50 things learned in Asia

1. Milk Tea: 2 parts milk to 1 part water, boil, steep black tea until right color, sugar to taste
2. Clothing is optional for boys under the age of 5
3. Modes of transportation: Bus, moto, tuktuk, taxi, elephant, astrovan, pickup truck, walking, safari Jeep
4. There is an art to putting on a sari- women will undress you multiple times
5. The art of bartering
6. There are many more bugs in the world than one would imagine
7. The proper way to utilize a squatty potty
8. What the bucket in the squatty potty is for
9. The beauty of 3-in-1 coffee
10. Eat the meat, spit out the bones
11. The beauty of being served cool drinks
12. Don’t flush toilet paper
13. Never turn down street food in Thailand
14. Always turn down street food in India
15. Spicy in, spicy out
16. Pajamas are underutilized outfits in America
17. Baby powder is relatively effective in keeping ants away
18. Never bring your tablet out in front of children unless you bgbbbgbgfbbbffbfbfbbfbfbfbfbfbbffbbfbfbfbfbfbffbfbfffbffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr want that to happen
19. Sometimes airport security can be quite handsy
20. You also may end up emptying your backpack every time you go through security
21. It is possible to eat the same thing for 2 meals a day for an entire month
22. You need significantly less clothing than you think you do
23. The art of doing laundry by hand
24. Tiger Balm can cure a multitude of ailments
25. If you eat only carbs, children will come up and jiggle your belly
26. Cambodia children have a very distinct smell
27. Teachers deserve more credit than they are given
28. There are worse things to eat than airplane food
29. There are better things to eat than airplane food
30. 80 degrees is cold
31. Always bring your rain coat
32. Real mountains have snow year round
33. Homemade peanut butter is really hard to make without a blender
34. Few things are as delicious as a good cheeseburger
35. Clean is relative
36. Sweetened condensed milk is an underutilized entity in America
37. Take off your shoes before you enter anywhere
38. If you can’t smell someone’s deodorant on the bus you’re not close enough. If they’re wearing any.
39. The true meaning of the phrase “flea bag”
40. The difference between singing and making a joyful noise for the Lord
41. More parts of your body are capable of sweating than you realize
42. Everywhere is broken. Sometimes it’s just more obvious than others
43. Few things feel as good as climbing to the top of a mountain
44. 7:30 pm is late
45. 35 girls can share 2 bathrooms
46. Different cultures have different size personal bubbles. Some have none at all
47. Seeing white people can be really shocking
48. Don’t get piercings overseas
49. Pomegranate Green Tea is the bomb diggity
50. God is so good, and He is working in big ways

 

And now, it’s on to Africa!