Bangkok with Kids, Day 3 Part 1, Pattaya Floating Market

Kokotel provides pick and choose bfast! It has a swimming pool but unfortunately no gym. 

While the family was still sleeping, I decided to do my kickboxing hiit. It was so hot and humid. I was dripping sweat despite done this workout so many times. 

My view for my morning workout. 

Nobody was swimming, nobody was working out. There was this Indian dude sleeping on the beach chair. He was there before I did my workout and still there when I left. I duno why. 

I went back to the room and woke the family. Hey! It is bfast time!

For the sake of food, the girl started walking. 

Our morning itinerary was to the Pattaya Floating Market. We don't know how Nana was going to cope but decided to try anyway. I also reminded the boys, that they have to buy new T-shirts or otherwise, they can buy the Kokotel T-shirt. Hoho. 2 designs somemore. 

We had been grabbing everywhere and this was no different. We had pre-purchased the tickets from Klook that comes with the entrance and 20 mins of rowing boat. Who would be rowing the boat? 

The market was starting up and we were already lured by this rib.

We opted for the rowing boat early, hoping to avoid the sun/ heat. 

So who rowed the boat? Nobody.. we got cheated; our boat was motorised. Lol. The floating market was huge. Unlike the Bangkok one, there was rarely any sales on boats. Some of the food vendors were in boats, but docked to land. 

We sailed around the market and brought to see different parts of it, including a moo moo cow. We were trying to figure out if the cow is real and the boatman kindly "rowed" back. The cow responded to his call! Bcos it was fed the next moment. No wonder lah.

We alighted the boat and the kids were lured to feed little goats. 

The weather was so hot that eating an ice cream became a necessity. The kids said that this rolled ice cream is rarely available in Singapore. 

Then to the fish spa. 

The kids were so funny, 又怕痒，又要玩. We left them at the spa and went to explore, looking for Daddy Lim's T-shirt. We didn't find any though and decided that sitting down and drinking coconut was a better choice. This is called a Naked Coconut. Very refreshing. 

The kids decided that the weather was too hot and a 2nd ice cream was justified. This time, they had an expensive but unqiue ice cream. 

It was too early, too hot and we snacked too much to feel hungry. We decided to head back to the hotel for a rest. I so wanted to do massage and the kids were in agreement. We walked to the main road, found lunch at a coffee cafe bcos it was air-conditioned; it was really difficult to find food in our hotel's vicinity. We then headed to the nearest massage place bcos the sun was so hot, like skin burning hot. 

Zaky and I had feet massage while Nana did a head and shoulder massage bcos she is paika. Daddy Lim, who isn't a fan of massage, chose to use the cafe WiFi and aircon to wait for us. 

Shiok sigh..  only Nana complained that her masseur used too much strength and didn't lighten up much despite being asked so. 

We headed back to the hotel and decided to proceed with the 2nd activity only in the early evening, when the sun prepares to knock off. The kids were given the option to swim but nobody was keen. We rested and I happily took a nap. 

Good life.

Mummy Lim