There are no top sheets in Thailand. Seriously, it's a bottom sheet and usually a thin duvet with a white cotton cover. The beds are harder than US beds. Some of them felt like box springs. One was.
The toilets usually have a spray nozzle and short hose next to them. Instead of wiping after pooping, you use the hose to spray off, then toilet paper to pat dry. Sounds weird, but it's much nicer on your bottom.
Massages are dirt cheap. Prices vary a bit, but a nice place next to our hotel in Bangkok is 200 baht for an hour. That's about 6 bucks!
Speaking of costs: during our bike ride to the bat caves, a bug or something hit me in the eye. It got red and gummy over the next couple of days in Chiang Rai, so I headed to the drugstore/pharmacy to get some eye drops. After explaining what I was looking for, the woman at the counter asked if I wanted to see their doctor. I said sure, because my eye really hurt, and I knew my travel insurance would cover it if it was expensive. We were taken to an exam room, and the doctor came in, looked it over with a flashlight, prescribed antibiotic eye drops, pain medication, antibiotics (which I did not take as it seemed nuts), and they bandaged my eye. Total cost: $11.52
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