kept a running list of strange sights in se asia...
- deep fried cockroaches
- teeth for sale at street market
- monks hitting up the ATM
- four people on one moped, wait there goes five! mom, dad, big sister and two twin babies
- baby on lap on motorcycle
- 4-way ladyboy catfight
- live eels for sale
- shrines in restaurants, chic clothing stores, on taxi dashboards, parking garages
- cups of coffee and bowls of rice left at shrines so spirits stay satiated
- two-headed ponchos for driving with passenger on moped in rain
- older women with rotted teeth from eating beetlenuts (a stimulant) all day and all night
- curry for breakfast
- rice for dessert
- children playing with bugs, then eating them
- muslim woman wearing head scarf, miniskirt and flipflops
- being careful not to point your toes at buddhas, sitting with legs folded behind
- bargaining at chic clothing stores
- wearing string bikini in islamic country
- sitting next to man in thong speedo in islamic country
- six-foot monitor lizards
- man taking monkey for walk on leash
- enormous meals served on one-hour plane flights on various se asian airlines
- Tiger Balm (active ingredient: menthol) used to treat chapped lips, sore muscles, wounds,
- fractured limbs and aids in digestion by rubbing topically on stomach
- elephant-crossing street signs
- woman stroking phallic statue for fertility
- stray poodles
- people who live their entire lives on floating villages
- pork-flavored waffles for sale
- 2 year olds who know how to beg on the street (seen this in Mexico, too)
- Hmong hilltribe children with colorful hats made to disguise them as flowers, hiding them from dabs, or ghosts
- no one kissing in public
- monks checking out girl in short skirt
- car crashes without anyone arguing afterward
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