On Sun, 23 Sep 2001 02:41:21 +0200, Michael Polak wrote:
> well, I spent voluntarily 6 weeks in India and Ladakh (part of Kashmir),
> I know it is nowhere near Pakistan - but the reasons why I am neither
> agent of CIA nor terroris are definitely not the fear of diarrhea...
> (which is natural part of traveling through Asia, naturaly...) (not
> speaking that the cultural barrier would be of course inpenetrable)
A good friend of mine spent most of August traveling by himself in
Egypt by local buses, staying in non-tourist hotels. Mostly people
refused to believe he was American because they had never seen one
outside of the tour groups and the big hotels. He had a great time,
the people were wonderful and friendly and he never felt any sense
of danger or menace.
Officially what he did was illegal and often he had to persuade the
bus drivers to let him ride with extra consideration.
> I think that some cure for problems of today's world would be _real
> economical and political globalisation_ - which would mean anyone would
> be allowed to travel and _work_ anywhere, anyone would be able to elect
I think so too. But in the current climate even crossing the Canadian
United states border has become difficult with long delays due to
security inspections and regulation. Very unfortunate.
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
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