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Kolla in våra vänner Peter & Susan Kingston's hemsida. Ett mycket trevligt par som varit våra gäster via Coach Surfing. De lever ett annorlunda liv, hjälper andra.

Peter & Susan outside our home in Hua Hin

In engrish,

Check out our friends Peter & Susan Kingston's website. A very nice couple who were our guests through Coach Surfing. They live a different life, helping others.

Peter & Susan donating books for a children's home

Thailand's Got Talent

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Thailand's Got Talent is a bit different from Got Talent in the west... we love Thailand ;)

Mail Order Bride

A nice video from you tube...

Seven dangerous days

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In Thailand 10+ peoples on a pick-up truck or 4 peoples on a motorbike is not uncommon. New Year holiday from December 29th to January 4th are called the seven dangerous days.

This New Year there were a total of 358 deaths from road accidents during the "seven dangerous days" and with 3,750 others injured. Drunk driving and speeding were the two major causes of road accidents. Most of the accidents involved motorcycles and pick-up trucks.

Traffic is the most dangerous thing to be aware of when on holiday in Thailand, especially the big holidays like western new year and thai new year, Songkran, in April. Better to stay home these days.

Mr Johan and papa Göran

Homestay in Hua Hin

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Mr Johan Holiday Service: http://www.mrjohan.com/

One year has past too quickly and papa Göran is back in Finland at the moment, for work. Mr Johan and Mama Suphat still stay in Hua Hin and rent out houses around Hua Hin. We also have a homestay with 2 bedrooms to rent out. You find more info and our email on our homepage, http://www.mrjohan.com/.

If you have any questions about Hua Hin, events, places to stay, where to go... don't hesitate to contact us!

Summer Wine

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In Scandinavia we speak about "Wine, Women and Song" when talking about good life. This story is about wine. Belive it or not... here in Hua Hin, 40 km west of the city there is a Vineyard. The name is Hua Hin Hills Vineyard and the plantation area is 180 acres. The terrain is 140 - 210 meters above sea level.

Grapes of the varieties Colombard, Chenin Blanc, Muscat, Shiraz, Sangiovese and Tempranillo are grown. Harvest time is March. The vineyard is open for the public every day except Mondays from 11 am to 7 pm. You can either visit the vineyard by yourself with car or motorbike. Or you can buy a trip from Market Village, Hua Hin Hills Wine Cellar on 2nd floor, in Hua Hin. The van leaves at 1030hrs and 1500hrs.

The tour package includes a 3-course meal, company presentation , fresh grape juice, Monsoon Valley wine tasting... and a vineyard tour on the back of an elephant, the only vineyard in the world offering this!

http://www.huahinhillsvineyard.com/

Summer Wine greetings from Mr Johan and papa Göran

Ting Tong

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Ting Tong means "crazy" in thai language. If someone is stupid thai people use the world "ting tong" about that man (because of some strange reason the world "ting tong" is not used for women?). Mama Suphat tells pappa Göran he is "ting tong" almost every day.

Many men from europe (west) get ting tong when they meet a beautiful thai girl, think they have won on lottery. He thinks he has a girl who will cock for him, clean his house, wash the laundry... but he doesn't realise that all the family of the girl will move in very soon.

This nice guy met a girl on Internet, and her name happens to be Ting Tong. They meet for the first time...

Big big love... but everyone who have been married know what happens after the wedding rings are changed. One start to discover new things about each other. Our dear friend finds out that Ting Tong isn't Ting Tong... "her" name is Tong Ting.

In west it's very important to be honest, a man who stands for his world is a real man. In Asia it's much more important to save ones face. Small lies are part of everyday life. Our dear friend finds out that Ting Tongs home village isn't Pong Pong... she is from Too Ping (small lie again). Many Thai/Falang marriages finish in catastroph because different ideas about the world "truth". (falang = thai word for western man).

Another big difference between east and west is privacy. In west everyone need to have their own room, somewhere where you can close the door and be alone. In Thailand the word privacy dosen't excist. When Mr Johans aunt and oncle visit us papa Göran, mama Suphat, Mr Johan and 18 year old brother Khankau all sleep in the same bedroom. Everybody is comfortable and happy with this arrangement. We also eat from the same plate, share everything that we have.

In west (Scandinavia) you can read in newspapers about some old man that have died a half year ago in his appartment... and nobody discovered it. Lonelyness is a big problem in west. That's one reason why papa Göran like to live in Thailand, he want to live and die with family and friends around.
But our dear friend gets upset when he finds out that Ting Tongs mother is moving in, disturbing his privacy...

... many Thai/Farang relations end when the dear hubby finds out that the lovely lady take 100% control of his life. Our romantic friend gets a chock when he find out that Ting Tong and her family have opened a restaurant in his flat... thai ladies are often very businessminded.

Long live the cultural chocks :)