"KOPPIII! KOPPIKOPPIKOPPI KOPPIIIII! Cigarette? KOPPIIIIII!"
with Thermoses in their hands. And we were so curious about what kind of drink it could be, but we just got to the country and didn't wanna try all the new exciting stuff at once.
So what was it? We found out a few days later. Apparently, some Sri Lankans have a hard time pronouncing 'F', so they say 'P' instead. So, the mysterious, exciting drink was coffee. Sri Lanka - Us: 1-0.
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| You could hang from the doors of the train while it was moving in the middle of the jungle. This picture unfortunately doesn't make the experience any justice. |
(But why would you wanna drink coffee on a night train anyway?)
2 comments:
I thought Kopi was a special kind of coffee with condensed milk in it? Thats what they use the word for in Singapore. This is so confusing.
freckles
well yeah, its not the same coffee as were used to, but they just call it coffee anyway (or koppi). its the f and p thing. i need to say aprica instead of africa, post oppice etc. quite funny. laget freckles?? ar du i singapore?
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