further and took a free bus to another part of the island, Puerto Rico
and the bus was provided by the Mogan Mall.
Shops were a bit more upscale here but it was interesting to see a more arid side of the island.

I really enjoyed my first trip to Thailand! On our final morning here we went to try breakfast at this spot, down the road, we had been hearing rave reviews on, King Of Bread . The hype was correct, the breakfast was delicious and they had some unique choices. I had eggs benedict on a croissant, in lieu of the standard english muffin and Bosco had it on Milk Bread, which was equally tasty.

We love having authentic experiences with locals to really get a chance to see how they live and thrive in the Ports we visit. So when I found a cooking class, by a local woman offered in her home, we were excited to book. Um ( our teacher) picked us and brought us back to our hotel along with the family of 4 from Sydney, Australia, that had also signed up for this afternoon class. Um's house, which has a lovely open air kitchen, garden and dining area, was about a 30 minute drive and turned out to be on the beach, right next to the Grandparent Rocks.









