bitofarambler

if you’re talking about the fermented bean curd that I’m familiar with, the flavor is insanely strong.

and despicable, haha.

describing the spiciness of fermented bean curd as superfluous sounds accurate to me.

haha, yea these guys look real dapper.

haha, yeah, apparently when they’re skinny fellas they call them crab-eating raccoons… or Wikipedia does anyway haha, all the locals here just say “mapaches” without any qualifiers.

they are also pretty chill.

they have the chunky ones living in the forest here apparently, but these sleek fellas just run all around along the coastline.

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these sleek crab-eating raccoons in Panama City are pretty cute:

You’re accessing a system meant to exrract value rather than provide care.

solution:

medical tourism means you choose which country has the medical procedure you’re looking for at the price point you’re looking for.

I get all of my dental work done in Thailand: same technologies, same expertise, better customer service, much lower prices, often 50% lower even at the most prominent international clinics, cheaper if you go to the local clinics instead(many still speak English)

the Thai government heavily invested in medical infrastructure, tech and education 20 years ago and it paid off for both their local economy in terms of medical tourism and for people like me and you who don’t want to pay obscene amounts of money for medical care.

you can check the fees online before you go, and if you have any major dental work to be done, it’ll be cheaper with a round trip ticket to Thailand than it will be in many other countries.