Phil being in Thailand usually means two things, long hard days and even longer nights. After a couple of days of business, Nuch and I took him to Pattaya. We borrowed a car and Phil drove. On a good run it is about two hours.
We stayed at the A-One Royal Cruise Hotel, this is a well mental Hotel, the two blocks are shaped like Cruise Liners and all the rooms are like cabins. A v
ery nice Hotel that worked out at £38 per room per night. As usual in Thailand accommodation is very cheap, unlike in the UK where you would be lucky to get a Travel Lodge under £45.
Unfortunately it rained on and off Saturday afternoon so we didn’t get down to the beach. In the evening just before 7.00pm we went to a local bar and had a beer, then onto a German restaurant for some snap. It was in the German that we discovered that after 7.00pm, no alcohol would be on sale!!!! The reason being there was an election in Chonburi District so no ale until the election was over on Sunday afternoon.
It took Nuch an hour to revive me and Phil.
We hunted round Pattaya until a friend told us of a bar that was serving booze. It turned out that the bar was owned by one of the Politicians in the following day’s election. Ahhh! An Oasis.
The following morning after checking out we headed off to Jomtiam Beach for a spot of beach life. Phil showed off his feminine side by having a Pedicure off one of the Hawkers who come round the beach. The poor woman had to cut his toe nails, scrape about a kilo of dead skin off his heel and cut some off a corn he as. To round things off she then painted the Lady boys Nails. I worry about him sometimes! For this she was given the princely sum of 350baht £4.80.
Phil and I then had a brill time on some 700cc Jet skis, they are without doubt a fantastic piece of kit, you can really rip on them, and all it cost was £8 for 30 minutes.
Unfortunately the good times can’t last for ever and it was back to Bangkok.
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