Thailand & Two Danes

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Thanks to Emma our journey from KL took an hour more than expected as we were instructed by her to head for the 'Sea-shells bungalows on Ko Samui where she was already staying.
All sounded quite straight forward except one thing.....................there ain't no such frigging place as Seashells. No hard feelings though luv, just what we needed after a delirious 27 hour journey grrrrrrrrrrrrr :-(

A few hours kip and we were ready to experience something that we've been wanting to do ever since our little feet stepped on the LEL dancefloor back in 1996.
A FULL MOON PARTY in thailand.
I think we got a tad excited early in the evening and decided to all meet up at around 6pm and start the night at Emmas and Nigels (travelling bud from OZ) bungalow bar.
Nigels second home is Thailand as he's been here for a few months before so he kindly pointed us in the direction of Chang beer as the way to go. 6.5% and these certainly warmed us up quite nicely.
The rest of the night i can't really comment on; we got the boat from Samui just after midnight to ko pha ngan where the Full Moon party was being held and the series of events sort of went like this:

- Arrive @ party 1am
- Invest heavily in Vodka & Red bull buckets
- Lose Daz 2am
- After looking 4 Daz i lose Em and Nigel @230am
- 230am-10am dance i think??
- 10am wake up on beach with Nemo hat on, No camera, ripped trousers revealing arse cheek and No money left. Irresponsible i hear you say???? You got to remember i was only 26 then ;-)
- 11am private boat back to Samui, tried to charge me 90 quid!! ( he didn't get it)
- Arrive back @ bungalow midday
- Daz arrives back @ 2pm just as confused as i was!!

We think it's the Red Bull, honestly, for all those that have been to Thailand you know exactly what i'm talking about; they even sell it in medicine bottles cos it's so frigging strong. I'm sure it can't be legal but it's cheap so no complaints!!!

So that was it, another tick on the list that hasn't actually been ticked for a while and we knew we'd be experiencing another one in a month when our crew from home and Shaz arrived to visit.


Em and Nige dissapeared elsewhere the next morning and we were on our own, well, only for a couple of days and then our Danes were turning up.
Sidsel and Joan (pronounced SISS-SELL and YO-ANNE).

We met them on our Alice to Darwin trip a couple of weeks before and were very suprised when Sidsel got in contact wanting to meet up because we thought after the last night in Darwin we may have scared them out of my inbox but they must have seen some good in us!!

Well, the first night with them in Samui sort of made me realise they could hack the pace with us. We spent the evening prancing around a catwalk with ladyboys in tow. haha i'll stick a photo or two on but just remeber Dad, there's no need for a "son we need a chat" situation it was all a bit of fun and i was holding on to Sidsel for dear life!!

So that marked the beginning of what was to come the next three weeks cos we travelled with the Danes until our crew arrived.

The resort Chewang in Samui was to reminnisent of Falaraki for example and it wasn't really the Thai paradise we'd expected so we hit the sea and headed an hour north for ko pha ngan.
Oh crap, the day we arrived there was a 'half-moon party' advertised and because the girls were not going to get a chance to experience a full moon one they were gagging to go to this.


We stayed at 'Booms Cafe' sort of by accident for the four days we spent in this part of the island. We were actually looking for somewhere totally different on this deserted beach we found ourselves on, but after the girls wheels couldn't make it through the sand the two studs took control and had to carry about 50kgs of baggage each. Who da hell comes backpacking with a frigging suitcase??? ;-)
Enough was enough though and as soon as we heard the words ýes, we have vacancies we were camped!!



We'd only just made a full recovery from the last one but felt it our duty to assist these innocent looking young women for a proper party. Oh my god, Joan needed all the assistance she could get; she is the female version of Daz when the alcopops take over; very funny and i'm still trying to decide wether to stick a photo of the end product on here but i may solve ur blushes Joan.!!
I'm making it sound like she was the only casualty but we all had our moments and thanks to Sidsel and some random french guy for helping me down the jungle track that evening :-).



The bungalows were puka and the scenery beautiful but the sea was a bit of a no-go area. I only found this out after legging it across the beach after waking up after the half moon and jumped into the water for a refreshing dip. I could hear alot of shouting going on as i entered the water but thought it was just Nok (bungalow owner) and Sidsel having a natter.
I soon found out that the shouting was directed at me and it must have been Sea-Urchin mating season cos they were frigging everywhere. Quick U-turn and i hit the breakfast menu!!


I also experienced my first thai-massage here; Nok instructed us that she had contacts and could sort it out for us so we were visited around midday. Err, not really what i pictured, where was the petite asian body that i was going to be pampered with; instead he was about 70, no teeth, endless amount of roll-ups entering his lungs and hands like sandpaper!!
Cracked a few joints back into place though so job done.


We basically just chilled for the next few days. The Danes had Laptops with them and more movies than blockbuster and i can honestly say i've never watched so many films before in my life. Daz was in his element but my attention span for movie overload just ain't there! Certainly a great way to save a few quid at the evenings though, dunno what we would have done without ya x


We departed to the North of pha ngan in search of a beach we could actually swim on. We arrived in Paradise after travelling half an hour via jungle to get there. That certainly added to the unique setting of the place but the drive there was a tad too adrenalin filled compared to the normal taxi ride!!



Knowing that we still had two weeks to kill before we met the crew on Samui we thought it best to escape the islands for a bit and head to Bangkok.
We were told Bkok was a tad like marmite...........u luv it or u hate it...............We loved it!
It's a dirty, smelly rat infested sh!thole but it has charachter.
Especially the tuk-tuks, ok, it does your head in trying to negotiate a price and they always want to take you to their mates jewellery store but after that bits done there is some adrenalin fun to be had!! We did stop at a jewellery store one time just for the experience and we had to spend at least ten minutes in there and act as though we really wanted to buy something. I tell ya, the picture i have in memory of Daz slipping on a huge Ruby ring is priceless!!! I think you looked 'GORGEOUS daz!!!!


Bkok is famous for it's cheap bargains to be had and with the MBK being one of the biggest shopping centers around that is all the girls were interested in. Luckily enough there was an arcade on the top floor so we were more than happy killing a couple of hours playing pro evolution soccer!!

We visited the Grand Palace one of the days which was interesting but looked like something out of Hansel and Gretal and everything looked edible (hang on, have i got the right story??? i think it was hansel and gretal but it's been a long time since i read that).
Daz and the Danes had to wear special clothing as they were not appropriately dressed and i'm sure you'll agree from the photo that they were overwhelmed when they realised their street cred was being downgraded by the second.


Daz and I were nearly bowled over in shock when we asked the lasses what they fancied doing for the evenings entertainment.................."do you fancy going to a Ping-Pong show" haha GET IN !!

After nearly being ripped off by our so called taxi driver mate into paying about 30 quid to see a show we finally arrived at Bap phong where the shows were everywhere. Daz warned me that he'd read things about all the scams going on but after liasing with a fella on the street i'm sure this one was kosha.
How wrong, nearly 5 quid for a beer and the girls were all about 8 months pregnant and had been beaten with the ugly stick from birth. This just wasn't right and the look on the danes faces were ones of disgust (EEEEAAAUUUWWW).!!!!!
We all made the decision we had to get the hell outa there, not before i tried my skill at catching a slippery bannana. Far too much information but come on, this is Bangkok and i had to get involved!!!!



We parted company with Joan and Sidsel for a couple of days as they went up to Chang Mai and we headed east for Kanachanaburi which is home to the bridge over the River Kwai and the Tiger Temple................................

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Photos

Daz and ladys
"He was sure that after spending a months budget on roses he wouldn't be single for much longer"........he is!

A night in Bap phong
Stud Jest, Siss-sell, yo-anne, Stud Daz

View from Noks place
Samui in the distance and a whole lota sea urchins lurking beneath!!

Comments

[Sidsel]

Miss ya!
Always good to read how you experienced the whole thing, and thank you for trying to spell our names the way they are pronounced :) Love it when you say it, sounds so funny! But you almost got it right!! You chose some good photos, I like the one of the two of us!! And of course the one with the ladyboys ;) That was one hell of a night, wasn't it? Aaaah I really miss ya when thinking about the good times - Darren too of course!! Can't wait to visit you sometime next year!! Love from little me.. xxxx

[Sidsel]

about backpacking
I forgot - we weren't 'really' backpacking, as we had brought suitcases.. Didn't exactly expect to be walking down the jungle to a beach with our suitcases - but without you we (or at least I) would've never made it!! And wouldn't have been able to get my suitcase on the boat from Pha Ngang to Samui either - so THANK YOU for saving my precious stuff ;) xxxxxxx

[Ben & Anna]

Bucket of Red Bull
HA HA Note to myself too much Vodka and Red bull makes it look like your eyes are gonna pop out of your head! (Picture1). I swear one of those lady boys looks like Kieron Richardson the now Sunderland player! Good blog looks very messy!