Day 26: November 19th

This morning we got up around 7:15am and got ready to go. We had to be to the place where we bought the cooking tickets by 8:10am. The guy picked us up and took us to Lanta Thai Cookery.  The place was nice and clean. There were only three other people taking the class so us 5 were the majority. They had three different times that you could schedule for. An 8:30am, a 1:30pm or a 5:30pm. They are all 4-hour classes and each session has different food options available. Two of our favorite dishes so far have been the green curry and Pad Thai. We all really want to know how to make them so that hopefully we can make it for our families when we get back home. These two options were only offered in the morning so we decided to go with that. Plus the last class of the day was B1500 per person instead of B1000 like the other two options. We got to pick four items to make. We chose Pad Thai, Tom Yam Soup, Green Curry and Curry Paste. It was quite the experience. Everything we put in was fresh. Each potion we made was enough for one person so we all got to eat it after we were done. They had us chop up all the ingredients for each dish before we actually cooked anything off. Thankfully Pad Thai was the first meal we made. We all had skipped breakfast and were looking forward to it. It was really delicious. By the second dish we weren’t that hungry. Tom Yam Soup was our second meal and it was really good. None of us had had it before. It has a lime base that makes it distinct. Our 3^rd and 4^th choices go together. We made the paste and then used the fresh paste in the green curry that we made. It was amazing but once again we were all so full it was hard to eat much. We finished up and they took us back to our place. We paid rent for the mopeds and the rooms and then decided to go shopping again at our favorite market. Once again it poured for a little and we hid under the store covers till it passed. John decided it was his turn to get his hair done so we went to our same barbershop for John’s haircut. Got some fresh pineapple on our way out. We went back to the room and chilled for a little while. Some of us were tired from the unusually early start lol. How sad is that. =) Eventually Brent headed down to grab a bite to eat, followed by Rose and John, and then Bruce and I came down last. We all kind of ordered at different times. Walked on the beach again and then hit the sack.