4.30am Morning CH & Luna already woke up and rush to LCCT for their flight to Bangkok. The feeling of boarding airplane at the airport always so exciting although still very sleepy.
After 2 1/2 hr flight, CH and gang reached the Bangkok Airport. Before proceed to any place, a lunch is a must.
First Tom Yam Gong in this Thailand trip. CH found that the Malaysian Tom Yam is more sour and spicy. This is may be Malaysian "amplified" the flavour to make this tom yam special to make it attractive.
Seafood Salad(or seafood Jam, which mean seafood mix in Thai). Delicious, but very spicy.
Fish cakes with sweet chilli dipping.
Pandan Chicken - Deep fried Chicken wrapped in pandan leave.
After lunch, CH & gang take another 2 hours coach to Pattaya. The road to Pattaya really jam, but luckily for a short distance only. Before reaching pattaya, the tour leader drop CH & Gang at the Sirahca Tiger Zoo.
Piglet getting breast fed by tiger, &
Crocodile satay are selling all around the Zoo @ 100baht for 5 stick. Crocodile meat just taste like finer version of chicken meat. Try it!
At this booth. Remember to drink lot of water, the crocodile meat is very heaty.
After crocodile meat eating, CH & Gang went to watch crocodile show. Can see the performer put his head into crocodile mouth? Children underage please don't imitate it whereas adult above age of 18 can try to imitate it.
After the show, it took another 30 minutes to the hotel. After the wash up and some relax with some chardonnay, CH & Luna re-energized for night outing. Again, before any activity, a dinner is a must.
Luna found this holy elephant statue in front of the restaurant.
FYI, every lunch and dinner menu arranged by the tour package were the same from the beginning until the end of the journey.
After the dinner, CH & Gang went to the hankie pankie "spider" show, the upgraded version of "tiger" show. The "spider" show is very famous nowadays, CH & gang queued for 30 minutes before entering the show. The show was showed on rotation basis. There're around 15 theme of show, you will go in in the middle of any show, and then watch until back to the show you watching at the beginning. If you feel like watching one more round or N more round, you can sit until all the performer dropped.
Some theme of the show:
1) Sauna bathing & Body massage (pity volunteer)
2) Spiderman & spider women
3) Pretty Ladyboy show (lucky at the begining & pity at the end volunteer)
4) My way - Elvis Presley, with open-stick
5) Hit the drum with banana
6) The fit-youngman hulahoop show
7) Pretty lady and handsome man's project show.
8) My heart will go on - Do it herselves show.
9) Ordinary multi lady stripping show
10) Kylie Minogue - Can't get you out of my head dance show.
11) (can't really remember all of them)
One corner of the Pattaya second street selling various kind of fruits.
The main street right beside the beach. Various stalls all along the street. CH & Luna love this feel.
After a noisy but peaceful walk. CH & Luna already tired and went back to Hotel for a good night sleep.
8 March 2008...
The next day morning immediately after breakfast, CH & gang were transferred to a speedboat to Coral Island - Koh Lan.
When they're on the way to the island, they were dropped to a Kelong(floating platform) and queue for parachuting.
CH found that the parachuting cost RM35 for a 1 minute's ride.
On the photo below can see Paul's daughter descending.
After that they continue on the speed boat to Coral Island.
Sunshine boy and girl
All along the coral island beach can find these stuff. The freshly steamed seafood.
Try the crayfish with the spicy chilli sauce
Before leaving the island
Elephant show.
Do you dare to let the elephant come to this close?(This is the elephant mouth)
Elephant giving hangkie pangkie massage to the volunteer.
CH with onee of the big elephant.
From this picture can see how close the relation of the staffs there with the elephant.
The two above weren't as boring as CH thought. Luckily they didn't skip this tour.
Nice aquarium at the entrance of the park. Luna with the sting-ray fish.
Aftet the show, the group was brought to the gun shooting shop, to have some shooting experience.CH tried the Smith & Wesson, 38mm. But non of them kena the aim. =.=
Before dinner, they went to watch the Caberet show. And actually all the performer are either male, or female transformed to male(ladyboy). As watching the show, CH kept doubting that there must be some real lady in the show, coz most of them really pretty, either face or body. And their show really achieving the international standard.
This was the final show, and CH loves this show the most.
Taking photo with this ladyboy costed CH 100Baht. Is he pretty? sui jing jing nong yai yai : p
So... That's all for the pattaya trip. CH still miss Pattaya a lot since it was a happening place and full with surprise!
Remember what the tour guide told them:"Open your eye, open your mind!"
P/S:
Some basic and useful phrase to be applied in Thailand:
1) kao rai kaa* = How much
* kaa for female, and krap for male
2) Sawadikaa = hello, good morning(usual greeting)
3) Paenkh = Expensive
4) zai yen yen = slowly, no rush
5) kin kau = eat rice
6) bao bao noi = softer(apply this when massage)
7) suwaidimai = how are you
8) hotng nam = toilet
9) sui jing jing = pretty
10) nong yai yai = breast big big (apply this phrase carefully)
Good day!
