Party time in Bangkok

All my girls came into Bangkok this weekend and a few even managed to stay Monday with me. It's been one long party (with a few stops for shopping along the way).

We've been doing our typical Bangkok partying. We start in the dorm room at Tae Wez guesthouse- our home away from home in Bangkok. When I arrive at Tae Wez they all great me by name and I don't need to register. Sweetest people, as all Thais are. The dorm room is a large room with 5 beds and lots of floor space to spread out. When we're there we take over the place. It's nice because you can't rent by the bed, you have to rent the room, so we take over, as I said.

So a typical night in Bangkok involves returning to our room from a day on the town around 4 or 5. And then we usually take turns in the shower while everyone lounges around. Imagine an Ipod Speaker playing and a bunch of girls relaxing on someone's bed devouring whatever copy of 'People' magazine someone had sent from America. After a while of showering and relaxing in our pak-am-as (Thai sarong) or various states of dress a couple people will make a 'seven' run.

'Seven' (or 'Sehwen' if you want to get specific) is what Thais call 7-11, so therefore so do we. They come back with a few beers or some Thai whiskey and coke lights and we sip (through a straw of course because that's how ya drink in Thailand) while we finish dressing and doing make-up. That's the fun part. I usually get requests to put make-up on a few of the girls. Although Tara always makes sure I do it before I'm too far into my beer because once I went a little heavy on the eyeshadow and made her look like a Thai hooker.

After make-up the music usually gets a little funkier and we have a dance party or break out the playing cards, whatever mood we're in. And if it's not downpouring we usually head out by 9ish.

Our Saturday and Sunday evenings were a lot like this. Tonight we're hitting up the Black Eyed Peas concert in Bangkok. It's my last night and since I have to leave for the airport at 4:30AM we're trying to make it an all-nighter!!

Bangkok is so great because the Thai 'rules' of dress, such as nothing showing shoulders or lots of leg, can be thrown out the door. It feels so fabulous to put on a pair of heels and go out dancing with the girls. As tonight is my last night I have been requested to wear my chiquita banana outfit. That is my alter ego here in Peace Corps, and she's always a lot of fun!