Saturday 4th November
The Dentist and a domestic
By the time I get up, Kevin has gone. He had his dentist appointment at 11 am this morning, so I just head down for some breakfast and take his laptop so that I can do some work on my TR. (It is quite a task to keep this diary going, but having got this far, it'd be ridiculous to stop now).
Kevin turns up after his appointment and is well chuffed. He only needs one filling and then he can go ahead and have the laser whitening done. He has already made an appointment to have the work done tomorrow (Will UK dentists take note. Checkup on Saturday and carry out the procedure on a Sunday is normal over here and doesn't cost any extra!!!).
I am still very apprehensive about my trip to the dentist this afternoon, but am detemined to go ahead with it now. (The crazy things you will do when you're in love!)
A little later, I start my journey to the dental clinic which seems to be miles away at the Bangkok Pattaya hospital. I take a walk into town and go into a travel agent to enquire about changing my return flight from Monday to a week later. I am told that Gulf Air office is closed on Saturday and nothing could be done. This is not good, so I find an Internet cafe and find the telephone number for Gulf Air in the UK. When I try and call it, I find that I do not have enough credit on my phone, so I try swapping to my UK SIM and this gives me a message that I am not authorised to call from this source. This is a real pain in the arse, so it's a walk to Mikes where I buy an additional 100 baht of credit and the girl at the stall applies it for me.
I then get a private taxi baht bus from 2nd Road to take me to the hospital. I am quoted 200 baht and I laugh and say "150 baht?". "Okay" I have this sussed now (Yeah right! If I really knew what I was doing I could have probably got there using two baht busses at 10 baht each)
I get to the clinic very early and decide to phone Gulf Air in London to sort out my flight change. The reservations people are not helpful at all.
"You cannot change this flight sir"
"But I specifically asked when I booked whether it was flexible on the return journey and was told that it was possible for a charge of £50"
"I am sorry sir, you cannot change this flight"
"What do I need to do to stay another week"
"You must buy another ticket"
"So I cancel the existing tiicket and you will charge me a cancellation fee and then I buy a new 1 way ticket"
"That is correct sir"
"Okay let's do it then. I'll write to Customer Service when I return and try to get it all sorted out"
"That is fine. Your return for November 6 is now cancelled"
"Okay and the purchase of a one way ticket for next week?"
"Oh we cannot do that if you are in Thailand sir, you need to go to a Gulf Air representative."
Aaaaagggghhhh
"So, I have no return ticket and need to buy a ticket from somewhere local?"
"That is correct sir"
"Okay. This is ridiculous, but I will do that. Please make a note on the cancellation that I am not happy about the service I have received from your company and I will be writing to get an explanation"
"Okay sir, thankyou for your call. Goodbye"
- Click -
Okay, so I'm now in Thailand with no return date to work to. This is a bloody dangerous situation to be in.
I am still early for the clinic, but it is 'no ploblem' and after filling out the registration documents, I am taken through for a clean, a checkup and a consultation. The cleaning is painless , so I am a little relieved and then it's next door for X-rays and back for a discussion as to what needs to be done and an estimate of how much it's going to cost.
The news isn't good, but I knew that this would be the case. I need a total of 13 fillings, 2 extractions and then 6 bridges. The X-rays show that all the roots are good and healthy, so there shouldn't be a problem with the bridgework, however this would need to wait to be done.
I explain about my fear of the dentist and I am told
"No ploblem meester, I will be gentle with the drill. We just do 1 hour and if it is too much we will stop. If you are nervous, then take medicine before your appointment"
"What medicine?"
"Valium meester"
"So, can I buy from a pharmacy in town"
"I think may be difficult. You can get from pharmacy here, but you have to pay"
"No ploblem"
I agree to starting the work and the plan is to do the six teeth at the front first.
"We work on your smile first meester"
"Tomorrow meester at 4pm?"
"Okay"
I am given an appointment card and a bill which I take out to reception. They print out my appointment card for Sunday and I am then taken to the cashier to pay the bill. 1655 baht for a clean, X-rays and 10 x 2mg diazepam. (The drugs bill was 55 baht (£0.80 UK)).
After paying the bill, I am taken to the pharmacy for my meds. This place is just unreal. The whole process has taken about 45 minutes and it is all so relaxed. With diazepam tomorrow, I'm going to be VERY relaxed I suspect.
For reference, the dentist I am seeing is Dr. Anuwat Watchawong, and I recommend him highly for his gentle touch and his extreme patience.
So, it's time to get back to the hotel and prepare for this evenings revellery. I get a taxi (a real car this time) from the front of the hospital and am taken back to the RG. Up to the room and there's just about time for the SSS before hitting the town yet again.
I can't remember the whereabouts of Nok during the day today. As I had been so apprehensive about the dentist, I didn't get my notes written up very well and that evening I forgot to take the camera with me, so no pics tonight I'm afraid, but we didn't meet anyone new, so it's not a big issue.
I know that we did the usual start to the night, but we were running a bit later than usual. (Kilkenny's and then FLB for about 8:30). When we got to FLB, Nok and Beer were already there and they were chatting with Wan who had been with Kevin just before his hospital visit (see Days 5 to 7).
Kevin was in a 'funny' mood tonight and had decided that everyone was going to get drunk. I told him that I didn't really want to get smashed as I was hoping for a repeat of my sober performance from the previous night. "Okay, but have a few drinks and take one of these about midnight, you'll still be fine" He hands me a 100mg Viagra (not an Indian or Chinese clone) and tells me to enjoy the night. He is on a mission, He plans to grab Beer and Wan for a threesome tonight and he wants them both pissed so they are horny. Anyone in close proximity to Kevin when he's in this mood is also going to suffer, so I just try to ensure that I can keep the beer intake down to a manageable level.
By about 2 am, we realise that Wan really is quite new and she has obviously not built up her alcohol tolerance and she is off to the loo, where it is all very messy we were told. She ends up collapsed on the sofa by the door to the staff room and passes out. The other girls are all fussing around her and I go to check that she is okay. I offer to pay for a taxi to get her home, but am told that it is not my fault and I need not worry. Her 'seeter' (Alice) will take her home and she will be okay.
It's now about 2:30, so it's time to call an end to the night and a substantial joint checkbin is settled (I think we managed to get it over 10000 baht tonight) which only included 1 nights BF of 500 baht for Beer. That makes me and Kevin equal on splitting the costs of each others BF bills now.
We get back to the hotel and then Nok announces that she needs to go out with Beer to pay Beer's rent They will only be an hour and will hurry back. "You shower, I see you soon". This is really fucking weird and I am not impressed, but I don't have any say in the matter as they just go! I take a long shower and then settle on the bed and start to read my book. By 04:30, I am really fucked off and turn off the light to go to sleep.
At 05:00 I am awoken by Nok returning to the room, so I watch her undress and am well in the mood for a repeat of the previous night, but I am simply told. "I tired now. I sleep" Also she says "I think Beer go home tomorrow, no more with Kevin". What the fuck am I supposed to do now? I am angry, confused and sad. Nok is asleep within a couple of minutes of her head hitting the opillow and I am left looking at her as the sun starts to rise and cannot get back to sleep. By 07:00, I've had enough and so I get up and go and make myself a coffee (Family Mart still 'no hab' teabags.)
After a coffee, I shower, dress and go downstairs for breakfast. I really don't know what to do or say about last night, but I realise that I am being taken very much for granted and I am not getting the attention that I am seeking. Nok has spent most of the past few days with her family and friends or is there something more to it than that? I need to toughen up and be more aware of what is happening rather than being led around blinkered or even blind to reality.
Having a girlfriend that takes your money and gives nothing in return is the 'same same' as the woman I divorced. Even I could probably get a girlfriend in the UK, if all that is required of the relationship is to eat, sleep and go out with her mates in exchange for money.
What to do? Should I let her go now or try and turn the situation around?
Saturday 4 November 2006
Friday 3 November 2006
Trip 1 - Day 13
Friday 3rd November
I wake up and instead of being hungover, I am feeling extremely randy. I look at the sleeping form of the sleeping beauty in my bed and she wakes up. After a little foreplay, I get booted up and then the guilt over the age difference kicks in and I cannot continue. I feel absolutely terrible and disgusted with myself.
She is a 19 year old 'girl' and I am a 46 year old ‘farang’. I have fallen in love, but there is no way that I can see the relationship developing.
I need to get all this crap out of my head and simply enjoy the moment and seize the opportunity to love and be loved for a short while.
I get up and go to make a cup of coffee (The family Mart across the road 'no hab' any tea bags for several days now). Kev wanders into the lounge and I ask if Am got off to work okay. He responds with "You don't remember? You must have been in a worse state than I thought. We had a row and she's not going to be back this time." Whoops. I am then told off about upsetting Nok with my falling asleep antics again and I know that I've got to get the boozing under control. This is just stupid and such a waste. Anyhow, Nok is off to get things done today, so we just agree that she'll be back before 6 in readiness to go out in the evening.
Kevin has decided that he wants to get his teeth whitened while he's here as he doesn't like the look of himself in the photos. I say that I fully understand and show him the card I have for the Bangkok Pattaya Dental Unit. I say that I'm going to give them a call as I know that I need a lot of work doing and they use Nitrous Oxide if you want it there.
I tell Kevin that I've seen an advert for a dental clinic back on the road towards Jomtein, so we take a short walk to the clinic where Kevin gets booked in for 11am the next day. The clinic does not provide Nitrous Oxide and they tell me that the hospital is the only place for that service, so we go and sit and have an OJ in a bar across the road and I telephone and make an appointment for a clean and check up the next day at 4 pm.
Just to let you all know, I am absolutely petrified about going to the dentist and have not been for more than 20 years, so I am somewhat nervous about the whole thing, but having done the beard thing, I feel that I need to go the 'whole hog' and make all the life changes in one go.
We walk back to the RG and go back to the room. At 2 pm Chris & Nok arrive at our room and Chris is looking pretty miserable. It's just 4 hours before he departs and he doesn't want to go. My Nok has to go off to see 'seeter' to give her some money and will return before 5pm in order to say goodbye to Chris.
Kevin has put all of Am's bits & pieces in a carrier bag and he gives that to Nok to pass on to Am later that night. Today, I resolve to keep my alcohol intake down to sensible levels and to try and eliminate the guilt feelings over the age difference. I am a really lucky guy who has this gorgeous little Thai girl who shows me great affection and shares my bed and I repay her by getting pissed and upsetting her. What a complete idiot I am.
My Nok returns to the room and then Chris has an accident with a bottle of vodka that he has lugged all the way from Zurich and it breaks in his bag in our room on the last day of the holiday. What a bummer. The girls strip down his mobile phone really quickly like a soldier stripping down his gun. They have the case off; the battery out; the keypad removed; the SIM card out and all the contacts dried off in no time. For the camera, they dry off the lens and the battery compartment. It's the best that can be done.
At 5 pm we move down to the bar and have a couple of beers with Chris until the fateful moment that reception announce that his taxi is here. Oh no, it's 10 minurtes early. "I'm not ready to go yet." He goes to settle his drinks bill and we tell him to forget it, it's the least we can do.
The condemned is led away to suffer his fate.
We tell Nok that we will be going to Kilkenny's (I know it's becoming monotonous, but it is good fgalang food and it's close to FLB) and then to FLB. We will probably stay there tonight as a trip to Cherry Bar may not be such a good idea with the situation between Am and Kevin. It's no problem, she telephones her friend Beer and they agree to meet up for something to eat.
Kevin then remembersa Beer as being the cute one that came to our party earlier in the week and he enquires as to whether I think she may be 'available'. She's another red badge from FLB (This is becoming a naughty habit). I send a text to Nok and the response is yes, it'll be fine. So that's Kev sorted out for the night.
We set off for Kilkenny's and then FLB. Tonight they are auditioning for the next generation of BGs for the FLB.
I have no doubt that this cutie will break a few hearts.
I get a text at 9 to say that the girls will be arriving at around 11. Nok arrives at around 11:15, but there is no Beer with her. It turns out that Beer was supposed to be working that night, but there had been some sort of argument the night before, so she didn't want to work. Kevin doesn't want to leave FLB just yet, so he calls over the Mamasan and simply pays BF for Beer fort the night. It's a Saturday night, so this costs 1000 baht. It's just gone 11:15 and I now have my second beer of the night (the previous one was with Chris at 5 pm).
The two girls now proceed to get quite pissed on shooters, JW Black Label & Tequila
Moulie can feel the love in the air tonight.
And with a couple of pitchers of beer, the other service girls start to loosen up as well.
Nok is a little minx when she's a bit pissed and loves to get on that chrome pole. I suppose I'm going to have to learn to let go, but it will be difficult.
Kev seems quite happy with his ‘trophy’ for the night as well.
We finally depart around 02:30 and return to the RG. I am reasonably sober and not too tired, Nok is as horny as hell and it's a great night
One of the best nights I've had in many years. Thanks Nok.
I wake up and instead of being hungover, I am feeling extremely randy. I look at the sleeping form of the sleeping beauty in my bed and she wakes up. After a little foreplay, I get booted up and then the guilt over the age difference kicks in and I cannot continue. I feel absolutely terrible and disgusted with myself.
She is a 19 year old 'girl' and I am a 46 year old ‘farang’. I have fallen in love, but there is no way that I can see the relationship developing.
I need to get all this crap out of my head and simply enjoy the moment and seize the opportunity to love and be loved for a short while.
I get up and go to make a cup of coffee (The family Mart across the road 'no hab' any tea bags for several days now). Kev wanders into the lounge and I ask if Am got off to work okay. He responds with "You don't remember? You must have been in a worse state than I thought. We had a row and she's not going to be back this time." Whoops. I am then told off about upsetting Nok with my falling asleep antics again and I know that I've got to get the boozing under control. This is just stupid and such a waste. Anyhow, Nok is off to get things done today, so we just agree that she'll be back before 6 in readiness to go out in the evening.
Kevin has decided that he wants to get his teeth whitened while he's here as he doesn't like the look of himself in the photos. I say that I fully understand and show him the card I have for the Bangkok Pattaya Dental Unit. I say that I'm going to give them a call as I know that I need a lot of work doing and they use Nitrous Oxide if you want it there.
I tell Kevin that I've seen an advert for a dental clinic back on the road towards Jomtein, so we take a short walk to the clinic where Kevin gets booked in for 11am the next day. The clinic does not provide Nitrous Oxide and they tell me that the hospital is the only place for that service, so we go and sit and have an OJ in a bar across the road and I telephone and make an appointment for a clean and check up the next day at 4 pm.
Just to let you all know, I am absolutely petrified about going to the dentist and have not been for more than 20 years, so I am somewhat nervous about the whole thing, but having done the beard thing, I feel that I need to go the 'whole hog' and make all the life changes in one go.
We walk back to the RG and go back to the room. At 2 pm Chris & Nok arrive at our room and Chris is looking pretty miserable. It's just 4 hours before he departs and he doesn't want to go. My Nok has to go off to see 'seeter' to give her some money and will return before 5pm in order to say goodbye to Chris.
Kevin has put all of Am's bits & pieces in a carrier bag and he gives that to Nok to pass on to Am later that night. Today, I resolve to keep my alcohol intake down to sensible levels and to try and eliminate the guilt feelings over the age difference. I am a really lucky guy who has this gorgeous little Thai girl who shows me great affection and shares my bed and I repay her by getting pissed and upsetting her. What a complete idiot I am.
My Nok returns to the room and then Chris has an accident with a bottle of vodka that he has lugged all the way from Zurich and it breaks in his bag in our room on the last day of the holiday. What a bummer. The girls strip down his mobile phone really quickly like a soldier stripping down his gun. They have the case off; the battery out; the keypad removed; the SIM card out and all the contacts dried off in no time. For the camera, they dry off the lens and the battery compartment. It's the best that can be done.
At 5 pm we move down to the bar and have a couple of beers with Chris until the fateful moment that reception announce that his taxi is here. Oh no, it's 10 minurtes early. "I'm not ready to go yet." He goes to settle his drinks bill and we tell him to forget it, it's the least we can do.
The condemned is led away to suffer his fate.
We tell Nok that we will be going to Kilkenny's (I know it's becoming monotonous, but it is good fgalang food and it's close to FLB) and then to FLB. We will probably stay there tonight as a trip to Cherry Bar may not be such a good idea with the situation between Am and Kevin. It's no problem, she telephones her friend Beer and they agree to meet up for something to eat.
Kevin then remembersa Beer as being the cute one that came to our party earlier in the week and he enquires as to whether I think she may be 'available'. She's another red badge from FLB (This is becoming a naughty habit). I send a text to Nok and the response is yes, it'll be fine. So that's Kev sorted out for the night.
We set off for Kilkenny's and then FLB. Tonight they are auditioning for the next generation of BGs for the FLB.
I have no doubt that this cutie will break a few hearts.
I get a text at 9 to say that the girls will be arriving at around 11. Nok arrives at around 11:15, but there is no Beer with her. It turns out that Beer was supposed to be working that night, but there had been some sort of argument the night before, so she didn't want to work. Kevin doesn't want to leave FLB just yet, so he calls over the Mamasan and simply pays BF for Beer fort the night. It's a Saturday night, so this costs 1000 baht. It's just gone 11:15 and I now have my second beer of the night (the previous one was with Chris at 5 pm).
The two girls now proceed to get quite pissed on shooters, JW Black Label & Tequila
Moulie can feel the love in the air tonight.
And with a couple of pitchers of beer, the other service girls start to loosen up as well.
Nok is a little minx when she's a bit pissed and loves to get on that chrome pole. I suppose I'm going to have to learn to let go, but it will be difficult.
Kev seems quite happy with his ‘trophy’ for the night as well.
We finally depart around 02:30 and return to the RG. I am reasonably sober and not too tired, Nok is as horny as hell and it's a great night
One of the best nights I've had in many years. Thanks Nok.
Thursday 2 November 2006
Trip 1 - Day 12
Thursday 2nd November 2006
Culture and a Bar Crawl (WTF?)
Everyone is up and ready by about 1pm. We are off on a trip to offer prayers and provide ourselves with one year of good luck. We really didn't understand what it was that was being described to us, but it appears that the girls really want us to have this experience so we decide to simply 'go with the flow'.
Before we leave the hotel, Am makes a quick call on her phone and then it's over the road and we flag down a baht bus for use as a private taxi.
We follow our regular journey into Pattaya, but at the end of Soi 8 we stop and Noi from Cherry Bar (see Day 1 & Day 2) climbs onboard. This is a bit freaky. I am now sitting on a baht bus with the two women that have shared my bed so far on this trip to Pattaya.
I decide that a chaste arm round the waist of Nok is safe, but I am not going to annoy or upset Noi deliberately. The bus continues up 2nd Road to the big roundabout and then heads off North up Pattaya - Naklua Road. As we pass the end of Phothisan Road, Nok points down the road and tell me "My loom there". Okay that's interesting, is this a general comment or does she want me to know? I have a quick look at the surrounding landmarks to ensure I could recognise the street again.
The bus continues northward and then finally turns off the main road, down a dirt road and then into what appears to be the back of some sort of rescue centre.
We walk acroos the yard and into the entrance of what looks like a large old municipal building. We have to each fill out a form and pay 250 baht.I have absolutely no idea what is going on now. We are given a prayer sheet with instructions on how to pray and what offerings we have to make at each shrine. We then buy joss sticks (lots of joss sticks!), candles and little bottles of oil.
As we cross the hall before going upstairs, there is a noticeboard with some horrific pictures of people that had met violent deaths and also pictures of foreigners dead on their bed or some at the side of their hotel pool.
It seems that this place is for offering prayers to those that have died with no-one to bury them and the money is to provide coffins for them (That's the best I could work out from what we were seeing and what we had been told and the 250 baht was our individual donation to help finance the charitable work.) If anyone knows any more about this place and the true signifigance of the work it does, I'd appreciate a reply to this thread.
Anyhow, we make our way upstairs and walk out into an area with several shrines to different gods and it appears that there is a different ritual to be carried out at each.
We start by offering the prayer written on the piece of paper given to us at the entrance. I decide that I should treat the whole ceremony with the respect and dignity that our hosts are showing and so I consider who I should offer prayers for. As all my ancestors are dead, I see very little of my sisters and I am divorced, I choose to offer prayers to my two children and to Nok who has accompanied me here. All three are young, healthy , vibrant people and I pray that they all have long, happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
After offering a prayer, we have to pour some oil into the lamp at the side of the cauldron. I think we were supposed to burn the prayer sheet at this point, but we did it at the end of the journey instead.
Then it was up a few steps into a covered area where prayers were offered to the eight fairy spirits (I think) and then it was necessary to place joss sticks in the planters in front of the shrine. I think it was seventeen joss sticks each here and they had to be place three in each of the five planters starting with the centre one and then the extra two joss sticks to be offered to the door god. Again a little oil is offered to the lamp.
Then it was on to the next shrine. Here it was necessary to offer the oil again and to also light two candles. One to be placed either side of the table.
Then on to the next shrine
Then on to the Big Buddha where you had to go and rub his belly after offering prayers.
And then to the last one, where you rub the golden orb after offering your prayers.
After the final burning of the prayer sheet, there was a final return to the shrine of the fairies for Nok where there was a ceremony of rattling sticks in a beaker until one came out. This seemed to be some sort of fortune telling ritual. Nok went over and tore off the sheet which was appropriate to her and passed it to me after she had read it. It also had a translation in English.
"Keep trying, no complaining,sorrow and trouble will be soon far away. A baby girl is forthcoming. No lucks, no support, Legal case not favourable"
Now what the hell does that mean?
Anyhow, we are now finished here and we find a baht bus willing to take us back to the hotel. As we travel back down Pattaya - Naklua Road, I recognise the street where Nok has her room and I point it out to her. This gets a big smile, so maybe I've actually done something right for a change.
Anyhow, we get back to the hotel and sit around for a short while before it's time to SSS and set off on the FLB Bar Crawl. (A very cultural day!) We leave the girls with some money for drinks and food and arrange to meet them at the Cherry Bar at around 12:30 that night.
By 6:30, we are in the hotel bar and ready for action again. It's the usual run into town, followed by Kilkenny's and then arrive at the FLB at around 7:30.
I speak to the Mamasan tp pay BF for Nok for the last few days of my holiday Nov 2 - Nov 5. So that's 4 days @ 500 baht = 2000 baht. So far so good, but Nok has asked me a few times if I will also pay BF for her for Nov 6 & Nov 7. Well as I was planning to leave her a present at the end of the trip, this can just be part of it. I ask to pay BF for the two days and I'm told that it will cost 1500 baht for BF on Nov 6 and 500 baht for BF on Nov 7. Nov 6 is a party night and if Nok were to work until the dancing finished then BF would only be 500 baht. As I'm not even due to be there, this seems pretty pointless and I pay the full charge. I am given 3 seperate tickets. One for Nov 2 - Nov 5, 1 for Nov 6 (triple rate) and 1 for Nov 7.
The voting takes place for the crawl destination and the winner is Soi 7. This is good for us as we only have to get from Soi 7 to Soi 8 to meet the girls at the end of the crawl.
Okay, it's time to go. Head off to get the baht bus and first stop is Anna Jet.
There is a lot of bustling around whjilst everyone tries to get setaed and order a beer. There is only one lady that I have eyes for but she is working very hard to get everyone settled and doesn't look my way unfortunately.
I am quite happily drinking my beer and generally chilling out when there's a crash to my left and Kevin has managed to kick the table so hard that his bottle of beer is launched all over me. Great, the crawl is about 10 minutes old and I smell like I've been on it for 10 hours.
Anyhow, the result of this incident is that the elegant lady that I wanted to see now comes over, sorts out another beer for Kevin and then starts drying me off. There is a God I suppose, but I'd rather have stayed dry. I think Tain was the looker of the bar.
After Anna Jet of course
Then it was off to a couple of beer bar complexes where we all split up and met a variety of girls, but nothing that really caught my eye. Played a few games of Connect 4 and got beaten every tiome, so I bought the lady a drink and gave a 50 baht tip.
Then it was on to a seriously classy place called Amazing Paradise. The TV setup and sound system was great, the DJ was good, there were plenty of pool tables and the place was kept cool with dozens of ceiling mounted fans. It had to be done; we got the DJ to play Paradise City as this really was. As well the girls being pretty they were also good fun. I highly recommend this bar to everyone that comes to Pattaya.
We missed out the next beer bar as we were too happy where we were, but we did meet up with the rest of the crew at Goldfingers Go-Go which could only be described as poor with the exception of the one on the arm of MightyOne. (He does it EVERY time!)
Final destination was Worldwide GoGo on Beach Road between Soi 7 and Soi 8. I remember going in there , but then it's as if someone just turned off the lights. There are snippets of memory, but not much.
We get back to the Cherry Bar and I see Nok to hand her the BF ticket for Nov 2 - Nov 5 and there is no response. I guess that she knew that was going to happen. I give her the BF ticket for Nov 6 and get a smile and I then give her the BF ticket for Nov 7 and she seems pretty happy.
It would appear from reading Chris's report that I went back to the hotel with him and the two Noks ( Nok Nok) at about 03:30. I have a very vague recollection that I went to the bathroom thinking that I was going to throw up and just fell asleep in there (again)!
Culture and a Bar Crawl (WTF?)
Everyone is up and ready by about 1pm. We are off on a trip to offer prayers and provide ourselves with one year of good luck. We really didn't understand what it was that was being described to us, but it appears that the girls really want us to have this experience so we decide to simply 'go with the flow'.
Before we leave the hotel, Am makes a quick call on her phone and then it's over the road and we flag down a baht bus for use as a private taxi.
We follow our regular journey into Pattaya, but at the end of Soi 8 we stop and Noi from Cherry Bar (see Day 1 & Day 2) climbs onboard. This is a bit freaky. I am now sitting on a baht bus with the two women that have shared my bed so far on this trip to Pattaya.
I decide that a chaste arm round the waist of Nok is safe, but I am not going to annoy or upset Noi deliberately. The bus continues up 2nd Road to the big roundabout and then heads off North up Pattaya - Naklua Road. As we pass the end of Phothisan Road, Nok points down the road and tell me "My loom there". Okay that's interesting, is this a general comment or does she want me to know? I have a quick look at the surrounding landmarks to ensure I could recognise the street again.
The bus continues northward and then finally turns off the main road, down a dirt road and then into what appears to be the back of some sort of rescue centre.
We walk acroos the yard and into the entrance of what looks like a large old municipal building. We have to each fill out a form and pay 250 baht.I have absolutely no idea what is going on now. We are given a prayer sheet with instructions on how to pray and what offerings we have to make at each shrine. We then buy joss sticks (lots of joss sticks!), candles and little bottles of oil.
As we cross the hall before going upstairs, there is a noticeboard with some horrific pictures of people that had met violent deaths and also pictures of foreigners dead on their bed or some at the side of their hotel pool.
It seems that this place is for offering prayers to those that have died with no-one to bury them and the money is to provide coffins for them (That's the best I could work out from what we were seeing and what we had been told and the 250 baht was our individual donation to help finance the charitable work.) If anyone knows any more about this place and the true signifigance of the work it does, I'd appreciate a reply to this thread.
Anyhow, we make our way upstairs and walk out into an area with several shrines to different gods and it appears that there is a different ritual to be carried out at each.
We start by offering the prayer written on the piece of paper given to us at the entrance. I decide that I should treat the whole ceremony with the respect and dignity that our hosts are showing and so I consider who I should offer prayers for. As all my ancestors are dead, I see very little of my sisters and I am divorced, I choose to offer prayers to my two children and to Nok who has accompanied me here. All three are young, healthy , vibrant people and I pray that they all have long, happy, healthy and fulfilling lives.
After offering a prayer, we have to pour some oil into the lamp at the side of the cauldron. I think we were supposed to burn the prayer sheet at this point, but we did it at the end of the journey instead.
Then it was up a few steps into a covered area where prayers were offered to the eight fairy spirits (I think) and then it was necessary to place joss sticks in the planters in front of the shrine. I think it was seventeen joss sticks each here and they had to be place three in each of the five planters starting with the centre one and then the extra two joss sticks to be offered to the door god. Again a little oil is offered to the lamp.
Then it was on to the next shrine. Here it was necessary to offer the oil again and to also light two candles. One to be placed either side of the table.
Then on to the next shrine
Then on to the Big Buddha where you had to go and rub his belly after offering prayers.
And then to the last one, where you rub the golden orb after offering your prayers.
After the final burning of the prayer sheet, there was a final return to the shrine of the fairies for Nok where there was a ceremony of rattling sticks in a beaker until one came out. This seemed to be some sort of fortune telling ritual. Nok went over and tore off the sheet which was appropriate to her and passed it to me after she had read it. It also had a translation in English.
"Keep trying, no complaining,sorrow and trouble will be soon far away. A baby girl is forthcoming. No lucks, no support, Legal case not favourable"
Now what the hell does that mean?
Anyhow, we are now finished here and we find a baht bus willing to take us back to the hotel. As we travel back down Pattaya - Naklua Road, I recognise the street where Nok has her room and I point it out to her. This gets a big smile, so maybe I've actually done something right for a change.
Anyhow, we get back to the hotel and sit around for a short while before it's time to SSS and set off on the FLB Bar Crawl. (A very cultural day!) We leave the girls with some money for drinks and food and arrange to meet them at the Cherry Bar at around 12:30 that night.
By 6:30, we are in the hotel bar and ready for action again. It's the usual run into town, followed by Kilkenny's and then arrive at the FLB at around 7:30.
I speak to the Mamasan tp pay BF for Nok for the last few days of my holiday Nov 2 - Nov 5. So that's 4 days @ 500 baht = 2000 baht. So far so good, but Nok has asked me a few times if I will also pay BF for her for Nov 6 & Nov 7. Well as I was planning to leave her a present at the end of the trip, this can just be part of it. I ask to pay BF for the two days and I'm told that it will cost 1500 baht for BF on Nov 6 and 500 baht for BF on Nov 7. Nov 6 is a party night and if Nok were to work until the dancing finished then BF would only be 500 baht. As I'm not even due to be there, this seems pretty pointless and I pay the full charge. I am given 3 seperate tickets. One for Nov 2 - Nov 5, 1 for Nov 6 (triple rate) and 1 for Nov 7.
The voting takes place for the crawl destination and the winner is Soi 7. This is good for us as we only have to get from Soi 7 to Soi 8 to meet the girls at the end of the crawl.
Okay, it's time to go. Head off to get the baht bus and first stop is Anna Jet.
There is a lot of bustling around whjilst everyone tries to get setaed and order a beer. There is only one lady that I have eyes for but she is working very hard to get everyone settled and doesn't look my way unfortunately.
I am quite happily drinking my beer and generally chilling out when there's a crash to my left and Kevin has managed to kick the table so hard that his bottle of beer is launched all over me. Great, the crawl is about 10 minutes old and I smell like I've been on it for 10 hours.
Anyhow, the result of this incident is that the elegant lady that I wanted to see now comes over, sorts out another beer for Kevin and then starts drying me off. There is a God I suppose, but I'd rather have stayed dry. I think Tain was the looker of the bar.
After Anna Jet of course
Then it was off to a couple of beer bar complexes where we all split up and met a variety of girls, but nothing that really caught my eye. Played a few games of Connect 4 and got beaten every tiome, so I bought the lady a drink and gave a 50 baht tip.
Then it was on to a seriously classy place called Amazing Paradise. The TV setup and sound system was great, the DJ was good, there were plenty of pool tables and the place was kept cool with dozens of ceiling mounted fans. It had to be done; we got the DJ to play Paradise City as this really was. As well the girls being pretty they were also good fun. I highly recommend this bar to everyone that comes to Pattaya.
We missed out the next beer bar as we were too happy where we were, but we did meet up with the rest of the crew at Goldfingers Go-Go which could only be described as poor with the exception of the one on the arm of MightyOne. (He does it EVERY time!)
Final destination was Worldwide GoGo on Beach Road between Soi 7 and Soi 8. I remember going in there , but then it's as if someone just turned off the lights. There are snippets of memory, but not much.
We get back to the Cherry Bar and I see Nok to hand her the BF ticket for Nov 2 - Nov 5 and there is no response. I guess that she knew that was going to happen. I give her the BF ticket for Nov 6 and get a smile and I then give her the BF ticket for Nov 7 and she seems pretty happy.
It would appear from reading Chris's report that I went back to the hotel with him and the two Noks ( Nok Nok) at about 03:30. I have a very vague recollection that I went to the bathroom thinking that I was going to throw up and just fell asleep in there (again)!
Wednesday 1 November 2006
Trip 1 - Day 11
Wednesday 1st November 2006
4Q Party night at Cherry Bar
We all meet up for breakfast at around 11:30 which is bloody early for us and Chris is looking really rough. It hadn't been that heavy a night, so we are a little concerned. He says that his throat feels constricted and he's been sweating profusely for a couple of days. It was initially ignored as being caused by too much booze, but we all agree that it seems more serious than that. Off to hotel reception to call for a doctor. An ambulance arrives from Bangkok Pattaya Hospital about half an hour later (We are becoming good customers of this place) and Chris wanders off to his room with Nok to get a check up to see what's wrong.
After about half an hour everyone returns from the room and it transpires that Chris has contracted 'flu. He is given some pills and told to stay off the booze for three days. He is only due to stay in Pattaya for three more days anyhow, so that's supposed to be the end of his boozing. He vows to be a 'good boy' tonight and to then see how it goes.
We continue to chill out and chat whilst sitting by the pool (none of us has actually ventured into the pool yet - maybe tomorrow?) Nok (FLB) gets a call from a friend of hers (Beer) asking what she was doing that night. When she is told about the party, Nok asks me if it is okay for Beer to come along. No problem say I (she is very cute and it is our party) and it's agreed that she will come along later. In mid afdternoon the girls all decide that they need to go and get themselves ready for the party. Kevin & Chris have already been shown the outfits that their girls have bought, but I have not been allowed to see in the bag that Nok brought back from her shopping trip.
We then decide that we will also go and get ready and we would meet back at the hotel bar around 5:30. This we manage (a plan that worked!) and then it's off to town. It's going to be a heavy night, so true to form, it's in to Kilkenny's again. I have arranged to meet Nok in the FLB at 7 pm and we will stay there until we have had the opportunity to say goodbye to Aussiechic and Badboy as it's their last night in town. Kevin & Chris are to go straight from Kilkenny's to Cherry Bar and meet Nok (Cherry) and Am there.
At 7:01, Kevin looks at me and says "Go on,, don't worry about the checkbin here, get your arse down to FLB. You are acting like a fucking excited schoolkid on his first date". It was true, I was very excited and could hardly wait to see Nok. 7:03, I'm in the FLB and Nok isn't there yet. This is not really a big surprise to me, so I just sit at the bar and have a few drinks. Moulie and the Mamasans come over to ask if I'm okay and I suspect they already know the answer to that by the stupid fucking grin all over my face.
By 7:35, I'm getting a little edgy now as Nok still hasn't arrived and I get yet another beer in. Five minutes later though in she walks. She lookls absolutely stunning. Sod the party, I want to take her back to the hotel now!
I cannot help but gawp at her. She is definately a young woman tonight and not a girl. I am totally bowled over and am very happy and proud.
We have a few drinks and meet Aussiechic and Badboy. Aussiechic agrees with me that Nok looks really beautiful. As a leaving present, Nok is given a calendar which she views with great excitement. There is a certain innocence and naivety that the girls portray at times that just makes my heart melt. This was one of those moments.
By 8:30, we decide to make our way up to Cherry Bar to join in with the festivities. We sit in our now familiar seats and check out how everyone else is getting on. Chris is stone cold sober and drinking Sprite; Kevin seems to be okay as well, but Nok (Cherry) and Am seem to be smashed already. (It seems that they started on the booze not long after leaving us at the hotel)
Beer is also there already, and I let Nok know that the drinks for Beer are to go in our checkbin and she can simply order as she wants; there is no need to wait or ask for a drink. She is one of the gang for tonight.
She is really cute and takes a great photo with Adam.( Tiger - Beer )
Then we had the ( Good - Bad - Ugly ). You can decide amongst yourselves which was which.
There is some tension in the air though. Kevin is a joint host and his girl who has been barfined for the night seems to be spending a lot of time 'working' behind the bar. Is this a ploy to make the party pictures show that she wasn't actually with Kevin?
He doesn't look particularly happy here and the garland has disappeared as well.
Most of the pictures of Am are of her behind the bar posing for pictures with the other staff. Wish I'd spotted this on the night, but I was too tied up in my gal.
This bundle of energy always seems to be smling and having fun and she is extremely fit. (More of her later in the trip)
Aah, maybe everything is okay after all.
The party cake came out and as I had already announced that I was returning to Pattaya in January to be there for Nok's birthday, the sparkling wit of my 'mates' was displayed.
Now somewhere in the procedings, Nok (FLB) nad disappeared off with Beer. I had been told that they were simply going off to get some food, but it had been a while. As Aussiechic and Badboy turned up at the Cherry Bar, I sent a text to Nok to let her know that they were here. I didn't get a response which was strange, as she would normally send me a simple "OK" to acknowledge that she'd got the message.
Nok and Beer had now been gone for several hours and I was not taking it well. I didn't know where she was, I was pissed and I was in love. Not a good combination. And just to add additional fuel to the fire, Kevin & Chris keep saying that the reason that Beer wanted to meet Nok tonight was because she had a guy lined up for some ST threesome fun and she needed a partner.
This totally destroys me and I walk out into the car park at the back of the complex and just sit on the kerb and cry my eyes out.
One of the girls from the bar spots me after a while and says that Nok and Beer are at the bar and Nok is worried because I am not there. I am escorted back to the bar and am asked to take a photograph of Nok and Am.
Shortly afterwards, we decide to leave. I ask Nok if Beer is okay, or does she need somewhere to stay and I am simply told "I send her away". I will never fucking understand women. I'm convinced of that.
Chris has been off the booze all night, so is completely sober and he rounds us all up and gets us back to the hotel.
Nok is quite annoyed with me as she obviously finds it disturbing to see me cry and she doesn't understand why. I stupidly try to explain and that really doesn't help matters at all. The concepts of love, hurt and guilt just don't seem to feature in the Thai culture, so they cannot be understood. The age difference also brings on more guilt and tears from me, so I go to the bathroom to try and clean myself up and not let Nok see me this way. I sit on the loo with my head in my hands and try to make sense of it all.
Next thing I know, Kevin is pulling me out of the bathroom and telling me to get my stupid arse into bed. I have really let myself down tonight and this in turn has upset Nok which makes me feel even worse.
I am completely in love. and I cannot handle it.
4Q Party night at Cherry Bar
We all meet up for breakfast at around 11:30 which is bloody early for us and Chris is looking really rough. It hadn't been that heavy a night, so we are a little concerned. He says that his throat feels constricted and he's been sweating profusely for a couple of days. It was initially ignored as being caused by too much booze, but we all agree that it seems more serious than that. Off to hotel reception to call for a doctor. An ambulance arrives from Bangkok Pattaya Hospital about half an hour later (We are becoming good customers of this place) and Chris wanders off to his room with Nok to get a check up to see what's wrong.
After about half an hour everyone returns from the room and it transpires that Chris has contracted 'flu. He is given some pills and told to stay off the booze for three days. He is only due to stay in Pattaya for three more days anyhow, so that's supposed to be the end of his boozing. He vows to be a 'good boy' tonight and to then see how it goes.
We continue to chill out and chat whilst sitting by the pool (none of us has actually ventured into the pool yet - maybe tomorrow?) Nok (FLB) gets a call from a friend of hers (Beer) asking what she was doing that night. When she is told about the party, Nok asks me if it is okay for Beer to come along. No problem say I (she is very cute and it is our party) and it's agreed that she will come along later. In mid afdternoon the girls all decide that they need to go and get themselves ready for the party. Kevin & Chris have already been shown the outfits that their girls have bought, but I have not been allowed to see in the bag that Nok brought back from her shopping trip.
We then decide that we will also go and get ready and we would meet back at the hotel bar around 5:30. This we manage (a plan that worked!) and then it's off to town. It's going to be a heavy night, so true to form, it's in to Kilkenny's again. I have arranged to meet Nok in the FLB at 7 pm and we will stay there until we have had the opportunity to say goodbye to Aussiechic and Badboy as it's their last night in town. Kevin & Chris are to go straight from Kilkenny's to Cherry Bar and meet Nok (Cherry) and Am there.
At 7:01, Kevin looks at me and says "Go on,, don't worry about the checkbin here, get your arse down to FLB. You are acting like a fucking excited schoolkid on his first date". It was true, I was very excited and could hardly wait to see Nok. 7:03, I'm in the FLB and Nok isn't there yet. This is not really a big surprise to me, so I just sit at the bar and have a few drinks. Moulie and the Mamasans come over to ask if I'm okay and I suspect they already know the answer to that by the stupid fucking grin all over my face.
By 7:35, I'm getting a little edgy now as Nok still hasn't arrived and I get yet another beer in. Five minutes later though in she walks. She lookls absolutely stunning. Sod the party, I want to take her back to the hotel now!
I cannot help but gawp at her. She is definately a young woman tonight and not a girl. I am totally bowled over and am very happy and proud.
We have a few drinks and meet Aussiechic and Badboy. Aussiechic agrees with me that Nok looks really beautiful. As a leaving present, Nok is given a calendar which she views with great excitement. There is a certain innocence and naivety that the girls portray at times that just makes my heart melt. This was one of those moments.
By 8:30, we decide to make our way up to Cherry Bar to join in with the festivities. We sit in our now familiar seats and check out how everyone else is getting on. Chris is stone cold sober and drinking Sprite; Kevin seems to be okay as well, but Nok (Cherry) and Am seem to be smashed already. (It seems that they started on the booze not long after leaving us at the hotel)
Beer is also there already, and I let Nok know that the drinks for Beer are to go in our checkbin and she can simply order as she wants; there is no need to wait or ask for a drink. She is one of the gang for tonight.
She is really cute and takes a great photo with Adam.( Tiger - Beer )
Then we had the ( Good - Bad - Ugly ). You can decide amongst yourselves which was which.
There is some tension in the air though. Kevin is a joint host and his girl who has been barfined for the night seems to be spending a lot of time 'working' behind the bar. Is this a ploy to make the party pictures show that she wasn't actually with Kevin?
He doesn't look particularly happy here and the garland has disappeared as well.
Most of the pictures of Am are of her behind the bar posing for pictures with the other staff. Wish I'd spotted this on the night, but I was too tied up in my gal.
This bundle of energy always seems to be smling and having fun and she is extremely fit. (More of her later in the trip)
Aah, maybe everything is okay after all.
The party cake came out and as I had already announced that I was returning to Pattaya in January to be there for Nok's birthday, the sparkling wit of my 'mates' was displayed.
Now somewhere in the procedings, Nok (FLB) nad disappeared off with Beer. I had been told that they were simply going off to get some food, but it had been a while. As Aussiechic and Badboy turned up at the Cherry Bar, I sent a text to Nok to let her know that they were here. I didn't get a response which was strange, as she would normally send me a simple "OK" to acknowledge that she'd got the message.
Nok and Beer had now been gone for several hours and I was not taking it well. I didn't know where she was, I was pissed and I was in love. Not a good combination. And just to add additional fuel to the fire, Kevin & Chris keep saying that the reason that Beer wanted to meet Nok tonight was because she had a guy lined up for some ST threesome fun and she needed a partner.
This totally destroys me and I walk out into the car park at the back of the complex and just sit on the kerb and cry my eyes out.
One of the girls from the bar spots me after a while and says that Nok and Beer are at the bar and Nok is worried because I am not there. I am escorted back to the bar and am asked to take a photograph of Nok and Am.
Shortly afterwards, we decide to leave. I ask Nok if Beer is okay, or does she need somewhere to stay and I am simply told "I send her away". I will never fucking understand women. I'm convinced of that.
Chris has been off the booze all night, so is completely sober and he rounds us all up and gets us back to the hotel.
Nok is quite annoyed with me as she obviously finds it disturbing to see me cry and she doesn't understand why. I stupidly try to explain and that really doesn't help matters at all. The concepts of love, hurt and guilt just don't seem to feature in the Thai culture, so they cannot be understood. The age difference also brings on more guilt and tears from me, so I go to the bathroom to try and clean myself up and not let Nok see me this way. I sit on the loo with my head in my hands and try to make sense of it all.
Next thing I know, Kevin is pulling me out of the bathroom and telling me to get my stupid arse into bed. I have really let myself down tonight and this in turn has upset Nok which makes me feel even worse.
I am completely in love. and I cannot handle it.
Tuesday 31 October 2006
Trip 1 - Day 10
Tuesday 31st October 2006
Soi 'half a dozen'
As we are going to be out all afternoon, the girls decide that they are going to go shopping to get new outfits for the party that is being hosted by Casper UK, Chris, Kevin and myself. The party had a special theme which will be detailed in tomorrows report.
I cannot remember how much was given for the purchase of clothing this time, but I did ask Nok to wear a nice dress as I'd like to show her off in the FLB Bar before going to the party. She understood what I meant even though she finds it difficult to use English words to reply. We also each give the girls 500 baht to buy food and booze as we were planning to have a quiet night in before the party the next night.
So the boys all leave to meet up at the Queen Vic which Nok(FLB) believes is on Soi 10, so she is left with this thought and nothing else is said. There may be another Queen Vic / Victoria on Soi 10, but this was not where we were going! We were off to Soi 6 for a lunchtime crawl.
We meet up inside and there are 9 of us in total. Hammer, MightyOne, Scumbag, Bazzap, Chris, Talen, Casper UK, Kevin, and Me.
We start with some good falang 'stodge' in our bellies and most of us are drinking Water, Orange, Tea etc. Not MightyOne; he orders an orange juice and then simply changes his mind and orders a Vodka / Lipo.
After settling all our bills, it's time to brave the hazards of Soi 6. We don't have to go far, as we all pile in to the place right next door which I now know to be called T G Bar.
Unfortunately they are not ready for the influx of 9 falang and I am left with no drink and no lady for 5 minutes until mamasan finally pulls in one of the girls from outside. She is no stunner and is quite bored until I offer to buy her a drink and then it's hands everywhere time.
By this time, Talan is getting some close attention from his partner
Next thing I know there is a lot of movement from the seats behind me. Kevin has just declared his passion for his lady with a classically romantic line; "Fuck this, let's go upstairs, NOW!" That's it; three of our number are on their way up the stairs for ST sessions. Whilst they're 'occupied', Hammer calls time on the place and the remaining crawl members make their way to Kiss Kool.
As we go through the door, a quick smile to one of the girls has her on your arm and you are lead off to the sofa. I am not even going to wait for her to settle down before offering a drink so I simply order a Heineken and "one for yourself". You get the the usual surprised "oh thank you kind sir" sort of treatment and they are off to get the drinks and earn their small bit of commission.
As we settle down on the sofa, my girl simply starts massaging my nether regions whilst us falang guys all continue a surreal conversation that went something along the lines of.
"You know this place isn't bad"
"Yeah they've really made an effort to do it out nicely"
"I agree; it's actually quite a classy place"
"What the fuck are you talking about"
"When is a BJ joint on Soi 6 ever going to be 'classy'?"
"Yeah, I take your point"
"I dunno, classy BJ joint has a good ring to it though"
The girls really gave us a good time in this place, and you know what I would actually have to agree that it was quite stylish and yep it was quite classy.
Or maybe not
As we leave Kiss Kool, we meet up with our playing partners who had obviously 'lost their balls in the rough' and make our way to yet another 'classy' joint - Sexy Soi 6 where it's a straight "Heineken for me and a drink for you" which again has the desired effect of being allowed a hand in her knickers and she fondles my balls. Isn't life a bitch?
When Adam calls time on this place, the crawl is deemed to be over. We start our walk back along the Soi to get a baht bus down to Beach Road where we are going to find a bar at the top of Walking Street and just have a couple of beers before going back to the hotel.
As we pass Route 69 (I think that was it's name), Adam suddenly turns off and with a wave goodbye he enters another 'classy' joint.
As we walk past Kiss Kool, there is a lot of jeering and I am pointed at by the lady that I had been playing with earlier. I have no idea if this yelling is a good thing or a bad thing, so it's eyes front and quicken the pace to get to the relative safety of Beach Road.
We are still about fifty yards from the end of the Soi when a baht bus stops right at the end of the road. Three falang walking quickly up the middle of Soi 6 is obviously good customer potential. The drivers of these buses seem to have some sort of sixth sense when it comes to getting a punter. (Same same for the BGs really). We head of down Beach Road and decide that we will just go and have a few drinks in a different bar somewhere at the top of Walking Street.
We start the walk down Walking Street and decide on the Moonlight Bar. I have no idea why we chose this place, but we weren't hassled and we just sat and chatted about how awesome Soi 6 had been.
I then send a text to Nok saying that Golf with Adam is now over and we were just having a few beers in Walking Street and then we will return to the hotel. It seemed like a safe plan. (Duh!)
Kevin & Chris aren't really into the native food, so they decide that some good falang 'stodge' would be in order, so it's off down the road to Kilkenny's for Kevins staple foodstuff of Cottage Pie.
After eating, we realised it had just gone 7pm, so it would be 'rude' not top pop into FLB for a quick drink before returning to the hotel. In we go and we just start chatting away and drinking a few beers when my phone starts ringing. It's Nok! "Where you? Food ready for you now." Oh shit! It's gone 9pm and we had said that we'd be back around 7 - 7:30. Call for checkbin, down the drinks and off to get a taxi backto the hotel. There is a veritable food mountain awaiting us.
Kevin and Chris make no real attempt to eat anything, with claims of too much sun walking around the golf course, but I try a bit of just about everything and pass my experrt judgement on whether it tastes good, indifferent or bad.
After everyone has eaten enough, the girls tell us that we should go down to the hotel bar whilst they clear everything away. We don't need to be asked twice, so it's down to the now familiar table by the bar and a few cold beers.
After a while, Nok (Cherry) appears in the bar and holds out her 'loom key' and announces that she is off to bed. We take this as a sign that it's time for everyone to retire, so we checkbin and finish another day in Pattaya.
Lying in bed, I am asked "Why you lie?" "You no play golf, you go drinking with Adam. Adam not play golf" I am now being pinched on the arm quite hard (The bruises actually lasted several days) and I have no idea how much the BG network might have reported back on our afternoon activities. I am really not practised enough in the art of lying, so I come clean and tell her that we hadn't played golf, but had been drinking in Soi 6. "Soi 6! You butterfly? You go short time?" "No I not go short time I promise" "You not lie to me" "No, I not lie" Phew Then a couple of minutes later comes the mortar attack, "Kevin butterfly? Kevin short time?" Aagh, I have dug this hole so deep now. I jump down the big hole with a simple response
"Yes"
(I'm sorry mate. I am getting better now, but when cornered like that, I couldn't think fast enough.)
Oh fuck, this could get very messy.
Soi 'half a dozen'
As we are going to be out all afternoon, the girls decide that they are going to go shopping to get new outfits for the party that is being hosted by Casper UK, Chris, Kevin and myself. The party had a special theme which will be detailed in tomorrows report.
I cannot remember how much was given for the purchase of clothing this time, but I did ask Nok to wear a nice dress as I'd like to show her off in the FLB Bar before going to the party. She understood what I meant even though she finds it difficult to use English words to reply. We also each give the girls 500 baht to buy food and booze as we were planning to have a quiet night in before the party the next night.
So the boys all leave to meet up at the Queen Vic which Nok(FLB) believes is on Soi 10, so she is left with this thought and nothing else is said. There may be another Queen Vic / Victoria on Soi 10, but this was not where we were going! We were off to Soi 6 for a lunchtime crawl.
We meet up inside and there are 9 of us in total. Hammer, MightyOne, Scumbag, Bazzap, Chris, Talen, Casper UK, Kevin, and Me.
We start with some good falang 'stodge' in our bellies and most of us are drinking Water, Orange, Tea etc. Not MightyOne; he orders an orange juice and then simply changes his mind and orders a Vodka / Lipo.
After settling all our bills, it's time to brave the hazards of Soi 6. We don't have to go far, as we all pile in to the place right next door which I now know to be called T G Bar.
Unfortunately they are not ready for the influx of 9 falang and I am left with no drink and no lady for 5 minutes until mamasan finally pulls in one of the girls from outside. She is no stunner and is quite bored until I offer to buy her a drink and then it's hands everywhere time.
By this time, Talan is getting some close attention from his partner
Next thing I know there is a lot of movement from the seats behind me. Kevin has just declared his passion for his lady with a classically romantic line; "Fuck this, let's go upstairs, NOW!" That's it; three of our number are on their way up the stairs for ST sessions. Whilst they're 'occupied', Hammer calls time on the place and the remaining crawl members make their way to Kiss Kool.
As we go through the door, a quick smile to one of the girls has her on your arm and you are lead off to the sofa. I am not even going to wait for her to settle down before offering a drink so I simply order a Heineken and "one for yourself". You get the the usual surprised "oh thank you kind sir" sort of treatment and they are off to get the drinks and earn their small bit of commission.
As we settle down on the sofa, my girl simply starts massaging my nether regions whilst us falang guys all continue a surreal conversation that went something along the lines of.
"You know this place isn't bad"
"Yeah they've really made an effort to do it out nicely"
"I agree; it's actually quite a classy place"
"What the fuck are you talking about"
"When is a BJ joint on Soi 6 ever going to be 'classy'?"
"Yeah, I take your point"
"I dunno, classy BJ joint has a good ring to it though"
The girls really gave us a good time in this place, and you know what I would actually have to agree that it was quite stylish and yep it was quite classy.
Or maybe not
As we leave Kiss Kool, we meet up with our playing partners who had obviously 'lost their balls in the rough' and make our way to yet another 'classy' joint - Sexy Soi 6 where it's a straight "Heineken for me and a drink for you" which again has the desired effect of being allowed a hand in her knickers and she fondles my balls. Isn't life a bitch?
When Adam calls time on this place, the crawl is deemed to be over. We start our walk back along the Soi to get a baht bus down to Beach Road where we are going to find a bar at the top of Walking Street and just have a couple of beers before going back to the hotel.
As we pass Route 69 (I think that was it's name), Adam suddenly turns off and with a wave goodbye he enters another 'classy' joint.
As we walk past Kiss Kool, there is a lot of jeering and I am pointed at by the lady that I had been playing with earlier. I have no idea if this yelling is a good thing or a bad thing, so it's eyes front and quicken the pace to get to the relative safety of Beach Road.
We are still about fifty yards from the end of the Soi when a baht bus stops right at the end of the road. Three falang walking quickly up the middle of Soi 6 is obviously good customer potential. The drivers of these buses seem to have some sort of sixth sense when it comes to getting a punter. (Same same for the BGs really). We head of down Beach Road and decide that we will just go and have a few drinks in a different bar somewhere at the top of Walking Street.
We start the walk down Walking Street and decide on the Moonlight Bar. I have no idea why we chose this place, but we weren't hassled and we just sat and chatted about how awesome Soi 6 had been.
I then send a text to Nok saying that Golf with Adam is now over and we were just having a few beers in Walking Street and then we will return to the hotel. It seemed like a safe plan. (Duh!)
Kevin & Chris aren't really into the native food, so they decide that some good falang 'stodge' would be in order, so it's off down the road to Kilkenny's for Kevins staple foodstuff of Cottage Pie.
After eating, we realised it had just gone 7pm, so it would be 'rude' not top pop into FLB for a quick drink before returning to the hotel. In we go and we just start chatting away and drinking a few beers when my phone starts ringing. It's Nok! "Where you? Food ready for you now." Oh shit! It's gone 9pm and we had said that we'd be back around 7 - 7:30. Call for checkbin, down the drinks and off to get a taxi backto the hotel. There is a veritable food mountain awaiting us.
Kevin and Chris make no real attempt to eat anything, with claims of too much sun walking around the golf course, but I try a bit of just about everything and pass my experrt judgement on whether it tastes good, indifferent or bad.
After everyone has eaten enough, the girls tell us that we should go down to the hotel bar whilst they clear everything away. We don't need to be asked twice, so it's down to the now familiar table by the bar and a few cold beers.
After a while, Nok (Cherry) appears in the bar and holds out her 'loom key' and announces that she is off to bed. We take this as a sign that it's time for everyone to retire, so we checkbin and finish another day in Pattaya.
Lying in bed, I am asked "Why you lie?" "You no play golf, you go drinking with Adam. Adam not play golf" I am now being pinched on the arm quite hard (The bruises actually lasted several days) and I have no idea how much the BG network might have reported back on our afternoon activities. I am really not practised enough in the art of lying, so I come clean and tell her that we hadn't played golf, but had been drinking in Soi 6. "Soi 6! You butterfly? You go short time?" "No I not go short time I promise" "You not lie to me" "No, I not lie" Phew Then a couple of minutes later comes the mortar attack, "Kevin butterfly? Kevin short time?" Aagh, I have dug this hole so deep now. I jump down the big hole with a simple response
"Yes"
(I'm sorry mate. I am getting better now, but when cornered like that, I couldn't think fast enough.)
Oh fuck, this could get very messy.
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