I woke up the Zach and Noel (the boys) around 10 so we could get going on our day…….we had all decided to go to Pattaya Beach, the closest beach to Bangkok. I wanted the boys to see the beautiful beaches of Thailand and have a relaxing, rest full day before starting the push to cram as much as possible into a 10 day trip on the other side of the world.
Because Bangkok is so hugely, grotesquely, awfully, disgustingly huge, AND the traffic is so nasty, annoyingly slow and congested, it took us over 2 hours to get there (man, I miss Bellingham traffic)…..It took another hour to catch a ferry to a nearby island, and another hour to find motorcycle drivers to drive us across the island to the beach. Fun though…….especially that motorcycle ride…..3 of us on one, making a parade up and over the steep hill to Sam Beach. By the time we arrived, it was 3:30.
Not nearly as beautiful as the beaches of Phuket and Krabi areas, but still warm water, hot sun and the luxury of walking in the sand and people watching. The guys made jokes about the European men in their speedos and the old grey haired men with their beautiful, young Thai girlfriends. I loved being back in the company of Zach and Noel, with their sharp wit and sarcasm.
Cookie took us to a beautiful seafood restaurant on the shores of Pattaya. We tried lots of different Thai foods including soft, small crab that Molly said were not “normal” crab. Although it looked like any other vegetable, Zach mistakenly ate a whole, dried, red pepper with his dish and I thought his eyes were going to pop out of his head. We gave him piles of rice, gallons of water and his throat and mouth still burned….he kept eating although he said all his taste buds had been fried. MaHa eats meals with us also. He eats a lot. I call him a garbage can and he laughs and scrapes the rest of the food onto his plate.
For the grand finally of the boys first day in Thailand, we all go to the Tiffany Show. The largest, most famous transvestite show in the country, exhibits the dancing talents of the top lady men around. The entire cast is men….I mean woman. Born man, but now woman. Half man, half woman. Beautiful woman with the most amazing bodies. The Tina Turner act was my favorite. Zach was scared to go to the bathroom because he didn’t know who would be in there. I think both boys will pay more attention to the pretty girls on the streets and will remember the Tiffany Show.
