Myanmar

Learning about the culture of the people in Southeast Asia is really important, because especially if you're from a western country like myself, it can be really different. And lots of people will think in ways that you won't necessarily expect. One big thing that I found in both Thailand and Myanmar is a sense of obligation to others. They really want to help other people, and they don't want to make other people feel bad. Sometimes to the point that they won't want to say no to your face.

There's a lot you can read on the internet about Thailand, Myanmar, Laos. There's some obvious ones like don't point the bottom of your foot at people and what have you, but I think one of the most important things to remember with culture is that we're all humans and we share a lot more similarities than we do differences. And if you're just observant, if you just try and pay attention to what people say and how people act in any given situation, you'll probably, you'll be fine. Just being carefully observant and not making assumptions, not assuming that either A, everyone in town will act the same as each other or as the internet describes them or B, that everyone thinks the same way that you do because neither of those are true and every person is unique and I think that's important to remember.