Life Does Not Look Back

The trip was amazing. Sorry been real busy at home packing up to move down to SB…AND dealing with my son, Palo. Will upload some pics of him soon.

Thailand was the best experience I have ever had. I have learned so much about myself and the world around me, I can honestly say I am a better person now than I was one month ago. There’s two ways to live life: with love, and without it. Life is much better with love. I love my life.

More adventures to come!

Yesterday I went riding on an elephant for 30 min. My mom kept nagging at me to go, but I am sure glad that she did because it was a lot more fun than I thought. The trail was really nice, just deep in the forest where everything was at peace. Choke rubber trees all around. The birds, the sun, the leaves, the view…it was all perfect. We reached the top of the mountain and overlooked the beautiful bay of Kata.  I’ll post up some pics.

The guy that was riding it was super cool too, we were just talking about elephants, Phuket, and (inevitably) ladyboys.  Usually you just sit back on the seat while the driver dude sits on the head, but he got off and took some pictures of me while I sat on its head. Its skin was really tough, pretty much felt like hard leather, and it had long stiff hairs.  My elephant was 40 years old, usually they live to about 50 but there are numerous counts of ones that live past 100. It was fun, definitely an experience I won’t porget.

So Tony wins his fight by KO and we go off to Bangla Road to celebrate, time: 12:00. This is essentially the party/redlight district of Phuket.  I just wanted to grab a couple beers but the Aussies had other plans and it was also Jorge’s last night and he wanted to bring back a lady friend…or ladyboy…you never know in Thailand.  This road was ridiculous, it was filled with bars, clubs, strip clubs, and McDonald’s: a single man’s favorite dream.

We went to a farang bar to get us settled in quick. Had a couple of Chang beers (Chang is pretty much my favorite beer not named Stella, I wish they sold these at Safeway), and a shot of tequila with Jorge. I thought to myself gotta take the tequila shot with the Mexican right?  Then the fun began.

We moved bars, lost an Aussie, and drank more beer. Moved to a karaoke bar where there was a band playing alternative rock from the 90s and they were surprisingly good. The Nirvana selection was great. Gained the Aussie (it was his last night too) and he was piss drunk. Full on doing the baby robot…kinda robot/drunk shuffle. Went to another bar, more beer, and heard crime stories about Mexico and Australia.

Finally at around 4 we make it to the last club. By this time I am starving, but luckily for me these bar girls walking around serve little pizza things (seriously like microwavable mini pizzas) and they only cost $3. Jorge sees a chick he likes and I wingman him. I deserve all the credit tho…I initiated that contact. They hit it off and dance for a while. Everyone bobs here, not really grindin. By this time I’m pretty drunk and just cruising it on the chair next to Jorge and his Jor.

We leave at like 6 in the morning, and the damn sun is already starting to come out. This chick says that she has a car so we didn’t need to catch a cab. She starts leading us through all these alleys away from the farang. I start to get a little suspicious when she pulls out the phone and calls someone while leading us down all these ghetto street alleys dragging Jorge by the hand. At this point I’m so tired and drunk I’m like fuck it…if this is a scam and some dudes jump out to mug us, I’m gonna throw some kicks and run like hell. I didn’t leave a bread crumb trail but I figured I could find my way back to Bangla.  We finally reach a parking lot and she has this nice Toyota truck. Damn this ho must make bank. She was actually one of the prettier girls I saw so it made sense.  I was so happy I didn’t have to pay for a taxi ride back, even though the 25 min trip would’ve only cost me like $10.

We finally get back to the room. Safe and dizzy I crash out while Jorge lives his dream.  It was a great experience to say the least. But that was my one and only night going out over here. It’s too crazy for me.

It’s nuts how there are so many old fat haoles mackin on all these girls. A lot of these girls are ladyboys too, it’s hilarious.  It’s just so gross but it’s accepted over here. They do bring in a lot of tourists that way so all the power to them. The sad thing is these chicks aren’t even hot. You know how  Hawaii guys have a particular taste in Asian girls? They wouldn’t be anywhere near satisfied with the selection over here.  You know how haoles on the mainland who like Asian girls tend to like every Asian girl and they think all Asians are beautiful? Well every farang here is like that. But if you think all Asians are hot, and want to pay $30 for a one night stand with a STD-ridden  ugly chick…Bangla is the place for you!

As I step in the shower ready to wash my stinky self…there’s no running water. I’m assuming it’s like that in the whole complex fml. Oh well, elephant riding tomorrow. And plane home in 4 days!

Man am I beat. Been doing two-a-days and I am just exhausted, I don’t know if I have ever pushed my body so hard in consecutive days like this. But I am getting much better learning traditional muay thai. My main trainer, Chai, is finally saying that I am doing good haha and Paeng agrees. I am definitely making some progress so those two told me to come a little earlier to training and showed me a couple of new tricks.  Although the Dragon trainers already give a lot of attention to the students, I’m loving the extra attention from Paeng and Chai. Man I’m gonna miss this place when I leave. If I was Oprah rich, I would buy a guest house for Chai and have him just train me for the rest of my life in America…

Anyways I also got a pup at home! I’m stoked to meet that guy when I come back, but I will enjoy these last days in Thailand to the best of my abilities. My body is so sore I think I will get a massage down the street. I think it’s like $8 for an hour…not too shabby mate.

When you live in the present and experience the Now, true Being exists. Time is but an illusion created by thought to preserve the ego. Recognize your thought. Release ego. Be.