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Zephyr Bloom
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A 50ish retired Japanese national. Love birds, nature, slow-travel.
I don't know if it was from Cambodia or if I stayed in #Thailand for the longest period of a single entry for visa exemptions in 2025.
January 1, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The interesting experience was on the public buses. People always gestured to show us where to sit when they saw an empty seat nearby.
When two-person seats were occupied by one person each, one person even moved over to make room for us on a two-person seat. #PhnomPenh #Cambodia
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In Japan, where I'm from, most of the service industry staff only has scrpited politeness(definitely not kindness). In Thailand and Vietnam, most of the staff of the stores/shops are generally unfriendly. #PhnomPenh #Cambodia
December 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We are going to stay in #Thessaloniki, where we stayed a month in 2025, and had a great warm experience. Also going to stay in #Volos. Forget about the sad experiences in Athens and enjoy.
December 20, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Some others told "already booked in other platforms," but the listings on Airbnb were available for a while after that.

I didn't experience this kind of thing in Asia, so I couldn't help but imagine that this consequence is based on our race, unfortunately.
December 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The ingredients of risotto depend on what we have in the fridge. Today was only beet greens.

Eating out is only once a week, except for light snacks like gelato and bougatsa. Do you eat almost the same dish every day? Yes, absolutely! Never get bored so far.
August 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I'm curious about many tourists from abroad here in #Thessaloniki who don't even say basic greetings, Καλημέρα or Γειά σου. I experienced that just a small step can make a huge difference when it comes to small, good feeling communications. I don't know why they don't, though.
August 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
That's why we thought, "ok, do you want us to talk in English?" and stopped learning Thai beyond basic greetings, thanks and numbers, which we have already learnt.
August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
On the other hand, we have already lost the motivation to learn #Thai. I dunno if our abilities may not be up to communicating with locals, but they reply in English even if we start talking in Thai.
August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM