6/30/2013 - Birthday Weekend Thai Breaker

Day two of the birthday weekend on Kata Noi Beach followed a pretty similar path to day 1.  The biggest difference was the time was extended and the company was better.  We woke up at 8:30, relatively early for us on vacation, and after a hearty breakfast of eggs, potatoes, bacon (bacon! 1 more point for Thailand over other Southeast Asian countries - pork products) and local fruit, it was straight down to the beach to claim our chairs for the day.

Morning turned to noon relatively quickly and just when we were getting ready to vacate our chairs for the beach bar we found out our two new Thai buddies would order lunch for us.  Inertia is an amazing concept, given we hadn't moved in a few hours, why start now?  With the promise of springs rolls, pizza and Singha (a winning combination if I ever heard one) we settled back in to our lounge chairs and continued staring at the turquoise water and waves rolling in.

You can probably see where this is going.  Even with the regular re-application of sun screen and hiding in the shade of the umbrella your skin starts to take on a bit of a pink hue and your energy level moves at an inverse rate of sun absorbed.  Body surfing in the water for an hour or two probably didn't help matters.  By the time the sun was going down, the energy to hop a taxi to town to listen to an '80s cover band was waning.  Instead, we got cleaned up, walked 100 feet to a local Thai restaurant and re-charged on cashew chicken, massaman curry, pineapple fried rice and more spring rolls.  Are you even paying attention, did you think we would make it through a meal without them?  I would smuggle some back to Singapore if I didn't think the customs people would stop me.  I'll settle for a bottle of duty free Tangqueray instead I guess.


On the brief walk back to the hotel we noticed a little mini-mart on the corner.  Thinking it wise to re-hydrate we stopped in a for a large bottle of water.  Right next to the large bottle of water were some large bottles of Singha..... which then caused us to remember the nice little porch we had back at our room, so we loaded up a plastic grocery bag for a nightcap.  In summation, the weekend seemed to end the same way all birthday weekends for me have.  Start out like a ball of fire, play through the day, have big intentions for the evening, but ultimately end up crashed on a chair outside at a reasonable hour, listening to music and contemplating life with your best friends.  I guess I didn't break the thai from day 1 - so we'll have to reexamine next year.  All are invited for the sequel on a beach TBD in Southeast Asia 12 months from now.


FYI - we think we saw the Green Lake Monster's cousin.  Less hair, a little bit older, but an uncanny resemblance.  Gotta love Thailand.