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No, backpackers in SE Asia are still mostly on the expat side. Even if they are broken students on a sabbatical year, they mostly have families home that can ba
by darkwater 5y ago
No, backpackers in SE Asia are still mostly on the expat side. Even if they are broken students on a sabbatical year, they mostly have families home that can back them up in case of need. (Exceptions apply, YMMV etc etc.)
- fxtentacle 5y agoI agree with you that most westerners who travel to SE Asia will still be considered as "expats" by the locals. What I meant to say is that those people who the locals consider not "expat" anymore, but "backpacker" instead, must really have fallen low.