Day 49, Thurs June 6 - Packing, playing and preparing to leave....

Today with less than 48 hours to go it was time for the test run of packing the bags, no more hypothetical discussions about whether it will all fit. Turns out both parties have sufficient space and can even squeeze a bit more in..... Shame we are down to the last few Baht.

    Brent and Les are looking good!  Ooooops forgot to put the Suit Bag in the photo!

   Kim and Russell are getting there..... Even room for the biscuit tins!!

While the trial pack was going on it was a chance to sort out any excess items that would not be making the trip back to NZ. We ended up with quite a pile.... From vegemite to face masks, from instant noodles to coconut lollies and instant coffee to novels. While we are not happy to give money to beggars we decided to put the booty into bags and give them to a couple of people on the street when we went out in the evening. 

About mid-day we went back to Song Pee Nong and had a lovely brunch then spent the afternoon reading, swimming and generally enjoying the last of our summer. About 7.30 decided it was time to go to the Barefoot  Beach Shack restaurant (for the third time!!!) for our last official dinner in Thailand. On our way we came across one Mum and toddler on the side of the road and deposited one bag with her.  She looked really pleased and the little girl was straight into it to see what she might find!

   Walking Street...... it gets closed off at night and the bars rage on till the wee small hours.

We continued on to the Restaurant, it was busy tonight but we were more than happy to sit in the cool of the evening having a cool drink while we waited for our delicious meal.

    Ready to order our last beach meal of the trip.

As expected we soon had wee children coming to the table selling flowers.  We didn't buy any but the littlest girl became the recipient of the second goody bag..... it was a delight to see her face when she realised we were serious and she was allowed to have the bag.  The dear wee thing could hardly lift the bag but her smile spread from ear to ear!

    Brent and the happy wee Flower Seller with her goody bag.

Finished the meal and had a lovely walk back along the beach to "home".

Saying good-bye to Day 49......