For days I have been looking out my window at this bloody great tower that is the main feature of Pattaya Park. Pattaya Park is a resort style park with a water world type thing with slides and pools and stuff. The park also has a roller coaster, trampolenes, a bouncy castle and loads of other fun things to do. They wouldnt let me on the bouncy castle coz I had high heels on, so I took my shoes off and they still wouldnt let me saying that I was too big and risked hurting the other kids. Grrr.
Anyway, my gambit for the day was to overcome my fear of heights and go up to the top of the tower and take some pics.
When I arrived I looked up at this 170 metre tall tower and nearly fainted at the thought of being that high up but I wasnt going to be daunted.
Anyway, there are two ways to go up this bloody great tower. One is to go up in the gondola thingie which costs 100 baht. The nong who I asked could tell I was dead nervous coz I was stuttering which was odd coz I was speaking Thai and I hadnt realized that I could do that.
So the nong suggests that I can go up in the elevator inside the actual building. That is for me I thought as I thanked him and headed to the base of the tower, my legs already starting to wobble.
To go up 170 metres for a bloke who can get giddy just standing too close to the edge of a large kerb was gonna take some courage but I had made up my mind and it was now or never.
It cost 200 baht to go up in the elevator but I didnt care coz it was far safer, way more civilized and included a free cup of tea and a free activity.
It wasnt untill I got to the top that I realized what the free activity was.
Now was the moment of truth and I took a deep breath as I pushed the button marked ironically hah hah. That was it. There was no turning back now.
The first thing you see as you leave the elevalator is the sign outlining what the free activity is. *Gulp*
Now in case you cant read it, the sign basically outlines that the free activity is that you can jump off the bloody tower.
When I came too there were all these Thais standing over me laughing and one bloke was waving a bottle of salts under my nose. I felt quite sick.
In fact, just the memory of it all has me feeling quite queezy as I write this now. So if you dont mind I think I will have a little lye down and post the pics I took a little bit later.