Tuesday, December 8, 2009

My First Time – Thailand Edition

• Ziplining through the jungle
• Riding in a tuk-tuk
• Taking a shower with a lizard
• Eating a pomelo
• Drinking a bucket of booze
• Living with roommates (of the female variety)
• Visiting a temple (and then many, many subsequent temples)
• Getting a Thai massage (every week)
• Teaching English
• Driving a motorbike
• Passing an elephant on the highway while driving a motorbike
• Chillin’ with children (ages 2-12)
• Grantwriting
• Eating dragonfruit
• Wearing fisherman’s pants
• Taking a river ferry
• Taking an 18 hour train ride
• Drinking sangsom, a lot of sangsom
• Eating a popsicle that turns into jelly
• Looking at a hotel room before booking it
• Seeing (and smelling) a deep-friend insects food cart
• Having weekly “family” dinner
• Riding in a songteau
• Riding in a songteau with twenty other people
• Hitting my head on something every single day
• Shopping at a night bazaar
• Attempting to master the fine art of squat toilets
• Being mistaken for a lady boy (well, that’s the first that I know of)
• Showering over a toilet

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