How to deep deeper into a culture
Posted in English, Travelling Tips on 11/16/2009 07:07 am by DaveThere are certain things that help much to get an insight in how a culture works. Here are some suggestions for your next trip.
- Go to the hospital. Preferably as a patient.
- Post a parcel. Not with DHL – in the main post office.
- Use a taxi.
- Use an overland bus. Use a train. Use whatever else there is. For example motorbike taxis in Teheran.
- Try to find something specific in town. Things you want to buy. It is getting more interesting if it is a thing of high value, for example a car.
- Ask for a vegetarian meal.
- Ask for the way.
- Spend a day ore more in a small village.
- Try to talk to locals.
- Meet locals.
- Be in need of help.
- Do as the romans do and contemplate why they do it that way. Join their free time activities.
- Work on a local farm for some weeks. (http://www.wwoof.org/)