Traveling the World

So yesterday we got to our accommodation (an apartment). For 4 people it costs 2100 baht per night. We only have 3 people with us right now, since the other two were stuck in Shenzhen last night because of a typhoon.

In the afternoon we got schwarma (I had 2, Nick had 2, Matt had 1) and mango milk shake (each had 1). The schwarma cost 60 baht each ($1.77) and the mango cost 40 baht each ($1.18 each). So we spent 420 baht at one place ($12.39). We made the arab man VERY happy).

After lunch we went down to Nana Square (on Sukhumvit Road, one of the longest roads in the world) to where all the expats and foreigners hang out. While there we saw an elephant walking on the road and paid 20 baht each to feed it and pet it (don’t worry, got pictures and video of it ). One thing that’s very interesting (and mildly annoying) is that sex is everywhere. It’s not hidden in Thailand. Every bar we drink in, every street we walk down, there are girls (and ladyboys) hooting and hollering at us. This is because Thailand is a service country (and not the good kind). Most of the foreigners come here for sex, they call it Sex Tourism.

I find it easier to deal with people in Thailand when I tell them I’m Canadian because all of the stupid Americans come here and pay ridiculous prices for everything, and tip people too. The Thai people try to screw us really bad everywhere we go because of the idiot tourists. They try to sell a shirt for 900 baht (about $25) that should really be sold for about 80baht ($2.20).

Last night we went to an Indian restaurant, and ended up getting 3 meals (Butter Chicken, Chicken Korma, Paneer [Indian Cottage Cheese with vegetables], and Naan (like pita bread). Total cost was 1135 baht (or about 220 yuan, or $11 per person). It was very expensive because we got charged 30 baht per water and 70 baht per rice, plus a service tax of 10% and a 7% VAT tax (which will be returned to us when we leave Thailand).

Later that night we went to a Go-Go bar. We bought 10 balls, each ball is worth money in tips, and we had to throw the balls to the girls we liked. I tried to throw a ball to one of them but some girl next to her snatched it. I got the girl I liked to come off the stage and I handed it to her, in which she then sat on my lap. Turns out she had just turned 36 a few weeks ago, but she looked a bit younger.. lol. After a bit we left because they saw how generous we were and started exploiting us by having the girls on stage come surround us and sit on our laps and chat with us, and started ordering drinks on our behalf without us offering them. Oh well, we spent about $30 in total!

Later in the day I tried to text Lucia but hadn’t set my phone numbers to be +86.. so the text didn’t go through. It wasnt until this morning I realized that it’d work if I’d only set my contacts numbers to have the +86 Went to bed around 11pm because this morning we went out to the JJ Weekend Market (one of the largest and most famous in the world). At the market I bought some sew-on flags of the different countries I’ve been to (and ones I will see very soon) and had A&M Root Beer for the first time in many months. Tried to buy a pair of shorts for a fair price of 250 baht ($7.50) but the guy decided to renege on his deal.

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