We slept in until noon, and after our 15 hours of sleep, felt miraculously better - literally it took a miracle to save us from our desperation the night before. We are now feeling much better.
The title of this blog is available on t-shirts here and best summarizes this city on the island of Phuket. Walking the one block from our hostel to the beach, we passed by a plethora of bars filled with fat, shirtless, overly tan, elderly Australian men, drinking beers with young Thai women whose breasts are proportionately large for their body size.
Luckily, the beach was much less sleazy, and we were able to relax and recover in the bright Thai sun for the day. When two fairly attractive young white females approached us on the beach, we were pretty excited to finally meet some Americans. However, like Vegas, whenever someone attractive approaches you here, it's because they are either a club promoter or a hooker. These two happened to have been the former, trying to sell us an open bar at their club for 30 USD. In the midst of their pitch, one of the girls pointed to Danny's book and asked him, "Oh, are you a reader?", to which Danny replied, "Yes, I am literate." How typical of Sac State graduates.
While looking for a place to eat dinner, we strolled down a small side street. Danny grabbed Ashwin's shoulder and shouted, "This is the gay street!" Ashwin replied with "How do you know?" to which Danny pointed to the left, where there was a bar full of gay men, most of which were making out. We quickly turned around and powerwalked towards the mainstreet as one of the bar patrons started approaching us saying in an extremely effeminate voice, "Hey boys, want a drink, or a massaaaage?"
That night, we decided to explore the Patong nightlife - Patong makes Vegas look like an Amish parish. The streets were filled with ladyboys, old men holding hands with their Thai hookers, and even European families with small children (we seriously question their parenting skills - in America, Child Protection Services would not let this happen). Oh, by the way, we went to the club the Sac State girls tried to sell us tickets to - for free. As our moral fiber was wearing down, we retired back to the hostel early.
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Sorry to hear of your affliction, but happy to know that you have recovered. Reminds me of the old Sac State bromide, "boot and rally."
ReplyDeleteStrange how a coconut did you in. I'd have thought it would have been that delectable mouthwatering pig's head. I've copied the CDC preventive measures at the bottom of this missive to help you from any further suffering.
Curious to hear how Phuket is doing following the Tsunami and if Danny was reading Alex Garland's, The Beach. Please take care and enjoy.
Travelers can minimize their risk for TD by practicing the following effective preventive measures:
Avoid eating foods or drinking beverages purchased from street vendors or other establishments where unhygienic conditions are present
Avoid eating raw or undercooked meat and seafood
Avoid eating raw fruits (e.g., oranges, bananas, avocados) and vegetables unless the traveler peels them.
If handled properly well-cooked and packaged foods usually are safe. Tap water, ice, unpasteurized milk, and dairy products are associated with increased risk for TD. Safe beverages include bottled carbonated beverages, hot tea or coffee, beer, wine, and water boiled or appropriately treated with iodine or chlorine
I am SO glad you are feeling better, professed AND evidenced by that amazing comeback to "Are you a reader?" I think you are good as new!
ReplyDeleteAs I mentioned in my email to Ashwin, the downside of your daily blogs is that if a day (, or two, or three!) goes by without an entry I freak out. You warned us about the elephant village blackout, but this one was a surprise. I am sure you can't predict when you will be out of touch, but keep in mind that there is at least one incurable worrier among your followers. :-| Love you guys.
When a day or two goes by without a blog entry, not only do your folks get to worrying, but your devout readers miss out on the serial nature of the blog entries. I understand it isn't easy to find an Internet cafe that doesn't cater only to its regular World of Warcraft customers, or have computers and an Internet connection to your liking. Furthermore, I'm sure you have better things to do with your time then type a daily entry. But nonetheless, we sure enjoy hearing from you and appreciate your efforts to make a daily entry.
ReplyDeleteI laughed myself silly after first reading this post. “Yes, I am literate”…so typical Danny.
ReplyDeleteI loved the part about the Australians because it really is quite characteristic of how they like to spend their vacations: drinking in Thailand. Both times I’ve visited, it seemed like half the population was off somewhere in Southeast Asia and well, drinking is their national past time, lol.
Oh, and I could just picture the looks on your faces when you realized you were on the gay street. Priceless. "Hey boys, want a drink, or a massaaaage?" lol, seriously priceless.