Doesn't matter where you're from or where you travelled to.
2006-12-25 07:57:27 · 10 answers · asked by boots&hank 5 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
For me, it's something I see virtually every time I travel.
Almost no matter where I go, it amazes me how ""programmed" people seem to be. People seem to believe whatever propaganda they're fed, regardless of how insane it is. We (the United States) are just as bad with this as anyone else, but I think outside of the states it as as bad, or worse. Maybe it's because we haven't fallen (totally) into the tabloid style of journalism that pervades much of the rest of the world. But it always amazes me how much people believe when they read papers (sans news) like El Manifesto and the like. Every time I go to Italy I hear "But I read it in El Manifesto!!!". Those types of things, here and abroad, add to global ignorance.
One thing I find really disconcerting was during a trip to China recently. There is a lot of controversy amongst human rights groups about how Chinese labor working on the massive expansion program in Shanghai are treated, as well as the people living in the buildings that are being "acquired" to be torn down so sky scrapers can be built in their place. We crow a lot about eminent domain here, as we should, but it's horrible in China. Just bad, bad...bad...bad
The things you see when you go off the tourist grid...
2006-12-25 12:04:48 · answer #1 · answered by FilmCollector 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, in Ireland the roads are scary small, and the homeless/poor arent hidden, they're all plainly visible in the streets, so in Canada, I guess we're a little spoilied when it comes to housing and public security.
2006-12-25 08:01:29 · answer #2 · answered by Liam R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I guess the weirdest is toliets in other countries. In Australia, you have a button on the top of the toliet that you push down. In Tahiti, there is a button that you pull up. In some countries you squat on the floor and do your business in a hole.
2006-12-25 08:00:32 · answer #3 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lawlessness
2006-12-25 07:58:48 · answer #4 · answered by barbara l 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In Sydney, Australia, I was surprised to see many people walking barefoot in the streets and I´m not talking about beach people or homeless people... real normal citizens, wearing regular clothers, but no shoes.. it was actually disgusting to see how dirty their feet got (and I guess is painful!)
2006-12-25 12:45:29 · answer #5 · answered by Fiori 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
On my travels to the US, I was constantly astonished by how little people knew about what life was like in other places, how uninterested so many of them seemed about that, and how thoroughly convinced so many people were that there was "one right way" to do almost anything...
2006-12-25 08:06:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The amount of people you see defecating in the open while traveling in India.
2006-12-25 08:36:42 · answer #7 · answered by aronlamerson 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
guards with M16s on the beach in Mexico
2006-12-25 07:59:29 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
when i was in germany they didn't put ice in the coke unless you asked for it.
2006-12-25 08:14:07 · answer #9 · answered by barrbou214 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The poverty
2006-12-25 07:58:59 · answer #10 · answered by copestir 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋