2006-12-11 11:28:16 · 8 answers · asked by FoxyB 5 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Thailand
Hitchhiking all the way from Bangkok to Phuket. We missed the bus we booked cos our flight was delayed, so we (3 girls, 1 Thai) decided to just heck it and hitchhike so we get the most time in sunny Phuket.
We started at 1am, asked a taxi to bring us to town, and we waited at a petrol station. Met a nice guy on his way home from work, brought us to anothr petrol station, where we met a pickup on its way to Suratthani from Bangkok. We hopped in and slept on rice bags (a novel experience for us city girls), rolled around in the old pick-up van, getting all grimy and sweaty in the tropical heat.
We got pulled over at the province of Petchaburi at dawn by traffic police, who were suspicious because the pick-up had a license plate from a province in the north of Thailand, near the Lao-Thai border, and they found 3 girls sleeping behind, and me looking very Laotian, so they asked me to sing their national anthem to prove that I was Thai, and not an illegal immigrant from Laos. Took a long time to convince them I was not Thai, neither am I Laotian, and I have a valid passport. My friend who was THai, did a very rousing rendition of their national anthem, winning the smiles from the police, who then issued a warning to the driver, saying that he has taken note of the license plate so should we three girls disappear, he would be hunted down. THat really made me feel so much more relieved.
But we had a great great driver who was very kind. He brought us to the next stop before the road diverts, and found another car to bring us closer to Phuket. He took our number and issued the same warning to the next driver, that we have been specially looked out for by the police so they had better take good care of us.
And when we finally reached Phuket 17 hours later, all smelly and grimy, our lovely driver called again because he was so worried for us (or for the police).
It was an amazing experience, to see Thai life from the back of a pickup.
2006-12-11 17:23:22 · answer #1 · answered by Maybe_a_girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2 Years ago i brought my family back to thailand for christmas. While walking across the street to a boutique, my daughter fell thru the sewer in the middle of the street! i was completely horrified and immediately called 911 but it turned out fine and we all had a good laugh afterward. we found my daughter did it on purpose for attention. since, she's been fine and learned her lesson for scaring me to death like that.
2006-12-11 19:30:34 · answer #2 · answered by Mental Patient 29 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Standing in the sea on Bamboo Beach (Phi Phi Islands) looking out to the horizon and seeing dolphins swimming in the sea - heaven!
2006-12-12 07:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My favorite which was funny also was when I landed and was going through customs. The girl checking my passport was asking me the usual questions, but they started getting more personal, and I could tell she was flirtting, then another female co-worker came up beside her, and she started to flirt with me also. The first girl looks at her co-worker with this evil face, and starts arguing with her in Thai. I thought they were going to start hitting each other any second. I then told them not to fight over me, and that I would be happy to treat them both to dinner. Which I did.
2006-12-11 19:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by Brian F 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The beaches always had a great time!
2006-12-11 23:09:22 · answer #5 · answered by Russ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
laying totally naked on the beach
2006-12-11 19:36:07 · answer #6 · answered by ask this dummy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nude obese female kick boxing!
2006-12-11 19:31:33 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Dog Johnson 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
beach, weather and food
2006-12-12 12:40:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋