Thursday, August 11

Taxi for Keet

OK, so taxis are cheap, and there’s absolutely loads of them. But it’s not quite as easy as you’d expect. Partly, it’s down to the fact that they clearly don’t have the equivalent of “The Knowledge” here, but mainly I think it’s that my Thai pronunciation is so bad that I can’t even communicate the name of a street. With the 5 tones, I guess it’s no surprise really. I try my best, but they drive off with an apologetic wave. Still, there’s always another one 10 seconds behind, so I try again…