Sunday, May 11, 2008

Daily Life Quirks in Laos/Cambodia Asia

Since there are so many little things that make this experience in Asia unique, I thought I'd write them down before I got used to them and ignored them:

-Tuk-tuk drivers and motorcyclists at every corner, normally with three times the capacity
-Squatting toliets, work those thigh muscles!
-Geckos on every room corner
-fun diseases like malaria, japanese encephilitis, and dengue fever (hopefully not to be experienced)
-straw huts with tv satelites outside them
-backpackers with all the same $2 clothes and accessories from market stands
-bargaining with everyone, about everything, and doing the classic-walk-away-and-pause-while-they-pull-you-back-and-agree-on-price
-Extremely adorable and charistmatic kids who beg or try to sell things with either an adorable puppy face or a cute english saying that they learned, who totally know how to work tourists
-Dodgy looking men with their asian "girlfriends" (an unfortunate common sight)
-Having a love-hate relationship with profuse sweating (so cooling, yet so disgusting).

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