adventures
K&A In Thailandia: BANGKOK AND KHAO SAN ROAD
Bangkok is a big city. And if you’re spending any time there I really recommend checking out JJ Market one day – it’s a huge market where you can stock up on all your Thai souvenirs. I spent a few hours in there any felt like I was suffocating with all the options.
For those who are into Muay Thai, you can watch some fights at an arena just across the street from JJ Market. I’m not so much interested in the fights, so I spent an afternoon walking around the market while Airec went to see Muay Thai. 
Nightlife in Bangkok seems to happen in little pockets scattered about. But the main attraction is Khao San Road. This street is lined with bars and clubs, and for some reason struck me as a smaller, Asian Vegas. Everyone’s stumbling through the bars and debauchery runs rampant. Like I said, Bangkok is a big city so if you’re going out you’ve basically gotta commit to a specific neighborhood for the evening. Khao San is actually a couple of blocks wide and has a lot of options, so you never feel limited and definitely will not get bored. 
Between jetlag, heat and dehydration, we rode the struggle bus all over Bangkok. It was a good time though.
Stay tuned for an update on the next leg of our trip – The Islands! š
Adventuring to HAWAII!!!
As I sit on an airplane, cramped up typing T-Rex style with my stubby Asian arms, on my way to Hawaii, I am writing this blog post. Yes, I know itās an awkward way to start a blog post; itās not fun or exciting or even wordy, just a statement. Also this is to emulate one of Koleanaās post about her on-flight experience to London. (Also too she told me to write a post about Hawaii before arriving.)
Anyways, here I start again.
I am currently sitting in a plane on my way to Hawaii, Honolulu to be exact. Since I am visiting a Unicorn, I figure it would be proper to listen to Markus Schulz, the one and only UNICORN SLAYER! Iām listening to the A State Of Trance 550 Closing Party set at Privilege, Ibiza, to be exact. Just-in-case any fellow trance listener or UnicornSlayers would like to listen along as you read.
Honolulu, I forgot which island itās on again, I think Owahu or something like that. Being an American, I choose to be ignorant and not care about the native culture of the place Iām visiting.
Just kidding.
It is Oahu. I hope some of yāall already know my sarcasm so I donāt have to constantly defend myself. I know how to use Google; Iām not a dumbass (although Iām sure some of you guys might find that debatable).
I donāt really know much about Hawaii except that it is the 50th state of AMERICA!!!! (had to put that in all caps) and that it has a bunch of sugarcanes. Also, the Japanese attacked it in WWII, entering the Pacific War with the United States. Or as the natives of Hawaii calls us, the Mainland.
Some other random things I know about Hawaii, the people are some BIG people. I donāt mean like fat or obese or anything mean in that sort. I just mean they are some big boys. I also say that without a winky face. These Pacific Islanders are some of the thickest and strongest guys playing O and D line in the NFL. Not to mention, University of Hawaii has a pretty sick college football team in the WAC.
Needless to say, this little Asian boy isnāt gonna try to fight any Hawaiians on this vacation. Not trying to get my ass kicked.
On that note, this vacation should be mellow.
Well, I am gonna assume and plan it to be mellow. The last few weeks Iāve been going hard and balls to the walls, deff gonna take a break from that. Not going to lie, the people in San Francisco, work, and trying to finish off school at SFSU has just been stressing me out. Itās just those little things that gets ya cha know.
This trip is just some nice relaxing time. Some well deserved me time.
Here is a tentative schedule of my Hawaii trip:
Thursday:
-Get picked up from Koko at the airport
-Hangout at U of H while Koko is taking a midterm
-Prob write one of the two essays I have to do
-Go to the beach
-Go to Walmart and play around in the toy section
-Swimming at Cromwells
-Dinner at Gyu Kaku
Friday:
-Sunrise hike
-Walk through the city
-Cook dinner (a vegetarian dinner since Koko and Anglia donāt eat meat)
-Fishbowls/watch hookers
-Club/Bar
Saturday:
-Gym/morning workout (Iām glad she understands this and I know only a few of yāall do)
-Beaches/Learning to surf
-Napping on the beach
-Puka Dogs for Lunch
-Shower
-Nap
-Dinner at CafƩ Maharani
-GO OUT!
Sunday:
-Lanikai ā Pillbox hike & beach all day
-Dinner @ home
-Run fire drinks
-Early to bed for sunrise hike!
Monday:
-3AM stairway to heaven hike
-Home-shower/lunch
-Pearl Harbor in afternoon
-Parasailing (which both of us have never done before, which should be super exciting)
-Shirokiya Beer Garden
-Dinner at Shokudo
Tuesday:
-Get shaved ice
-Maybe squeeze in another Puke Dog before taking you to the airport!!!!
So yeah, that is the list that Koleana made for me, while drunk at a bar in San Francisco during Taco Tuesday at Underdogs. Iām sure we will add some things to the list and wonāt have time to do all the things planned, since thatās how it seems to always happen anyways with our list of things to do.
Of course some people say, āAirec, didnāt you just come back from Miami and from Ultra Music Festival, why are you going on Vacation again?ā
My answer to that is: Miami and Ultra was fun, no doubt, but itās the same shit, different day, and different place. I do music festivals and rage all the time. This Hawaii trip is going to be different. Hawaii I guess is going to be more about inner searching, trying to clear the clutter of everyday fast-past-Airec-Syprasert-San-Francisco-life, and all that other bullshit.
Instead of focusing on drinking and topnotch world class DJās, this trip is going to be about hiking, hitting the beach, exploring, and (I never thought I would say this) vegetarian eating.Ā I know right, stupid Unicorn influences.
Iām sure my body is going to ache and starve for massive amounts of alcohol and the florescence lights and vibrant sounds of a music festival, but I expect this change in pace is going to be fun. Plus anything can be fun with one of your best friends at your side.
The only thing that I fear is how my school work is gonna be affected by this trip. Iām just throwing caution to the wind and saying āfuck it.ā
Also another thing, my parents donāt know about this trip. HAHA. I didnāt tell my parents that I hopped my Asian ass on a plane to Hawaii. I figure if my dad can randomly take off to Laos and not tell me, Iām sure this is the same. Like father like son right. Of course I did tell him something; I told him I was boarding a plane to L.A. You know, just in case my plane crashes and I die, he at least knew that I was on a plane, so technically Iām not really lying, just half-lying (;P)
This is going to be a fun trip. Iām gonna take a bunch of pictures and Iām sure Koko will too. In about a week after, or maybe 2 or 3 depending on how much school work and how hung-over I am, I will write a post of my aftermath of Hawaii with the pictures. I hope this is one of the beginnings of my new blog adventures: Small Town Asian Boy Seeās the World!
Till next time. Donāt do anything that I would do. Seriously, donāt. Haha.
-Sype
