It was long trip number two this year and it was a completely different experience from Central America. There's nothing like the comfort of speaking the language when you travel abroad and as a native Spanish-speaker, Central America was a breeze. Although, by the looks of me, the locals often didn't believe I was a Latina. I have light skin (even lighter due to my Seattle tan), light brown hair and light hazel eyes. Southeast Asia was similar in that regards, I was most often pegged as Russian or Italian. The funniest one was a woman who thought I was half Asian - oh, my!
The trip was fantastic, but I wish I would have taken more that just a few Thai classes. That's the perfectionist in me. I was happy that I did learn the little that I had though. It was an important part of showing respect and being polite to be able to say please and thank you.
So where did my travels take me? My trip started in Thailand where I spent a week and a half. The countries that followed were Burma (Myanmar), Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore. I hit the highlights and I hope to someday return to see more of these wonderful countries...
I took a tons and tons of pictures and I'm still going through all 5,000+. Many of my pictures feature all kinds of food. It was unbelievable how endless the food choices were at markets & with street vendors. Needless to say, I ate and ate and ate and thoroughly enjoyed all the things I tried - well almost all of it - there was one particularly pungent fruit that was not my favorite. The shopping was excellent and very inexpensive. I'll be sharing more soon.
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