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Originally posted by CET
I don't know about you, but seeing and experiencing other countries and cultures is always fascinating to me. I visit a couple of tourist spots, but I also like to try to disappear into the crowd and really experience the culture on a base level. I have naturally dark skin and hair, so I was able to do that a few times in Turkey. Apparently I had most Turks convinced I was a turk as well, because lots of them would come up to me and start babbling in Turkish. I was able to get by through reading body language and replying with the same. Although it is a bit dangerous to go off alone in a foreign country, I treasured those times as great learning experiences. I met Turks, Kurds and Iraqi refugees and got to learn their culture fairly well.
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Yeah I try to go to places to experience new cultures. That's why I've travelled a bunch in the Orient. The culture there is just so different from anything I was used to here in North America that it really drew me there. Singapore is perhaps one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen.
I'm a big sucker for Costa Rica though. I spent over a year there and will return to live soon.