On Sunday, we went to the place called "Interesting Garden" for breakfast. It was close to the Cup, which we wanted to visit. I got the home breakfast and a pear latte, and Kate got a cappiccino. It was tasty. We climbed the Cup - nine stories with traditional folk ornaments displayed between stair flights. On top there were two levels - one like a walled ring with giant windows to look around, and the pot circulat platform to see the panorama. After that we took a trolleybus №5 instead of the autobus of the same number, so we got to a flee market instead of the zoo. Among thousands of trinkets there I saw a tiny red leather bound copy of Omar Hayam's selected poems in the Tatar language, but the gem was already snatched by a quicker buyer. We came home to chill under the AC and ate echpochmaks. At half to eight we went to the Kayuma Nasiri str - a central part of the Old-Tatar sloboda. We got a spiced tea and went to a shop near the hotel for souvenirs. In the hotel, I ate baursaks. We got the news that the flight back home got delayed for a few hours, so I had to shift some work to later, but it wasn't a problem

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This was a chill day also. Had breakfast - Kate seems to be enjoying the fruit. She got worried about sunburns and got me a white cotton outfit and some aloe gel, which was really nice of her. We managed to exchange some of our national currency into bats via telegram - turns out it’s quite easy and the fee is reasonable, so even if your cards don’t work, you’ll still be able to withdraw the money in Thailand. Also, today was the first time I tried Taco Bell - it doesn’t exist back home. We got 3 crispy chicken tacos, a quesadilla and some nachos. Tacos are on the smaller side, but everything was really tasty. We’ll go out in the evening as well, when the sun is not beating down on us as much

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I had the same breakfast, only it was dragonfruit instead of papaya. At 10:30 we went to some pharmacy, listened to a 30min-long lecture about Thai medicine and ended up buying some inhalers and a toothpaste. Next, we went to see the Big Buddha statue, and let me tell you, he biiig. I really enjoyed the place, and the view from the top of the mountain is amazing. At about 1pm we went to a snake farm, where we learnt a little about the snakes of Phuket. We watched a man kiss a cobra, which was fun. The guide lady there gave us some snake gallbladder-infuded rum and told us about the snake products they sell on the farm. There were also snakes in formaldehyde there. I took some pics with a python as well. We were home by about 3:30 and went to the pool. Later in the evening we went to Dino Bar, which is a dinosaur-themed restaurant, where we got Tom Yun, curry crabs, onion rings and some drinks

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This morning I got potatoes, sausages, some papaya, watermelon slices and pineapple juice. While having breakfast, I met Misha, a compat, who comes here mainly for diving. He gave me some advice on where to go. We went to the beach - the sand is nice, but I need better footwear. I bought 2 mangoes and an opened coconut with a straw. Then, there was a meeting with our guide, who gave us some info about excursions, and we picked a couple. After the meeting I went swimming in the hotel pool. and later we headed down to the "Red Chopsticks" restaurant, I had pad thai and Kate had fried tofu and a margarita. We saw a yellow-beaked bird - I don't know what kind -, who was trying to ask customers for food by singing its song next to the occupied tables. Later in the evening, we went to the Kata night market and bought some fruit and also got snacks and drinks at the nearby 7-eleven

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at 5:55am: We've passed all the controls and got our departure stamps. I got Kate a bottle of diet coke at the duty free shop for a euro. I've downloaded a couple of videos by LJR from the Halo series to watch on the plane - 8-9 hours is a long flight at 8:54pm: We've landed in the rain, It's already quite dark. Before getting the luggage, where I left out QR codes, we needed to get through passport control, which needed the QR codes. Luckily, I had exchanged half of our money into bahts and got us local sim cards with unlimited internet access (not with the whole half of our money ofc). We were able to fill all the forms even though my phone died. We went through and got the luggage. The nice ladies at the info boot helped us find out transfer and we arrived at the hotel at about 22:50 local time. We took a shower and went to the shops and got some snacks

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