Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Internet working again...

First of all I gotta get one thing off my chest. Thats the Thailand hippies. When we were about to leave Stockholm I noticed these people that look like theyre extras from the movie The Beach. I mean, do you really have to show everybody that it not your first time to Thailand. Theres all kinds of hand made blingbling, and thats cool by me but fucking surfing shorts and flipflops!!? Do these people think that the plane is gonna land on a beach?? Somehow they dismiss the fact that theres gonna be a full-on air conditioning straight to the neck for about 10 hours and then youre only in Bangkok. Beaches are still hours away. Feels like these are the Torremolinos-folks of our time. BOSS t-shirts and so on.. Maybe Im just getting old...

We went to Hua Hin to do some shopping, its a bigger town about 120km away and I couldnt help but to be annoyed bout the locals going GoKväll, How are u sir, Come this way and blabla. Ive always hated turist infested places (not big cities likes of New York etc..) and the hustlers that keep chasing you down the street trying to get you in to a restaurant. The village were staying now doesnt have any of that and I know people who would get insane how calm and easy it is over here. I just like the fact the locals dont want anything from you, just waving hands and hellooo. Only a few people speak a bit english. It doesnt really matter how good your english is, you just gotta know how to use it. No "r"s. Tomollow. And so on. One word and a lot of hands. Way better than a fine sentence. It can be a pain in the ass when not even the simpliest request come true. Specially when you got kids with allergies...

Theyre crazy about blonde kids in Thailand. It started already at Bangkok airport. Here they just chase Oliver and Bella and grab them till a small cry comes out. One nice waitress asked after a few rejections that "she doesnt like me?" Oh yes she does, shes just a bit shy.. ( And not even frigging two years old, sorry that shes not running towards you when we arrive..) The people really are genuinly(?) friendly, happy and just very nice to deal with. Just to think of the locals in Gran Canaria, you almost felt hated while walking around and doing business with them. Except for the people I became friends with. Theyre the nicest.

What else... Well, exellent food every day... Even the kids are eating well. No loose bellies. ( Im sure that Im gonna be shitting myself just by saying that!!)

Tomorrow me and the missus are gonna go for a shopping marathon and a dinner in Hua Hin. Grandpa is gonna be with the buggers. Nice.
Seems like were getting used to the heat a bit. Nobodys sweating that much anymore. Still hot as hell though. You cant be in the sun more than an hour, it goes right through you. Now a 30 degree night temperature is ok. And its time to go home... Its gonna be about 18 degree drop.. I guess its the huminity that makes it so unbearable over here. Everytime you come out of something air conned, its like a slap in the face, every time. Dont get used to it.

Now I gotta go and get some dreads in my hair, a SINGHA t-shirt and enter the plane in a pair of flipflops. Im coming from Thailand afterall and I gotta show that to people at the Arlanda airport of Stockholm..

Laters!!

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