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How much money for one year in Asia???
Tchiowa wrote: alkristensen wrote in message ... You made the statement that once you've seen one temple you've seen them all. That's the stereotype of the budget traveler I was referring to. You don't see a difference between the reclining buddha and the emerald buddha, I guess. Between Wat Po and Wat Arun. If that's the way you like to travel, good for you. Just don't give us the "culture" argument. not to mention the various periods and dynastic styles: lan na, ayudaya, sukhodaya, khmer influences etc... unfortunately, "cultural sensitivity" among the backpacker crowd (and i'm definitely one of them) tends to express itself in cribbed summaries of LP and arguments over whether beer lao is really the best and cheapest in s.e. asia... i remember overhearing am american backpacker bitch to his guide and his porter (split with an aussie) about the $2.00 he'd been ripped off for by a little band of maoists on the way to everest... we saw him on and off all one day on this tremendous trek and at no point did his bitch let up... he seemd utterly oblivious to where he was... some of these people spend more time checking their wallets and looking for mars bars or packaged noodles to eat than paying attention to where they are... far out man... michael |
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