The University campus is beautiful. Flowering trees and water gardens are everywhere. Four foot monitor lizards bask in the sun and the air is abuzz with the sounds of unfamiliar insects and birds. It is HOT here! Temperatures are predicted to reach 93 degrees tomorrow -- and this is supposed to be the "cool" season! Still it is hard to let the heat get you down with all the smiling, helpful people (Thailand has certainly earned it's nickname "land of smiles" in my mind), and wonderful things to drink (coconut water, lychee juice, thai iced tea... ). The air here smells incredible! Every time I step outside I feel as though I am walking into a steambath infused with hibiscus, spices, and that wonderful sweet musty smell that lingers just after a rainstorm.
I hope it isn't disrespectful to take pictures of signs, but sometimes the language just doesn't translate and the misinterpretation is too comical to ignore. Sometimes the culture clash resounds in the most unpredictable places. I took a picture of this sign in an AIT ladies restroom:
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