BANGKOK – Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra admits that “once you’ve seen one temple you’ve seen them all” and said he was ready to head for the beach after about the fourth temple.
“Temples are cool and all,” he told the British media, “but the beaches in Thailand are much better. You can only take so much of taking off your shoes, lighting incense, and just sitting there uncomfortably, trying not to point your feet at anyone.”
“After about the fourth temple, I was getting kind of bored so I turned to my PR guy and was like, ‘we’re not seriously visiting 99 of these’ and he just sort of laughed and said, ‘yeah, it’s really hot in this country; let’s go to the beach tomorrow.’ ”
