Thailand people overview

I know I've delved into Cambodia land, but I need to wrap-up Thailand with a few general observations.

 

 

• I saw salves and creams and such helpful items are for sale in tiny containers. I have a travel-size container of calamine lotion and also one of a Vick's-like breathing product. Perhaps containers are small because the people are of little surface area, but it is sure appreciated by a traveling cyclist. 
• Almost everyone is thin. I think I've seen all of 3 overweight people time, so much different than the "one in three" in America. 
• Also plenty of trans-gendered and gender-queer folks! This was surprising at first, but Thailand actually seems to be quite open to this sort of thing. 
• On beaches the Thai people do not wear swimsuits. They swim in their clothes. To me it was quite odd to see wet youths charging out of the water with sodden heavy jeans. 
• Money-wise there is no tax and no tip. If lunch is 35 baht it is 35 baht. 
• Food stalls, food carts, food-assemblages-attached-to-scooters are plentiful. It seems like nobody ever eats at home. The ingredients are displayed behind glass counters and you can point at what what you want Mrs. Wok to cook for you. 
• I was stared at consistently and ceaselessly. For example, at a little roadside shop, Buddy Lissy and I browsed for soymilk, purchased soymilk, and then drank soymilk, and were watched by an entire family intently and seriously for this whole performance. "I'm almost embarrassed for them," Buddy Lissy noted, as this this staring seems to us blatantly rude.