Day 20 29 August

Today was a rest day. My legs were still feeling a little tight from yesterdays rock walking.

There were some optional activities, but none appealed to me.
Instead I had a walk around the town and visited the local market. As a market it was not as crowded as others had been. I hadn't tried to bargain so I thought I should try.

I thought that I should buy something for Astrid and Soren. I selected tee shirts. The first price was $5 a shirt. After sometime I ended up getting 4 tee-shirts for $6. Bargaining if you don't care whether you purchase the goods or not can be quite fun. As I had found out in Mexico the greatest tool for bargaining was to walk away, you soon find out what they are willing to accept.

I had a walk through the old French area, not an overly exciting activity.

After lunch of spring rolls and a watermelon shake I did some more walking before returning to the hotel to consider what to do for dinner

                      The restaurant I had lunch at and the place I worked my way through their range of shakes.

                                                        Below some street scenes

                                                       Parts of the old French quarter

                                                     

For dinner I went to a different restaurant, definitely upmarket, and had sweet and sour pork washed down with a Margarita.

A very pleasant meal.

Not looking forward to a 9hr bus trip to Bangkok in the morning.