The street food in Thailand is incredible. On every corner there’s the smell of simmering curries, noodle stir fries and grilled chicken satay. My recommendation for Phuket: the $2 seafood salad.

There are images of the King everywhere in Thailand. His giant posters greet you at the entrance of every city, he is on the currency, and every little shop seems to have a calendar of the King with his camera, or playing with his dogs, or practicing the clarinet. But this is by far my favorite photo: the King of Thailand with the King of Rock and Roll. Courtesy of Eyes on Bangkok.

Most residences in Thailand have a Spirit House. It’s a small appealing spot on the corner of the property where the spirits can reside when they’re not in the heavens.

The spirits are finicky and mischievous creatures, demanding a lot of respect and capable of disastrous interferences if they don’t get their way. It’s customary to leave them an offering every morning, whether it be a glass of soda pop, some flowers, or a little bit of breakfast.

Malls are the same pretty much the same anywhere in the world. Shiny escalators, large cinemas, chain stores, and auto-flush toilets. But if you look closely, there’s always some culturally relevant differences.

The “Classic Tourist Shot” in front of Reclining Buddha, Ayutaya, Thailand. Shot with the Canon Elph 1200 on a 10 second timer. Look for more photos of Eric and I as we pose in front of exciting monuments and historic artifacts.

We ask a woman working a small food stand for directions. She calls over her friends at the other food stands to help communicate with us. Soon we are surrounded by four women, all trying to help. Finally, one of them leads us down the street to where the tuk tuks are, hails a tuk tuk, and haggles the price for us. “Get in,” she says. “He will take you.”

A sweaty middle age woman peeks into the temple ahead of us. She pauses for a moment at the entrance, then abruptly turns and toddles back. She’s muttering in English, “Enough Buddhas already.”