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Thailand 2001
Before I started "blogging" I was always reluctant to put my thoughts on paper or a word processor. I always thought my wordly expressions sucked and therefore I never liked the idea of keeping a blog. I always referred to pictures to do the talking for me, but after some rethinking I started this blog.
As I was cleaning house last night, I was going through old files on my server and found a little hidden gem. I found a folder I had saved from a laptop I had taken on my trip to Thailand. Inside the folder there was pictures, and what we would now consider a blog.
Yup, back in 2001 I had basically written about 5 days worth of entries. I contemplated posting all of them in one shot or giving them their own day as I was living it during those days.
Well, it's the weekend and because I never write anything during the weekends I'm posting all of the days I wrote in Thailand. The following is unedited so if you catch any mistakes it's to preserve the thought of mind back then.
Sit back, relax, roll a fattie, get your beer, or wine glass and enjoy these few days I managed to catch back in 2001.
Tuesday December 18 2001.
The night before the flight, the anticipation was great. I was too excited to go to sleep, but I was extremely tired as well.
The next morning I woke up, took a shower, and got myself ready. I really didn’t have to do much except grab my bags and get going. I had prepared during the past few days so that I wouldn’t have to rush during the day of the flight. I guess I’ve always liked preparing so that everything goes smoothly.
I called my brother in law and my sister to see if they were ready at 8:00 am but they had just woke up. I told them that I’d call them in half an hour to see if they were ready. As it turns out they weren’t ready till about 9:15. I got the car and picked them up, and we made it to the airport at 10:00 am. I was a little nervous because the highways seemed to be busy and congested. On my way back the traffic wasn’t any smoother. I made it back home at 10:45 and got back to the airport via cab at 11:20 am.
When I got there I got the news that apparently our travel agent hadn’t re-confirmed our tickets so we were on standby till about 12:00 noon. The time between 11:20 and 12:00 was brutal. I thought we had reserved seats were we would all sit together, but the mixup put us all apart.
Before taking off, thoughts of fear rushed through my head as I thought about a roller coaster ride that could go wrong at any minute. The very first move made by the plane had an ill effect on my stomach. Looking out the window seemed to make this feeling go away a little bit. Once I heard the engines at full blast and felt the gravity on my back, I knew there was no turning back. I was finally on my way to Thailand.
The cool thing about this flight is that they have TV’s all over the place. There’s a monitor in front of everyone’s sitting place. Immediately after taking off the flight attendants served us refreshments and food. The food tasted somewhat like Teriyaki Boy food.
Wednesday Dec 19th, 2001.
We finally got to Tokyo and there we waited for the next plane to Bangkok.
The flight to BKK was a little rough but nonetheless we got there. In BKK we stayed at a hotel and tried to go out the first night, but nothing was able to be done. We got to BKK really late (12:00 midnite). We tried looking for places to go, but everything seemed to close at 2:00. The next morning we woke up and proceeded to prepare for the trip to Samui. The thing that I noticed was the smell in BKK. It smelled really bad, and the food didn’t seem edible. Maybe it was just me, but my hunger seemed to go away faster than before due to the smell. We ended up getting lost in the city while looking for a record shop that Gary had suggested we find. We made it back just in the nick of time because we had to leave by 4:30 that afternoon.
One thing that I forgot to mention was that we had all gone to a huge shopping mall in BKK where the clothes and most of everything else seemed dirt cheap. I ended up buying a pair of pants, which were relatively cheap in comparison to prices in the states.
That same day we managed to send of all the excess luggage via Cargo status and we tried changing my flight back but our flight to Samui was changed and we had to leave earlier.
The plane ride to Samui was not that interesting except for the fact that we rode on one of those two engine planes. I was so tired that I slept the entire flight. The flight was only about an hour and a half, but I was dead tired. The reason why I woke up is because I thought that we had hit some heavy turbulence, but apparently we had landed. I was sure that we were going to crash, but luckily we didn’t.
Thursday December 20th, 2001.
Finally! We’ve landed in Samui. Gary was there to pick us up at the airport. He seemed like a young Russell Crowe to me, good-looking guy with a heavy British accent. He took us back to Gecko and showed us where we were going to stay. I personally lucked out because I got the “presidential” bungalow. I got bungalow 1. It has the dopest view of the sea. That night that we arrived we had a dinner with some people from a place called “ministry of sound”. They were there to see if there were any good parties. Of course I didn’t eat anything because most of it had some sort of live animal in it. Mostly everything consisted of seafood. YUK.
I ended up drinking and getting bent out of shape. After the restaurant we went to one of Gary’s friend’s place. His place is called “Sunset”. There we had more drinks and tons of smoke. Everyone was so cool.
After spending about an hour there we came back to Gecko where the party continued. At this time I was so ripped that I couldn’t even speak straight. I was given a mushroom shot, and smoked like a chimney. I finally made my way back to the room and passed out.
Friday December 21, 2001
The next morning I woke up with the biggest hangover you could imagine. At first I had forgotten where I was so for a brief second there I thought I was back home. As soon as I heard the waves crashing, I remembered that I was in Thailand.
I tried opening my eyes and looking at the window but they hurt too much. The view was magnificent and I quickly got up and took a shower. At that same time my sister had come and we both went swimming. The water was awesome! It wasn’t cold at all, but I got tired quickly. We had breakfast a little bit later and proceeded to go to Chaweng.
Chaweng was nice because it had so much stuff to see. We only drove by briefly because they needed to get cash and what not. We did actually stop by a pizza place and ate there. In comparison to NY pizza, that pizza was extremely terrible. I mean, I almost choked on the fist bite. The flavor of everything is so different. Nevertheless I ate the pizza (with a lot of coke) and we started making our way back. For a brief moment we stopped by a beach in Chaweng, and it was beautiful. The sand was different and the water was crystal clear. Finally on our way back I saw so many different things that I wanted to stop and see. Tomorrow we’re getting little scooters sent over here and we’re going to ride around the town. I ended up sleeping real early today because I got litup too early in the day and no food.
Saturday December 22, 2001
Today I woke up at 6:00 am in the morning. I feel great. I’m ready to rock the town and see everything. Luckily this laptop is working although it says that it has no more battery power. I’ll write about my adventures tonite.
Thursday December 27, 2001
I haven’t written in about 5 days but it has been going great. The Christmas Party was great. I had lots of food, and got shitfaced as usual.
There was an after party, but I was too drunk to be alive; so I slept. The next day I heard that it was great, which made me feel like shit, as this was the 3rd party I’ve missed. There are more parties to be had, so I’ll worry about that later. I haven’t really done much since Christmas. All we’ve done is get up late and then smoke and chill. Have a few beers, but then you’re shitfaced all over again. What to do???
I think the main reason why we really haven’t done much is because of the weather. Samui is just coming out of Monsoon season. The ocean is supposed to be calm when at it’s best… but this time around there are waves all over the place. The skies have also been cloudy most of the time. Hopefully the weather will get better and we’ll be able to really see the dope stuff in Thailand. There are awesome waterfalls, animal ranches, and a bunch of little islands to go to. I hope I get to go. I’ve also taken a lot of pictures, which is cool. Too bad I can’t develop them here because it’s just too damn expensive. I’ll have to wait till I get to NY.
Today was Nat’s birthday. We went all around the island on bikes. It didn’t take that long but it sure felt it. Next time around we’re going to take our time so we can see the entire cool shit.
For the first time, I took target practice. I got to use a 45mm gun. Ten bullets, and they give you the target area that you use (as a remembrance).
The next thing we did today was go on these formula racing cars. They’re just simple machines with strong motors. They felt cool tho. We had a blast!
Now it’s back to the pad. Gecko has been cool so far. I never expected to be treated the way I’m being treated here. Gary and Noi have been really cool. I’ll try to write tomorrow, but I’m not sure what the hell I’m gonna do. Oh yeah…. I’m leaving on the 8th. I didn’t really plan for this to happen, but it did. More peace of mind I guess?
There you have it folks.. I guess you can call the above my VERY FIRST blog entries ever.
As I was cleaning house last night, I was going through old files on my server and found a little hidden gem. I found a folder I had saved from a laptop I had taken on my trip to Thailand. Inside the folder there was pictures, and what we would now consider a blog.
Yup, back in 2001 I had basically written about 5 days worth of entries. I contemplated posting all of them in one shot or giving them their own day as I was living it during those days.
Well, it's the weekend and because I never write anything during the weekends I'm posting all of the days I wrote in Thailand. The following is unedited so if you catch any mistakes it's to preserve the thought of mind back then.
Sit back, relax, roll a fattie, get your beer, or wine glass and enjoy these few days I managed to catch back in 2001.
Tuesday December 18 2001.
The night before the flight, the anticipation was great. I was too excited to go to sleep, but I was extremely tired as well.
The next morning I woke up, took a shower, and got myself ready. I really didn’t have to do much except grab my bags and get going. I had prepared during the past few days so that I wouldn’t have to rush during the day of the flight. I guess I’ve always liked preparing so that everything goes smoothly.
I called my brother in law and my sister to see if they were ready at 8:00 am but they had just woke up. I told them that I’d call them in half an hour to see if they were ready. As it turns out they weren’t ready till about 9:15. I got the car and picked them up, and we made it to the airport at 10:00 am. I was a little nervous because the highways seemed to be busy and congested. On my way back the traffic wasn’t any smoother. I made it back home at 10:45 and got back to the airport via cab at 11:20 am.
When I got there I got the news that apparently our travel agent hadn’t re-confirmed our tickets so we were on standby till about 12:00 noon. The time between 11:20 and 12:00 was brutal. I thought we had reserved seats were we would all sit together, but the mixup put us all apart.
Before taking off, thoughts of fear rushed through my head as I thought about a roller coaster ride that could go wrong at any minute. The very first move made by the plane had an ill effect on my stomach. Looking out the window seemed to make this feeling go away a little bit. Once I heard the engines at full blast and felt the gravity on my back, I knew there was no turning back. I was finally on my way to Thailand.
The cool thing about this flight is that they have TV’s all over the place. There’s a monitor in front of everyone’s sitting place. Immediately after taking off the flight attendants served us refreshments and food. The food tasted somewhat like Teriyaki Boy food.
Wednesday Dec 19th, 2001.
We finally got to Tokyo and there we waited for the next plane to Bangkok.
The flight to BKK was a little rough but nonetheless we got there. In BKK we stayed at a hotel and tried to go out the first night, but nothing was able to be done. We got to BKK really late (12:00 midnite). We tried looking for places to go, but everything seemed to close at 2:00. The next morning we woke up and proceeded to prepare for the trip to Samui. The thing that I noticed was the smell in BKK. It smelled really bad, and the food didn’t seem edible. Maybe it was just me, but my hunger seemed to go away faster than before due to the smell. We ended up getting lost in the city while looking for a record shop that Gary had suggested we find. We made it back just in the nick of time because we had to leave by 4:30 that afternoon.
One thing that I forgot to mention was that we had all gone to a huge shopping mall in BKK where the clothes and most of everything else seemed dirt cheap. I ended up buying a pair of pants, which were relatively cheap in comparison to prices in the states.
That same day we managed to send of all the excess luggage via Cargo status and we tried changing my flight back but our flight to Samui was changed and we had to leave earlier.
The plane ride to Samui was not that interesting except for the fact that we rode on one of those two engine planes. I was so tired that I slept the entire flight. The flight was only about an hour and a half, but I was dead tired. The reason why I woke up is because I thought that we had hit some heavy turbulence, but apparently we had landed. I was sure that we were going to crash, but luckily we didn’t.
Thursday December 20th, 2001.
Finally! We’ve landed in Samui. Gary was there to pick us up at the airport. He seemed like a young Russell Crowe to me, good-looking guy with a heavy British accent. He took us back to Gecko and showed us where we were going to stay. I personally lucked out because I got the “presidential” bungalow. I got bungalow 1. It has the dopest view of the sea. That night that we arrived we had a dinner with some people from a place called “ministry of sound”. They were there to see if there were any good parties. Of course I didn’t eat anything because most of it had some sort of live animal in it. Mostly everything consisted of seafood. YUK.
I ended up drinking and getting bent out of shape. After the restaurant we went to one of Gary’s friend’s place. His place is called “Sunset”. There we had more drinks and tons of smoke. Everyone was so cool.
After spending about an hour there we came back to Gecko where the party continued. At this time I was so ripped that I couldn’t even speak straight. I was given a mushroom shot, and smoked like a chimney. I finally made my way back to the room and passed out.
Friday December 21, 2001
The next morning I woke up with the biggest hangover you could imagine. At first I had forgotten where I was so for a brief second there I thought I was back home. As soon as I heard the waves crashing, I remembered that I was in Thailand.
I tried opening my eyes and looking at the window but they hurt too much. The view was magnificent and I quickly got up and took a shower. At that same time my sister had come and we both went swimming. The water was awesome! It wasn’t cold at all, but I got tired quickly. We had breakfast a little bit later and proceeded to go to Chaweng.
Chaweng was nice because it had so much stuff to see. We only drove by briefly because they needed to get cash and what not. We did actually stop by a pizza place and ate there. In comparison to NY pizza, that pizza was extremely terrible. I mean, I almost choked on the fist bite. The flavor of everything is so different. Nevertheless I ate the pizza (with a lot of coke) and we started making our way back. For a brief moment we stopped by a beach in Chaweng, and it was beautiful. The sand was different and the water was crystal clear. Finally on our way back I saw so many different things that I wanted to stop and see. Tomorrow we’re getting little scooters sent over here and we’re going to ride around the town. I ended up sleeping real early today because I got litup too early in the day and no food.
Saturday December 22, 2001
Today I woke up at 6:00 am in the morning. I feel great. I’m ready to rock the town and see everything. Luckily this laptop is working although it says that it has no more battery power. I’ll write about my adventures tonite.
Thursday December 27, 2001
I haven’t written in about 5 days but it has been going great. The Christmas Party was great. I had lots of food, and got shitfaced as usual.
There was an after party, but I was too drunk to be alive; so I slept. The next day I heard that it was great, which made me feel like shit, as this was the 3rd party I’ve missed. There are more parties to be had, so I’ll worry about that later. I haven’t really done much since Christmas. All we’ve done is get up late and then smoke and chill. Have a few beers, but then you’re shitfaced all over again. What to do???
I think the main reason why we really haven’t done much is because of the weather. Samui is just coming out of Monsoon season. The ocean is supposed to be calm when at it’s best… but this time around there are waves all over the place. The skies have also been cloudy most of the time. Hopefully the weather will get better and we’ll be able to really see the dope stuff in Thailand. There are awesome waterfalls, animal ranches, and a bunch of little islands to go to. I hope I get to go. I’ve also taken a lot of pictures, which is cool. Too bad I can’t develop them here because it’s just too damn expensive. I’ll have to wait till I get to NY.
Today was Nat’s birthday. We went all around the island on bikes. It didn’t take that long but it sure felt it. Next time around we’re going to take our time so we can see the entire cool shit.
For the first time, I took target practice. I got to use a 45mm gun. Ten bullets, and they give you the target area that you use (as a remembrance).
The next thing we did today was go on these formula racing cars. They’re just simple machines with strong motors. They felt cool tho. We had a blast!
Now it’s back to the pad. Gecko has been cool so far. I never expected to be treated the way I’m being treated here. Gary and Noi have been really cool. I’ll try to write tomorrow, but I’m not sure what the hell I’m gonna do. Oh yeah…. I’m leaving on the 8th. I didn’t really plan for this to happen, but it did. More peace of mind I guess?
There you have it folks.. I guess you can call the above my VERY FIRST blog entries ever.
posted by Jeff at Friday, March 24, 2006
8 Comments:
Wow. I'll bet that brought back a lot of memories. From time to time in the past I've kept journals but then I eventually end up destroying them for some reason. I'm a freak. I guess that I don't like my inner thoughts being so available for someone to snoop into. Anyway... glad that you kept yours. Thanks for sharing.
Jeff - if I mentioned it before buddy - you have the best blog! It brings back to Earth!
Oh, oh - and Aplo Anton Ohno - that's who looks like you :-)
cheers my friend!
that bar isnt still there is it ?
you are hilarious...do you remember anything really on the vacation except getting shit faced drunk and smokin...lol
I can only imagine mind-altering substances and the humid, fetid, organic and brine mingling ... sounds like a skull buster to me. :)
Oh! I meant to ask, what type of camera was that?
All the pictures you see here were taken with a Sony Digital Mavica. Yep, it's one of those camera's that uses a floppy disk as it's storage drive. That means the resolution is a whopping half a meg. LOL
looks like a nica vacation, if you would like to have some tips for your next time I have a lot off them. Have been a bar owner in Thailand for 4 years.
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