







Det er mange som vil ta bilder sammen med oss. Her er en fyr som ogsaa har en egen blogg og som skal legge bilde av meg ut paa bloggen sin.

Vi har det altsaa bra og jeg skal skrive mer naar vi kommer til Shiraz om et par dager (og kanskje laste opp et bilde av en doer, mamma).
I dag reiser jeg fra Thailand til Iran, der Haavard og jeg skal vaere i to uker. Reiseruten er som foelger:









Jeg vil gratulere Marit og Satad saa mye og gleder meg til aa vaere ennaa mer sammen med lillesoester og de andre niesene mine ikke bare denne uken, men ogsaa de neste aarene.
Se ogsaa bloggen til Marit for flere bilder (link oeverst til hoeyre)

Et av hoeydepunktene var ogsaa aa leke med tigerungene. De var litt villere enn de stoerre dyra, men likevel harmloese. Dette er en dag vi sent vil glemme. 

I don't know what it is that makes Thammasat university such a romantic place. But the fact is that Helene and I met there, my cousin David met his girlfriend there, and I know that many other couples met while attending the Thai Studies program. One of those couples are currently living in Pranburi, and I went to visit them last weekend. As I have been away from Thailand for such a long time, I managed to take the wrong minibus (Rot To) - I went to Petchaburi (or Phetburi as it is pronounced) instead of Pranburi (just south of Hua Hin). Lucky for me, both of the towns are south of Bangkok, and eventually I got to see my friends without too much delay.Struan and Tan are a British-Thai beach-couple. After running a bar at Ko Pangan for a few years, they have now settled in a more relaxed area, just next to Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park. There is also beach closeby, the Dolphin beach. Together with a friend they are now starting up a new bar there.

It is not just another bar, this one have sitting groups beneath palm threes, a pound with fishes (you can borrow fishing equipment there) and a soon-to-be-finished 18 hole minigolf/crazygolf. The minigolf is sponsored by restaurants and other businesses in the area, but also by friends of Struan and Tan. The sponsors have been allowed to design their own lane, and this has resulted in the "Everton Football hole" "The Katoey hole", etc. Actually quite funny. On the picture, the Katoey hole is beeing made


From there, I walked all the way to Soi Thepnakarin. As six years earlyer, I still found 4 street restaurants and vendors selling som tam and bbq pork on sticks. I sat down on "rubber boots" restaurant where I was recognised at once. The owner used to find it so surprising that my Thai was so good back in the old days, and he always got a laugh when I tried to read the Thai language newspaper "Thai Rath". His daughter (I think), also working on the restaurant, got a baby since I left, and thy made some changes on the meny (they no longer sell Macaronii and Pad Gaeng). The Milk Shake Ladies still have their shop on the corner and the Kafee Ban (Ice Coffee Shake) still taste delicious and only costs 15 bath (2,50 kr).
In the late afternoon, I met ajarn Chonticha. She was my professor in Thai language in Thammasat, and together with Owen, I was able to go on several field trips with her and her research team that were making a study of the Thai dialects. Coming along on these trips was really some of the highlights of my year in Thailand. This thursday afternoon we had dinner together at Thanon Phra Athit, talking about old days, and what have happend since then. After dinner, we ended up with a coffee and a piece of cake at "Coffee and more", also one of those places that brought back memories
I mars og april 2008 er jeg paa en seks ukers reise, fire uker i Thailand og to uker i Iran. I den perioden har jeg tenkt aa skrive litt tekst og legge ut noen bilder som jeg tar underveis. Reiseruten er omtrent som foelger: