So, I don’t think I have mentioned this but even thought I try really hard to make sure that I don’t look Thai people still think I’m Thai or in a new case Laos. The last time someone thought I was Thai, I happened to be at an Isan village where a Cal Poly graduate (Geffory) has made his home. In order to have the Isan experience we did a scavenger hunt asking the villages at various houses for certain things like milled and unmilled sticky rice. Well the people that were visiting the villages with us happened to nursing college and high school students that were learning English. Anyways during the scavenger hunt one of the nursing students (Un) straight up said I looked Thai and I just told her I knew already and wasn’t Thai.
People thought I was Laos during my trip to Laos trip to Vang Veng. At Vang Veng we were staying at a guesthouse that was above a store. Well Carrie wanted to go to this certain restaurant and she asked the nice guesthouse owner where it was. But she didn’t know any English so she responded in Laos and so Carrie, Shirley, and I all looked confused (that’s what you do if you don’t know a language and they think u do) and then she realized that Carrie didn’t understand and straight up looked at me and said the directions again in Laos and I then responded that I didn’t know Laos.
People that I was Laos while I was kayaking in Vang Veng. The guides on the trip were straight up speaking in Laos in front of me (remember I had to kayak with the guide) deciding if I was Laos or not until one guide asked me what ethnicity I was.
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