We had breakfast at My House. Boy is the coffee strong there, and not really very good. I much prefer Ricky’s. But My House has convenient Internet access and the food is good. I was going to take a lazy day, but figured I should do some small bit of walking so I headed for the pier and took a boat to the Oriental Hotel area.
I’d read that it was the upscale tourist area, and it is. You can tell because they have stores instead of the usual street vendors and the store fronts are very sophisticated and well maintained.
First I headed for the muslim area to find the Haroon mosque. As I walked into the alleyway that marked the boundary of the muslim area I realized I was way underdressed. I hadn’t anticipated that it would be even more clothes conscious than visiting the Wats. How silly, of course they cover up even more than the Thai people do when going to the temples and here was I dressed in my short shorts and little T-shirt. Oops. I walked a little way into the alley but passing the muslim women dressed from top to bottom with their long dresses and heads covered with scarves I felt too uncomfortable so backed out without seeing the mosque.
Back on the street the stores I passed clearly were aimed at the wealthy. After a while I got fed up of the sameness of it all, and my feet were hurting with the new flip flops I was wearing so I headed home.
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