The blind in the subway

In Thailand, when a visually impaired person enters a subway station (MRT or BTS), he is immediately taken care of by a security employee who accompanies him to his seat by giving him his arm. Obviously, there is communication with the arrival station so that the visually impaired person is also taken care of from his seat to his connection or to the exit of the station.

In the event of a connection between BTS and MRT for which it is necessary to go out into the street, the security personnel will also accompany the visually impaired person to the connection station.

Well done!

A taxi driver

In Phitsanulok, a Bolt driver accompanies us to the administrative center where my partner has to fill out documents concerning a field problem. Since we don’t know how long it will last, we ask him to wait for us in the parking lot.

After a quarter of an hour of waiting, it seems that it will last, so I go down to tell him that he can go for other races. The price of the trip was set by Bolt at 100 baths. I try to give him 150 baths to thank him for waiting for us. He categorically refuses and only leaves with 100 baths!

Well done!

The volunteers of the temple

We go to a very small temple in which it is possible for 100 baths to have a tiny (5 cm) Buddha effigy personalized. There are several volunteers who take care of this. They all come to talk to me, are very happy that I speak 3 words of Thai, want to know where I come from, what I do in Thailand. We stay there for about 30 minutes. 30 minutes of smiles, kindness, selfies.

What a conviviality!

Another taxi driver

We are in a park for the music festival in Phitsanulok. We call a Bolt taxi to get back to the hotel. We wait 20 minutes because the traffic is a little blocked, there are a lot of people but when he arrives, we. Yes, let’s see that there will be a sound and light show on the bridge in front of which we are. We tell the taxi that we are sorry but that we would like to see this show. He says he’s waiting for us, no problem.

The show lasts 20 minutes. When we get back to the hotel, I give 200 baths to the driver instead of the 100 planned by Bolt. He begins by refusing by saying that the race is at 100 baths. I Insist. He ends up accepting by confusing himself in thanks, very embarrassed. While he is young and has a new electric car that must not be easy to pay for.

The restaurant’s folding machine

In front of Noodles’ restaurant, there is a "rabatteuse". When we arrive, the sky is gray, she is wearing a sleeveless T-shirt. 5 minutes later, the sun appears. She immediately puts sleeves on her arms to protect herself from the sun and a hood on her face. That’s also Thailand. Thais are very careful not to be exposed to the sun. No doubt this is partly why it is so difficult to give them an age. The elderly are less wrinkled here.