I 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 th

I 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.