I guess this posting is long overdue for rather than now, I should have already written something about it last week. I didn't take too many photos, but since this blog has been pretty dry, I decided to post up some pics (without my face, of course)
We went to Bangkok and did a minor detour to Pattaya on the second day. I didn't take much pictures on the first day, but here's a picture of the dinner we had. Authentic Pad Thai prepared unhygenically by the road side, dusted by the smog and car exhaust, dashed with some like dirt and grime.
Tasty. Honestly, it taste really good.
On the second day we went to Pattaya, I mean, we're not there for just some clean good fun, we're there for the bad stuff too. Don't believe me? Take a look:
The view we got at Pattaya was super. Really Super. I half expected a dodgy room with leaking pipes and creaking windows. But this.
This
The sea was clean and the beaches are really coated with clean white sands. We did go down in the late night to an empty pub. I didn't capture any photos there, but it was good to be the only customers. Shooting pool and slacking around.
And the hotel's pretty cute. I was reading through the room service menus and saw that they have omelettes, but you'll have some trouble with the way you want it done.
"Hi, I will like my eggs, scrambled"
"Yes yes. Eggs. Any style"
"No, not
any style, I want it scrambled"
"Yes yes. Yes sir. Any style"
-click-
Ahem.
Don't get me started on the Hotdog by a mouse.
Anywaaayy..
We went to the "mini world" thingy, where they have minature versions of famous Thai and other world monuments like the Effiel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.
Hmm.. I saved on my shots I guess.. Snap a photo of one, you get another free.
And like what I mentioned about the bad boys thingy earlier, here's more proof that it's not a place for the goody-two-shoes.
Super was good, we went to a spot by the roadside where the stalls line up in neat rows with orderly breaks for people to weave their way around.
Its true that to taste the authentic foods, you got to stay away from the restaurants and head on down to the streets. The stores were aplenty with Thai lexicon that looks half Arabic and half Indian to me. Its more of an affair of looking at what they are preparing and pointing to whatever you feel looks good but have absolutely no idea what it is.
Traffic at Thailand is naturally horrendous-looking to the all-law-abiding Singaporeans.
I got to sit in the Tuk-Tuk! The one made famous in the "Mr Brosnan?" Visa commercial. Its not for the fainted-hearted. On a 3 lane street the driver created his own 4th lane and charges between vehicles without a thought for us, not forgetting that he changes lanes without any prior signals.
When you are overseas you'll look for the things that you lost back home. Bubble/Chewing gum,
porn and yes, A&W.
They ran out of curly fries while we were there. Its the saddest thing to have ever happened. Imagine going to the North Pole on Christmas Eve to find that Santa Claus has ticked you off the Nice and put you in the Naughty list, bound to eternal doom with no new toys to unwrap under the Christmas tree.
You guys made it fun.
