Personalities of Nationalities
- Aussies: Friendly, energetic and outgoing for the most part. As it turns out, when you get a group of Aussie boys together they turn into that inexplicable creature, Assholis Maximus. I've found the best way to deal with that is to engage them in some sort of physical violence. Slap them, punch them, whatever. After that they figure you're alright.
- Thais: Talkers. EXTREME talkers. Very friendly, again. Having a conversation with a Thai is one of the easiest things you can ever do. You can just stand there while they rattle off a list of a hundred questions until they know the intimate details of what you do in the bathroom every morning.
- Cambodians: I think they might also be friendly. However, it's next to impossible to really verify this since I only ever met one Cambodian who was not trying to actively sell me something. You can't really blame them though, because as I found out from the one Cambodian I had an actual conversation with, a good wage in Cambodia is 50 cents an hour, and that's only if you are very lucky and are willing to work almost all of your waking hours.
- Vietnamese: Surprisingly funny. You would think a war wracked country would be a bit on the bitter side, but not these guys. And Vietnamese women are surprisingly flirtatious. I found out at the cultural performance Patrick and I went to that if you catch a Vietnamese girl's eye and smile you can make her smile and blush and completely forget what she is doing, in a very charming way.
Motorbikes are THE transport for most people in Southeast Asia. And not just for transporting people, for transporting goods as well.
- Six nude mannequins
- Three dead pigs
- A five foot high floral arrangement
- Three (hopefully, but probably not) empty propane tanks
- An entire family of four
- Number 74: Never let strange men touch you in a bar
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