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Skriven 2008-02-22 11:28:16 av Björn Forsström (2:203/614.61)
     Kommentar till en text av Glen Jamieson
Ärende: THAI FOOD REPORT 80217
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 GJ> Thanks for the Thai street food write-up.  Makes me want to go there.

No problems.

 BF>> Instead of buying a chicken we went to a local BBQ "streetshop" and did
 BF>> what the Thai people do. We choosed between perhaps 20 different kind of
 BF>> "courses", all on a little wood-stick. We randomly picked 7 different
 BF>> things and they all went down in the deep-fry pan.

 GJ> Smiles, and appreciation of their food is as good a way of communication
 GJ> as any.

They are a bit offended if you don't eat what's served.

 GJ>  Some tourists would avoid such food, but they are missing out on
 GJ> a lot.  If the ingredients are fresh, and fried while you wait, they
 GJ> should be safe.

We haven't had any problems so far.
Now we're back in Pattaya and what we like to do here is to have a picknic at
the beach in the evening with a grilled chicken with different accompaniments
every time.

 BF>> We will do this again but then by another "shop" because they all have
 BF>> different kinds of food, everything from roasted scorpions to fresh of
 BF>> the day pineapples.

 GJ> I'm looking forward to hearing more of your adventures in Thailand.

Didn't you get my netmail? Drop me a line at bjorn.fo(at)hotmail.com

 BF>> And talking about home. It's really sad to see the big differences
 BF>> between how they live. Some have it rather good while some lives in
 BF>> houses made of corrugated iron and palm-leafs and that almost in downtown
 BF>> of Phuket city.

 GJ> Much the same in the Philippines, but I have lived for short periods in
 GJ> simple huts, and they can be quite comfortable in the tropics.  How much
 GJ> people, and particularly the children, laugh is a better indication of
 GJ> quality of their life than the size of their houses.

So true and they don't have to think about snow or temps under 15 C or so and
I think that they live a much happier life than us in Europe or USA.

 BF>> Another funny thing was when I asked at the firestation we paas on our
 BF>> way to the city why some of the trucks have 4 green lights pointing
 BF>> forward on the roof. The first answer was that they show that the truck
 BF>> is about 4 m high. When I pointed at the truck beside that was even
 BF>> higher and that one didn't have any the answer was that those who had it
 BF>> were Rescue trucks. Then I gave up because most all "normal" truck have
 BF>> them too so my question is still unanswered.

 GJ> I can remember seeing those blue lights, and other decorations on trucks
 GJ> in Thailand.  My guess is that it just to make them prettier! :)

Those were green and now I know the answer. It's a law to have those on trucks
that drive at night. If they don't have them they only use them during daytime
and yes, many trucks and cars look like xmas trees. Blue, green, yellow, red
etc.
both high and low, in front and rear and some looks like that at home too but
not
red in the front and green at the rear.

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