Things I'm glad I was told before I came, and a few I've learned along the way:
1) A sarong is an absolute necessity for SE Asian travel. It's a skirt, dress, towel, beach mat, scarf, head wrap, shall (for warding off the sun or a chill), mosquito protection, sheet...as useful as your imagination makes it! I thought I would just pick one up here, but I actually didn't see them sold till I got to the beach towns in Thailand's south (perhaps because I had brought mine from home and wasn't looking for one, though?).
2) A mosquito net is highly useful, even for sound sleep in youth hostels.
3) "Ma!" in a sharp, commanding tone is useful for deterring barking dogs (or dog packs, as you may encounter walking the back streets) in Thailand.
4) Personal water filters are expensive upfront, but can save you the expense of buying 1L bottles in a hot environment, not to mention the waste. I am very happy with my Katadyn Extream XR. Been drinking tap water almost everywhere for the past 3 weeks and just got sick for the first time yesterday (from food, I'm sure...I do not advise eating a whole sheet of fried river algae with garlic, tomato, and seasame seeds when your body has never had it before and sometimes has adverse reactions to garlic...4 day-old rice at tropical room temperature may not be the best, either).
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