Muchinda anokurumidza muPattaya uye gumi nerimwe mamwe maSiamese

Prince Bira kuZandvoort (Mufananidzo: Wikipedia CC0 1.0 Universal)

Pakumira kwekupedzisira kwemusangano wemotokari takazosvika paBira Race Circuit. Bira? Ndiani iyeye? Svondo rapfuura ndakapindurwa mubvunzo uyu zvakadzama mubhuku rinonakidza uye rakanyorwa zvinonaka naTeddy Spha Palasthira, rine musoro wekuti The last Siamese, nzendo muhondo nerunyararo.

Prince Bira, zita rizere HRH Prince Birabongse Bhanubandh, akaberekwa muna 1914 semuzukuru waMambo Mongkut (Rama IV). Panguva yezvidzidzo zvake muLondon (unyanzvi hwokuona!) akapindwa muropa nemotokari dzinomhanya zvikuru ndokutanga basa rokutyaira mijaho. Pakati pa1935 na1955 akatora rutivi mumazana emijaho padunhu riri rose raungafungidzira muEurope nokumwewo. Akatyaira English Racing Automobile (ERA), souped-up six-cylinder, uye aigara achihwina. Haana kutyaira achimiririra chero fekitori yemotokari asi akamiririra timu yakazvimirira, White Mouse timu, iyo yakavambwa nemukoma wake, Prince Chula Chakrabongse, muzukuru waMambo Chulalongkorn. Mushure mehondo, ERA yake yakave isingachakwanise kukwikwidza nemotokari dzemujaho kubva kuMaserati neAlfa Romeo. Muna Ndira 1955 akahwina New Zealand Grand Prix muArdmore uye zuva rakatevera akapedzisa basa rake remujaho.

Akanga ariwo wekutanga Thai kubhururuka ari ega kubva kuEurope kuenda kuThailand uye wekutanga weThai kumvura ski parwizi muBangkok. Bira akazovewo, mushure mekuroora kwekutanga kumukadzi wechiRungu (Ceril) uye wechipiri kune wekuArgentina (Chelita), mukadzi anomanikidza aigara mumusha wakanaka wainzi Les Faunes padhuze neCannes, uko yacht yake yekufambisa yakamiswa. Shamwari yake nemutyairi Prasom akasimudza madzimai muAston Martin yake ndokuzodzoka navo muBuick yake. Sekureva kwaTeddy, Bira akarara nemazana evakadzi. Muchato wake wechipiri wakaparara uye ndizvo zvakaitawo bhajeti rake. Muna 1956 akarambana naChelita ndokudzokera kuThailand akaparara.

"Hupenyu hunotanga pamakumi matanhatu," Bira akaudza shamwari dzake paRoyal Varuna Yacht Club muPattaya. Aive akakosha kwazvo uye akazopedzisira ave nhengo ine mukurumbira ipapo. Libido yake yakanga yapera uye akange ave kurarama hupenyu hwakanyarara nevakadzi vaviri vechiThai, Lom naLek. Asi akanga achine pfungwa yokumhanya uye akazova mutyairi akanaka kwazvo, uyo akahwina mijaho yakawanda. Aive chikamu chezvikwata zvenyika zveThai zvakatora chikamu muMitambo yeOlympic muna 1956, 1960, 1964 na1972. Akave nechokwadi chekuti makwikwi akakosha ekufamba nechikepe akauya kuPattaya, semakwikwi epasi rose muna 1978. Akagadzirawo XNUMX- noruoko rwake oga. kilo bronze mukombe wekirabhu.

Mafambiro ake ebhizinesi aigara achipera zvine njodzi, zvekuti shamwari dzake dzaigara dzichibatsira nemari. Aifara murudo uye mukutamba (mitambo), asi kwete mubhizinesi. Muna 1985, mazuva maviri Kirisimasi isati yasvika, akafira pabhenji paLondon Underground, sezviri pachena nehosha yemwoyo. Hupenyu hunoshamisa uye hunoshamisa hwakasvika pakupera chinyararire!

Ini ndichazvipfupikisa zvino zvakaoma, asi Teddy anopfeka sketch yake yehupenyu nemhando dzese dzemvura uye dzinovaraidza anecdotes. Zvinofadza kuverenga.

Uye handizvo zvese, nekuti mukuwedzera kuna Prince Bira, Teddy anobata gumi nerimwe vamwe vanhu vechiSiamese vakararama hupenyu hunoshamisa muzana rapfuura (kazhinji maererano neWWII). Ndichangotaura zvishoma: Saka Sethaputra, uyo semusungwa wezvematongerwo enyika akaunganidza duramazwi reChirungu-Thai rekutanga, Plaek Pibulsongkram, mudzvanyiriri akaedza kuchengetedza zvido zveThai panguva yeWWII, Nai Lert (Lert Sreshthaputra), yekutanga chaiyo Thai hombe- scale entrepreneur. Uye saka vamwe vasere veSiamese, mumwe nemumwe wavo akakodzera chaizvo sketch yehupenyu iyo Teddy akabatanidza navo mubhuku rake rakanaka. Bhuku rake rinounzwa naAnand Panyarachun, aimbove Mutungamiriri weThailand. Teddy anopedzisa sumo yake nemashoko anoti 'kana uchida kuziva kuti shamwari dzako dzechokwadi ndivanaani uye uchida kunakidzwa nokukwegura kwako, nyora bhuku'. Zano rinoshamisa….

Ndinogona chete kurumbidza nemoyo wese bhuku rinonakidza uye rinonaka.