Buffalo racing is a very Thai sport and I was hoping that my photographs would be able to capture the very Thai-ness of the activity. But some of the shots were ruined by product placement, in this instance by “Manchester United” which I understand is some sort of club whose purpose is to play an obscure game called “football”.
Blood boiling with indignation, I left the buffalo racing and headed for the polo field. On the way I passed Bira circuit and saw that kart track was in action so stopped for a couple of shots.
No sign of a Manchester United logo on the side of the polo ponies yet, but it can only be a matter of time.
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2009-11-23| Camberley saysI fear I must own up to being a Manchester United supporter, though unlike most others in Surrey I have actually been to Old Trafford to watch them play. In fact I will be there next Tuesday evening care of a thoughtful birthday present from one of my sons. But I do sympathise with you. When I was in Malaysia I was thrilled that some colleagues, local Malaysians, were going to provide the music for an evening event. What they didn’t tell me was they played Country and Western, complete with cowboy hats.
2009-11-23| Jock saysMust confess I’m a Man U fan too … mainly due to Alex Ferguson being at the helm after the great things he did with Aberdeen FC … don’t think we’ve won anythings once our heyday in Gothenburg in 1983 ….
2009-11-23| Camberley saysAlex lived just opposite us when we lived in Aberdeen. There were always kids playing in front of his house - hoping to be discovered I guess.
2009-11-24| Jock saysNever knew you had an Aberdeen connection .. you probably met him several times. I met him just the once when he came into the Casino late one Saturday night back in 1977 and placed a bet on the box I was playing at Blackjack. He won 25 quid, scooped it up and walked off …. smart guy ..
2009-11-24| Spike saysI met him too. He propositioned me in the toilets in the Cove Bay hotel; but I didn’t like the colour of his cardigan so turned him down.
Just to clarify, I am referring to Camberley, not this Alex guy, whoever he is.
2009-11-24| Billy saysAh, the Cove Bay Hotel, what an image that conjures up, smugglers warming themselves up with a malt whiskey or two by the fire, mein host regaling the regulars with tales of daring do in the waters off the Moluccas, while the landlady serves up hot pea soup to all.
And then I went there. Complete fuckin* dump, smelt of something that died a long time ago, freezing in winter, merely cold in summer, shit food and a surly landlord who couldn’t get the freeloaders from the Great Pecten out fast enough. Those were the days, eh?.
2009-11-25| Camberley saysWhat Cove Bay Hotel?
2009-11-25| Spike saysIt’s a hotel. In Cove Bay. It’s called, for no obvious reason, The Cove Bay Hotel.
The over flowery prose describing the rooms offers: “All of the en suite rooms feature simply styled décor and furnishings”. In other words, they are shit.
I rather thought you were going to ask me about the cardigan.
2009-11-25| Camberley saysNo remembered that