C.U. At The Club

Ricky, this post is for you!

Some of the wildest memories of the last Thailand trip happened with my good buddy Ricky, at the club D2. Well we were surprised to return to Udon and see that D2 was gone, and replaced by a similar club, called CU. We had a chance to experience this in style on our Saturday in Udon Thani.

Saturday was packed, as we went to the orphanage in the morning, Laos in the afternoon/evening, and Bassa for dinner and drinks after that. We hung out with Dat (the owner of Bassa) for a while, and must have been laughing the whole time. He was a lot of fun, and wanted to go to the club w/ us later. So after dinner, he grabbed a bottle of Thai Rum, and we were on the way.

Quick sidestory, Phatreeya had a little too much to drink, and couldn’t drive, and so it was my moment to shine! Driving on the left side of the road was weird, but being on the right side of the car was just as weird. As the other guys will tell you, I was really close to the left of the road, as I was disoriented by being on the right side of the car! But the most trippy thing was that the blinker was on the other side too, I wanted to signal, but turned on the windshield wipers instead and almost veered off the road!! But thankfully it was a short drive, and we followed Dat, and made it to CU ready to party!

CU was fun, we finished the first bottle, and moved onto the second. Lots of drinks, lots of laughs, and lots of pseudo dancing around a table while listening to some live Thai rock bands, which was very enjoyable. But the most memorable part of CU was being Jenny’s translator.

The story of the trip had to be EVERYONE thinking that Jenny was Thai and just sputtering Thai to her when they saw her. She always had a confused look and Phatreeya was usually there to translate and let them know Jenny was not Thai. But at the club, some guy was trying to talk to Jenny, who looks over at me and says “What’s he saying”. I love that she turns to me, who can’t speak Thai, and can hardly understand Jenny as it is so loud in there! So I do what any good friend would do, make something up! I muttered a few Thai words, nodded at the guy and he smiled.

We closed out CU and at 2am left for another bar that Dat liked. He knew the owner, and it was open as late as people were there. I don’t remember much from this point on, but what I do remember was drinking with a Thai cop (in uniform) and having a bunch more laughs. I got a picture of Abi and the cop, and we both crack up at how he was pretty drunk, and just chillin w/ the Americans. Just another day on the job I guess!

Ricky, hope these stories bring back some good memories. Catcha in a few days for your wedding!!

~Randall