I was riding down the road yesterday, somewhere in the Back and Beyond, when I realized that driving down the back roads in northern Thailand looks just like driving down the back roads in the Adirondacks, Smoky Mountains, or the Catskills. The trees may have different shaped leaves, the underbrush is a bit more lush, and it's harder to read the signs on the shops and buildings along the way, but otherwise, very similar. Oh... one more difference. The 'animal crossing' signs are a little different too...
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