It’s the day for our 1st shore excursion! However, we would only reach the port at around 1pm. So, we still had a few hours to spare before that. And that means we could cover quite abit of other activities! After a satisfying breakfast, hubby and I went to the rock wall while baby took a nap in my parents’ room.
At the rock wall, there were multiple coloured routes we could choose to conquer! All we needed was a pair of socks and comfortable attire and then we were good to go! Hubby, as usual, completed the routes without breaking a sweat (maybe just a little). For me, I could only say ‘good try‘!
As we had lunch at the buffet area, we could see that the cruise had already arrived at the port. Most people were finishing up their food and getting ready to disembark!
For our first day at Pattaya, we went on a 5-hour tour to visit the Sanctuary of Truth and the Pattaya Floating Market. Our meeting point for disembarkation was at the theatre. It was there that we collected our stickers which indicated our bus number. I was quite impressed with how orderly everything went!
That morning, we had already collected our passports because Thailand required us to hold our passport in hand while clearing the immigration on the first day we port there. The process was fast as there were many counters opened. Very soon, we were on our bus and ready to go!
Sanctuary of Truth was about 30mins drive from the port. It is a building built using very traditional methods, with no nails or screws holding the structure. Carvings were all done by hand! We had to wear helmets as renovation to some sections were still ongoing. It was really really warm there though!
Next, we went to the Pattaya Floating Market. It was not what I had imagine based on my idea of the floating market at Bangkok. I thought we would be on the boats. Instead, it was more of walking while the some food were being sold on the boats. At least we got to eat the mango sticky rice and grill squid. That made me feel a little more like I’m in Thailand! But because it was very touristy, things were quite pricely compared to other parts of Thailand too! We spent about an hour there before heading back to our cruise for dinner! By the time we were back, baby had fallen alseep in the bus!
That night after dinner, we went to make use of my drinks package and played at the Bionic Bar. It’s very fun here because all we had to do was choose a drink we want using the ipads on the table. Once the order is sent, one of the two robots would be seen preparing the drinks by picking the right juices and mixing them. It looks like a robot dance with them shaking their bodies! Of course, there are alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks to choose from. We could only choose the non-alcoholic ones!
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