Dave and the tower of beer
Being back in Thailand is great. 1 year to the day since i left and no time has been wasted in appreciating all the great things Bangkok offers.
Thai people are so nice and smiling that you almost overlook the ingenious practicality that goes on here.
The cooperatively competitive market is just one example. When i was buying a flash drive the other day, i asked for the 256MB one the girl had quoted me and said 'ok' and promptly walked out of the shop. I half follow her to see her asking other shop owners if they have one in stock - they share all their stock!
A more interesting example is the amazing tower of beer.
Facts about beer in Thailand:
1- Thailand is hot so Thai’s put ice in their beer.
2- Bangkok has Beer Garden season each year for a few weeks when masses of people flock to sit around and eat and drink outside with friends in Beer Company sponsored beer zones.
3- People are packed in so tightly it takes for ever to go and get beer from the stalls.
How else to deal with all this but inventing a tower of beer? 4 liters will keep anyone occupied for a while and they have tubes full of ice down the middle to keep it cool. Ah Thailand – keep on innovating.
So 2 towers later - Leigh, Jay and I stagger of home at a reasonable hour but not before I -won a Asahi beer t-shirt in a 2 beer skolling contest on stage, hence why I am well hung today.
Apart from hanging out in beer gardens I have also been drinking with locals on street corners over a game of chess. Yep, chess is the favorite game of motorcycle drivers on street corners here but don’t be fooled by their apparent ability on the board. They are more than likely half tanked and some of them even start in the morning. So on my first day in Bangkok, after watching a fully tanked driver loose to a guy in a suit and drinking longnecks I bought at the 7-11, I wandered back to Jay’s house and we caught up over the rest of the longnecks and finished off by shotguning communist beers from Laos.
Damn it’s good to be back in Bangkok – Tomorrow; Cambodia!
Stay posted for regular updates and check out http://cambodiaproject.blogspot.com for updates on the project.
Thai people are so nice and smiling that you almost overlook the ingenious practicality that goes on here.
The cooperatively competitive market is just one example. When i was buying a flash drive the other day, i asked for the 256MB one the girl had quoted me and said 'ok' and promptly walked out of the shop. I half follow her to see her asking other shop owners if they have one in stock - they share all their stock!
A more interesting example is the amazing tower of beer.
Facts about beer in Thailand:
1- Thailand is hot so Thai’s put ice in their beer.
2- Bangkok has Beer Garden season each year for a few weeks when masses of people flock to sit around and eat and drink outside with friends in Beer Company sponsored beer zones.
3- People are packed in so tightly it takes for ever to go and get beer from the stalls.
How else to deal with all this but inventing a tower of beer? 4 liters will keep anyone occupied for a while and they have tubes full of ice down the middle to keep it cool. Ah Thailand – keep on innovating.
So 2 towers later - Leigh, Jay and I stagger of home at a reasonable hour but not before I -won a Asahi beer t-shirt in a 2 beer skolling contest on stage, hence why I am well hung today.
Apart from hanging out in beer gardens I have also been drinking with locals on street corners over a game of chess. Yep, chess is the favorite game of motorcycle drivers on street corners here but don’t be fooled by their apparent ability on the board. They are more than likely half tanked and some of them even start in the morning. So on my first day in Bangkok, after watching a fully tanked driver loose to a guy in a suit and drinking longnecks I bought at the 7-11, I wandered back to Jay’s house and we caught up over the rest of the longnecks and finished off by shotguning communist beers from Laos.
Damn it’s good to be back in Bangkok – Tomorrow; Cambodia!
Stay posted for regular updates and check out http://cambodiaproject.blogspot.com for updates on the project.
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home