The Young Man Odyssey

First and foremost, this thing is a giant rave, I refused numerous touts from locals for ecstacy, and judging by the scene, my travel compadres did not.

Standing by the side of the road, a pickup truck stopped and I jumped in the back. when the roads became quite sketchy and steep, I jumped in with the driver and his daughter. We had polite conversation, and in broken english I believe he may have offered me his daughter. He stopped the truck where he lived, and told me we would continue on his motorbike. He went inside his house and I waited a good 6 minutes before he came out. Confused, I started walking to the party. He realized his wrongdoing, and sped up next to me on his motorcycle. The cost was 50 baht, I gave him 100, and the sonovabitch didn’t have change! He then proceeded to offer me ecstacy, which I declined.

Neon lights, techno music, fire spinners and many tourists dotted the beach. Watching the fire spinners, one of them lost control and a ball of fire landed 3 feet away from me. In the commotion, the people sitting next to me jumped off the sand, spilling it into my Beer Chang. It reminded me of the scene in Fear and Loathing at the dirt race when a bandana clad Hunter S. Thompson zig zags his way to the press tent with his hand over his beer.

I took the role of the spectator for this thing. I wandered up and down the beach with my Beer Chang. I chatted with some people but left the raving to the ravers. I got back to me bungalow at 3 am and did not awake until 2. Upon arising, I had a viscious hangover and pebbles ingrained in my flesh from where I had stumbled, hard, on the rocks.

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