Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Soi buokhaow


I think the right name is "soi buokhaow", but in fact, nobody knows.
And as we are in Thailand, nobody really cares about whether the name is boukhow, buakhow, bhuakaw, etc
It's a bit like the way Thai sometimes number streets and houses. Of course, it might be a problem when new streets come between number 13 and 14 for example. You could make it 13,5 or 13/1.
The real problem comes when you have to look for house number 189 for example: you'll walk past 185, 186, 187, 188,... and then... 190. Where the f**k is 189?
Well, it might be sandwiched between 20 and 21, or maybe it simply doesn't exist.

Keep smiling, cause this is Thailand, but you don't want to be a postman here...:-)