A Few Things

1) As it has been well documented there are many lady boys throughout Thailand. They are actually considered the 3rd sex. Apparently in schools they have three washrooms: One for boys (standard mens washroom sign), one for girls (womens sign) and one for the lady boys (half of the men and half of the womens sign).

Lady boys for the most part are easy to spot. Many of them wear a white powder one their face and use rd lipstick. Similar to MGMT in their "Kids" music video. At one of our hotels the manager was a lady boy. This lady boy did not wear the white powder but looked like Horatio Sanz (of Satuday Night Live) during one of his Ozzy Osborne skits. You can probably find these on youtube. Others sport 5 o'clock shadow or designer stubble.

2) The method of transportation we have used most during our travels is the VIP bus. It is a luxury bus with comfortable seats, toilet and air condition. It's the last two features that I am puzzled about. When designing this bus, I wonder who was in charge of the ventalation? Whoever it was, successfully managed to link the vent in the washroom with the A/C. Yes, everytime someone goes to the bathroom you are given the pleasurable experience of standing in the washroom with them. Anytime someone goes "number 2" the driver turns of the A/C at first whiff. This is very nice of him. However, when he turn its back on it's like someone has just farted in your mouth.

3) Staying on the topic of the washrooms on the VIP bus, I never realized what they did to empty the waste from the bus. Again, these genious engineers found a quick and clean way of disposing of the waste. We stop at least once or twice every trip to get something to eat. This is normally done during the middle of the night but when we went to Pattaya we travelled during the day. The bus (when parked at these pit stops) relieves itself of all waste. It pretty much goes to the bathroom, like a person!! I don't know if I would rather eat food off the waste area floor or eat two spoons of ricotta cheese out of a homeless persons ass crack. I would obviously say no to both but if I absolutely had to choose one, I don't know which one would be better.

But please don't worry about us on the VIP bus. It has given us plenty of things to laugh about during our travels. For example, movie time. It is the Thai version of silent films. They put a DVD on and when it starts the driver turns the sound off. Why the hell do they show movies in the first place if you can't hear anything? I found myself frustrated and ready to start a riot because they turned the audio off during a modern classic. Vin Diesel's Babylon AD!!!

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I watched Nacho Libre yesterday!

P.S. During our second trip in Bangkok, Veronika did something that most toursits don't. She took the leftovers from our dinner and gave them to a homeless women and child begging on the street. She probably didn't mention that in the last post.