Pattaya

So, right now, I’m in Pattaya with the Thammasat debate group. Pattaya is, more or less, the top tourist destination in Thailand– it’s especially popular with Scandinavians, but generally popular with Europeans as a whole. Heck, I might as well make the observation: most of the tourists in Thailand are from Europe. I’ve met startelingly few American, outside of the exchange program. I’m not sure why exactly this is, but I guess Thailand just doesn’t fit into the American idealized travel itenerary of Disneyland, Disneyworld and the Carribean.

Anyhow. This is supposedly a “debate” camp, which is really a joke. In its defense, they (note, I’m just kinda along… I’m not sure why, exactly, aside from a general like for the people I’m with–) did sit down and work on debate related stuff for some four hours yesterday, and they’ll do some more work this morning. For myself… after feigning interest for a while (they’re prepping for an upcoming tournament in Korea), I resorted to my iPod and my book, and pleasantly passed my evening in that manner.

We’re staying here at Prau’s Pattaya home. Around 9:00, the nine of us piled into our van (which seats seven plus a driver), and headed over to the kareokee bar that Prau’s grandfather owns. After a delicious meal, we hung out singing kareokee until about, oh, say, 3:00 in the morning. To be fair, it did get a little boring after about four hours or so– being (strangely) the sober odd-one-out, listening to Thai pop songs (the selection of American songs was dismal) that… all sound the same. EVERY Thai pop song is about love. EVERY SINGLE ONE! It’s kinda a running joke between my Thai friend Nam Pueng and I when listening to Thai music– I say “hey, I bet I can guess what this song is about!” to which she replies “oh yeah? What?” Of course, I say “love!,” and Pueng acts completely surprised– how could I possible know?! Maybe my Thai is improving. Yeah, I’m sure that’s it.

Like I said, Pattaya is a tourist trap. It’s a resort town, set on the gulf of Thailand. The water is blue, but the beaches are anything but prestine, and are completely crowded with restuarants and the like. It also happens to be the sex capitol of Thailand, growing out of frequeny American soldier R&R patronage during the civil war (whereas the rest of the sex industry in Thailand is a hold-over from Thailand’s polygamy that persisted until 1911 or so). It’s amazing, really. It’s like a giant red-light district. –streets and streets lined with a go go bars, gay bars, go go clubs, lengerie shops, and scantily clad women… Eesh. It makes Las Vegas look like a good place to raise a family, by comparison. I kid you not.

On balance, it’s just overrun with American fast food chains and bars. God, the bars-per-capita here must be the highest in the world. I should hope so.

Anyhow. I’m enjoying the trip– as always, it’s good to get out of Bangkok. And, not only are the people on the debate team generally well-informed and fluent English speakers, they also happen to more fond of good food than anyone else I’ve ever met (with the possible exception of Doug Frank… but think of DF times nine with Thai cuisine..!). I’ve had a couple wonderful meals, to say the least.

As I commented to Meekyung earlier, the ultimate irony of this is that the members of the debate group must think that I’m a morning person– an early riser– because, for some reason, I haven’t been able to sleep in when around them. So this morning, like the trip to Kanchanaburi, I was already gone before anyone else woke up, but I suspect I’ll probably be missed if I don’t return presently, so I’d best be off. Until later–

About Mark Egge

Transportation planner-adjacent data scientist by day. YIMBY Shoupista on a bicycle by night. Bozeman, MT. All opinions expressed here are my own.
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