another quick tip..

if you drop a coin and it starts to roll away, don't step on it to stop it. there is an image of the king on all Thai $$ !!
(stepping on an image of the kind is like crapping on a flag in the oval office)
I don't think they still put people in jail for this, but you'll piss everyone around you off by doing this. really really don't do this. lol
found out this one the tough way..

(i used to go to a guy to get coconut shakes everyday after breakfast when i had an apt in Banglumpo, one time i dropped a coin and it started to roll away, i did this without thinking, couldn't understand why I got so many dirty looks, every time after I got a shake from that stand I got sick. maybe just a coincidence, I don't know but had to stop going there)

quick tip

a quick tip for dealing with annoying, persistent motorbike taxis.
figured this out in Cambodia awhile ago (wish I had figured it out sooner ;)
always walk against traffic, that way they can't follow you for blocks hollering at you.
at times in Phonm Phen we had upto 20 guys (at a time) on motorbikes following us, yelling to get our attention.. "where you go" you want lady boom boom" something" and dose that get old fast!