Big Trip on a Small Budget

ASIA STYLE

I just got back from a month of adventure in Hong Kong, Thailand and Malaysia. Here are some travel tips to look like a true Southeast Asia veteran.

• Crave rice for breakfast.
• Wear your jacket backwards like the motorcycle taxi drivers.
• Use mosquito repellent as deodorant.
• Forsake proper English grammar for local pidgin.
• Walk through a pack of savage dogs without flinching.
• Slip your shoes on and off at a threshold with ease.
• Squat skybomber-style on Western toilets.
• Sit down to a banana pancake breakfast and reach for the fish sauce.
• Be able to recount more than one “I almost died” story.