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Bangkok (I): I've been such a fool!
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Having survived the 15 and half hour bustrip back from Phnom Penh to Bangkok (beware of any travel agents in Phnom Penh who promise this route can be done in 11 hours as they did me, they are @$*$ liars), I've returned to my favourite hotel, La Residence, in the Thai capital, only to find one of my camera's, left for safe keeping here, has disappeared. I like this place too much to be angry, but disappointed is putting it mildly. Not only that, but all the software, cables etc. accompanying the recently acquired D300 is also gone. Means some extensive work to do, in order to satisfy the insurance company's requirements.
All through Cambodia, whenever I had to check-in at a hotel, they've required information on my occupation. Now, I've always been somewhat adverse to confessing to being the unemployed person I am. So until Cambodia, I'd always put down "Banker" (yes, Noam, that is the correct spelling). But wondering what they actually did with this information, I started putting down "Male Stripper" and for a whole month, I didn't get any questions, remarks, or anything (or maybe they were just embarassed and wondered how I actually made any money, haha).
This end of Asia really aims to please. Not only is the food absolutely delicious and quite inexpensive, but there are ...uhm... other fields where, especially, single Western males are made aware of what Thailand has to offer. All along Surawong Street and Silom Street, you're accosted by tuk-tuk drivers or other (smartly dressed) men holding colourful folders displaying the sensuous delights supposedly to be found just around the corner should you want to fork out several hundreds of baht. I've always ignored these lecherous proposals (or sometimes even badmouthed the guys), but it is only now that I've found the ultimate answer. Whenever I'm approached now, I'll just shrug and say "Okay! But how much will they pay me?". Until now I've managed to get my price up to 10.000 baht (appr. 150 quid)! Once I hit 20.000 baht, I might have to just take them on on the deal.
Also had a fun time whilst waiting in the queue to hand in my passport for the Chinese visa. The guy standing next to me was repeatedly picking his nose, no just a subtle scratch, but a full 3-digit-dig (surely he could have reached his brain), and just far too digusting to ignore. So I gave him a long hard stare, and once he realised he was being watched, I explained to him in hushed tones that I always got tremendously sexually aroused watching people pick their nose like that. And would you believe it, he stopped instantly! Some people!
I've got about a week to wile away before my friend Nanda arrives at Suvarnabhumi Airport. Although I'd promised myself I'd never set foot in the place after the first time I came here, I must admit that it's starting to grow on me. Next time, I think I'll do a "10 things I like about Bangkok" as I did last time on Phnom Penh.
Until then, I'm off for a Singha beer.
Cheers!
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