- you can easily fit 5 people on a motorbike, or 2 and a few pigs.
- if you buy a ticket for a bus, it does not mean you have a seat, even for a 9 hour journey; children are never entitled to their own seat.
- cats, dogs, pigs, cows, goats, chickens, buffalo and ducks are all free range and very good at crossing roads.
- the French left the legacy of how to make good bread in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, so don't make the mistake of thinking you'll get skinny by just eating lots of rice and vegetables cos the bakeries are amazing.
- coca cola and pringles own the world and can be bought anywhere, even in tiny remote villages in the middle of nowhere, although the pringle flavours can be interesting: seaweed, crab, squid, hazelnut & blueberry?
- if it moves, it can be eaten eg: spiders, snake, crickets, dogs.
- if the temperature drops below 20*C, hats, gloves and wooly jumpers are required.
- when travelling on long journeys by local transport be prepared for fellow travellers vomiting a lot! even if the train, coach or bus is barely moving, for this reason all transport provides sick bags. Tiger balm is good to disguise the smell.
- when overtaking on a bend just beep, it will be fine!
- PJ's are a good look and are often worn out and about, especially by young Cambodian women.
- bum guns are great and much cleaner than using toilet paper, but be warned, high water pressure can be painful.
- if you need to blow your nose, don't waste tissue, just snort it up and spit it out.
- little white kids are much more interesting to photograph than waterfalls, temples or volcanoes, they are also nice to stroke, cuddle, pick up, pinch and occasionally
sniff.
Location: SE Asia
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