cultural teleporting

i jumped from vienna--narrow, european streets, caucasians galore, high prices, cold weather, austere palaces

to dubai--super clean, arabs galore, camel's milk, wide open spaces, oases, moderate warmth, desert

to bangkok--tropical warmth, crowded city, street vendors hawking everything from live birds to fried bugs, signs for "blind masseuse", "turn left through" (left turn permitted without stopping), --> made out of fluorescent tube lights glued into the shape, and traffic that increases my prayer life (how you make a right turn/U-turn by inching out into oncoming traffic--and there's a lot of that--until the traffic has to stop or hit you and so you can go)

so much to absorb--next stop, australia!