There are a few things I have found interesting, odd and noteworthy...
Of all the countries I have visited, I have yet to stay where bathrooms are places of luxury as opposed to places of function.
The only place I have seen a bathtub as nice as mine was in the Vatican museum where the Romans used ancient marble coffins as bathtubs. On the other hand, in Italy, they have foot pedals to turn on the sink tap... now THAT is a good idea. With germ warfare rampant, the whole idea of turning on the tap, washing your hands, and then having to use a paper towel to turn off the tap seems stupid. A foot pedal is brilliant!
In the bathroom in our hotel in Palawan our shower has two shower heads... One for hot and one for cold. So if you want a warm shower you are kinda screwed unless you want to run around in circles.
In Dubai, coffee is more than a drink...it is part of the language. Coffee is offered to welcome you, so when you enter a hotel, they poor you a coffee. What you do with your cup communicates different things: shake it back and forth and it means you are done.
Nicholas has been a tough customer... Hard to get him to smile or respond to much... Until last night when we took a public tricycle (tuk yuk in Thailand) to get to the restaurant... Basically it is a scooter with an attached cage to carry passengers in. The grin on his face was priceless as we dangerously wove in and out of traffic. So from this point forward I guess we will look for a little more adrenalin producing activities.
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