5 October
Today, we decided to go to Ao Nang. The boyfriend of Mina’s friend Bah came to collect us in a brand new sports pickup. His name was Anas and he was 23 – ten years younger than her. He took us to a rather posh place called Vogue Pranang Bay Resort where Bah was catering manager.
Bah was a very nice woman in her early thirties. She had recently been divorced and had obviously taken on Anas as a stopgap. She gave us coffee and then took us on an inspection of the resort which was beautifully done with spa, swimming pool, old style wood carvings, lush gardens etc. But it cost over 10,000 baht a night to stay there – which is more than a months salary for a Bangkok office worker.
Anas told us that before he had worked for Vogue Pranang Bay Resort as a driver. However, one day Natalie Galvbolva – the former Miss Universe, had come to stay with her fiancée the Thai tennis champion Paradon Srichaphan. There had been no driver to pick them up after dinner one night and, after she’d made a fuss, Anas had been sacked. Now he was looking for driving work again.
After the tour, Anas took us to Ao Nang where we took a rather drab and cheerless room which was by the seafront but had absolutely zero view as the one small window faced a dirty concrete wall about two feet away. However it had air con, hot water, refrigerator, cable TV etc for only 500 baht so was very good value for money.
After we’d unpacked our bags, Mina and I went for a swim in the sea and then had dinner with Bah and Anas at a lovely beach side restaurant.
Today, we decided to go to Ao Nang. The boyfriend of Mina’s friend Bah came to collect us in a brand new sports pickup. His name was Anas and he was 23 – ten years younger than her. He took us to a rather posh place called Vogue Pranang Bay Resort where Bah was catering manager.
Bah was a very nice woman in her early thirties. She had recently been divorced and had obviously taken on Anas as a stopgap. She gave us coffee and then took us on an inspection of the resort which was beautifully done with spa, swimming pool, old style wood carvings, lush gardens etc. But it cost over 10,000 baht a night to stay there – which is more than a months salary for a Bangkok office worker.
Anas told us that before he had worked for Vogue Pranang Bay Resort as a driver. However, one day Natalie Galvbolva – the former Miss Universe, had come to stay with her fiancée the Thai tennis champion Paradon Srichaphan. There had been no driver to pick them up after dinner one night and, after she’d made a fuss, Anas had been sacked. Now he was looking for driving work again.
After the tour, Anas took us to Ao Nang where we took a rather drab and cheerless room which was by the seafront but had absolutely zero view as the one small window faced a dirty concrete wall about two feet away. However it had air con, hot water, refrigerator, cable TV etc for only 500 baht so was very good value for money.
After we’d unpacked our bags, Mina and I went for a swim in the sea and then had dinner with Bah and Anas at a lovely beach side restaurant.
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