Tuesday, September 06, 2005

Same, Same... But Different

As a traveler from the United States there are quite a few familiar things in SE Asia. You can find McDonalds, Burger King, and especially 7-11 in Thailand. I even saw a couple KFCs in Ho Chi Minh City.

There are also numerous consumer products that can be found here at home and also in SE Asia. Coca Cola, the globally ubiquitous beverage is the first that comes to mind, but there are other as well. Some that are not totally expected. It is also interesting to see very familiar packaging in a completely different set characters. Take this Gatorade bottle for instance. On one side you have a sight that is the same as any in any 7-11 in the United States.


However, if you turn the bottle around you will find the exact same label design, but something is a little different.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

er? wat's different?

Owen said...

One side of the label in in Enlgish. The other side is in Thai.

Lilypad John said...

nice

Anonymous said...

o..it pretty common actually..