Geckos scuttling all over your house instead of cockroaches. Cobras and pythons generally stay in the jungle and not in town. But no problem to go find some to play with if you really want. It's Not Houston. Or New York.
People like to set things on fire over here.
It's ok to burn things in your front yard in huge flaming pyres, and nobody gets excited even when the roadsides catch fire, which they frequently do. You can also quickly spot roadside satay snack vendors by spotting the dense smoke and flames billowing from their grills. Cops are polite even when they catch you doing something you're not supposed to be doing. Monitor lizards walk funny, all bowlegged with their stomachs held up as high off the ground as possible. Technical mistakes during local TV evening news are hilarious.