Coming into winter break, it was difficult for me to think of much else besides my upcoming trip to Thailand. I would lie awake at night conjuring up images of what to expect and how I would react to different environments and situations. It turns out that most of these assumptions were wrong.
First off, the flights were not as painful as I made
them out to be in my head. Although I wouldn't say they were
comfortable, they were far from unbearable. I expected the Thai people
to sort of gawk at the presence of Americans but as it turns out, people
travel from all over the world to visit Thailand and the people seem
quite used to having foreigners around. Because of this and the English
being present enough in the cities, makes the culture shock not nearly
as big of an issue. The biggest shock to me thus far was the shear size
and expansiveness of the cities. Bangkok seems to be an endless maze of
concrete, old and new culture, and construction. I am trying to put my
assumptions aside from now on and see through my own eyes what Thailand
has to offer.
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