Relax Until You're Blue in the Face!

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Today we took a long-tail boat over to Koh Tao for the afternoon to do some shopping. The village of Mae Haad is very small and rustic but has an abundance of shops, restaurants, massage parlors, internet cafes, and dive shops. J was overdue for another haircut at this point in the trip so we stopped into a local beauty shop. The lady there didn't speak much English, but did a very nice job on J's hair (see the photo). Afterwards we found a massage shop where I had a 1 hour Thai massage and J opted for the 1 hour facial rejuvenation. He thought he was getting a face massage, but ended up with a full-on facial! All of the ladies in the shop giggled as he lay there snoring with a blue mask on his face and I couldn't resist taking a photo. One of the gals was teasing him and jokingly called him a "lady-boy" for his extremely smooth skin. Afterwards, his skin was incredibly soft for days and now he understands why I enjoy facials so much.

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Photos

Turtle Island
Koh Tao means turtle island, so there's a big turtle statue in the bay.

One Sprite, One Fanta
With an appetizer of roasted cashews.

Best Two Pancakes
We bought one roti each from these vendors :-)

Spirit Houses
And DVD store.

DVD Sales
No problem here getting entire seasons or entire series of shows on DVD. About $2 per disc.

J Boats
These are actually in Koh Phangan; famous for it's full moon parties.

Swinging Onto the Boat
We took a ferry, rather than the longtail boat back to Koh Nangyuan.