Vanessa and I decided that today was going to be a day of shade, and not one bit too soon.

As I was getting dressed this morning, I noticed an odd brownish blemish on my back, and hastily concluded I was dying of skin cancer. I've been pretty good about putting on the sun screen and wearing tshirts, but this really bugged me out. It may very well be just a sun spot that got a bit charred while I was snorkelling, but still, when I get down to Kuala Lumpur or Singapore, I will hit the doctor's and get it checked out.

To keep my mind off my new phobia (and I have many) Vanessa and I took care of a few small errands (her flight to Bangkok from Krabi and moving to a cheaper place) and then headed off the the main town of Krabi. I have been looking for a Lonely Planet Malaysia and Singapore book. I found one, but it pained me to pay the $23.50 for it... I was hoping to find one at the used book shops, but no luck.

Vanessa found a necklace in a shop that was really nice, but I wouldn't let her buy it until we sat and had lunch and she could think about it. Even though it was really pretty, she admits now that it was best to not buy it because she is somewhat lacking funds.

On the way home, we hailed down a sawngthew, one of the share taxis that cruise around picking up passengers. We asked the price, he responded with 20 baht, which is what we paid to get to Krabi. We hopped in, and as he was driving us back, I noticed that he wasn't picking up other passengers. I asked Vanessa if she heard the price, and she also heard him say 20 baht each. When we reached our destination, we handed him the 40 baht (total) and he started writing 200 on a piece of paper. Yeah RIGHT!!! Buzz off buddy!! I took the 40 baht, laid it on his seat, and we walked away. We wandered a bit to make sure he didn't follow us and then headed back to our new place. I guess we were in the right, because he didn't make a big stink. Yet another scammer sent on his way.....