Things Done Thailand
February 5, 2012
- Feasting on red chili shrimp on the beach at night – feet in the sand.
- Returning to the same “on the beach restaurant” the next day for lunch to sample their curry
- Getting bent, beat up, and contorted in a Thai massage, but it felt so good
- Seeing that the bar girl culture is unfortunately just as strong as what I read
- Riding on the back of a scooter
- Eating dinner with an ex-mobster
- Cave canoeing under sleeping bats
- Boating around the 42 islands of Phong Ma Bay
- Drinking more Chiang beer than I should
- Watching the sunset from our balcony over the Andaman Sea
- Overflowing our balcony Jacuzzi
- Dining on whole fried red snapper with three flavors (Yum, yum, and yum)
- Wasting away on Kamala Beach as complete beach bums
- Eating lousy Pad Thai
- Eating really good Pad Thai
- Checking out the Lady Boy scene in Pa Tong
- Seeing more bar girls, everywhere!
- Getting stuck at a bar in a monsoon for over an hour and watching a man dry hump a “lady boy” on the bar across the street
- Missing the free shuttle to the hotel during said monsoon and having to catch a ride in a cab through winding narrow lanes in the chaos of Thai traffic – all while the cabbie belted out Lady Gaga at the top of his lungs
- Crisping at the pool overlooking the Andaman Sea
- Feeding, bathing, and jumping out of the way of elephants
- Drinking Black Label while writing
- Getting pinched by the hostess at a bar in that playful Thai manner – The Land of Smiles
- Having the Elephant Nature Park tour guide take a picture of me in my swimsuit and joking that she wished it was a “mankini”
- Going to a popular night spot in Chiang Mai for dinner and sticking around after all the white people left to dance to an all Thai band playing American pop songs
- Eating an amazing Thai dinner at Lemongrass for less than $10. We’re talking tantalizingly good.
- Learning to cook Thai at an organic farm. “Learning” is used lightly.
- Getting annoyed by chefs not making my food spicy enough
- Temple hopping until my feet were ready to fall off and I was tired of seeing Buddhas
- Bartering at the Chinese market for knock-off Berks
- Tuk-tuk rides
- Street food
Great post and I love the pictures!
Thank you! It was an amazing trip.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful 😀 I wish I could afford a trip to Thailand 🙂
Thanks! Getting to Thailand is the biggest cost. But with some budgeting, we made it!
We are heading to south east Asia next month. This post is getting the excitement in me to rev up. Can’t wait!
You’ll have a blast. Let me know if you have questions about Thailand.