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Where Am I Now

After retirement in 2002 in Salem Oregon, I backpacked many countries for 4 years; moved to Oaxaca Mexico June 2006. Regularly visit sons in Hong Kong, Thailand and Las Vegas. Completed a 6 month RTW to the U.S, Thailand, Oman and Turkey ending in Oaxaca in April 2013. Returned to OR, Thailand, Hong Kong and Las Vegas Nov 2013 to Mar 2014. October 2015 to Feb 2016 Las Vegas, OR, Hong Kong and Thailand. October 2016 attended marriage of son Joshua in Hong Kong. Month of Nov in Bangkok; Dec in Chiang Mai with son Doug. Jan 5, 2017 Salem OR with husband Bob returning Feb 4 to Oaxaca.

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<li class="cat-item cat-item-10737"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/touching-experiences" >Touching Experiences</a> (35)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-463"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/trains" >Trains</a> (54)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10884"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/trang" >Trang</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10749"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/russian-federation/trans-siberia" >Trans Siberia</a> (20)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1623"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation" >Transportation</a> (55)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4913"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/travel-tips" >Travel Tips</a> (31)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4772"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/truck" >Truck</a> (27)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-2907"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/tsunami" >Tsunami</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey" >Turkey</a> (21)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10728"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/unesco-world-heritage-sites" >UNESCO World Heritage Sites</a> (40)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-268"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa" >USA</a> (136)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3401"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia/uzbekistan" >Uzbekistan</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10748"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/veracruz" >Veracruz</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3631"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/videos" >Videos</a> (40)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-4428"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/viet-nam" >Viet Nam</a> (25)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-978"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/visas" >Visas</a> (19)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-135423"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/warm-showers" >Warm Showers</a> (2)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-334"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/washington-dc" >Washington D.C.</a> (1)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-23203"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/world-watching-and-politics" >World Watching And Politics</a> (144)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10733"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/worst-experiences" >Worst Experiences</a> (26)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10881"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/xishuangbanna" >Xishuangbanna</a> (5)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-10741"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/yangtse-river" >Yangtse River</a> (6)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-3486"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/yunnan" >Yunnan</a> (29)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1574"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/zambia" >Zambia</a> (7)
</li>
<li class="cat-item cat-item-1641"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/zanzibar" >Zanzibar</a> (7)
</li>

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/http\:\/\/blogs\.bootsnall\.com\/nomads.*?\/category\/(?:[^\/"]+\/)*([^\/"]+)/

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    [1] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27511"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/adana" >Adana (1)</a> </li>
    [2] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14074"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent" >African Continent (80)</a> </li>
    [3] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10742"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/altercations" >Altercations (15)</a> </li>
    [4] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10751"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/about-the-nomad/ancestors" >Ancestors (4)</a> </li>
    [5] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27506"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/antakya" >Antakya (1)</a> </li>
    [6] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4899"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/antalya" >Antalya (2)</a> </li>
    [7] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-274"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/argentina" >Argentina (2)</a> </li>
    [8] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2974"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/indonesia/bali" >Bali (7)</a> </li>
    [9] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-22917"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/bang-phra" >Bang Phra (1)</a> </li>
    [10] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2443"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/bangkok" >Bangkok (114)</a> </li>
    [11] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-408"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/beijing" >Beijing (24)</a> </li>
    [12] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14904"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/bobs-trips" >Bob's Trips (33)</a> </li>
    [13] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27512"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/bodrum" >Bodrum (1)</a> </li>
    [14] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10752"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/bombay-mumbai" >Bombay (Mumbai) (6)</a> </li>
    [15] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1568"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/botswana" >Botswana (8)</a> </li>
    [16] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10740"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/myanmar-burma" >Burma (Myanmar) (27)</a> </li>
    [17] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1232"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/cambodia" >Cambodia (7)</a> </li>
    [18] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-23768"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/vancouver-b-c" >Canada (2)</a> </li>
    [19] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4871"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia" >Central Asia (5)</a> </li>
    [20] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14067"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/chiang-mai-thailand" >Chiang Mai (32)</a> </li>
    [21] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6979"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/chiapas" >Chiapas (2)</a> </li>
    [22] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-275"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/chile" >Chile (1)</a> </li>
    [23] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-279"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china" >China (90)</a> </li>
    [24] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-355"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/christmas" >Christmas (13)</a> </li>
    [25] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10724"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/climbs-walks" >Climbs & Walks (26)</a> </li>
    [26] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10736 current-cat"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/conversations" >Conversations (63)</a> </li>
    [27] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3235"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/couchsurfing" >Couchsurfing (10)</a> </li>
    [28] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2172"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/culture" >Culture (103)</a> </li>
    [29] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-264"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/czech-republic" >Czech Republic (4)</a> </li>
    [30] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-844"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/dancing" >Dancing (6)</a> </li>
    [31] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-6967"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/doug" >Doug (31)</a> </li>
    [32] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10747"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/dual-pricing" >Dual Pricing (14)</a> </li>
    [33] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1582"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/egypt" >Egypt (14)</a> </li>
    [34] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-256"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/england" >England (8)</a> </li>
    [35] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10722"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union" >Europe (50)</a> </li>
    [36] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10726"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions" >Excursions (73)</a> </li>
    [37] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9526"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/expats" >Expats (34)</a> </li>
    [38] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14075 current-cat-parent current-cat-ancestor"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences" >Experiences (9)</a> </li>
    [39] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10730"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/festivals-ceremonies" >Festivals & Ceremonies (41)</a> </li>
    [40] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/food" >Food (88)</a> </li>
    [41] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-135"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/france" >France (9)</a> </li>
    [42] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10732"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/funniest-experiences" >Funny Experiences (28)</a> </li>
    [43] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/germany" >Germany (6)</a> </li>
    [44] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-135263"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/grand-cnanyo" >Grand Canyon (1)</a> </li>
    [45] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-413"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/excursions/great-wall" >Great Wall (2)</a> </li>
    [46] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-262"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/greece" >Greece (7)</a> </li>
    [47] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10754"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/greg" >Greg (25)</a> </li>
    [48] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7050"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/guadalajara" >Guadalajara (1)</a> </li>
    [49] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7056"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/guanajuato" >Guanajuato (1)</a> </li>
    [50] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3456"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guangxi" >Guangxi (3)</a> </li>
    [51] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-581"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/guatemala" >Guatemala (2)</a> </li>
    [52] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7011"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guizhou" >Guizhou (1)</a> </li>
    [53] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10826"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/guongdong" >Guongdong (2)</a> </li>
    [54] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1065"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/viet-nam/hanoi" >Hanoi (9)</a> </li>
    [55] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4994"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/hawaii" >Hawaii (1)</a> </li>
    [56] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-654"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/hitch-hiking" >Hitch-Hiking (1)</a> </li>
    [57] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10743"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/homestays" >Homestays (11)</a> </li>
    [58] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2223"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/hong-kong" >Hong Kong (25)</a> </li>
    [59] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3066"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging" >Hospitality (11)</a> </li>
    [60] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14947"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lodging/hotelshostels-guesthouses" >Hotels,Hostels & Guesthouses (74)</a> </li>
    [61] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3535"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/hunan" >Hunan (1)</a> </li>
    [62] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1566"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india" >India (24)</a> </li>
    [63] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2175"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/indonesia" >Indonesia (7)</a> </li>
    [64] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-535"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/internet" >Internet (7)</a> </li>
    [65] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-847"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/turkey/istanbul" >Istanbul (10)</a> </li>
    [66] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-17"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/italy" >Italy (7)</a> </li>
    [67] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4875"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/jinghong" >Jinghong (3)</a> </li>
    [68] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10755"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny/joshua" >Joshua (48)</a> </li>
    [69] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/kenya" >Kenya (6)</a> </li>
    [70] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14069"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/koh-samui-thailand" >Koh Samui (29)</a> </li>
    [71] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27503"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/korat" >Korat (2)</a> </li>
    [72] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-14070"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/krabi-thailand" >Krabi (8)</a> </li>
    [73] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3347"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/kunming" >Kunming (6)</a> </li>
    [74] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3412"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/central-asia/kyrgyzstan" >Kyrgyzstan (1)</a> </li>
    [75] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-805"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/language" >Language (26)</a> </li>
    [76] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3025"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/lao" >Lao (12)</a> </li>
    [77] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3487"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/lijiang" >Lijiang (7)</a> </li>
    [78] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-698"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/lithuania" >Lithuania (4)</a> </li>
    [79] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-27502"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/lop-buri" >Lop Buri (1)</a> </li>
    [80] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1573"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/malawi" >Malawi (9)</a> </li>
    [81] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2176"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/malaysia" >Malaysia (4)</a> </li>
    [82] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-594"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/markets" >Markets (19)</a> </li>
    [83] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1883"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/experiences/massage" >Massage (4)</a> </li>
    [84] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-276"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico" >Mexico (261)</a> </li>
    [85] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2353"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/mexico-city" >Mexico City (7)</a> </li>
    [86] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-1565"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/middle-east" >Middle East (23)</a> </li>
    [87] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10731"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/china/minority-groups" title="Ethnic people other than Han Chinese">Minority Groups (19)</a> </li>
    [88] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-278"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mongolia" >Mongolia (5)</a> </li>
    [89] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2178"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/morocco" >Morocco (8)</a> </li>
    [90] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-4053"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/russian-federation/moscow" >Moscow (3)</a> </li>
    [91] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5368"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/transportation/motorcycles" >Motorcycles (7)</a> </li>
    [92] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2487"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/music" >Music (24)</a> </li>
    [93] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-19516"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/videos/music-videos" >Music Videos (11)</a> </li>
    [94] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10725"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/eight-must-see" >Must See (11)</a> </li>
    [95] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10738"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/names-for-foreigners" >Names For Foreigners (10)</a> </li>
    [96] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3088"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/african-continent/namibia" >Namibia (10)</a> </li>
    [97] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2521"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/national-parks" >National Parks (8)</a> </li>
    [98] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10745"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/las-vegas-nevada" >Nevada (24)</a> </li>
    [99] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-7871"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/new-delhi" >New Delhi (6)</a> </li>
    [100] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-657"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/new-york-city" >New York City (41)</a> </li>
    [101] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-570"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/oaxaca" >Oaxaca (234)</a> </li>
    [102] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-11507"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/middle-east/oman" >Oman (2)</a> </li>
    [103] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-93"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/usa/oregon" >Oregon (41)</a> </li>
    [104] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-2463"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/thailand/pattaya" >Pattaya (4)</a> </li>
    [105] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3681"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/philippines" >Philippines (1)</a> </li>
    [106] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-24"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/poland" >Poland (6)</a> </li>
    [107] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-694"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/european-union/portugal" >Portugal (3)</a> </li>
    [108] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-10746"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/progeny" >Progeny (47)</a> </li>
    [109] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-9225"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/mexico/queretaro" >Queretaro (3)</a> </li>
    [110] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-5569"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/india/rajasthan" >Rajasthan (6)</a> </li>
    [111] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-8566"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/reading" >Reading (52)</a> </li>
    [112] => <li class="cat-item cat-item-3289"><a href="https://blogs.bootsnall.com/nomads/category/reflections" >Reflections (85)</a> </li>
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A “Conversation?”

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016

Amazing things you see. A SE Asian man and an older Thai woman at the next table in the breakfast room of my hotel. For 30 minutes now they both have been talking over each other with no let up. I’m fascinated to see how long they keep it up. Not for one second has either of them stopped talking!

How do they know what to say next?!

Posted in Chiang Mai, Conversations, Thailand | 3 Comments »

Mr. CANNOT and Mrs. NOHAVE

Monday, September 30th, 2013

OMG, it’s almost been a year since my last RTW! I am planning my next trip back to Thailand to get some teeth in November and to see my sons in Thailand and Hong Kong. I am beginning to anticipate…and remember…

An expat took his laptop battery to the computer shop opposite Makro in Samui to see if they had one or could order one from Bangkok. He approached the guy at the counter with his carrier bag. (There was no one else in the shop, and the guy was not busy doing anything)

“Sawasdee Krap”

(Silence)

“can you help me?”

(Silence)

“I have a laptop battery” (reaching into carrier bag)

“NO HAVE!”
(At this point the battery was still concealed in the bag)

“Can you….?.”

“CANNOT!”

“cannot what?”

“CANNOT!”

“Do you have……?” (producing said battery. He didn’t even look at it)

“CANNOT”

” I see…..Can you order from Bangkok?”

“CANNOT ORDER!”

“Are you saying that there is no shop in the whole of Bangkok where you can get a laptop battery?”

“CANNOT ORDER!”

Another expat:
“In Banphai there is a pharmacy, each time I go in, without looking up the man says NO HAVE. Hello I can see what I want on that shelf… NO HAVE…I go outside and get the [Thai] wife and she asks for the same item. He goes to the shelf and passes item to my wife 80 baht please. WTF.”

You may also encounter Mr. NONO and Mrs. SHOO-SHOO

I think there may be several things going on here.

Mrs. NOHAVE may not understand the request and don’t want to admit it to save face. Also may apply to MR. CANNOT, MR. NONO and MRS SHOO-SHOO.
Mr. CANNOT can not speak English in order to answer the request.
This may be followed up by Mrs. SHOO-SHOO
Mr. CANNOT and Mrs. NO HAVE, Mr. NONO and Mrs. SHOO-SHOO may be tired.
Thais are sick of dealing with farangs who don’t speak Thai
Thais are sick of dealing with farangs

Of course it may be true that they really CANNOT or NO HAVE.

Posted in Conversations, Culture, Expats, Experiences, Thai Culture, Thailand | 2 Comments »

New Zealand Next?

Monday, February 18th, 2013

Met a really nice bright young Swiss guy in the breakfast room while at the Sarisanee who has been living in New Zealand. He talked up NZ and of course now I want to go there! He, a self-described punker ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Last Days In Jinghong

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Joe, a gregarious Dai tour guide who hangs out at the tourist haunts looking for business invited me to join him and his family and friends, including a young French couple, at the new BBQ restaurants on the road along ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in China, Conversations, Hotels,Hostels & Guesthouses, Jinghong, Minority Groups, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan | No Comments »

Just Hanging Out

Tuesday, February 19th, 2008

Yesterday an older woman from Ireland and I tried to find the Night Market at the end of the bridge over the Mekong River where you used to be able to get great BBQ meat cooked over coal fires. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in China, Conversations, Europe, Jinghong, Minority Groups, Travel Tips, Visas, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan | No Comments »

Conversation In The Zocalo

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

It is creepy odd...the dirty war at night we don't see...the bustling life of the Zocalo by day. Monday was Mike's last day in Oaxaca. Merilla & Peter, expats from Australia, Mike and Gerardo and I met for coffee at ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Sunday Morning In Oaxaca

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

I am cranky this morning. I was up all night because of a very noisy wedding party in the courtyard below my apartment window. So I went to my favorite food stall in the Benito Juarez market where I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Conversations, Mexico, Oaxaca | 1 Comment »

Lovely Oaxacan Family

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Last night I visited a gentle sincere Oaxacan family that lives about 20 minutes in the mountains northwest of the city in San Andreas Huayapam. The couple roasts fragrant locally grown coffee and delivers it to outlets all over. I ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Whats To Love About Oaxaca

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Juanita, the Mexican-American woman I met at Pachote Market, will ride down here with me in my car in September...a road trip to Las Vegas to see Greg, to Phoenix to see friends and across Texas to the border at ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Long Bus Tour

Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Took a tour of Colonial Reforma today...in the northern part of the city. Went to immigration to get my year-long visa and on the way the bus driver got into a stand-off with a car whose driver was yelling ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Serendipity

Friday, August 4th, 2006

When I was in China a couple years ago, I met a lovely British woman in her 30's using an internet next to me in the bar at the Camellia Hotel in Kunming. We have kept in touch while ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Unexpected Adventures

Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

At Pachote Organic Market while sampling Mezcal, an alcoholic beverage made in Oaxaca from the agave plant, I met Juanita, a lovely Mexican-American woman, who was here visiting her daughter. We connected immediately and it turns out that ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Conversations, Mexico, Oaxaca, World Watching And Politics | 2 Comments »

Songkran Water Festival

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Day before yesterday was New Years in Lao. Yesterday was New Years in Thailand, although the celebration continues for several days in these countries. We get it again! Leila took a cheap bus to Kao San Road while I ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Bangkok, Conversations, Culture, Festivals & Ceremonies, Thailand | No Comments »

Tuk Tuk Tour

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

After the Lao Cotton Company party, Villa, the driver, took a nap in his tuk tuk while we rested in our room. Later that night we toured the city under the lights. Villa, it turns out, is not just ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Thai Rock Band

Wednesday, April 12th, 2006

After dinner with Susan, Leila and I looked for some music and found a night club with a terrific Thai band playing Rod Stewart, Eagles and Pink Floyd's "The Wall." Leila turned into a 15 year old...singing along with ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Lao “Disco”

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

Last night a lively 50 year old woman that teaches kindergarten in Alberta Canada, a young woman from California who is a consultant to a California educational testing company, an even younger woman from ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Luang Prabang Lao

Sunday, April 2nd, 2006

Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its unique, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Conversations, Experiences, Hotels,Hostels & Guesthouses, Lao, UNESCO World Heritage Sites | No Comments »

Breakfast at Smile Guesthouse

Saturday, March 25th, 2006

I have changed hotels. I am now at the brand new Bau-Tong Lodge with free WiFi that is down little soi 3 off Loi Kroh...for half the cost of the Galare Guesthouse where I was for the last three ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Walkabout

Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Yesterday morning I walked to the Post Office around the corner and down the street and then slowly swung a wide path through the city...dawdling in used book stores, Jonesing for all the quality crafts and household items in shop ... [Continue reading this entry]

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International Night On Koh Samui

Saturday, February 25th, 2006

We're back on Samui and I have rented a brand new furnished one bedroom house for $12.00 a night at "Solitude Resort" on a mountainside about a mile from Doug and Luk's bungalow. The first evening we were welcomed by our ... [Continue reading this entry]

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“11 Minutes” Outranks Mao

Thursday, July 14th, 2005

On my way to my BTS Skytrain station, I stop for lunch at The Emporium, an upscale indoor shopping mall where there is a variety of restaurants on the 5th floor. A young Asian woman sitting next to me ... [Continue reading this entry]

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A Talk By Shirin Ebadi

Thursday, April 14th, 2005

Bob has been in the north for the last week so I joined the Foreign Correspondents Club the other day as a way of meeting other English speaking people in Bangkok. Membership is reciprocal with Foreign Correspondents Clubs around ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Bangkok, Conversations, Language, Middle East, Thailand, World Watching And Politics | 2 Comments »

Jazz In Familiar Old Quarter Hanoi

Friday, April 1st, 2005

I had to check out of Thailand...thought my visa was 90 days that I got in Kunming in December but it was only 60 days. So at the end of March I had to pay a hefty fine at ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Keeping Body and Soul Together

Friday, April 1st, 2005

In Bangkok we got a good deal for a month in a beautiful completely furnished apartment on a dead-end street in the upscale Saladaeng area...close to the Skytrain and the new subway that is running again after a recent accident. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Bangkok, Conversations, Doug, Thailand, Trains, Transportation | 1 Comment »

Miao Village In Guizhou

Wednesday, December 8th, 2004

In Shanghai, exploring the Lonely Planet Thorn Tree web site, I noticed a query from a young woman from Kaili in Guizhou Province who was offering to arrange a homestay in a Miao minority ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Altercations, China, Conversations, Culture, Excursions, Guizhou, Homestays, Minority Groups, Shanghai, Taxis, Touching Experiences, Trains, Transportation, Yunnan | 5 Comments »

Shanghai

Tuesday, December 7th, 2004

Spent about 3 weeks in Shanghai in a lovely small hotel behind the Shanghai Library on a tree-lined street of the former French Concession. The US Embassy was next door to the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Yangshau

Monday, December 6th, 2004

Currently in a delightful city (Yangshau) that is on the Yangtze River about 100 miles north of Shanghai. China's autumn has been fantastic, the people interesting (and challanging) and the food tasty (most of ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Bob's Trips, China, Climbs & Walks, Conversations, Culture, Great Wall, Language | No Comments »

Tai Shan Sacred Mountain

Sunday, November 14th, 2004

Located midway between Beijing and Shanghai, "Tai Shan" is probably the most famous of the five sacred mountains of China. According to legend Tai Shan represents the head of Pan Gu, who ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Bob's Trips, China, Climbs & Walks, Conversations, Culture, Names For Foreigners, UNESCO World Heritage Sites | 1 Comment »

Lao Shan Mountain Climb

Sunday, October 31st, 2004

Spent 3 days in Quin Dao...one in new part of town, one in old town and one on a mountain north of town called Lao Shan--subsequently took train to Tai'an and climbed Tai ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Kindred Spirits in Quindao

Saturday, October 30th, 2004

Walking by the Foreign Language Bookstore in Quindao, just up the street from my comfy clean hotel room that a tout from the railroad station led me to...80 yuan she says..that's about ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Overnight Train to Xuindao

Sunday, October 24th, 2004

Xuindao is also spelled Quindao From Beijing, I take an overnight train alone to Quindao. Quindao is a weekend getaway for well-to-do Communist party cadres and the train is brand spanking shiny new. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Coffee Taxis & New Friends

Saturday, October 23rd, 2004

I take a taxi to the upscale Lufthansa shopping center in Beijing to see if a bookstore had the Lonely Planet "Shanghai." They didn't of course...there were a few Lonely Planets ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Far East Youth Hostel

Friday, October 15th, 2004

The last time I was in China it was freezing cold in January 2003. The weather is fantastic this October day in 2004. After slogging it out across Russia and Mongolia, we soak ... [Continue reading this entry]

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The Tajik and Olga

Thursday, September 30th, 2004

The Tajik and Olga In Irkutsk, when we find our seats on the train to Ulaan Baatar, we find a good-looking 40 year old Muslim man from Tajikistan in our cabin. He has studied ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Five Hours to Olkhon Island

Saturday, September 25th, 2004

The next morning we are picked up at our homestay in Irkutsk by a sullen driver who drives us five hours over pot-holes, through the taiga and across a bay of the beautiful blue ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Conversations, Excursions, Hotels,Hostels & Guesthouses, Russian Federation, Trans Siberia | No Comments »

To Irkutsk With Vladamir

Wednesday, September 22nd, 2004

The evening we are to leave Yekaterinburg on the train, Bob loses his change purse containing a credit card getting out of a mini-bus. Olga's son drives us in his car to the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Free-Wheeling Moscow

Saturday, September 18th, 2004

Video 2004-09 Like in the big Central European cities we visited, there are cranes everywhere... old soviet buildings built during the Stalin era are scheduled to be razed and new one modern ones put up. ... [Continue reading this entry]

Posted in Conversations, Dancing, Internet, Moscow, Music, Russian Federation, Taxis, Trains, Trans Siberia, UNESCO World Heritage Sites | No Comments »

Perspective On China

Tuesday, December 31st, 2002

China is big. The population is staggering with a billion and a half people. It's a matter of getting perspective. Our home state of Oregon only has about 1.5 million people. By comparison Hong Kong has 7 million. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Ruili China

Saturday, December 28th, 2002

Coming down out of the mountains we were happy to see Ruili lying in the green lush valley below...a larger city than I thought...a Chinese/Burma border town with a mix of Han Chinese, minorities ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Christmas At Re Hai Hot Springs 2002

Tuesday, December 24th, 2002

We went to Re Hai Hot Springs..a short half-hour bus ride from Tengchong. The Asian and European continental shift also resulted in over 80 crystalline hot springs...grand Boiling Hot Cauldron...age-old Toad-Mout Hot Spring...Drunk Bird Hot ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Volcanos in Tengchong

Saturday, December 21st, 2002

A young Chinese woman on the bus had struck up a conversation in English...telling us about the sights around Tengchong. We thought that maybe we could pay her to guide us to the ... [Continue reading this entry]

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My Name is Zhuy Yu Ping

Friday, December 20th, 2002

On the way to Tengchong, the bus climbed high up into the Gaoligong Shan Mountain Range on a winding narrow two lane road...dropping down and then higher up again...beautiful valleys down below terraced with ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Conversation With Roland

Monday, December 16th, 2002

Had a final dinner at familiar and cozy Sekura's Cafe in Old Town Lijiang...splurging on Western food...sharing our beer with Roland, a 30 year old economics teacher in a university in Singapore. (Surprisingly and ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Conversations In Tiger Leaping Gorge

Saturday, December 14th, 2002

Wednesday Dec 11 In Old Town Lijiang, Bob joined us for breakfast at our hotel at 9am; met Li at her hotel at 10:30 for minibus trip up the gorge. Bus had no shocks ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Zhondian to Baishuitai

Friday, December 6th, 2002

Friday Dec 6 2002 There were no street lights so we walked the equivalent of several blocks to the Zhongdian bus station in the dark to catch the 7:50am bus for Baishuitai. While waiting for ... [Continue reading this entry]

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The Communist Party

Sunday, October 20th, 2002

People everywhere in Viet Nam confided in me, as a foreigner who would not know who to tell anyway, that they hated the corrupt officials in the Communist Party that are entangled in a growing web of organised crime. ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Tourism Vietnamese Style

Wednesday, October 16th, 2002

From the 200 kilometers of the Cu Chi tunnels, six layers deep just outside Saigon, the Viet Cong (South Vietnamese communist fighters) planned their campaigns on the South Vietnamese and American bases that ringed ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Making Friends in Lang Co

Saturday, October 12th, 2002

Spent the night in a cheap backpacker hotel before boarding an air conditioned tour bus the next morning for Danang. On the way to Danang though, we pass through Lang Co, a small ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Viet Kiew

Saturday, October 5th, 2002

In Dong Ha, my motorcycle taxi driver and I talk about Vietnam and America and the Viet Kiew, the Vietnamese Americans that return to visit. He greatly resents these people who come back ... [Continue reading this entry]

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Getting Blessed

Thursday, October 3rd, 2002

Getting into Hanoi late on the train after visiting Sapa, I walked into a hotel down the street from the train station because I was going to leave again the next afternoon on the train for Dang Ha in Central ... [Continue reading this entry]

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