He looks like a mixture of Santa Claus and Tom Jones, and he certainly has some comedian in him - or mainly lots of it, as the comedy actor was his profession before he became a bar keeper in Koh Samet in 1989. His bar is like a cozy living room and at busy nights it extends outside to the pavement and even to the road.
He shows me an article from a Finnish newspaper; men shoveling masses of snow in Helsinki. That is his reason why he is "here" rather than "there". Not only entertaining his customers, he is also well-known as a good hearted man who cares about those people who are not so lucky as we are. One of those people is Tee, a disabled young man, whom Roger takes out once a week to see the outside world, as what his own family unfortunately never does.
"Happy hour, free ice in every drink!" Papa Roger calls people passing by. Keep on rocking, Roger!
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| "Welcooommme to my beauuutifuul bar" |
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| Tee and me |
4 comments:
You look happy and relaxed, good for you!
Hi from peter and I might not make it to ko chang Wednesday xxx a friend is coming from holland on Friday that's why. Say hello to nina!
Thanks Peter for letting us know, let's have that veg curry dinner another time, Seija & Nina
Such a lovely story behind this man! And I also enjoyed reading about Debra and her dream. And how she made it happen. There are so many wonderful people in the world. It's so great you get to meet these lovely people :)
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