Veer: Getting Older...

This birthday will be remember as the day of transportation and unrest.

After waking up on the floor of our friend's Bangkok apartment, we went to breakfast with the Issan teachers. It was actually really nice because we took the BTS to another stop we have never been too. We found ourselves in another big Bangkok Mall looking for an art gallery. We ate a delicious breakfast overlooking the city and walked around the free exhibits. After our goodbyes, Brian and I headed over to MBK mall to look for some sunglasses.

On BTS

Birthday Breakfast!

Last time Brian was in MBK he didn't buy a pair of sunglasses he really wanted, and this has haunted him for months. He has been dreaming of coming back just to buy them. So, we had to go!

Plus, he had a meeting at 2 p.m. so we had to stick around. As time slipped by, his meeting got canceled. So we left for Pattaya a little after 2 p.m. Usually it only takes a little over an hour to get home, but you can never tell with these mini-vans. For example, this mini-van had enough passengers to detour to Srircha before Pattaya. So we didn't get back to our apartment until 5:30 p.m. (that includes the baht bus we had to hop from downtown Pattaya to Jomtien Beach)

It was a mad rush to get ready for my birthday dinner at Cabbage and Condoms. I really wanted to catch the sunset since the restaurant is on the water, but it was in vain. We ended up arriving at 7 p.m. - well after the sun had set. However, before we left our apartment, Brian and Emily did surprise me with a birthday cake!

Brian put 62 :)

Yum!!!

Dinner was great. The show started at 9 p.m. so around 8 p.m. we left to head downtown. We parked our bikes and hopped a baht bus downtown on the main street. It is really only a 15 minute drive, but for some reason it took an HOUR.

At dinner with Teacher Emily!

First the mini-bus now the baht-bus! 26 was going to be the year of patience!!!

We barely made it in time for the show. In fact, when we sat down there were already performers on stage welcoming everybody. That's how close we made it by! Ugh... sigh of relief FINALLY.

Anyway, the show was fun. Exactly what a Thai produced ladyboy show should be. It had alot of bad songs and lip syncing with over the top costumes and no story line whatsoever. The show was packed full. They even opened an additional show after ours! I think it was then that I realized we must still be in high tourist season. It took another hour to get back to our motorbikes!