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| Mum's shop is five minutes' walk from the Pin Khlao Bridge pier |
To get to Mum's shop, they had to travel from the tourist district in Silom, where farang C lives, and his girl friend works.
They took the skytrain, and the subway. Then they hopped on a ferry to the Thon Buri side. As they sat on the boat, they watched the lights of Bangkok at night slip by.
Tinker grumbled about the long journey. She was not used to leaving her comfort zone in Silom.
'Why can't your farang friend meet us half way - ha sip, ha sip (50-50),' she asked farang C about me.
'Farang Mali has to travel, too...he does not live around Mum's shop,' he replied.
However, within a few minutes of climbing aboard the ferry, she relaxed.
'It is beautiful out here,' she said, holding his arm.
For Farang C, getting away from the tacky tourist district does him good, too.
He enjoys the all-Thai environment at Mum's shop, and jumped at the chance to meet when I suggested it.
Tinker, who has a tiny figure, and cute, impish face, put on a good show for farang C's friend (me). She wore a bright, billowy yellow dress, and greeted me with a big smile.
At first, our conversation was business-like: originally from the Northeast, she has a degree in Thai traditional dance, and is studying tourism.
We did not talk about her work in Silom, nor how she supports herself.
Tinker, farang C tells me, has overseas-based sponsors - foreign men visit Thailand as tourists, fall in love with her at the bar, then send her money every month when they go home.
now, see part 2
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