Reggae fest!

Well it's been a little dull around here this weekend in comparison to my last four weeks of escapades. Just reading by the pool and the ocean (a hard life, i know). But last night made up for it. who would have guessed that one of the top three music festivals in Thailand was at our very own, Hua Hin beach? It took about two hours to get there, on what would normally be about thirty minutes, because the traffic was so horrendous. Taxi's were charging an exorbitant amount for the ride too. Luckily we happened to snatch a green sorngtao (the converted trucks with seats in the back, the green ones are 10-20bhat per person [change!]) that wasn't jammed packed like all of the others, you'd see them go by and it looked like it was going to flip over backwards because there was so much weight in the back. Shuffling among a mass of people, we finally made it to the beach, big screen televisions adorned the shore. What was the dance floor? The OCEAN! I was up to my knees in water, and when waves rolled by, basically we were drenched from at least the waist down. And my friend Lwando was so nice in mentioning that we where probably dancing in the piss and vomit of everyone there...great, thanks for that one El! But you know what, it didn't matter, we were all having a great time grooving to reggae/ska...which apparently is really famous and well known for Thailand. I have to say it is significantly better than the other Thai music i have heard here.