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New to Bangkok Help Guide

    Think you may have been in Thailand too long?

You'll know when:-

  • It's perfectly acceptable to drive on the wrong side of the street
  • You decline to wear a motorbike helmet because it will mess up your hair
  • You no longer wonder how a civil servant earning 400US$ a month can afford to drive a Mercedes
  • It's just part of the adventure when the waiter correctly repeats your order and the cook makes you something completely different!
  • You are not surprised when three men show up to change a light bulb.
  • You are careful to cover your mouth when picking your teeth, but openly pick your nose whilst stuck in traffic.
  • You eat bugs and tell yourself they are nutritious and have a lot of protein
  • You tell yourself paying bribes to the police is all right
  • Rice for breakfast, lunch and dinner is perfectly OK
  • You duck your head automatically when you pass in front of someone.
  • You ask for ice in your beer
  • Your wrist always has some form of band around it
  • Flip flops go with everything in your wardrobe.
  • The traffic doesn't bother you anymore - in fact you start compiling a list of things to do at traffic lights!
  • It's nothing out of the ordinary to see a family of five on a motorcycle and the dog riding pillion
  • You visit your home country and experience culture shock

 

 
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