Shopping and beers in Palolem

Palolem Beach, sunset

Loot! Ring, anklets and dress

When we rose this morning I was feeling slightly under the weather. Whether it was last night's delicious meal, the fact that I used tap water to wash my mouth out last night or something completely unrelated we will never know.

When I gathered myself we decided that today would be a day for shopping. Shopping for both ourselves and for those we love so....keep your eye on the post ladies and gents. Like pro shoppers, we scoured the main street up and back and up again to gauge prices. To mull it all over we needed sustenance and found it in the form of a long awaited Deadly Nachos back at Cafe Fiesta. Then it was buying time.

We went all out for once and got ourselves some souvenirs and some souvenirs for a few of our nearest and dearest. We bargained, bargained and bargained some more, determined not to pay what the less informed tourists have paid. We relished in the fact that a guy had quoted us a good price for some clothes yesterday so we used that as a good starting point, scoffing silently at those who tried to rip us off but, knowing deep down, we were just like everybody else.

Puppy love

After a few trips home to dump our loot, as to not show the next shopkeeper just how much shopping we were doing, we had collected enough. And, our plan to not show where we'd been or what we'd been doing didn't exactly when one shop keeper openly told us he'd seen us shopping elsewhere. Darn it! And my sparkly new anklets were probably not helping our cause.

After showers to wash the grime of haggling off, we headed to the beach for some refreshing beers at Cafe del Mar. It was a delightful afternoon of people watching while we drank and ate chips and tempura vegetables. To enhance the evening even further there was a pug dog puppy. We eyed each other across the room and then enjoyed some cuddles beachside. Then....the inevitable happened. Just as we thought about ordering dinner the music suddenly took a turn from classic 70s, 80s and 90s to trance. We moved on.

Ewwww...trance at dinner time

Mama Rita's, Palolem Beach

After some photos of the beautiful orange sunset, with fishing boats dotting the scene, we found Mama Rita's playing Bob Marley and Michael Jackson. Yes please! We settled in with the sand between our toes, the sun setting and candles burning for our last Western dinner at Palolem. Burger and pizza. The trance wasn't just at Cafe Del Mar and tried its best to infiltrate our dining experience but we tuned our ears to the pop and reggae of Mama Rita's.

Palolem Beach