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  • Jason and Ricky 's Gaycation
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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Bangkok - Day 2

    19 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 32 °C

    Next morning we got up and had a leisurely breakfast before the hunting season began (aka our shopping expedition). We stopped for a 7-Eleven toastie, which was fast becoming our go-to snack in between meals and other grazing. Amongst the other provisions we also purchased my Thai sim card so I too could be connected to the world (that is, connected to Google Maps in an attempt not to get too lost).

    At first we had another false start, wandering around with no purchases in sight. We headed to Platinum Fashion Mall and all of a sudden it was like supermarket sweeps amassing all kinds of wares: sunglasses, bags, t-shirts and underwear. Jason seemed to be fuelled by shopping, gaining more energy with each purchase.

    I, on the other hand, longed to consume anything and everything that came our way. We settled on lunch at a Thai-Chinese fusion restaurant. Jason was not particularly happy with his Pad Thai. I think they thought he said no spice instead of a little spice.

    After a bite to eat, we resumed the shopping expedition. Jason was on the hunt for shorty shorts – and I mean ho-ho-ho shorty shorts - so he could fill the vacancy at Super Pussy nightclub in the Patpong Night Market. He was taken to a store which promised him goods that would fulfil his wishes. He took one look at them; they weren’t skanky, I mean small, enough 😂. After we left, the shop assistant ran back to his friend mocking Jason that the shorts weren’t hoochie enough.

    As the coffers started to deplete, we decided to replenish the funds. It was at this point that we realised that Jason had lost his ATM debit card. We figured that he didn’t take the card from the machine when we got cash out the night before. Luckily no other transactions had been made. I really thought the Lost World series had been axed earlier this year when we went to Europe. But it seems it has been commissioned for another season. Soon it will be syndicated and re-runs played continuously on Foxtel.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Bangkok - Day 3

    20 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    The following day, we continued our hunt, punctuating the shopping with a few Thai treats. Again, it started with a false start. We had returned to Platinum Fashion Mall to finish off the levels that we hadn’t gotten to the day before. I had to keep reminding Jason that this was a marathon not a sprint. But it wasn’t too long before the training wheels were off and the shopping machine was in full bartering mode – although we do like a fixed-priced store.

    After a few more small treats from off the streets and rehydrated from some freshly juiced passionfruit, it was time for the obligatory foot massage. We took our positions and then the agony and ecstasy began. It was a rollercoaster of “why the hell am I paying for this torture” to “this feels divine”. I don’t know how the guy laying down from us could be fast asleep and snoring. They had to wake him to massage his shoulders and back after which he asked for another hour massage. My masseuse had difficulties trying to get me to relax so she could break my back, I mean do the spinal twists to realign me.

    The walk and train trip home did seem much easier than earlier in the day. The BTS, an elevated rail system, has become our main form of transportation. Our hotel is located next to Saint Louis station, which made it easy to get around. Beats sitting in the Bangkok traffic or trying to barter with the tuk-tuk drivers.

    We only rested for a bit and then recommenced the ongoing saga of searching for food. We needed to be fuelled up to tackle the Bangkok clubs in Soi 2. Full as a goog, we paid our 400 baht admission fee and entered the club. Our admission ticket got us two free drinks. With so much media attention on poisoning cases in Laos and Fiji, we decided to stick to Singha beer. Surely you can’t go wrong with bottled beer.

    The clock chimed eleven times and it was time for the show to start. The first diva came on stage with her backup dancers and did her number. They really needed a trigger warning because she could haunt houses. Then the Thai Mariah Carey graced the stage doing a heartfelt rendition of "Without You". She was followed by a couple of other Queens, including one doing a Dua Lipa medley.

    By this stage, we had already missed the last train home, and after finishing our drinks, we decided to stumble the streets home hoovering up any goodies along the way. And no drunken night out would be complete without a choccy milk and toastie from 7-Eleven. I mean I needed to get rid of the beer taste in my mouth. By the time we rolled through the doors and had showers Cinderella’s carriage had long been a pumpkin. Time for some shut eye before we do it all over again.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Bangkok - Day 4

    21 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C

    Saturday mid-morning we raised our weary heads only to get some sustenance. Today’s mission was to head to ICONSIAM, a fairly new development along the Chao Phraya River, including a massive luxury shopping centre and the tallest building in Thailand.

    The opulence was a stark contrast to the little restaurant that we had lunch at. It may not have had five-star decor, or no star decor, but the local cuisine of chicken and holy basil and crispy pork fried rice was tasty. Ped dtae waa aroi mak mak (spicy but very tasty). And only $5. 50 for both dishes.

    After a short pitstop at the hotel, we were off again, taking the BTS from Saint Louis to Sala Daeng. Now the mission was to choose a massage parlour. There were three in a row. Eeny, meeny, miny, moe, we choose that one. This time, there was no agony; well, only a little bit. I can never relax enough for the masseuse to do the back twist and they end up giving up.

    After the thousands of steps that we had walked over the past couple of days, a full body massage was what the doctor ordered. It also allowed us to mosey home, stopping by the 7-Eleven for the obligatory treats to take home. That is after Jason went shopping for an over-the-shoulder bag. He set his eyes on one and commenced the bartering process. Back and forth numbers flew. Ning phan hok roi baht (1600B). No, hok roi baht (600B) was the final price. But before Jason could click his heels three times and say there’s no place like home, she tried to pull a Taylor swifty and change it up for a different, lower quality version. But her techniques were no match for the shrewd shopper. Jason spotted it and quickly replaced it with the original bag. She may fool other farang bah (stupid/crazy foreigner) but not this one.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Bangkok - Day 5

    22 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 30 °C

    The next day was spent lazing around, doing some washing and aimlessly strolling around Saint Louis and Sathorn. By aimless I mean on the hunt to fill our gullets with all kinds of sweet and savoury tastes. With full bellies, we headed home to pack and prepare for our next destination.

    Next stop: Koh Samui.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Kicking back in Koh Samui

    23 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    We had a 7am flight so we were up at 4:25am to get ready and get a Bolt to the airport. We got to the counter at the airport but we had a few problems using the self check-in machine, it printed boarding tickets but not luggage tags. So we had to queue to speak to a real person. You had to queue to drop off bags anyway, so I can’t see the point of the self check-in machines. To Jason’s amazement, his bags gained as much weight as we had over the past five days. We only had a 20kg limit, so that meant losing something or limiting the shopping in Koh Samui. I’m sure you can guess which one won out in the end.

    The 45-minute flight from Bangkok to Koh Samui included a full meal: chicken and rice, yoghurt and fruit. More than Jetstar offered on an international flight. For the price of the flights from Bangkok to Samui, you would expect something more than cheese and crackers.

    We arrived at Samui airport, which really were a row of small sheds linked by undercovered pathways. We collected our bags for the only baggage claim carousel and went in search of the meeting point to find our driver who would get us to our resort.

    The resort is located a few minutes walk from central Samui on the North East side of the island. We checked in and immediately headed out to explore the town. We wandered to take a sticky break at the beach, which was crowded with tourists and deck chairs. It really is my worst nightmare, 7 kilometres of deck chairs and drunken tourists.

    All of the walking had worked up a hunger so we picked one of the restaurants on the main drag. Jason hasn’t had much luck with getting a good Pad Thai so he decided to go with a different dish, while I tried the Pad Thai and I have to say it is one of the best that I’ve had. Maybe Jason will have better luck next time.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Koh Samui - Day 1

    23 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

    We hadn’t gotten our act together to get clothes tailor made in Bangkok so we thought we better try in Koh Samui. We stumbled upon a tailor in one of the markets and decided to see what he had to offer. He seemed friendly and didn’t seem to be inflating the prices so we decided to get five shirts each. Jason was informed by Tony the Thai Tailor that he has a very common Australian name. Thai Tony had many Jasons in his phone address book.When we went back a couple days later for a fitting, we ended up walking out with another two shirts.

    They say Thailand is the land of smiles; I say it’s also the land of Pad Thai, curries and massages. So in true tourist fashion, we went for a massage. I’m still not 100% sold on the massage and even more wary now after reading about several Aussies who had suffered injuries from getting a massage in Thailand. We've not had any issues, but there have been a few moments where I think "I hope they are trained and fully certified to do this". Jason didn’t have to worry about his massage being too strong. He complained the massage was too soft. He obviously likes to get tortured.

    After the massage, we made our way back to the resort to have showers and tuck in for the night. In contrast to the highly developed urban area of Bangkok, the electricity in Koh Samui is prone to fluctuate which can then affect the hot water systems. And there had been a recent power outage which meant no hot water for Jason. He was not a happy chappy.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Koh Samui - Day 2

    24 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    The next morning we spent lazing about at the resort before deciding to wander around the city centre to have lunch. I’m not sure how we kept getting lost, there are only two main streets. The trouble is that they are not connected via side streets. So if you take the wrong turn, you need to backtrack. We were about half an hour late to our tailor because we’d taken the wrong street in the wrong direction. Well, Jason had complained that he hadn’t done enough steps that day.

    There seemed to be a regular pattern forming; laze about at the resort and then go in search for food. Rinse and repeat. We grazed through the stalls at the night markets, eating Thai sausages, Thai rice paper rolls, mango sticky rice and coconut ice-cream. Luckily the airlines don’t have a weight limit for human cargo.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Koh Samui - Day 3

    25 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    On Christmas morning, we woke to quietness, no children screeching and screaming. It seemed peaceful. The streets were reasonably quiet with less traffic on the roads. And we continued our tradition and made our way to central Samui for lunch. As we were walking home in the wrong direction again, we stumbled upon a British tourist who asked us if we spoke English, a theme that was going to repeat throughout our Koh Samui episode. For some reason, other than the Aussie queers at the resort, there were very few Aussies to be seen. There were plenty of Brits and Russians to make up for it. The Brit was trying to find his hotel but it didn’t seem to exist at the location according to Google Maps.

    We also needed to recalibrate Google Maps so that we could make our way home. We returned to our room to get ready for the disco pool party at the resort. We weren’t expecting much but they actually had entertainment by the local drag queens midway through the party. It was a great opportunity to meet other guests at the resort too.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Koh Samui - Day 4

    26 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    The next day we, once again, wandered the streets for food, and once again got lost. We realised that there are a couple of side streets that can only be accessed through weaving between alleys and carparks. Maybe by the end of our trip we’ll get the hang of it.

    Later in the evening, we met two Indian American guys at the pool, they were heading back to Bangkok. We also meet a group of other Aussie guys from Melbourne. And in true Melburnian snobbery they looked down on us; Just because Brisbane isn’t in Victoria doesn’t mean we are in a different universe. One of the Melbourne crew was staying in the penthouse suite and showed us around the joint. It was nice but I thought it might have been nicer based on the price.    Okumaya devam et

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  • Jason and Ricky 's GaycationGezgin2024 Travels

    Koh Samui - Day 5

    27 Aralık 2024, Tayland ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C

    The next day we took a walk up to the pagoda near our hotel, Chedi Wat Khao Hua Chuk. The steep incline to the pagoda meant there was no need for leg day in the gym. At the top of the pagoda, there’s a panoramic view of the island. There were two Thai ladies who were taking in the views. They didn’t speak much English and our Thai is very basic but we were able to strike up a conversation. The clouds were starting to gather over the island so we decided we better make tracks home. We made it back to our room just before it started to piss down rain.

    Once the rain eased, we went in search for lunch, settling on one of the restaurants along Chaweng Beach Road. Finally, we got a curry that was nice and spicy. All except the Massaman curry that I had at the Patpong Night Markets in Bangkok have lacked any spice, despite asking for it to be Thai spicy.

    As we tried to find our way home, another British tourist asked us, once again, if we spoke English, the second in two days. She wanted to know where she could get valium or sleeping tablets, prefacing her question with “I’m not a drug addict, I just have a 16-hour flight back to the UK”. Throughout the conversation she repeated this statement, which made me question whether she really was a drug addict. We told her that you needed a prescription in Thailand for anything that she was after. She thanked us and we went on our merry way.

    After a few wrong directions, we made it back to the resort, ready for leisurely drinks by the pool. We had started another tradition of catching up with a group of other Aussies staying at the resort. We’d all meet by the pool and have a few drinks.    Okumaya devam et

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