I keep planning on leaving 'the day after tomorrow'. Much like in Alica in Wonderland never got jam today, the day for moving on never arrives,

One thing that is always hard to adjust to when you get to a new country is that things are not cheaper across the board. This is easy to understand for imported goods, but for other things it is always a bit of a mystery to me. Why an iced tea at Starbucks in Penang, Malaysia, should cost twice what it costs in the US is beyond me.

And why electricity is so expensive (three times the rate in St. Pete, Florida) in a country with an abundant supply is also beyond me. But it is always that way. I've notice that people here seem to have fewer cellphones than I remember people having in Granada, Nicaragua, for instance.