The antithesis of cultural travel is tourism, where people bring their home environment with them wherever they go and apply it to whatever they see (author unk).

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Statistics indicate that when we Americans think about traveling to a different place, it's usually to another state. Top leisure activities for U.S. domestic travelers: (1) visiting relatives, (2) shopping, (3) visiting friends, (4) fine dining, and (5) beaches TravelFacts. Further, including passports required for travel to Canada and Mexico, only 30%!o(MISSING)f American's possess one. That's compared to 60%!o(MISSING)f Britons and 75%!o(MISSING)f Germans. Our culture doesn't emphasize knowledge of the world," Kepnes said (Matthew Kepnes). "We're more skeptical of it because we just don't know about it." TravelAnswers"We're not a travel culture," he says. "Countries are travel cultures when they put more of an emphasis on leisure time, and Americans tend to choose money over leisure time."

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In the mountains of Northern Laos

Sengchanh
Met him in Vientiane at a guesthouse where I stayed

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