Facebook Down
Well we just arrived in Thailand this morning and I don’t know if by coincidence or not but our connection to Facebook has been severed. I am especially distraught because today I have to work and don’t get to leave the space for 24 hours. 24 hours of work without checking Facebook might drive me insane. Actually 24 straight hours of work will probably send me over the edge no matter what distractions I have.
Our Thailand port brief was quite enlightening. There are many many things to do here and most of them are illegal for the military. Not that it will stop some people. I think there must have been 5 slides dealing with prostitution, 3 regarding the availability of drugs and of course one all about Transvestites. (also called ladyboys and katoey) There were also tidbits about not drinking the water, watching your drinks and how to get around the island. It looks like the dollar still goes a long way here. The rate is about 33 baht for 1 dollar. Maybe I will buy a nice vacation house while I am here.
Tomorrow morning I will get to leave the ship with my liberty buddy, head out to see what Thailand has to offer and see if all the stories are true. I don’t really know what to expect with my liberty buddy because I have never hung out with him off the ship so it should be interesting all around. The plan is to get off the ship around 0900 or so and then take a small craft from the ship to the pier and then head to the hotel to check in and drop our stuff off. We only picked one tour for the 2 days and that is elephant riding which we are set to do tomorrow afternoon. It’s like a 45 minute ride into the rainforest and then some sort of show at the end. I had to do it, I mean how many times in your life can you say you got to ride elephants in Thailand?
After the tour, I think it will pretty much just be drinking and partying the rest of the night. We have nothing planned for Tuesday but I would like to hit up the mall and just cruise around the beach. One thing that is on the top of my list is a massage and just general spa treatment. My body is getting killed on board and my back feels like its 1000 years old. If I get a great massage it will be the highlight of my port visit.
This week is going to be tough. Here is my schedule
Today – 24 Hours of Watch
Monday – Party Party Party
Tuesday – More Partying
Wednesday – 24 Hours of Watch
Thursday – Full day of work after 24 hours of watch
After we leave Thailand we are planning to be out to sea for 40+ days straight with no port visits. 25 days with 1 semi-port visit has been a challenge so I can only imagine what this next stretch will be like. Well I guess I can start thinking about that on Thursday. Until then, Thai me up, Thai me down!
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