5 nights in Bangkok

Well my fingers are ithcing to start, so that language thingy needs to come second :)

Ah let's start with Bangkok, it's the fourth time I was there and that place really can suck you in, chew you and spit you out again, if you're not careful. Well, since careful is not my middle name I got to have some interesting experiences. One involving meeting a lady boy (Katoy) called Benz and the other having a party on the street with the tuc-tuc drivers (3 wheel mororcycle with a 2-3 person big backseat) just outside Pantip Palaze (Bangkok's biggest electromarket along with MBK). When I first met Benz I knew from the start that she had been a he once. She actually forced my hand down there to feel for myself. Although Katoy's are not my cup of tea sexually, along with thai people in general, she turned out to be very kind. She peeled the best mango ever at her place and she bought breakfast for me, she went off to Singapore on "business" before I left Bangkok.

Meeting and befriending tuc-tuc drivers in the street was the most "cultural" experience I've had in Bangkok and for the second time, I was the one who was wined and dined. The snacks was cashewnuts with salt, small shrimps (kung) with basil and chili and squid in a sour sauce. Perfect drinking food! Along with Thai whiskey (which is kind of dodgy) and loads of beer we had a blast! The guy I got in contact with from the start bought his tuc-tuc for 300.000 bath (appx nkr. 60.000) and lived in an apartment without aircon for 4000 bath a month (appx nkr. 800). He was supposed to go home to his wife and gave the telephone to me when she called :) In the end she came to pick him up and was furious...

As usual when I'm catching airplanes the time seem to run faster than normal. I gave the taxi driver 3 times the amount he should have had, up front! 1000 bath(nkr.180), get me to the airport fast as hell! Thai drivers usually drives dirty without getting asked and this fellow really proved to be worth the money. He saved me 10 minutes on the ride and when I checked in it was 35 minutes before the plane left. At last safe, out of that hellhole which makes hard men humble after only 1 night. I stayed there 5 and imagine how humble my heart is now ;)

Stay tuned..