As miles of shabby concrete buildings and untidy fields have rolled by our bus windows, Thailand has reminded us of Mexico, so I've been compiling a list of ways in which the two countries converge and contrast. I've broken it down into things that Thailand has that Mexico doesn't, things that Mexico has that Thailand doesn't, and things they both have. THAILAND MOTORBIKES--It's not that nobody has motorbikes in Mexico, but everybody has them here--schoolkids, shopkeepers, shoppers, Mom Dad and three kids, everyone's on a bike (not a bicycle, which you don't see that much). TEDDY BEARS--Again, Thais did not invent the teddy bear, nor did they perfect it, but they yield to no one in their love of it. Not just kids, who have plenty, but motorists, bus drivers, ferry pilots, decorate their surroundings with
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