Comments on: Island Life http://www.ghidinelli.com/go/2007/03/15/island-life And scooters, donkeys, boats & more! Go! Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:36:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Brian http://www.ghidinelli.com/go/2007/03/15/island-life/comment-page-1#comment-8821 Brian Thu, 15 Mar 2007 16:06:11 +0000 http://www.ghidinelli.com/go/?p=131#comment-8821 This is what suprised me about Thailand. In the rest of mainland SE Asia, particularly Vietnam, tours and transport were so carefully explained and rigidly performed that when they said 2 hours and 15 minutes in the bus, they meant <em>exactly</em> 2 hours and 15 minutes. In Thailand, maybe you get the bus, maybe a tuk tuk and maybe still yet some combination of the two plus personal chaffeur to the next bus stop. But most importantly, nobody will tell you anything other than how much it costs. Crazy. This is what suprised me about Thailand. In the rest of mainland SE Asia, particularly Vietnam, tours and transport were so carefully explained and rigidly performed that when they said 2 hours and 15 minutes in the bus, they meant exactly 2 hours and 15 minutes.

In Thailand, maybe you get the bus, maybe a tuk tuk and maybe still yet some combination of the two plus personal chaffeur to the next bus stop. But most importantly, nobody will tell you anything other than how much it costs. Crazy.

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