When I walked out from KK one Sunday morning.

My walk today was unplanned other than going on the opposite direction from yesterday. As luck would have it I was in the centre of a Sunday market within a few minutes with the usual mixture of the unusual .. the bizarre ... and straightforward tat!  ... but what was interesting was a group of 20 or so people at the edge of the street givng reflexology treatment to passers by.   Not much unusual in that you might think but . .. they were all blind as were the group performing just down the street from them ... what an amazing idea.  Further on I found a stall selling what looked like very sharp swords modelled on what the locals used some time ago in their headhunting occupation! ... considering in the UK it's now quite difficult to even buy a sharp kitchen knife it came as rather an amusing shock!

Having soaked up the Sunday market I continued in the general direction and nearly turned back when I found myself in the middle of a run down industrial estate .. but eventually I was into a tree lined avenue with the sea on my left and in the distance a cove beckoned.  The area turned out to what I imagine is where the prosperous go 'play' at the weekend with a sandy beach and a loud event going on with guest speakers .. games on the beach .

street vendors selling local.delicacies and hundreds of young people competing by building sandcastles and painting ..It was really good and as I was the only white face in the entire crowd I knew I was in the right place!  

As per normal everyone was incredibly friendly and many wanted to practise their English ... just as I was leaving a group of young schoolgirls called out to me and after going through the usual where do you come from why are travelling alone we had photo time (this is the closest I will ever come to having my own harem!)  It was another hot walk home but on the way I saw a lizard ... nothing exceptional in that .... but this one was 1 metre long!  Unfortunately before I could find my camera he had shot off I into the undergrowth but talking to an Ozzie in my dorm he would probably have been a monitor.  All in all a good day.