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Vancouver

June 12, 2002

Contents

About Thailand
About the Trip
Scenic Wallpaper
Thai Language
Links and Books
About the Author
Getting there
Ubon Ratchathani
Ko Chang
Surat Thani
Suan Mokkh #1
Suan Mokkh #2
Suan Mokkh #3
Suan Mokkh #4
Chiang Mai #1
Western Laos
Vientiane
Vang Vieng
Lake Nam Ngum
Nong Khai
Khon Kaen
Chiang Mai #2
Chiang Mai #3
Chiang Mai #4
Chiang Mai #5
Mae Sariang
Mae Hong Son
Tham Lot
Chiang Mai #6
Lampang
Nan & Phrae
Um Phang
Trekking
Mae Sot
Lopburi
Bang Pa-in
Bangkok
Udon Thani
Sakhon Nakhon
That Phanom
Savannakhet
Nakhon Phanom
Sri Racha
Going Home
Vancouver
I sent this email the day after I got home:

I think I'm having worse culture shock now than I did when I got to Bangkok. The air feels too dry and I'm always parched. I try to weave through the passing cars when I walk across the street and they keep stopping for me. The money looks wierd, I stare at it thinking it doesn't look right and that it's been changed while I was away. I see restaurants full of white people and can't figure out why there's so many foreigners eating there. When I see an asian I keep getting the urge to speak Thai to them or I listen to them talking and wonder why I can't understand anything they're saying. I pull things out of my bags to use them and find myself putting them back when I'm done so it'll be easier to repack when it's time to go. I watch for cockroaches when I'm out walking and mosquitos when I'm sitting down, and feel surprised when I don't find them. Everywhere I go seems too quiet and clean and devoid of life.

Scott


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