A-Z of Thailand - V-Z

V is for Vermin

Plenty of rats in the more rural parts of Thailand, and sod the saying “they’re more scared of you than you are of them” because that’s just not true man. Mind you, what they are scared of is the 1000000 other things that are going to eat them if they’re not careful. So you have to chuckle to yourself when you see them staring at you.
I’ve worked around rats before, in the port tunnel, and saw some pretty big ones, so I wasn’t too worried, but the females (and some of the males) in our group got quite hyper when they saw a few scuttling around the place.

W is for Wedding

I was indeed over in Thailand for a wedding, and it was smashing, everything from the setting (on the beach) to the hotel (5 star) to the food was idyllic. You know when you watch those movies and they get married at the end? Well this was basically a “kiss the bride – cut – that’s a rap – roll Billy Ocean” scenario, and I was honoured to play the first song for the bride and groom also – very special moment for me.

W is also for Weather

During the months of June to August it rains a lot in Thailand, now by this I mean, a LOT, not often, just a LOT. So from the hours of 2pm to maybe 4pm you’ll have grey sky and thunderous rain, but it’ll still be nearly 40 degrees. The rain is great, cools everything down, and signals the end of your time in the searing heat for the day, it brings on the evening time quite nicely too.

W is also for Watersports

I’m not much of a swimmer, but when the water is so nice it’s hard to stay out of it, so no matter where I went, if there was a beach, I was on Jet Ski’s, Banana boats, Speed boats and all that jazz, really good fun, I had never driven a Jet ski before, and it’s so much fun, also I had a really dodgy hangover the day I first drove one and it totally excited the hangover out of my body!


X is for Xylophone

Always.

Y is for Yellow

The national colour of Thailand, it’s not on the flag, so I presume it’s something to do with the monarchy. It’s everywhere, mainly on the people though, Yellow t-shirts for the most part.


Z is for Ze end.

(sorry) But all good journeys have to have one, and mine was really an excellent experience, I’ll be back to Thailand, it’s an amazing place, and I’d recommend it to anyone, but don’t just take my advice – there’s plenty of websites and forums out there for people who have seen south east Asia and you can get information and travel advice there. I’m beginning to sound like a travel ad, so I’ll leave it at that. Normal service will resume tomorrow, and thanks for tuning in folks!

Peace IN!

Arroy ma Khop, Sawasdee Khop!