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Jul 19, 2005 | 9:35 am

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Originally Posted by greenery

Next month, I will start my long awaited "round the world" trip. Many of my destinations I will be visiting will be in so called developing countries in Africa and Asia.

Most of my friends are trying to talk me out of the trip. They say there is plenty of interesting things to see here in the "good old USA." Or if I do travel overseas, I should stick with places like London, Paris, Hong Kong and Singapore.

They tell me I will be bothered and be "STARED AT" constantly as a westerner. No one likes to be pestered, bothered or stared at.

So, as a white westerner, will I be "stared at" by the residents of developing countries?

In more than a few -- and especially outside of major tourist destinations/urban centers -- certainly.

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