Our Market Days

Hey Tara do you think the food has gotten blah at the restaurants on our island >< ??

Well it started out tasting really yummy but as the days go by and the more food we eat I can’t help but notice that the both of us are dragging ass….

Yeah I agree, what the bleep do they keep putting on our food that’s makin’ us feel bad?! I swore the other day that my noodles were made out of shaved snail butts.

Snails have butts? I think you are obsessed with butts, first cats, now snails… In fact I think I do know. Even though MSG has been taken out of most of the food in the States, turns out that in the Asian countries they put MSG in EVERYTHING! Not only that but they sprinkle it on top of your food like some sort of garnish. It’s in every kitchen right next to the salt, flour etc, a huge container of MSG…

I must be hangin around your Dad too much…gah his butt fetish is dangerously close to rubbing off on me…at least his brother had the kindness to admonish me. Haha just kidding Eric ^_^ Ok back to the MSG, you CAN really taste it and thank goodness that we ran into some fellow travelers that not only directed us to a better place to stay on the island – but they also shared some secrets about cooking your own food on the island! They let us borrow a burner and we are filling a propane tank today. They also directed us to a local market that’s about 1 hour from the island. We have to take a boat, then we ride in the back of a truck and finally we walk around the town of Krabi!. We bought a weeks worth of groceries for the cost of a single meal on the island! What did you think of the markets?

Well as long as we stuck to our new found vegetarian diet and avoided the carnivorous aisles, we were golden. Enduring the smell of raw fish mixed with pig and chicken is rough. Actually we had a really great time and it was really nice to be able to plan out meals and get fresh fruits/veggies. The meals on the island have been really measly, even after our stomachs have shrunk, we end up going to bed hungry at night and Jon tends to eat tons of peanuts and ritz crackers right after dinner. Apparently, there is a restaurant mafia on the island that requires all restaurants to keep their prices within a certain range. They can get away with it because there are only little mini marts on the island (with much inflated prices) and you must take a boat into the next closest town to have any sort of supermarket. So we are sticking it to the man and making our own food for the rest of our stay!

Heck ya I’m so excited! ZOMG guess what else?! I love Swenson’s like a fat kid loves cake! Tara I can’t believe we used to have these stores in the States, I’ve never been to one. You went when you were younger right? They are SO good and by FAR the best ice cream treats I’ve ever had. So I guess all that’s left for our day is to get a few pots, some utensils, olive oil, bread/pastas and to pick up our propane tank, right? I’ll admit that we’re gonna have to take lots of breaks b/c right now we are both carrying a lot of weight.

Yup slow and steady. My Nana used to take us when we went to visit in Napa, CA of course she preferred the huge ice cream dish with over ten scoops. I’m sure you would/could eat it if you tried ;) So we’ve decided to stay on the island until the Sep 15^th and will be making market runs every week. However, that doesn’t mean that we have decided where we are going to go next…

P.S Happy 27^th(?) Anniversary to Eric and Linda!

P.P.S We have listened to requests and will be posting more pictures!