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I was privileged enough in my life that I traveled a lot over the last 15 years. I really feel it is more and more difficult to have a genuine experience someti
by warp_factor 8y ago
I was privileged enough in my life that I traveled a lot over the last 15 years. I really feel it is more and more difficult to have a genuine experience sometimes because of all the tourist crowds behaving horribly.
So, yes, it is definitely still possible to go to a remote location in Asia and be exposed to a different culture, but if you go to any major city, you will mostly end up in a hostel with loud millenials that don't really care about anything else than maximizing their own experience.
- speedplane 8y ago> if you go to any major city, you will mostly end up in a hostel with loud millenials that don't really care about anything Interesting, I tend to think the opposite. Often it's the tropical beach resorts that cater western amenities and mindless hedonism. Cities tend to bring a conglomeration of the country's culture together, and they offer far more non-hostel/traveler places to stay/eat.
- dagw 8y agoIf you're in any major city you can almost certainly go 30 minutes in the opposite directions the tourists are going and be exposed to a different culture or find a quite oasis. No need to go to Asia.
- dbcooper 8y agoExactly. You can always choose to walk around, or take public transport, and find things at your own pace.
- hopler 8y agoOr you can watch documentaries to learn about foreign cultures. But anyone can do that. The true marks of a refined and worldly character are taking expensive trips to foreign resorts that only better people can afford.
- intertextuality 8y agoIf you go where everyone else is going, and the "top 10 places to visit in <X area>", then sure. But I'd wager most places still have interesting things if you head away from where most tourists go, or simply visit a close by city instead if it's a -really- famous tourist destination like Rome. No remote trip to Asia is necessary, unless you want to go there!
- extra88 8y agoHostels have always been filled with young people and young people have always been self-centered and oblivious. If you don't want to be around that, pay more and don't stay in a hostel.