Day 10 & 11

Left Phi Phi island yesterday and traveled back to Phuket this time staying at Karon beach. Just swam and walked around looking at the shops most of the time. This morning I walked to Kata beach about 2 miles away as they had the closest Starbucks believe it or not.  Last night I went to a bar to drink and the bar and massage girls here do not bug you much which is a relief. This trip was fun but it was long enough. I will likely do this again and skip Patong beach. 21 hours on the plane and I will be home

Day 8 & 9

Went hiking again this time to Loh something bay. Lots of signs warning about the naughty monkeys or something. The beach was beautiful and the waves stronger than Long beach. There was a small horse hanging out too so they might be making that poor thing give people rides. Later I hiked up to the dude on the hill and bought more beer from him.  Hiked toTonsai bay twice. This hike goes through woods, resorts on the beach and over some huge rocks. Today I carried back some booze, energy drink and mixer to make a "bucket" tonight. This is the local way to get your drink on. This is my last day here so I bought boat and Taxi tickets to get me back to Phuket.

Day 8

Well I am slowing down now and spent my day at the beach or in the pool. Went shopping at the 2 million junk booths around but I only found junk. Headed to the Juiceylon mall and looked around. Was impressed by the IT floor that had nothing but electronics and this was cool. They had a 3D arcade like thing but I did not go in just watched someone bowling. It seemed better than the bowling game I played on the plane heading here. Today is the birthday of the King and also is Thailand's fathers day. At 7 pm a celebration will start at the hotel with a candle light like vigil so I will take pictures, that is if I can see it from the bar :) Oh I found the gym today so I used it and this was good. I realized yesterday that I have been eating very little while on this vacation and it must be due to the heat. Started eating fattening stuff like lattes instead of the brewed coffee and pastries for breakfast and even a big mac. I do not miss this type of food but hey. Tomorrow is my last day here so I will have to start working the tour booths to find the best deal to get to Phi Phi island.

Day6-7

Day 6: Today I just walked around Pattaya and then left at 10am for the airport. Arrived in Phuket at 3pm and and a 1 hour taxi ride arrived at Patong beach.  The hotel ended up be perfect as the room has ocean and pool views and is next to Patong beach and next door to the party spot. Soon as the sun went down the party started again. Met this girl that was selling timeshares so I spent time listening to her shit as the party stuff is now getting old. Patong night life is more upscale you might say and the average age is close to 30 abit different than Pattaya average age of 75 :) called it a night early around 10 which is actually late for me by my normal standards.

Day7: Mid way point today and I was wide awake at 5:00am so I headed out to find a Starbucks but settled for a McDonalds. I was surprised that the hookers and night life trash was still out. By sunrise they started to head back to their caves. Went on a hike thinking that I was heading south to Freedom beach which is hard to find and very secluded and prestine. Well I headed north so I seen other beaches and took some good pictures even one of an elephants ass after it scared me. I was lucky enough to get some awesome blisters on my feet so hobbling back to the hotel was a memory that I can share with youth in later years. Patong is nice but seems to not really be my vib. It is beautiful but it has a seedy underground that feels weird and walking around this morning kinda cemented that thought for me. Well was heading to the pool at noonish and the timeshare girl called saying she was at the front desk ready to take me to a presentation WTF I told her that I would call her this morning if the weather was bad and I was not going to hike. Everyone is so pushy here. I swear that I have heard in the last 48hrs a thousand statemements including but not limited to "massaaaage!", need tuktuk, I make you new suit, cheap! And even you want boom boom.  Gotta love Thailand diversity.  Plan to just be lame for the next couple days and let the feet heal.

Day5: Last night I went to walking street and that was a hella party site. Managed to only embarrass myself once and that event is now permanently etched in my memory,so, all in all not a bad night. Today I finally became one with nature and hiked to the Big Budda on top of a mountain, oK it was a hill, but a big one. I figured that it would be an easy 8 mile hike as it was overcast so I thought it would be relatively cool,but. I was wrong. Later I decided to go to Koh Larn an island off of Pattaya. Hoped on a boat, well actually it was more like a 2 story raft but who's complaining we made it. Got on another tuk tuk and road it to this beach where I am currently. This time I asked the driver the price 2 times before I paid up. See I am slow but I am learning. Think I will head back to walking street to night to watch a Thai boxing match as that is my kinda entertainment.

Trip to Thailand an adventure with nature. Oh hell I just wanted to get drunk somewhere else

Day1: Flight was torture PDX-SFO-TPE-BKK. 24 hours wedged between idiots. Mid flight I would have exchanged a waterboarding session if it would have got me off this plane sooner.

Day2: Anyway I was a zombie as I didn't sleep on the flights so I just roamed the street aimlessly kinda like I do at work. One of my plans included a mountain bike trip through the jungle and traveling to some small villages. That is day 3's adventure but I was too tired to make the reservations and planned to go so bright and early in the morning. Oh i went for drinks this night in "normal" bars and ended up at one of the girly bars. After some tranny rubbed the back of his hand on my leg I got the hell outta there. Yes I got his number 1st, duh!!

Day3: Bad choice on day2 as this morning I found out that the mountain bike day trip has to be arraigned 24 hrs in advance. Shit!! OK make lemon aid from piss or whatever that saying is? Decided load up an app to map a walking course to some temples and with the goal to walk to China town and back. Well 4 hours later with some great pictures and some sore feet I completed the trip. Got my 1st foot massage that night and think that I am now in love with that girl. Went the hotel area bar and then went to the girly bar near the hotel. Met this fun lady that was teaching me some Thai. About a half hour later she wanted me to take her to my hotel? I told her that she was beautiful in Thai and that I was lame. Well that was half true as I am lame as I left her to find another guy

Day4: Took a train to Ekamia bus station and then a bus to Pattaya. Arrived at Pattaya and took a Tuk Tuk to where I thought was the hotel. This driver said 40 baht for the ride to this couple so I gave him the same. Two Japanese girls were charged 150 baht and I thought this bastard was ripping them off but I shut up. The ride took about 40 minutes and we passed what I thought was the area that I was staying at near the beach. After traveling up a mountain away from the beach the driver told me top get out a 40 baht was not enough. I smile and said fuck you to him and told the girls good luck. He was telling me some shit and I said fuck off I will find my way. After 45 minutes of walking in the pleasant 95 degree weather while dragging a suit case and a back pack I arrived at the hotel everything I was wearing soaking with sweat. I arrived to my room and decided I needed to start a blog. As tech savvy as I am it took me 30 minutes just to figure out how to set up an address. More later after I go to the pool or something. I am still pissed at that Tuk Tuk asshole but hope the girls made it to their proper destination.