* Friends
* Great food
* Water from the faucet
* Hot showers (any hour of the day)
* Milk and salads
* Freedom of speech and full internet access (ie. China, Vietnam, Cuba...)
* You can sit on the toilet (although Chris and Rob were beginning to
prefer the squat style of toilet)
* There is toilet paper provided
* You can flush the toilet paper
* Bathrooms are free
* No one urinates on the sidewalks (related to previous)
* No one follows us on the streets trying to sell us stuff
* Prices are fixed
* No malaria and mosquito nets
* We understand conversations
* People don't cringe when we say we are American
* No chickens on busses
* No busses
* No more night trains
* People drive on the right side of the street
* No Great Wall mafia
* Less chance of making donations
* No crazy taxi cab rides
* No leeches
* No more having to hear Rob play guitar at all hours of the day