Oldies but goodies

Hua Hin
I was really looking forward to going to Hua Hin again for my first official week back in Thailand after traveling for so long. The beach there is beautiful, the night life fun but not overwhelming, and there is always something going on. Unfortunately, this trip did not really live up to the last one.

Because of all of the flooding that Thailand has been experiencing this rainy season the beach was a complete disaster. What was before clean, beautiful, soft white sandy beaches was now covered with debris, trash, and general ugliness. As we were walking along the sand there were Thai people sweeping trash into the ocean as it washed up onto the shore... of course the trash would come right back so other than being really sad and gross it also just made no sense. Ohhh Thai people.

Despite the beach we did get some tanning in and also went to Cicada market where I had gone last time. We perused the markets, got some Leos, and watched the kids break dance for awhile. Funnyyy. Naaalak. We also ended up finding this really good but expensive restaurant with duck curry, pizza, and crab cakes (all in one meal... what a combination) and a really good cafe the next morning that had cream cheese and lox on a bagel. AMAZING for Thailand. Finally, I have found the purpose of expats--providing food that I miss out on in the States.

The night life was also lacking from before, however, on Saturday night, HALLOWEENNN, we did end up finding a Johnie Walker club called High 4 that had a really strange show of girls in chains wailing about while men pretended to slash them. This is how Thais understand Halloween, Hahaha. It was also decked out with orange lights and had good music minus the Thai band that played every hour. Thai bands have their place but not in night clubs.

Pattaya
The following weekend I made my THIRD trip to Pattaya. Entirely too much if you ask me, however, we were less going for Walking Street and more going for Koh Lan, the island off of Pattaya. It was beautiful!! I was not feeling great after the debaucheries the night before in Bang Saen, however, I was conscious to note that this was one of the best islands that I have been thus far in Thailand. All was great except for the pushy Russians who were acting like they had to get on the boat OR ELSE DIE when we had to leave at the end of the day. Seriously, they were jumping into it from the shore, pushing people out of the way... ridiculous. It was such a mess. The Russian mafia controls the prostitution in Pattaya so there are a lot of them and they are all really fat and ugly. Sucks for the prostitutes for sure.

That night we had Indian food, soooo good. Then we passed out around mm 8:30pm. Yup, that's right. We went to Pattaya, the most notorious place in Thailand for a good night life and passed out after dinner. We were exhausted! I don't regret it at all, in fact it was perfect and we were able to get up early and spend a good part of the next day relaxing on Hot Jamtien Beach. Not a bad weekend at all.

Bangkok
I have been wanting to have a Bangkok weekend for soooo long. I still had drink tickets for RCA and really just wanted a fun weekend out without the hassle of traveling. It was perfect. We met friends, got drunk, danced a lot, went to Ko San Road after RCA closed, then I took a cab back to Sampran (cheaper than spending a night in Bangkok and I wake up in my own bed... I'm really getting old. It was awesome but I did note that if another African man or balding white guy hits on me I WILL LOSE IT.