100th Post

After some Bloody Marys, spring rolls and a volunteer party I think I am ready to blog again.  As always sorry about the long delay life has been busy. 

When I left you last time I was feeling sick and questioning whether or not I would head out for the night.  Well I did head out as my photos post will show and went to Bliss Beach Clubs opening party.  This event was great as you pull up you are given a lei by a baby elephant.  The hors d'oeuvres were delicious the drinks flowed and I got to talk to some really interesting people.  I also got to meet my boss Tina's doppleganger.  The likeness is uncanny.  We spent a few hours at bliss before heading to Kathu and what has become somewhat of a regular bar.  We drank and the girls danced until the wee hours and I knew I needed enough.  I was being driven but couldnt go straight home.  We dropped one friend off at the far south of the island a 30 minute drive then went to my house a 45 minute drive from her house.  I was very grateful not to be driving and there was a calmness to the island at 3 am and no one else on the roads.

Sunday I made my way to Jen's house and swam all day at her pool.  She got cheaper rent to live in a upscale complex if she teaches the staff english.  Good gig if you can get it. 

On Tuesday we went to a little house party where I met some of the other teachers Jen works with.  They are a good group of people with such amazing different backgrounds all around the same age.  It was a fun late night of meeting new people.

The reason I was able to go out on a tuesday night was because Wednesday was Buddha day so I got to have a holiday.  I spent most of the day sleeping and reading but then met Allie and Rachael to go see a movie.  We saw Haywire and I wasnt a huge fan...they hated it.  After that we got dinner at a restaurant called N. 6 which is situated on the hills above patong.  The view is amazing and the prices arent bad either.  My motorbike almost didnt make it up the hill to get there.  I always love seeing places from its highest point because you get a whole new view of this place you supposedly knew.

Thursday was a day where you knew you were living on a tropical island.  The rain was intense and seemed nonstop most of the day.  The worst part is it was so humid afterwards and still pretty damn hot.

Friday Jen, Allie and Rachael came over to Kamala to go to dinner.  We had dinner at this great little place on the beach..a little to expensive though.  Then we went to one of my favorite bars the Rooftop bar.  As soon as I walk up and say my hello to the cook and the bartender we are served our drinks with a big plate of popcorn and it was great.  We drank and ate for a while until Allie and Rachael left and it was just me and Jen.  We sat at the bar talking to an expat and two cops until the expat left.  We drank and then got invited out to some hot pot....at 3:30am since it was the police who invited us we couldnt exactly say no even though I was exhausted.  We ate some until the cops had to get called to an accident and then they scurried off on the same bike.  It was a good sight.  We ate some more and waited but eventually I had to throw in the towel I was too exhausted.  Jen stayed in my extra room and we finally got to be around 4:15.

Saturday night Jen, Rachael, Allie, and I went to get dinner at this place called the Natural which is a good spot in phuket town.  This was my first journey into Phuket town.  The food was really good.  We were going to make a bigger night of it and did go back to the bar in Kathu but I was in bed by 11pm. 

Sunday I am awoken to a text by the girls that they are in Kamala at the beach and they have brought me food....one of the best texts of my life.  I drop off my laundry and jump on my bike to meet them.  We swim and eat for a few hours and I get TORCHED on my shoulders.  I thought I put on enough sun screen but I guess I didnt do enough.  The next few days were rough.  It was nice to spent the day at the beach with friends.

Monday night I got dinner with one of the teachers and then met him later at a bar called Daddys.  Daddys is run by Boomer who lives above the bar and is an old farang from ohio who cooks tex mex.  This is the type of bar you can only see to believe.  Some of the stories I had heard such as when he had a sign that said free wifi but he gave you the password to the neighbors wifi.  The list would go on but I havent spent enough time to truly know all of it.  Boomer seems like a good just kinda goofy guy.  We played some pool then headed off to the Mansion where we drank and shot the breeze with another american from louisiana.  Finally our last stop was the Apple Bar where I ended up playing pool with some of the ladies of the night and another farang I had just met.  The bar closed up and after a good night and I went home....alone.

Wednesday as I hope to make a thing is Movie night.  The movies in a nice movie theatre are only 80 baht or about 2.75.  The group saw chronicle and I liked it, I just felt like it could have been done better.  We hit up some dinner at Duck spicy a good Thai place and then called it a night.

Friday night I jumped on my bike and drove to Nai Harn at the far south of the island.  It took me 45 minutes on my motorbike and honestly thats about 35 more minutes than I like to spend on that bike.  I got off still vibrating.  I met some people at Los Amigos a mexican food place.  It made me want Chipotle and some real mexican food from AZ but my tacos were ok.   The plan for the night was to go to a reggae bar because they would have live music.  We found out that it was only happening on saturday night not friday night.  We went to the bar anyways and had a good time talking and drinking.  The reggae bar is this cool building with poster of bob marley and crazy art everywhere.  When we first arrived we were the only ones there but by the end of the night it was packed.  I could only coerce the girls to play one game of pool but I think that was enough.  To get to the reggae bar you have to walk through another bar which is completely decked out in Black Lights. We spent our time jumping between the two bars and got some good photos.  The reggae bar had a fire dancer who was amazing.  I thought I had seen here perform before at famous.  It so popular on the island that some people think its played out but I still enjoy it.We ended up leaving the bar around 3:30 and going to family mart to get some food.  They microwave the food for you there which is nice because no one I know has one.  We brought the food back to my friends house and passed out.

This morning my alarm went off around 9:30am.  I folded my sheets packed away my bed and then tried to make my way out quietly.  I got out and realized that her automated gate was locked so I had to sneak back in have one of the two girls click it open for me.  Luckily one was awake to help me out.  I drove the 45 mins back up to Kamala, jumped in the shower then headed off to our volunteer thank you party.  The next few hours were spent drinking, eating and talking with friends of the foundation.  Its a really good group of people who are involved and I am happy to be working with them.

I will steal some photos from facebook when they are posted.