@Ishihara @Apocryphiliac @Jezibaba 😆

years ago, while i was in the military (not the greatest way to see the beauty of a country) i got to spend some time in Thailand. I wish I remember the name of the area we were in but it was probably Pattaya. I had the oppty to go out and see some of the area while we were there-it was gorgeous. The Thai ppl were incredibly welcoming, and the most friendly ppl I have ever encountered.

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@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara I'm excited. we were planning before covid and then put on hold. It sucks.

@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara I’ll share a couple of photos from my travels if you would like. To put you in the mood for all the incredible stuff you’ve got in store. 💚

@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara its loading funny on my desktop. Hard to see. Dammit. Let me try my phone.

@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara possibly bc I just screenshotted them (so I wouldn’t have to scroll through my massive digi photo roll to select them) and I didn’t crop them. 🤦‍♂️

@Jezibaba is it too big of an issue? Like is it destroying your ability to see them properly?

@Apocryphiliac No. Not at all. I see them on the phone just fine. MOAR! please.

@Apocryphiliac Is that you? now I'm all excited and *still* have to wait. *growls in covid*

@Jezibaba Yep it is “me” in the top left. …”Itsa me”…

@Apocryphiliac you look well-traveled. Nice to see you. 😊 How long ago was this?

@Jezibaba yeah I’d been on the road for about 3-4 weeks by this point. Too long ago. Lol. 2007, iirc?

@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara Best of all are the friends you make on the way… which is another reason why I hate using travel agent tours and resorts. You don’t connect with the culture, the people, or fellow travelers the same. You have to get lost. The you can find what’s important. That’s my motto, anyway.

Vietnam, Laos

@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Ishihara All the yes. The border agent at Gatwick couldn't get his head around the fact we had no plans, no place to stay. I mean we arrived with backpacks...no agencies for us. It was glorious.

@Jezibaba @FayreLylith @Ishihara You found “the secret.” Don’t die, though. Don’t use sketchy border crossings, even if it’ll save you time. 😉

@Apocryphiliac I want to know what it sounds and smells like.

@Jezibaba the big cities in SE Asia are, unfortunately, quite crowded with small engine motors, which emit some really foul air pollution.

Not everything is beautiful and idyllic. The regimes of Laos and Cambodia, for example, are brutal, and human life is not always valued to the extent that it should be. (It isn’t here in the US, either, but there routinely would see people put in/putting themselves in danger there bc of poor infrastructure). Still, there’s lots to learn from seeing this.

@Jezibaba oh my god.. and what a story it is. Truncated version is that the slow boat goes for two days from near Chaing Rai to Luang Prabang, and they will pack that sucker with people. Middle of the 2nd day, the motor blew. 😅😂

These are the guys who get the boat away from the rocks when the motor isn’t/can’t run.

@Apocryphiliac so they have people ready for just such an occasion? hahahha not today satan, we use our poles to keep us afloat.

@Jezibaba They’re crew who travel with you and dock/undock the boats. And try to sell you beer instead of providing water when your boat breaks down overnight and you have to sleep on a dirty wooden floor scattered amongst chickens. Lol. Yeah there’s some subtext. 😂

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@Jezibaba Aw thanks! It’s easy when you’re surrounded by such sights…

@Jezibaba 💚

I seem to have misplaced my photos of Cambodia. Which is basically all ridiculously beautiful scenery from Angkor Wat.

@FayreLylith @Apocryphiliac @Jezibaba @Ishihara
Men always greet very laid-back, maybe with a smile. The ladies REALLY throw it out there. It's so cute and funny. And it's not just for farang. It's all the time.

@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara
I love the weird differences. Like, traffic laws are voluntary (hah!) The obsession with fresh food, very fresh. Yet....I've never seen so many different kinds of cases meats(hot dogs) they took that idea and ran with it. And people love to joke. So much joking.
It's pretty alright there.

@Apocryphiliac @FayreLylith @Jezibaba @Ishihara
Squid and nori rings a bell. Have that at the ballgame! 😆😆😆

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