We arrived in Bangkok and got a taxi with Rob to our hostel Suk 11 we got showed to our room but as it was a really popular hostel they had no room for Rob so we walked around for a while trying to find a place for him that wasn’t too expensive as this area was fairly expensive. We got one down the road and then decided to go and get so nutritional food in Burger King (it had been a long time since we had any crap food). Damien’s sister had told him about a place called Soi Cowboy so we went in search for it. We eventually found it and it was a whole street full of girlie bars and neon signs. Not the place for a girl as I was the only one not working there!! We stayed for 1 drink in a bar where the girls were up on a platform kind of dancing wearing numbers on them. It was really degrading. After that we hoped in a taxi to go meet Eimear, Aoife and Mark as they were staying on the Koh Shan Road but the taxi driver informed us that we were a good 45 mins away and all of us were up early so we decided against it. We found a place near our hostel and had a few cheap beers.
We got up to get our Indian Visa sorted. We got a bike taxi to the place and got it sorted in about 10mins. Really easy. We left there and got a taxi to the bus station to find out what time the buses to Pattaya left at and rang Eamon to see when he would be available. We decided on the 2.30pm bus. We went off and met Rob for breakfast. We again went for the nutritional breakfast of Subway. We all went back to our hostel and played cards again!! We said our goodbyes and we headed off to the bus station. The bus journey was shorted then they told us and so we arrived there at 4.10. Eamon met us after a while and then we headed back to his place. He showed us a bit of Pattaya on the way and then we picked up Nijole. We went for dinner in Cherry’s. All you can eat!! After dinner Eamon showed us more of Pattaya including the seedy parts!! We went for a pint after and had our first Magners. It was nice and refreshing. Home and bed as we were pretty wrecked.
Woke up late and Eamon and Nijole had gone. We chilled on the balcony for a while as the sight from the 6th floor looking out onto the sea was amazing… We walked down into the centre and bought some new flip flops and met Faye & his girlfriend Goung. We went off with them to get some food in Crazy Dave’s. Lovely Food!! We decided to do some shopping after we ate so we went off to Mike’s SC and Damien bought some shorts (4euro for each Billabong shorts) and a top. After that we walked up to the new shopping Mall it was like Dundrum but nicer, for a moment we forgot we were in Thailand ! We met up with Eamon for dinner. We went to Cabbages and Condom’s. It’s a restaurant were the money they make goes towards villages and contraception. They also hire people from the villages to work in the restaurant. They had bikinis, Elvis and Santa made out of condoms! After dinner Eamon dropped us off at walking street where we met Faye. Faye brought us to a girly bar with naked chicks. Madness as soon as you walk in the door they are all over you well not Damien as they knew he was my boyfriend. We stayed for one drink but I felt really uncomfortable as I was the only girl in the place and I don’t think anyone was actually listening to me when I was talking. We wandered the streets for a while and then I spotted this place where they were doing cheap drinks. We went there but of course it was another girly bar! We walked in the door and there were 2 girls in a Jacuzzi washing them and other girls on stage. It actually wasn’t that bad as the girls seemed loads of fun and were really nice to me. We had a few drinks there and I saw a girl pop out ping pong balls and razorblades… I was in pain watching, she asked me do we do that in our country…. NO. We headed home after we ran out of money.
We got up and ate breakfast by the pool. After that Eamon and Nijole came out to us and Eamon wanted to show us the new hospital. We decided to go and as we were there Damien thought he would get his hand checked out. We were sitting in the waiting room and Damien saw a leaflet for the Swine Flu and of course had all the symptoms (we had been flu like for the past few days) so when he went in to see the hand specialist he asked could we get tested for the flu as well. We were sent upstairs where our blood pressure was taken, temperature taken and our weight. We then went in to see the doctor and he said we should get tested. I went in first to be tested. The test is done through a swab up your nose. She pushes the swab very far back in your nose and it is actually fairly painful. I came out and Damien went in, I could hear him in pain from the waiting room (very funny). We had to wait 40 mins for the results and they came back negative but he gave us prescriptions for loads of different tabs anyway. We went to pay for the test but we choose not to get the medicine as I knew I had a cold and amazingly Damien’s symptoms went away all by themselves!!! We headed off for dinner in an Italian place where they served some gorgeous pasta. After that we decided some hot whisky’s would do the trick so Eamon went into the shop to buy what he thought was whisky but was actually Rum but we still drank it… We watched a DVD and then headed to bed.
As we hadn’t done much in Pattaya except visit the hospital we decided to go and see Ripley’s believe it or not. They had 4 different things you could do. The first was a museum for some of the things and people he discovered, they had puzzles to figure out and some really interesting facts. After that we got some food and then went into the 4D film, a mad maze and the haunted house. After that we went back to the apt and headed down to the infinity pool for some RnR. Later on we went to the night market with Eamon and Nijole. They left earlier then us so we got the Baht bus back to theirs.
We went to the pool in the morning and then headed down town to pick up anti bs for Damien and exchange 2 pairs of his shorts he had bought the other day as they were too big for him. I got 2 tops and a hoody while we were exchanging. After that we headed back to the apt for showers as we were going for a buffet dinner with Eamon, Nijole and friends of theirs. The hotel where it was at was an amazing 5 star hotel. The buffet had Indian, All Seafood including Lobster, Any kind of meat you wanted, salads and an amazing array of deserts. We got 3 places of food and then tackled the deserts. After dinner we dropped Nijole back to the apt and me, Damien and Eamon headed out to watch the end of a game in Shenanigans pub. After that Eamon dropped us off to meet Faye. We had a fair few whisky’s with Faye and his friends and then got a Baht bus back to the apt. We had a cigarette outside and as we were sitting there Eamon arrived back as well!!
We got up late and went down town to buy credit and meet up with Faye. No answer on his phone so we went off to buy food. After we ate it started to lash rain but we were right beside a bowling alley so we headed in for a few games. After bowling we decided to get some massages as we had time to waste before we watched the Man Utd match. After the massage we heard from Faye and organized to meet him for dinner and watch the match. After the match was finished we headed home as Damien was heading out for a game of golf the next day with Eamon.
Damien went off for golf at 8am. I got up at 11am. I and Nijole ordered Mc’d’s to the apt and chilled for the day. The golf course Damien was playing on had loads of Monkey’s on it. After the game they both went off for a Thai massage. Damien unfortunately got the massage a bit too hard and so was in bits when he came back. We went out for dinner in Cherry’s again. Eamon dropped us off at Crazy Dave’s where we met Faye and Goung for a few drinks. After that we headed to a bar for some pool, after that a Karaoke bar and then onto JP’s. I and Damien both sang in the Karaoke bar!! We got back at about 7am.
The next day we didn’t manage to get up till about 3am. We just sat by the pool for a while and then booked the Tiffany show for later which is a lady boy show. We had pizza hut and then headed to the show. It was a cabaret show and was really good. We got some pictures with the lady boys at the end and then met up with Faye and he brought us to his apt with Goung. We had 1 drink with them and then said our goodbyes to him as we were getting the bus in the morning back to Bangkok .
We got up and left a note and a bottle of whisky for Eamon and Nijole. We then got a taxi to the bus station and headed back toBangkok to pick up our visas for India . We arrived there and thought we would get the sky train to the visa place. We first got off at the wrong stop then we got on it again and went to the next stop. When we arrived there we walked for about 30mins. After all this we decided to check the address which of course we had wrong so then we got a taxi as we were miles away. After being in the taxi about 5 mins we realized the taxi driver was going the wrong way so we had to go back. As we were running out of time to pick up the visas Damien jumped out and onto a motorbike taxi while I stayed in the other taxi with the bags. That was a bit crazy but we got the visas and passports so it was all good!! After that adventure we got a taxi to the bus station. Our taxi man didn’t want to take us there at all and when we did arrive he had no change so Damien went into the shop for change and then he tried to charge us waiting but we didn’t pay that. We booked our bus and boat and headed to KFC for some food. We waited around for a while and then boarded our bus for Koh Panang. We played cards and then slept for most of the journey as no TV to watch.
Koh Panang
Arrived by ferry and Eimear met us at there with the guy who owns the place we were going to stay called Panang villas. It was only a 5 min drive away. We were shown to our hut where he tried to charge us more then Eimear but we caught him out so he charged the same price. We left down our bags and headed off to the beach a whole 20 seconds. It was amazing like something you would see on a postcard. It was fairly hot so we cooled off in the free pool next door where we had a beer in the pool bar. Later that evening we got a taxi to Hat Rin. We walked around and settled on the outback bar for some food. We met James there who we had met in Pai. We hadn’t seen him in 2 months so was nice to catch up! The 4 of us then headed off to another bar for some pool and beers. After we had enough of that I and Damien got a bucket and we all headed off to the beach for some fun. Damien was running through rings of fire and we danced a fair bit. We got back home about 4.30am. Good night had by all…
We got up at 3pm and lounged around by the beach and the pool then we walked down and got some dinner. After that we all watched a DVD back in our hotel.
Got up the next morning to find I had about 35 mosquito bits on my legs. Fairly painful cos really itchy. I put so much tiger balm on them that it followed to my ass and that went numb. We relaxed by the pool for the day and poor Damien got sun burnt again… After many applications of Aloe Vera we went for some food and played some pool in the Irish bar.
Another day in paradise by the pool and reading books in hammocks down by the beach… Oh what a tough life! In the evening as it was our last night, it was Sunday and there was a Man Utd match on we went back to Hat Rin to the Outback bar. We invited James as well. We got Sunday Roasts that were very nice!! We again decided to pick up where we had left off on the pool so we continued in the boys against the girls. We decided after the effects of the Samsung we had vodka buckets instead. We partied on the beach and then called it a night about 3am.
Koh Samoi
Struggled to check out of the place by 11am but we managed to. Then we slept on the hammocks until 3pm which was when we were to get the ferry. When we got to the pier we were told we had to book our accommodation before we left cos it was super hard to get some there cos you had to have a place to be dropped off so we booked one place for one night. When e arrived and got the bus to the hotel we realized that it wasn’t like the photos and was very far from town. We checked in and had showers and then headed off down the beach into town. We arrived at Mc Donalds for dinner and then went in search of some other accommodation. We found better accommodation for cheaper in the centre of town so we left there and headed on the long walk home.
We got up and Damien walked down the beach to take photos of the famous rocks that are shaped like men and women genital areas… After check out we grabbed a taxi to the new place to stay. We then got lunch of some toasted ham and cheeses from & 7 11. We walked a bit of the town and me and Damien played some pool. After dinner we headed off to Chewang beach to meet some lads that Damien knows. We drank a fair few Samsungs and coke and then went to a night club. We didn’t stay that long as things were getting a bit out of hand. We got a taxi home where we stopped off for some toastie’s and me and Eimear stayed up chatting for a while. Got to bed about 5am.
We as usual spent the day in bed getting over our hangovers cos we had to meet another guy Damien knew that he hadn’t seen in years. So we got some dinner and met Anto and his girlfriend Charlotte. We drank a fair few drinks and then headed to another bar for some pool and Anto wanted to watch a match. After we finished up there we bought a bottle of Samsung and headed back to our place to have some of that. I went to bed at 9am…
Total write off of a day although I managed to fit in a foot massage with Eimear. We all went out for some dinner but all myself and Damien could manage was Chicken Soup. We all went back and watched the Hangover again!!!
Krabi
6.10am we got up to get our boat in Krabi 1pm we arrived at the bus station after sleeping for most of the trip. We had to get a taxi as there was on bus into town and Krabi town was very far away. We got a good deal in the hotel. 3 nights for the price of 2. It was a very fancy hotel that had a pool as well. We all headed straight to the pool for some cooling down. In the evening we walked the beachfront and grabbed some dinner.
We had a buffet breakfast and lounged by the pool for the day with a nap in between. We then headed to the Irish rover pub to watch the match and eat some food. We had a few beers and were going to head out after but we got stuck talking to the owner for ages so we headed home after that.
We got up early the next morning and packed a day bag as we were going to go to Riley beach for the day but unfortunately the weather wasn’t very good so we opted not to go. That evening we went back to the Irish bar as they were doing roasts but they had no Chicken left so we had to go for something else but it was all good.
Phi Phi
We got up, had breakfast and checked out. Got a bus to the dock to get the boat to Phi Phi. As we had been had by touts on accommodation we opted for not booking and would get some when we arrived. When we arrived it started raining but only for a few mins so it gave us time to decide on somewhere to stay. We found one place that did hot water in the showers but we all had to share. It was ok as in the centre of town but again after we walked around we found a few other places. I and Damien went for lunch and walked around the town. We went back and got Eimear as we were going to walk up to view point which we didn’t think would be that far but it was 300 metres up and we were about to pass out by the time we got to the top. Poor Eimear had just eaten something before we went up so that came up when she got to the top. The views were amazing so well worth it and they also had a photo of Phi Phi just after the Tsunami. That evening we drank a few beers and then headed out for some food. As it was raining we opted not to go out but stay in and watch a DVD.
Got up and checked into our new hotel. We were sharing again but it was much bigger, they had hot water and it was cheaper. After we checked in we went off to the tourist office to wait for our group to go off island hopping and snorkelling. There were about 20 of us on the boat. We met a couple from the UK Piers and Ashley and we met another couple who were on their honeymoon called Erika and Nicky. We had a great laugh with them. We went to the beach where they filmed “The Beach” and did some snorkelling. Then we drove past another 2 places. We snorkelled again where we saw more of the cast of Finding Nemo. After we played there we went onto Monkey Island . I and Damien decided not to go and lucky as the monkeys were attacking people, one guy got bit on his ear!! After we got back to the dock we went for a pint in the bar and organized to meet up later for some drinks. We went to for dinner and then the drinking started. We had some buckets of whiskey and coke down on the beach and the lads went off dancing!! Great night had by all
Sore heads for everyone the next day. We eventually made it out and about and go some food. Bumped into Piers & Ash. Watched a DVD as we do when we’re hung-over and chilled in.
Phuket
We headed of to Phuket. We decided to stay in Phuket town as Eimear wanted to shop and we wanted to meet Damien’s friend Richie. Big mistake as absolutely nothing there. We went to the shopping malls and Tesco turned out to be the best place. The malls were very expensive. We came back to the hostel and Eimear headed off to the market which ended up being closed by the time she got there. We went off in search of food which was difficult enough but we found one place in the end and met Eimear there. Headed to bed after the food.
We got the first bus to Patong beach and it was pissing down rain. Loads of the roads were flooded and we ended up getting off the bus at the wrong place so we had to walk for ages to our hotel. We took a break along the way in the Irish pub where Eimear and I got some tea. Damien went in search of our hotel “cheap rooms hotel”. We eventually got to the hotel which was nice and just off the main strip. That evening we met up with Pat, Mick’s friend from Oz. We had a fair few beers and then decided to get McDonalds for dinner. Eimear joined us a bit later as she was having problems with her eyes. We introduced Pat to Samsung and he was hooked…. We went to a few bars that night. One bar we tried to hammer nails into a block of wood. You had 1 go and had to hammer it in straight. Very hard anyway but with a few drinks on board it didn’t help!! We decided at 5am to go to 7 11 to get some toastie’s and then we headed back to our hotel. I went to bed and Damien stayed up with Pat till 12 the next day drinking in the bar downstairs. Pat nearly missed his flight.
We spent most of the day sleeping and again a DVD. I and Eimear went out for dinner that night.
Dropped off our laundry at the cheapest place in town and got some breakfast. We swapped our books and then went back to the hotel as I wasn’t feeling the best. We chilled out there and then all of us went and got massages. I and Eimear went for an oil massage and Damien went for another Thai massage. As it was Eimear’s last night we decided to go out for 1 or 2 as she had to be at the airport for 8am so had to leave at 7am. We went for a posh dinner and then headed to a bar to watch the GAA Meath V Kerry. Eimear is a massive GAA fan and it was her first match to watch in a long time. We met other Irish lads there and had drinks and played pool till 6am. We got back to the hotel and said goodbye to Eimear as we wouldn’t be getting back up n an hr to say goodbye. Off to bed we went.
We awoke to a banging at our door so I got up and answered it, it was Eimear it was 9.40 and she had slept it out. She had had a shower when she got in and lay on the bed for 5 mins and next it was 9.40. She had to book another flight for tomorrow toSingapore and pay full price but it wasn’t too expensive. We picked up our laundry, got subway and headed to the beach. We met 2 nice oz girls there and I bought a sarong. We got more massages again as it was going to be the last as we were leaving tomorrow. I got a foot massage and Damien went for the full body oil massage. After that we all went out for last supper again. I and Eimear got some lovely steaks and Damien got his favourite Thai dish “Chicken with basil and chilly” (his ended up not being so nice)…
After dinner myself and Damien went to market for our last bit of shopping. Home again for another goodbye and off to bed.
Got our flight to Bangkok which was really bumpy cos there was a big storm. We had to wait 1 hour for our bags to come off the plane and they were soaking wet. We then checked in for our flight to Sydney and we had to wait another 2 hrs for that flight so we got some food and then headed to the gate. We again had problems with our in flight entertainment. This time it was working but we could only watch 2 films from all the options. Western Civilization here we come…
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