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Drinking in South East Asia is just kind of what you do.
When beer is literally cheaper (50 cents) than a bottle of a water, it’s the more logical option for budget-minded people.
One of our local haunts in Saigon, Happy Life, served up “buckets” in which you pick your liquor, a boastful 4 shots, and mixer. This was a whopping $2. (The plastic cup with the straw.)
On our last trip of the year, a 2 week stint through Thailand, we spent 4 days on Koh Phi Phi, a beautiful island adjacent to where The Beach was filmed.
We stopped at an expat-popular spot for lunch after a morning boat trip to visit said adjacent island and saw that “buckets” were on the menu. For a deal.
Figuring they would be similar to the Happy Life drinks we had come to love, we ordered.
The waitress didn’t bat an eye as she set two literal sand toys, full of booze and a splash of coke, in front of us.
Oops.
But this is Thailand, where taking alcohol out of a bar is not an issue. What we couldn’t finish, the waitress happily filled our empty water bottle with. Remember, we got a third one free. Like I said, a deal.
After two days, we threw out the remaining half water bottle. We just couldn’t get through it.
Clearly, we can’t hang in Thailand.
RQ: Have you ever felt like you couldn’t “hang” somewhere? What would you have done if these sand pails arrived at your table?
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Wow – that is a serious drink!! Crazy that you can take the drinks from the restaurant!!! I don’t know if I could hang or not but I would give it my best shot!!
It would be super impressive if you could hang!
Holy wow. I would be a hot mess the entire trip! It only takes me about 2.5 beers to be hammered. lol
I would have been drunnnnnk! I can’t even have a wine cooler or a glass of wine without feeling tipsy!!!! I can’t believe they give you that much and let you walk around with it! Crazyyyyy!
Aha!
Yes, you will find some very different rules in Thailand. Many other countries too. Have to be on your toes. 🙂
Cheers Sharon…
You certainly do! That’s what makes traveling so much fun though.