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Saturday, August 19, 2006 ( 2:58 AM ) shut up christine Jeff Lee is awesome. I've been following his travels through his website and here's a quote: I feel great about staying. I feel like I've sort of infiltrated, or broken through the arms length distance that Thai's hold the Farangs (outsiders, foreigners) to. I got to eat a traditional meal at someone's house, situated in a swamp like setting. I got to hang out with them and go where Thai's go and not just the places Lonely Planet tells you to go. I feel Jeff totally understands me on this one...these are the kinds of experiences we look for when we travel - the kinds of things you can't plan for or pay someone to give you. To me, these are the most worthwhile, and things that are worthwhile often involve a little risk, which brings me to my next point... There was an incident where I met a boy on a boat and hitched a ride with him halfway across Belize, and then later stayed at his house in Timbuktu (which by the way was one of my all time favorite experiences while traveling) but I GOT SO MUCH SHIT FOR THIS. I was lectured up the wazoo, some people seriously questioned my decision making skills, and I was deemed Hobag of the Year. and there is such a double standard and it sucks that when a girl travels alone, there's a whole other set of rules we have to abide by - obviously we have to be (extra)conscious of how we dress, how we make eye contact, who we talk to, how late we stay out, how many drinks we have/who we take drinks from and then there are "trivial" matters like walking past a large group of men...a guy probably wouldn't think twice about it, but if you're a girl walking by herself, you'd definitely be aware of them...or like how the sun goes down at 7pm in Nicaragua and you get in trrrouble for coming back to your homestay at 7:30pm while Douglas can go out at 10pm and no one cares (do I sound like a brat right now?) I totally forgot where I'm trying to go with this, so I'd just like to end by saying I really am not a hobag, bitzes p.s. thank you M #
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