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RE: Travel Tip #2: How to Deal with Pushy Airport Taxi Drivers
I feel you! I am still online with some of my us groups - just as if I never left. Sometimes I want to get out as they remind me of how hard life is over there.
But I'm finally making headway with my clean eating comments and other stuff in that direction. A couple of years ago I was being wiped out and now I get good responses so I keep trying.
I'm still waiting for a big hit and I will let you know. I have one in the works maybe but it's taking days to write. These posts take effort! Go look at my Thailand yunk post - that one was easy and is getting attention :)
Very cool Yunk. Fun post. People like that. I've seen a post of a photo of a bird and nothing more make a lot more money than my Ecuador Report which took hours to write. But then again it has so much to do with your rep, followers, steem power and so on.
On a further note, it's now been about 3 weeks in the country and my hopes are pretty much lost. This 5 week stay should have been a one week stay.
When I'm not eating corn syrup I'm weird, then when I comment on it, I'm a problem. If I don't want gum because I point out it's got aspartame in it, again I'm a weirdo and I make people uncomfortable.
I'm learning to be ignorant is blissful and to be 54 years old and diagnosed with cancer is just part of life.
When they are all arguing about healthcare, and I say "well, a good start would be banning GMO, corn syrup, and other chemicals like most of the rest of world has done" All I get are blank stares like I'm from mars.
I've given up, even people who try to eat healthy here barely can. A red pepper now cost two dollars. Not two dollars a lb, just 2 dollars for one.
Every time you meet a friend it's an event to eat a bunch of crap and drink. You're enticed from every angle of society to eat and do unhealthy things. If it's not heard first hand from the TV then it's hear second hand from your neighbor.
Everyone here seems to be in a battle for their health but go around with total defeatist attitudes, and I get it. Eating is like walking through a mine field in this country, meanwhile you're body is craving and addicted to crap. It's like a smoker trying to quit while living in a smokers lounge they can't escape. Look at you! You went the other side of the planet to get away!
At least the public is waking up a little bit, every label on food has a "gluten free" tag or "all natural" But even then it's a joke. Obviously a strawberry is gluten free, but there's the label. Then "All Natural" or "Natural Flavors", is just a straight up lie! Incredible! It's like the corporate elite are toying with the masses. The whole no-fat, low-fat scam since I was born. Some of the healthiest foods are high in fat, cocounut oil, fish, nuts......
Sorry to rant but of all the people I've met on here you seem to get me the most! Hope you are doing well. -Dan
Oh! I'm laughing but not really. There's a bunch of us health freaks here. I'm shocked at the good response to my food posts and will do more. I just found out about curie. I think it is a good place for boosting work. Take a look at this post. I’m going to do it when I figure it out.
https://steemit.com/curation/@jerrybanfield/earn-steem-for-finding-an-undervalued-steemit-post-and-submitting-to-curie-1500598670-0433114
I did go as far away as I could and that is why Thailand won over Ecuador and I am not kidding.
I take huge hope from the changing attitudes. I'm in several fb groups related to Weight Watcher's <<< a special pet peeve of mine. Their "food" is more crap-filled than most "diet" food. When I first started posting in there years ago I got a lot of resistance and now people are all ears. The "points" bs in WW says almost nothing about nutrition and is about 80% fake food for some people. It's a nightmare and don’t even get me going on my pal Oprah.
http://www.fitinfun.com/im-soaking-nuts-and-seeds-i-dont-care-what-oprah-says-because-she-is-fat/
But now - people listen and ask questions wondering if their inflammation will improve with better food (if they can find and afford it).
I started telling people I am “allergic” to things they wanted me to stuff in my mouth. It works better than telling them they will be sick and die if they eat it lol. Might not work for the parents though.
Here’s you, buddy. I have a lot of photos of me that look like this.
http://playerplaywrights.blogspot.com/2012/03/crisis-what-crisis.html
Hang in there. Clocks’s ticking. But don’t eat the strawberries unless they are organic :)
BTW - I fell for the low fat too.now I am full fat and loving it :)
Wow, thank you for sharing all that info. I never liked Oprah, I agree with your article about her I can attitude. Thanks for the Curie info. I'm going to spend a lot of time this upcoming week on steemit. So I'll see if I can boost my following and so on though all different strategies. You have a better attitude than I do. I'm just in the thick of it here. People around me seem very set in their ways. I'll leave it that. Looking forward to Thailand in a couple weeks!
"set in their ways" yeah that's it :) You will be so happy when you get here.
Remember no flashy clothing esp at the airport. We are still in mourning over here until the end of October. I hear that it's more liberal where you will be since it's more touristy, but up here where I am it's still pretty much black and white with muted colors.
I can't remember if you are coming with a visa or getting stamped in - you only need 10K thb cash for the stamp. 20K for the visa. This issue is still all over my groups and new info comes out daily of people being turned back or let in. I refuse to stress on it but I keep up with it.
Wow. Thanks for the tip. Really appreciate it. So just enter with the equivalent in USD cash. And no problem. Wow no flashy colors. I forget how intense they are over the roayl family. Yes it's a big deal but up to flashy colors wow. I generally don't ware to much flash! I'll be much happier for sure when I arrive. My plan in 30 days stamped in with no visa, then go to Laos and get a visa, and spend 30 days in Laos, then do a land crosing near Chain Rai and spend the next two months in Thailand. Probably divided between Chaing Mai, Bangkok, Krabi, and Kohpengan. Thanks again for the tip!
I'm sure you will not have trouble. With a stamp you don't need as much cash too :)