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Great tale-spinning, Nautikos
I am also well-acquainted with some foreign customs. At this moment, I am sitting in my house (I should say our house, along with my Thai wife) in Thailand, with a row of our shoes sitting outside the door. In Thailand, we westerners are called falang, instead of gaigin. I wonder if the meaning is about the same.
I am enjoying both your tale and your method of writing. This might inspire me to spin a tale or two about my adventures in Thailand. We had an interesting encounter just 3 days ago, when we crossed the Thai-Cambodian border in a golf cart, driven by a Thai police sergeant and accompanied by 2 Thai police Majors in civilian clothes. The Thai border guards were quite unhappy with us when we drove back to the checkpoint, but in spite of them, our mission was accomplished. I am lucky not to be writing this comment from Thai jail, LOL
posted by
GoldenMean
on January 7, 2016 at 6:30 PM
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posted by
Annicita
on January 5, 2016 at 7:29 PM
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Nautikos
This is such an exciting adventure....and I can't help but wonder, is this where you developed this knack for "hooking" your readers by dangling bait for the next installment?! Just curious...... I would have been pushed off, too, since I wouldn't have known the rules for where one can walk around ships and such. Now, please don't leave some of us here treading water too long before you continue.
posted by
Krisles
on January 4, 2016 at 2:03 PM
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excellent. Really wrapped once more in this wanderful adventure.
posted by
Kabu
on January 4, 2016 at 12:55 PM
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For me, the wait to have gotten on the ship would have felt like forever, especially with bags in tow.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on January 4, 2016 at 5:31 AM
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I'm enjoying the heck out of this story. More, please...
posted by
Pat_B
on January 4, 2016 at 4:59 AM
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That is the way to do it merge. You did just that. I would have probably staggered up the gang plank and would have been pushed off.
posted by
C_C_T
on January 3, 2016 at 11:49 PM
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Son #1 was a gaijin for three years in and out of Yukosuka on the U.S.S. Blue Ridge. I love hearing his stories.
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TAPS.
on January 3, 2016 at 11:23 PM
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Ok - now am going to wonder about the problem until the next episode!
posted by
adnohr
on January 3, 2016 at 4:27 PM
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Naut
Wow, this took courage. How old were you? Were you married? Did you have children? It just all seems like such a delightful but frightening journey into the unknown. Looking forward to the rest.
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Justi
on January 3, 2016 at 11:16 AM
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