Go for it, though it's kinda of a sprawling mass. If you liked this one, Third Language (http://baaing-tree.livejournal.com/515670.html) is more of Thomas's cultural adventures, and It's Better to Give (http://baaing-tree.livejournal.com/525441.html), where one of Thomas's buddies gets hired by some locals and has to deal with Treehouse's idiosyncratic gift-giving system.