Not more than an hour and they are gone. From now until noon only a few people are still breakfasting. Usually it is hot already at this time of the day. Thai people are not great breakfasters and most farangs are either still asleep or at work already. Lunch is even slower.
Every sensible person rests in the shade, taking a nap.
Time for the girls to rinse the vegetables and prepare the meat. Only from four o'clock in the afternoon things begin to happen gradually. The first boozers show up. Hippies with long hair and beard, which have mistaken the direction of Goa, India. There is always the odd guest or couple with a rucksack or a sportsbag.