Every time we travel, I say to Laura "I'm going to blog this!" and I almost never do. Which she has pointed out to me. Until I get some kind of offline blogging software figured out, that's probably going to be the way it goes.
Here's some thoughts from our trip.
1) When you pause on the street and someone quickly offers to help you out, most likely they have other motives. Bangkok seems to be particularly bad for this.
2) Laura's iphone was invaluable on our trip for communicating home and checking things while on the road. The only frustrating was that we only used wifi and not 3G.
3) Places in other parts of the world (in this case SEA) put a lot more responsibility on the individual to ensure their safety. If the person does something dumb and drives off a cliff that doesn't have a guardrail, well, one less idiot.
4) I hate not having the prices listed and having to barter for everything, including a cup of coffee. It just takes so much energy.
5) Rice shooting out of your nose is grosser than it sounds.
6) Riding "bareback" on the neck of an elephant is a lot harder than it looks.
7) Traffic moves more like a school of fish or the shoppers on a busy Christmas shopping day. It's all about "body" language (speed and direction of the vehicle) and communicating with horns and lights.
8) When you hear "If there is a doctor onboard, please identify yourself to the crew" 2 hours into a 12 hour flight means no rest for Laura.
9) I should be sleeping right now.
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