After returning from 40 years in India, Hong Kong, and Cambodia, I have found many parts of daily life in the US quite a contrast to similar life experiences abroad. I will be listing some of the samples of life Here and There and also Then and Now.
One difference I notice most often is the time of sunset in Louisville compared to sunset in Phnom Penh. Phnom Penh’s latitude is 11º, near the equator, and in the tropics the sun sets early and quickly, without much dusk. Usually Phnom Penh was dark by 7:00 PM.
Louisville is latitude 38º and here sunset is after 9:00 PM and darkness about 9:45 PM or later. I keep getting surprised when I look out the window at night and realize it’s after 9:00 o’clock and the sun is still up!