Ao Nang
January 5th, 2016
We didn’t do much today. We had breakfast at the hotel where I watched a couple of middle-aged women go back and forth the buffet slicing up an entire loaf of bread and ordering a half-dozen omelettes. They made egg sandwiches and wrapped food to go. By the time they left, they had a grocery sized bag full of food. It doesn’t matter if it is Costco or if it is a nice resort, when it comes to a buffet or free food, people have no shame.
I went to update my website and found that the internet was unusable. The front desk said that it was because there were too many people using it. We decided to go for a walk and stopped at Starbucks to use their internet connection. I was surprised to see that they were getting away with charging western prices – then again, I paid them. There was a McDonalds next door. We hadn’t had the best luck with restaurants in Ao Nang so we decided to have lunch there.
As we walked around Ao Nang, we noticed that most of the restaurants had Indian food. In fact, everything was Indian / (something) / (something). There were Indian people with Indian accents standing outside the restaurants aggressively trying to get anyone into their restaurants. Besides Indian food, most of the restaurants sold Pizza, burgers, Thai and Italian food. The menus weren’t a couple of pages but rather a book. Personally I would prefer a place that has fewer menu items that are really good as opposed to a long menu of mediocre food.
We had tried one of the Indian/Thai Food/Pizza places the night before. It was recommended by tripadvisor.com and it took 45 minutes to get our food. When we expressed our dissatisfaction the manager tried to tell us that it was our fault for ordering grilled items. No apology was given and I felt like insult was added to injury. The night before we tried pizza and although it said it had a wood-fire oven, the crust was soggy. After a couple of notoriously bad meals, McDonalds seemed like a good option. In Thailand, they have fried chicken!
As pretty as the beaches around Ao Nang was, I am not sure I would return. The streets as well as the beaches were congested. While walking around the town, I felt like I was constantly fighting off aggressive restaurant hosts aggressively trying to get me to look at their menus. Most of the shops sold t-shirts or Thai souvenirs. Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t dislike Ao Nang, just not sure I would go back.
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