Two great things about Thailand (there are many): chillis and ice coffee.

If you haven't been here, chilis appear in just about everything. You know how in Toronto if you ask for something spicy they might put maybe a half a green pepper in something and you still have to add hot sauce? If you're a pepper addict you know what I'm talking about. Well here, spicy is just about regular and if you ask for something spicy it might put it over the top. Plus on every table in every restaurant there's a container with chopped green chilis in vinegar, chopped green chilis in fish sauce, crushed dried chilis. Really it's a dream come true.

The other thing is iced coffee. I know that in the past few years iced coffee has become a thing, but it was a thing here long before it was a thing everywhere else. Plus it's dispensed on almost every corner. Between capsaicin and  caffeine, I spend most of my time here in a state of over-stimulation.