The dictator of the day got us into this mess. They wanted to Rock and Roll. So we did.
Our good friends Rob and Anne had graciously agreed to visit us in Thailand. When we learned they were coming we spent the night finding the best flights and had two tickets from Tanzania to Bangkok with a brief stop over in Dubai for some skiing! We felt so honoured they would fly from Canada to spend time with us.
Someone suggested on day 2 that we implement a “dictator of the day†system to help us actually make a decision instead of playing the “I don’t know….what do you want to do…??†game. The Dictator gets to decide where we were eating, and what activities we were going to do. It really was a stroke of genius because everyone got to do something they wanted and we were all lead into doing fun things we wouldn’t have considered on our own.
Like dancing with a concrete penis.
When we were in Koh Phi Phi, The DICKtator that day had plans for a late night on the town. There is still debate who was responsible for the hangovers, regardless it did result in a memorable (if a little fuzzy) night out!
The Irish Bar. Note the tower of Beer.
The evening started at an Irish bar drinking a few towers of beer. The Dictator made us pay the bill and then directed us to the Rolling Stoned Bar. The place is rather simple if I remember correctly but it had all the things needed for a good night of rock and roll: a stage, band, table service, and a concrete penis on the dance floor.
When the band took the stage they were likely disappointed to see only our table of “old people†and few others. Their impression of us quickly changed when they asked for a request from the floor. Rob shouted Neil Young and the band delivered. Heavy guitars, great drums and base, and heavily accented vocals was all it took for Rob and I to take to the dance floor!
Picture quality is poor, but Rob and Matt were doing a great job of helping the band sing!
For the remainder of the evening, I have vague recollections of dancing, playing my air guitar and consuming way more beer than a human should. I remember hearing Anne giving advice to the young man at the table behind us. She felt he could do better than the girl he was with, but
she was ok for the night. I am sure this 20 something really appreciated hearing this from someone who’s children were the same age as him!
I was also feeling pretty blurry at this point. As you can see the band isn’t playing, but I am!
For the last song of the night the lead singer looked over our way. He was shocked to see us old people still rocking among the considerably larger crowd. He caught Rob’s eye and started to play another Neil tune to wrap up the night! A degree of money was exchanged to pay for the t- shirts we all had to have and for the booze we consumed. I am pretty sure this is the MOST expensive t-shirt I own!
That night we all re-lived our University days and we still reminisce and piece together from our collective memories what really happened. The next day was quite rough for all of us, as we nursed our hangovers by the pool. We wouldn’t hesitate to do it again but we may just add in a
few more rinse cycles in between the rounds!
A little gossip by the pool is the best cure for a hangover!
Plan your own Thailand adventure (concrete penis is optional of course)
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