Cynthetiq

I'm going with my sig. It doesn't matter, there are good and bad eggs of everything. I try to judge in the moment not as a whole. I've met many nice people and I've met complete assholes in my travels. But I do not travel where tourists roam for the most part. I tend to not travel with the packs of tourists because where they want to go isn't all that exciting to us.

While we tend to stay in fabulous resorts, I like to get the local flavor by immersing myself amongs locals. This is sometimes uncomfortable for me and the wife, but it is how we get to know more about a people and their culture.

Our most recent trip we couldn't believe that people said Puerto Rico was really expensive. Every meal we had was really inexpensive, until we went to where the tourists went, and wow that area is expensive.

Where people have strong cultures and offense is tantamount inadvertently such as Thailand, (feet pointed at someone is offensisve) Philippines (tend to point with their mouths in a kissing motion), Singapore (gum chewing), there are many books that detail just how to deal within the culture.

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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.