V otsutstvie normalnogo ineta
dayu o sebe znat'. Ya zhiv, vse prekrasno, ya v kambodzhe! Zhara kapec. Lico krasnoe, ruki 4ernie ot motovelo. Poka ne mogu ni4ego napisat' tolkovogo, poetomu publikuyu otryvok sovershenno feeri4nogo pis'ma ot moego druga Geoff'a
"Dude, it's way harder to hitchhike then you made it out to be.
I started from the outskirts of Bangkok, equipped with a piece of paper saying in Thai "Can I ride with you?" and "I am trying to go to Ranong" 80% of people that picked me up thought I was dying on the side of the road, 60% thought that "I want to go to " meant "Please take a U-Turn, drive me back to the city I just came from, and drop me off at the bus station", 30% of people offered me money, 10% of people offered me sex. In short, expectation was far from reality on people *understanding* that I just wanted a ride. I can't count how many times people drove by and thought (through action) I was saying "Hello, I am your Rt. 4 Falung greeter. Welcome to Route 4. Please feel free to honk and wave at me, as I am actually being paid to stand here in the hot weather looking destitute."
"Dude, it's way harder to hitchhike then you made it out to be.
I started from the outskirts of Bangkok, equipped with a piece of paper saying in Thai "Can I ride with you?" and "I am trying to go to Ranong" 80% of people that picked me up thought I was dying on the side of the road, 60% thought that "I want to go to " meant "Please take a U-Turn, drive me back to the city I just came from, and drop me off at the bus station", 30% of people offered me money, 10% of people offered me sex. In short, expectation was far from reality on people *understanding* that I just wanted a ride. I can't count how many times people drove by and thought (through action) I was saying "Hello, I am your Rt. 4 Falung greeter. Welcome to Route 4. Please feel free to honk and wave at me, as I am actually being paid to stand here in the hot weather looking destitute."