| Thailand is an amazing place to live. The friendly | | | | steaming hot weather. |
| people, delicious food and beautiful scenery are | | | | You are deeply concerned when your favorite |
| just a few reasons to live here. However, the | | | | rice dish goes up in price by $0.15 to a staggering |
| culture is very different from what most | | | | $0.60. |
| westerners are familiar with. Below is a list to help | | | | The language actually starts to make a little |
| you determine if some of the more curious Thai | | | | sense. |
| cultural oddities have rubbed off on you. | | | | You have no problems eating raw pig organs |
| You see an elephant in the street and don't think | | | | mixed with pig blood and spices. |
| "Oh wow! An elephant!" but instead complain about | | | | 10 year olds riding motorcycles in the streets do |
| how it's slowing down traffic. | | | | not faze you. |
| You wake up in the morning with a hankering for | | | | You think Sangsom and Mekong are actually |
| rice and noodles, not eggs and toast. | | | | pretty decent whiskeys. |
| You think that riding your motorcycle the wrong | | | | You haven't cooked a meal in months, besides |
| way down one-way streets, running red lights and | | | | what can be made with a hot water maker. |
| riding on the wrong side of the road are perfectly | | | | You find that some of the Thai music is actually |
| normal. | | | | pretty decent. |
| You think that Singha and Chang are actually | | | | Shaking somebody's hand feels weird. |
| pretty decent beers. | | | | You can ride a motorcycle with 10 grocery bags, |
| You see a family of four and their dog riding | | | | a bookshelf and a hot pizza box strapped to it. |
| together on a single motorcycle and you only | | | | You ask for every meal extra spicy. |
| wonder what they ate for dinner. | | | | You put spicy fish sauce on everything. |
| You wear sweaters and sweatshirts despite the | | | | |