Monday in Pattaya

Heather and I headed out to the BIG gold Buddha at the top of the hill today.
We grabbed a tuk-tuk and he offered to wait while we walked up to release our birds (yes you read that right - for 50bat you get 4 small birds in a cage to release).

There was a number of Buddhas up there to pray too. The saddest part for me was that a dog was up near one of them dying.... sigh... horrible to see. In Thailand cats and dogs are left to roam as they believe in the after life... so no one was going to put this dog out of its misery. Very sad to see. I prayed for it.

We left there and the tuk-tuk driver brought us to the Hard Rock Cafe/Hotel so H and I could do a little shopping. We got a couple of things and hung out. Then walked back to our hotel....for of course, pool time :)

I managed a nap by the pool, then got a scooter ride with M.E and Big E around Pattaya till they dropped me off at the massage place (um, there is one every 50 feet) to get a foot massage that Chuck had told me was a "must do". It was a whopping $6 and amazing!

I walked back to the hotel and quickly got ready as we were all gathering at the ICE bar again before heading to the Beer Garden near Walking Street for dinner. It was AMAZING food. It has been great as Chantana or Big E order all of our food family style and it is all traditional Thai and YUMMY!

After Dinner we headed to Walking Street. The photo below goes out to my Phatty Cousins!

Walking Street is an "interesting" place. I don't know how to describe the night - you will need to ask me about it :)

Pattaya Thursday

Today was a relaxing day. We got up after a whopping 3 hours sleep (for me) and headed to the yummy bfast buffet at the hotel. Then we ventured out to the streets of Pattaya.
WOW. It is an interesting city. We ended up on the main street where all the bars are, and thought "I can only imagine this place at night" as the day time was very interesting people watching.

For those of you not familiar with Pattaya, it is known for its prostitution and STDs. Nice place to get married ;) It is VERY common to have young Thai women all over men here and they are commissioned to how much the men drink, and hopefully go home with them. The stories have been interesting, and due to jet lag we are in the hotel instead of back to that street tonight. BUT tomorrow - we will be there. H and I decided that while all the guys get the attention from the young girls, we compete to see who can spot the he/she's the best...as they are very common too.

We stopped in and got a Thai Massage (in my 1000 things you must do before you die book, it says this is a must). So for $6us ($199 bat), we got 60minutes of amazing Thai massage. Yes, you read that right - $6! I will be going back, it was wonderful! :)

Tonight we went to a place on the beach for dinner. Chantana (Maks fiance, who is Thai), ordered for us... which made me put my "when in Rome" hat on and try new things. I was doing my best to get some good food porn, but it was pretty dark, and as I use my phone to upload photos here ... they are not great.

I tried crab, liked it.
I tried Prawns, and I liked those too!! Who knew...especially with the super spicy Thai peppers on them. I felt a little bad ripping their tails off - but once I did it - look out - I had about 4 of them :)

FB cleaned up the places (see below). He was on a role, I wish I had his stomach lining :)

Heading to bed now. Tomorrow morning we are meeting up with Maks siblings and some other guests to go to the Elephant Sanctuary at 9am. I am hoping a good nights sleep will kick jet lags as*

Good night!
KK