Drug Bust

Hitched a ride home with 2 policemen today. Some funny things happened. First, the guy in the front passenger’s seat was talking on his cell phone and suddenly passed it to Carrie in the back seat. Carrie didn’t seem to really understand what the girl on the other end of the line wanted, but she repeated, “Merlin hotel, Khao Lak Inn, 5 minutes, OK.” Needless to say, we didn’t know what we were doing when we soon pulled into the Merlin Resort in Khao Lak. We began to wonder, Is this a drug bust? Are they going to give us guns so we can provide backup?”

The driver asked us what our names where, and we all gave him our Thai nicknames: Carrie = Tuk Ta, which means doll, Jessica = Ploi, which means gem/diamond, and mine, Nam Pung, which means honey. The guy was shocked because obviously we’re not Thai. We then decided that in similar future circumstances, we should introduce ourselves as something like Princess or Goddess. We ended up running errands with the cops, who needed to make copies and return them to one of the guys’ girlfriend who I’m assuming works at the Merlin Resort.

This morning our last V-STAYers for the next 3 months arrived. Jiri is an Indonesian guy from The Netherlands and Anna is from Portugal. Our house is full and has more energy now which is nice.