Lovin' Lampang

Fresh pineapple on the veranda. Amazing, so sweet and delicious. After enjoying our pineapple we did a few printing tasks in town and had a wander. Today was Christine's pampering day in Lampung. She first had a haircut at the barbers. She only needed a trim so we trusted the job to the 'nice old fella' in the same road as we were staying. Next she was having a new pair of shoes. Well not exactly. We needed to find a shoe repairer to glue the soles back on her sandals. We found a little shoe repair stall and watched as the owner carefully did the job of gluing it back together.

Continuing our walk, we saw what looked like an ice cream seller. In fact it was and he was making ice cream sandwiches! We didn't try one but opted for ice cream in a bowl with peanuts and loads of chocolate sauce. A special treat for Christine.

We found a small park near a school and it seemed to be school finishing time. All of the children were playing on the climbing frames and slides waiting for their parents to collect them. After a while we noticed a number of small stalls where the children were buying snacks. We went over to investigate and ended up with a tasty noodle soup in a cup. It was a little strange because the plastic cup seemed to be lined with a plastic bag and the soup was in the bag. We were unable to work out the reason but the soup was good!

We ambled back to our room and hid from the heat. Our room is air-conditioned, not just a fan room, so it feels like luxury.

After an amazing dinner last night we decided to go back to the same restaurant. Once again they did not disappoint. The food was amazing, especially the deep fried cauliflower with sweet chilli dip.

We purchased more rice crackers as we left and headed in the direction of the market. Christine was left in charge of buying hot soya milk and Darryl went off to see the pineapple lady. The soya milk had all been sold and all that was left was 1 bag of black juice and another of yellow juice. After Christine and the stall holder had used Google Translate to figure out what they were in English, it was still a mystery! However, that was all that was left, so the friendly man gave Christine both and said she only had to pay for one! He then packed up and went home. Darryl also did pretty well. The pineapple lady found a nice ripe one and chopped it up. She then decided it was a little small so chopped up another and gave Darryl both!  

We celebrated our successful trip to the market with rice crackers and what turned out to be black soya milk and what tasted like pureed sweet potato.  Back on our balcony we listened to live music from the bar next door.