So checked into my hostel on the infamous Khao San Road which is litterally packed with travelling westeners. A busy dirty market street selling anything you could possibly imagine. At first I found it quite overwhelming as for the past month all I had seen everyday was 99% asian faces so to see a load of westeners was quite a culture shock. Especially when most of them were wearing bikinis ;) Although it was busy, you could tell it was a lot more of a relaxed atmosphere here and before long I was dozing by the pool in my hotel.
Woke up and decided to freshen up and sample the local nightlife. As I was on my own I thought Id practice my Hong Kong trick of getting some beer from the 7-11 and sit on the kurb and booze for a bit. Before long some cute Thai girl with her male friend sat next to me and started chatting. Being the paranoid type I kept myself quite guarded as I didnt want to get done over. It turned out they were safe as houses and just wanted to brush up on her English by chatting to me. Within half an hour she was quite drunk and started crying about how her ex boyfriend cheated on her. Then she confessed that she liked me. Randomly, the guys I had been hanging with in Tokyo and Hong Kong walked by so gave me an excuse to exit into a bar. Still, I gave her a snog (and she scared the hell out of me as she practically bear hugged me and wouldnt let me go!) and she gave me her phone number. Guess what her name was? That's right....'Porn'. Had to try not to laugh as she wrote down her unfortunate name.
Caught up with the guys and they filled me in on how theyd been to a ladyboy bar the previous night and was harrassed by them all. I had only seen one at that point and it was only what I can describe as a rugby player in a blonde wig and makeup. He/She was obvioulsy very recently post-op as he/she had all bruises up his/her throat where he/she'd had their adams apple done. Tits like mini footballs. Ridiculous. Anyway, before long we were boozing nicely and ended up watching a 'show' where bizzarly we watched women play ping pong, darts and write their name with paint.....very entertaining ;) All the while with women round you saying 'I like you' and grabbing you. Uh oh! Think I'm gonna like it here. Also managed to get a record 7 people in a tuk tuk and asked him to do wheelies at the traffic lights for good measure (Ah the great ideas you get when your drunk!) A good night out was had by all and repeated again the next night too.
'Pontypool on a Friday'
Left for Phuket yesterday and had the scariest taxi ride of my life. The crazy bastard was going 120mph bumper to bumper weaving in and out of traffic like a loonie. And all he kept saying was 'Ting Tong'. I was tired and hung over and this was not what I wanted. I decided that Bangkok is a polluted, dirty shithole. As we were driving to the airport I thought it was an overcast day. Realised later it was smog hanging over the entire city! It was a clear day its just you couldnt see the sun. Was like driving through fog. Disgusting. Never seen so many cars on roads. Anyway have got here in Phuket now and will report soon for xmas. Its 29C, sunny and by the beach. Wonder what its like in the UK....;)
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