When Travel is Shocking
Have you ever witnessed anything shocking on your travels? Have you ever insulted someone by accidentally breaking a cultural taboo? Here’s my story of finding myself utterly shocked in a South Pacific island …
Torre DeRoche is the author of two travel memoirs, Love with a Chance of Drowning (2013) and The Worrier’s Guide to the End of the World (due out September 2017). She has written for The Atlantic, The Guardian Travel, The Sydney Morning Herald, Emirates, and two Lonely Planet anthologies.
Are You Guilty Of Stereotyping Cultures?
Have you ever traveled to a new country and come back with impressions like: “The Thai people are so friendly,” or, “The Japanese are really conservative”? Observing new cultures is half the fun of traveling, right? Maybe not …
