Thai people have a thing about feet; they consider feet the most unclean part of the body, therefore, they don't want to see them, and they certainly don't want to touch them, and by all means, they don't ever want a holy person to see them...that means statues of Buddha or monks. That means you crawl when inside a temple to pray to the Buddha, and you back away.
Because of this, Thai people make an effort not to step over you. They spend a lot of time sitting on the floor. For instance, when we were playing cards in our cramped hotel room on the floor, Honey (our little Thai visitor), politely asked Page to slide over so she could get by to use the bathroom. She wouldn't step between us or over Page's legs.
Even on the most habitual of visits, Thai people arrive with a garland of jasmine flowers...the smell is awesome! I say we adopt this in the US.
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