Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Your feet smell like Cheese

  • Why do mosquitoes target you ankles?
It's the cheesy flavor of your feet according to a USDA article.
Your feet produce a similar bacteria also found in Limburger. There also is a particular attraction to your shoes and socks.
The solution here seems to be to wash your feet and apply scent to your feet. Lemon, vinegar, talc are some of the options. Slices of lemons or drops of vinegar seem to do a good job keeping mosquitoes away from standing water.
  • Ex-Pats Note:
Verified: Thailand's National Parks charge different admittance fees to Asians and Foreigners of other races.
The disparity is as high as 20 Baht for Asians, 400 Baht for everyone else.

Unverified: Ex-Pats with a Thai drivers license qualify for Thai rates

  • Really great video on You tube



  • My Opinion
Thailand's tourism industry is in ICU.
450 million is being spent on recovery. The majority of that money will most likely be spent outside the country on Advertisement / Propaganda.
Spend the money at home, improve safety
Whenever I expect visitors at my house, I clean house. Makes the visit much more enjoyable for everyone.

SNO city does not seem to suffer the same fate as big cities: Lack of tourism.
If you look into any local shopping facilities, you'll note seasonal high number of foreigners shopping with their Thai 'families.' Some seem to be doing seasonal shopping, leaving stores with a convoy of shopping carts.


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