luigi

8 hours ago, Horizondave said:

The Hotel Centara in Hua Hin is the Hotel Phnom Penh in the film. Stayed there before, one of the finest old hotels in Thailand. Formerly The Railway Hotel.

yes in between sofitel i believe

1 hour ago, Jambo said:

Set off in the Car yesterday and turned on the radio to hear Tommy's voice saying

"So NARAK means the same as SUAI"

(It is Tommy getting his weekly Thai lesson in the studio.)

"No", says the Thai lady "Not the same, as NARAK means more like "cute"  than beautiful"

"Ah", say Tommy "Much easier to use than SUAI as if you get the tone wrong it means something completely different than beautiful"

"Yes, that is correct" says Thai lady"

"I will give it a try at the weekend" says Tommy"

Well, I hope you did better than me mate

I phoned teerak Sai this morning for a video call on Line as Sai is up in Mae Sot waiting for me to join her on Monday.

Much to my pleasant surprise Sai answers the phone naked from the waste up having just come out of the shower. We both laugh and I say

"That is a nice unexpected welcome. You look very narak Sai."

Sai stops laughing and says

"Narak??   You never say Narak to me before!"

"It is a new word I just learnt as you do look cute this morning."

"Why you learnt the Thai for cute? Who have you been telling that they look Narak?"

"Nobody teerak ....I learnt it from Tommy Dee"

"You tell him he looked .........Narak!"

And promptly ended the call 🤣

You have to laugh.

funniest story in 2019. u made my day. hahahaha

alors j essaye, bon anniversaire et des jours inoubliables en indo, luigi

love your trip reports. i missed them dearly at the end of secrets. thank you for your contributions. luigi

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