Farewell to Southeast Asia. I will miss your friendliness, except the couple of people in Bangkok who were too friendly and ended up trying to scam us. I will miss being greeted at hotels, restaurants, airplanes, and even some car services with cool towels. I'm hoping Beth continues that tradition when I get home from work. I will miss your delicious food, though am happy for a break from it for a bit. I will miss your beautiful temples. I will miss your tuktuks, though I will not miss your crazy traffic with cars/tuktuks/motorbikes all zooming down the streets. I will miss your amazing hotels. I will miss being served hot meals on short intra-country flights. I will miss your breakfast buffets. I will miss your tropical botany. I will miss your cheap massages. I will missing seeing tourists walk around in silly elephant pants.
One quick day in Helsinki for me before heading back to the US (Beth continues her vacation here for another week exploring the Nordic countries with Nancy). It's so clean, quiet, and cool here. Very different from what we've experienced the last few weeks. The lack of motorbikes zipping in/out of traffic, and the use of walk/don't walk signs in crosswalks, seem particularly strange - and welcome. It's also much more expensive here. I think our dinner last night cost more than all of meals our together in Thailand/Cambodia (hyperbole, but not by much).
Watch out Chicago, I'm headed home!
Good luck with the Beth/cool towels aspect :)!
ReplyDeleteWelcome home! Mom