Asia
Thailand
Khao Lak
… Barcelona versus Real Madrid at 3 am!
I talked the day before with the owner of a bar who had a big screen and soccer on it ;) I asked in the usual way I use in SE Asia to try to avoid confusions:
A) will you have Barcelona-Real Madrid tonight?
B) it is at 3am; are you closed then?
C) will you be open at 3am for the game?
If answers are Yes-No-Yes, he likely understood my poor English… and he gave the right answers! (whenever I don't get the right combination, I leave or ask someone else). He added: "be here before", I agreed and left.
I woke up 2:20am, walked 20 mins thru a dark ghost town to find… the bar closed.
Undisturbed, I walked a bit more to a 7Eleven, bought soda and chips, and walked back to the bar. Since it it like a beach bar, I could walk in without trespassing any gate, turned on a fan and hooked up to his WiFi and starting watching the game on my iPhone (no remote control of projector at sight) I considered briefly to pee in there as a protest… but decided to be civilized, so I kept watching the game.
After the goal of Iniesta I heard someone went to the restroom on the back and was making noises afterwards… I was making noises too, since chips complain when chewed on, but the Unidentified Person wasn't showing up… and I started having the strong feeling I better left the premises…
So I walked back shrouded in darkness and got WiFi again at my hostel, where I found to my dismay Barça was losing 2-1! But The Best prevailed and the victory as visitor of Barcelona 3-4 was one of the best Clasico de La Liga I've seen so far.
After spending more time online, it was time to nap an hour until 7am
At 8 am we went on a scuba trip to Koh Bon + Koh Thai
It was definitely a Mystical experience, mainly because of a few close encounters with large (about 7 mt wingspan) Manta Rays. Majestic and quite intelligent creatures
Finally be squeezed an elephant ride too! (nothing like what I saw as a teen in Duran Duran's video, but fits nicely with the Religious experience with Mantas ;)
(NOTE: come back to this day; we are waiting for pictures from Martusia that will fill the last 2 experiences)
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