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It varies a lot more by country. I once rode a long distance bus in Vietnam that arrived in a remote part of Danang late at night. One of the people I'd met o

It varies a lot more by country. I once rode a long distance bus in Vietnam that arrived in a remote part of Danang late at night. One of the people I'd met on the bus invited me to stay at his house for the night. Awesome experience, until he woke me up at 5:00 am. He was in his suit, waiting for me to get up and leave so he could go to work. He'd already given me an hour to be polite, but now he was quite late for work and really needed to get going. Contrast that to my experience trying to find somebody to sell me a cup of coffee at 9:00 am on a Monday in Finland. Nobody was even planning to open until 10.

sillysaurus3 13y ago
It's pretty awesome that you've seen so much of the world. I've never been out of America. Which country would you recommend visiting first?
- christoph 13y ago
  In my opinion I would highly recommend almost any part of Asia - my favorites being Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia & Indonesia. A lot depends on what you want get out of it and how long you plan on travelling though. A two or three week trip is a very different experience to staying somewhere for a number of months.
- lancewiggs 13y ago
  Canada or Mexico. Keep it simple, affordable and doable. And just go. (Assuming by America you mean the USA) Else English speaking first world, (UK, NZ) then change one of those things at a time as you gain experience.
  - freshyill 13y ago
    Most of Northern and western Europe are pretty easy for someone who only speaks English too. An English speaker would have little trouble getting by in Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, or Sweden, and probably a lot more countries as well. The languages are even similar enough that if you pick up a travel dictionary/phrasebook, you could probably even do it without bothering the locals too much.
- ma2rten 13y ago
  As someone who has seen a little bit of the world himself, I will give my answer too: It depends. Every country in the world has something that makes it worth visiting. We don't know what your interests are, what your budget is, what kind of comfort you are willing to sacrifice, how adventurous you are.
pcrh 13y ago
As a hot country, do the Vietnamese have a "siesta" of sorts? Until recently, and still in some cases, Italian work hours were often 08:00-12:00, then 16:00-20:00. People would not start socializing in the evening until 22:00.

sillysaurus3 13y ago

It's pretty awesome that you've seen so much of the world. I've never been out of America. Which country would you recommend visiting first?

christoph 13y ago
In my opinion I would highly recommend almost any part of Asia - my favorites being Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, South Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia & Indonesia. A lot depends on what you want get out of it and how long you plan on travelling though. A two or three week trip is a very different experience to staying somewhere for a number of months.
lancewiggs 13y ago
Canada or Mexico. Keep it simple, affordable and doable. And just go. (Assuming by America you mean the USA) Else English speaking first world, (UK, NZ) then change one of those things at a time as you gain experience.
- freshyill 13y ago
  Most of Northern and western Europe are pretty easy for someone who only speaks English too. An English speaker would have little trouble getting by in Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, or Sweden, and probably a lot more countries as well. The languages are even similar enough that if you pick up a travel dictionary/phrasebook, you could probably even do it without bothering the locals too much.
ma2rten 13y ago
As someone who has seen a little bit of the world himself, I will give my answer too: It depends. Every country in the world has something that makes it worth visiting. We don't know what your interests are, what your budget is, what kind of comfort you are willing to sacrifice, how adventurous you are.

pcrh 13y ago

As a hot country, do the Vietnamese have a "siesta" of sorts? Until recently, and still in some cases, Italian work hours were often 08:00-12:00, then 16:00-20:00. People would not start socializing in the evening until 22:00.