Through chatting to Chileans, Argentinians and Columbians and judging by the number of people who are astonished at the fact that I am travelling alone, I’m starting to notice a theme in Latin American culture. People here seem frightened of being alone. Latino men never seem to travel alone, they either travel with another man or with a woman, and women don’t travel or do many things alone. When they do it is not through their own choice and they seem to see it as a burden which must be avoided at all costs. Also people seem to be less involved in communities than people in the UK, more focussed on being in a couple and they don’t put much trust in strangers. The people I've met from the Latino countries I've visited seem less trusting
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