Monday, January 28, 2008

Soi me the way to go home

Saturday 26th January

I'd better explain. Soi mean lane in Thai. My hotel is on Soi 22 Silom. Basically that means it is up a lane off Silom Road. When I arrived it was a bit dark but I was so intent on getting there I never really noticed how dingy the alley that I have to walk up is. However after going out that night to watch football, having a couple more pints that I planned, it was a pretty scary walk. But I survived, and at least one goo thing seems to have come out of it, I've found this internet cafe that is the cheapest I've seen so far right on Soi 22.

(I'd post a picture of the Soi so you can see how dodgy it is, but the reason the Internet is so cheap on Soi 22 is that there are no USB ports. Pictures to come later)

By the way the address system for Sois and Thanom (roads) is a bit messy but you sort of get used to it (there is a Soi 22 and a Soi 20 but no So 21, but there is a Soi 22/1 - like a 22a). Some Soi become Thanom with Soi of their own. Thats when it gets confusing.

On arrival, having showered etc, I headed out to watch the football. I walked down the street and surprisingly there weren't many bars around. After about 4 blocks I get to a pub called Jameson's. Yep an Irish bar on my first night. But if that wasn't too bizarre, I walked in and there is a pipe band playing. Then they start singing Flower of Scotland. It was Burns night. The insult to the Irish bar was complete when Andy Goram turned up to auction off some Rangers memorabilia. (Not a Man U item to be seen).

Anyway it got me and some English blokes talking, slagging off the Jocks together, and hence a couple of drinks became a few more, resulting in a scary Soi story.

1 comment:

Ryan Abrahamson said...

I love it, go all the way to Thailand only to end up in an Irish Pub? Not like I can point fingers, it is where I always end up too :)

looking forward to pictures! I finally get to live vicariously through you Gav :-))