Jon the Traveller

Those who have been to University (at least in the UK) will be aware of Freshers Week, that period at the start of your first year when you go through orientation, meet people in bars or halls and inevitably get asked 3 simple questions by everyone you meet.

Those questions, in a slightly altered form are amongst the first things travellers say to those they meet around the way. However it’s along the Khao San Road they are asked the most – see a future post on the Khao San Road for why that may be.

There is a school of thought that says it is more like 10 questions, but most of those are embelishments on the basic 3. Hell, name is usually the 7th or 8th question asked – never seems that important when you may never see that person again.

So tell me “Where are you from?”, “Where are you going?”, and “How long are you travelling for?”