Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Same Same Different

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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