SECOND culture shock?
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I had a similar feeling at the Poipet border, but a friend had told me that not all of Cambodia was like that.StroppyChops wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:22 pmKolkata is the only city on earth that as I've arrived, I've deeply regretted it and wanted to leave immediately. Turned out to not be a bad intuition - dangerous place.
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While there is doubtlessly some truth in this "second culture shock" I can't help but feel the hand is being overplayed. After having lived six years in Berlin there were indeed concepts, customs and food that I missed., but mostly it was the ego trip of speaking fluent Berlinerish. I noticed Germans in the US used to call their kinsmen a "hundert prozenter" who had lost or denied their German roots. Even when I was at the zenith of mastering my new language or engaging in new cultural habits, I always knew that I was American. Upon my return, I certainly missed some things, most notably marvelous food and bakeries.
Here in rural Cambodia where I live in a small village, I am still more in contact with my culture than theirs. Quite simply both sides are happier that way. In fact after I moved here as their first foreigner the xenophobic locals experienced more culture shock than I did. I guess in spite of my efforts at the language I'm just not a SE Asian kind of guy any more than a "god bless America" kind of guy. Enough rant! I could go on and on about the fact little by little this culture is imitating and adopting American values that I have always fled from. But as a famous base baller once said, "Don't look back, they might be catching up."
Here in rural Cambodia where I live in a small village, I am still more in contact with my culture than theirs. Quite simply both sides are happier that way. In fact after I moved here as their first foreigner the xenophobic locals experienced more culture shock than I did. I guess in spite of my efforts at the language I'm just not a SE Asian kind of guy any more than a "god bless America" kind of guy. Enough rant! I could go on and on about the fact little by little this culture is imitating and adopting American values that I have always fled from. But as a famous base baller once said, "Don't look back, they might be catching up."
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I love Calcutta, the Howrah bridge, the planetarium, Sutter street...have spent weeks thereStroppyChops wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:22 pmKolkata is the only city on earth that as I've arrived, I've deeply regretted it and wanted to leave immediately. Turned out to not be a bad intuition - dangerous place.cannabistourist wrote: ↑Mon Jun 25, 2018 8:01 pm I agree with you, but in India sometimes it's kind of culture shock...
I lived in Delhi back in the 70's for a bit, was robbed, no $$, no passport, us embassy said i was not a us citizen. yea shit happens.
got a gh to allow me to stay for free if i got people to stay there, so each day would get guest's at the RR station or airport.
it ran about 50% that had been in India a day and HAD to get out
India is NOT for everyone.
as another stated,i cant say i have experienced culture shock that it hit me, like the heat that hits u when u open a hot oven,
Everywhere is just different
The ONLY place i felt any kind of unease was Varanasi, arrived at 4 am, went out for a walk and after 2 hours headed back to the room, packed my bags and left.
The city oozed evilness to me
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^^^ Ha. I went to Varanasi in 1981 and it occurred to me at the time that to ever totally freak someone out would be to blindfold them, put them on a plane to India, get to the middle of a Varanasi street and then remove that blindfold.
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