Ah, after 25 glorious days in SEA it is time to say farewell, but not goodbye. I can’t wait to return and do northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
Some of my favourite memories and experiences of SEA
1. Customs man in Indonesia asking me “why you not married?” as if I was a washed up old maid
2. Bali mopeds- the best, a family of 4 and the dog on one scooter
3. Chicken fired rice for breakfast
4. The sidewalks in Bali with massive open man holes
5. “Sexy massage???”
6. Getting off a scooter in Bali my friend Nick was asked if he would like a girl for the night if so the scooter driver would call his sister
7. “Miss… where you from?” every 2 seconds
8. Malaysia- driving on the motor way and seeing 6 kids in the backseat and 2 on the lap of the mother in the front seat
9. Thailand tuk tuks, the best was a converted tuk tuk into a pick-up truck with a whole homes worth of furniture on the back
10. Police check points in Thailand are proudly sponsored by Pepsi
11. The creative spelling of everything. Even very official government documents have spelling errors.
12. Restaurants serving Moo Pad Pet in Thailand
13. Street Pad Thai for $1
14. Work place safety (yes that is bamboo scaffolding and the workers aren’t even wearing shoes)
15. City buses that are basically a pick-up truck and you sit in the back
I will not miss
1. No toilet paper
2. Squat toilets
3. Having to brush my teeth with bottled water
5. MOSKITOS
6. Thai’s budding in line all the time
7. Having to take off your shoes every time you enter something
8. Always having people try to sell you something
9. Bargaining for taxi and insisting they do not stop at all their friends shops just to run up the fare
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