The Best and Worst

One day while on our trip (I'm pretty sure we were in Phnom Penh, Cambodia) we decided that it would be fun to compare the five countries that we went to (Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and the Philippines) by creating a list of the "best" and the "worst" things of each country. There are really some things that needed superlatives other than best or worst, but because I wanted to use a nifty table like the one you see below to display them I tried to stick to only best and worst. Sometimes form just has to win over function! So, if there are a few of them that seem weird, it's probably because I was trying to find some way to twist "craziest," or "most creative" into best and worst. Enjoy!

PS- I'm not sure why Blogger feels the need to so seriously screw up the formatting of tables and leave an enormous blank space before it, but there does not seem to be anything that I can do about it, so sorry!

BEST	WORST
VIETNAM
Baguettes Balconies Hats Cute tour guides Seafood Traffic/circulation Internet Elbow massages	Scammers Taxis Wine
LAOS
Coffee Beer Monks Hotel SERVICE Smiles Cookies BBQ Dining experience Hotel welcome gift (bag of pot for Chesa) Cave Setting Pharmacist Hikes Waterfall	Tourist traps Hotel Transport! Bridges General infrastructure Roosters crowing at 4AM Trash burning
THAILAND
Richest cultural sites Overall prices Cooking class Creative massage Uniforms Political ads Luxurious hotel (not that we stayed in!) Taxis Blong bling supa tuk Transport!	Border crossing Motorcycle experience Dogs Bus films!
CAMBODIA
Ancient ruins Bas-reliefs Trees Toilets Beds Signs (such as ones instructing Cambodians not to stand on top of a western-style commode) Lips Baguette fillings Breton Festivals	Tuk-tuk drivers! Pollution Beggars "Roads" Corrupt Passport Control Toilet town Leaky toilets Prices
PHILIPPINES
American-style food Grandma Alcohol selection Meals with important people Cinemas (going to a newly released movie only costs less than US$2!) Polo match Accomadations Original public transport (jeepnies, which are essentially elongated American WWII jeeps) Christians--Catholics if we want to be specific Former American Colony Fruit, especially the mangos!! Laundry! Banyan tree Chocolate (especially "wet dreams chocolate cake")	Public safety Class differences Japanese gardern! Destroyed in WWII