Oh I’m spoiled. We are still in Ao Nang and I just drank my first Nescafe in at least a decade. We have also shifted our lodgings from hotels to hostels. That extra “s” makes all the difference. Does fluorescent lighting really save all that much on electricity?? Who knew toilet paper was such a hot commodity?
Sue Ann, the girl I keep mentioning, is my “girlfriend”. So far, so good on being gay in SE Asia. The further south we travel, the more Muslims we see. Eventually, we’ll be traveling through Indonesia – and we will have to turn our “gay” way down, for safety. Sue Ann knows Thailand. She came out here on extended holiday fourteen years ago. She traveled the world, by herself, when she was 20+. Wow. Being here now, that seems a tad frightening to me. I guess since she lived in Taiwan as a baby, all this is “home”. Perhaps in the way I feel at home in Europe.
Hostel living reminds me of one particular tour adventure I had with Saucy Monky, and my dear friends Annmarie and Naimee. We were touring Ireland with the band, and we played a bar gig somewhere in the country where the fee included housing. Whoa. Never in my life had I stayed in such a place. Not before, and not since. I remember I took a photograph of the charred, half broken toilet seat – shocking as it was (haha). I think we slept three in a bed those days. Our band compatriots have since gone on to top touring acts, and hopefully better accommodations. Those memories are like gold to me now.
This is my first solo tour in many moons. I wonder how it will all go down? I do intend to start a new career chapter in Australia. So get world, new adventures await!
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