2010/04/25 Dubai
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Walking

Boat

“You need to take a boat to get to the restaurant,” the benign front desk manager at the Al Qasr Hotel told me.
I took a boat to restaurant Pai Thai. (You won’t be surprised to hear that this is a Thai restaurant.) It took me fifteen minutes to get to the restaurant but it was definitely romantic.
When I had settled my bill the waiter asked me: “Shall I order a boat for you or a buggy?”

“Well,” I answered, “what’s the fastest way out, I’m a bit tired, a boat or a buggy?’

The waiter said: “Walking. Let me show you.”

Within two minutes we were back in the lobby of the Al Qasr Hotel.

This is the essential contemporary dining experience: you pay to be an extra in your own movie.

The boats are there to enhance your illusion but if you want to get out, within two minutes you are on the street. Dinner for one at Pai Thai including wine and tip: $170.00.

Highly recommended before sex with your significant other.


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is it not a bit rude to go eat alone before you have sex with somebody? (you were sitting within walking distance in Dubai my comment lake)
but by all means enjoy,...!
said bernie van den berg 25/04/2010 22:27 • x
LOL! your soul must be back after this! and i was just about to write that you maybe need some holiday, due to ´the lake´
said Iz . 25/04/2010 23:01 • x
Bernie
To avoid misunderstandings: to the best of my recollection I didn't have sex last night.
said Arnon Grunberg 26/04/2010 06:39 • x
Very wise.
(Be careful with sex over there - at least if you care for your female significant other http://tiny.cc/5622r )
said Bernard f 26/04/2010 07:57 • x
That's an interesting experience you've had there. How much easier life would be if leaving the scenery were an option when one gets tired.

I've always been under the impression that journeys by train are a mock experience. One gets on the train, they shake it a bit and let landscapes and houses run past you. And after the right amount of time they let you get off.
said Juliane B. 26/04/2010 10:51 • x
Juliane
I highly recommend the following candid camera classic, which involves an elevator that does not move:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeTc2uHQ_34
said Oscar Wilde 26/04/2010 17:41 (Updated 17:45) • x
Amai, the Pai Thai in Dubai.
said Careca . 26/04/2010 17:42 • x
Sex
Arnon, do you think having sex with your significant other before eating an overcharged meal in a place of capitalistic fairytale makes the sex more intense?
Or did you just figured: the only thing that makes it woth it, is having sex with the person that's your significant other?
said Kevino Class 26/04/2010 18:06 (Updated 18:11) • x
Kevino
Money always makes sex more intense.
Sex makes money more intense as well.
said Arnon Grunberg 26/04/2010 18:37 • x
Arnon
Nice aphorisms. These two sentences remind me of a Dutch poet line. Three lines actually:

Geil is Geld,
Alleen met een I,
En zonder D gespeld.
said Kevino Class 26/04/2010 19:50 • x
Oscar
Thank you so much for enlightening me! Now I know it's two English engineers and some men with either too little or too much hair.
said Juliane B. 26/04/2010 20:34 • x
Juliane
It is my pleasure to enlighten you.
said Oscar Wilde 27/04/2010 00:28 • x
I've finally found the reason why I have lousy sex.
said Dens Powells 27/04/2010 13:25 • x
Arnon/ Dens/ ...
I am for sale.
said Mieke Dutoit 27/04/2010 14:57 • x
Mieke Dutoit
Will there be an auction? Will it be an offer you can't refuse or is your price fixed?
said Dens Powells 28/04/2010 19:50 (Updated 19:51) • x
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