A lot of the problems that now arise in Morocco , Turkey, Egypt etc are the fault of Easyjet- 'The council estate with wings' making more places affordable to the chavs:innocent:

That's pretty much it. I think we're culturally zoned in to the nuances of the culture we come from and, as a Brit, can see that a beer gut, football shirt and shouts of "Ingerlaaaand" in the bar at 8.00am represents a particular segment of the English experience for example. Whether it's one you want to associate with is up to you but I wonder if other cultures can make the same distinction.

Like most Brits I can make a fair stab at guessing what part (in all senses) of our sceptered isle people come from by the sound of their voice but despite living part of the year in France and speaking the language to a reasonable degree I have no ability to do the same there. Everyone just sounds French. In Germany, unless they've put their towel on my seat in a bar, they all just look like hard working auto assembly staff - I have no idea at all.

A couple of times I've fallen foul of cultural differences. Somewhere in an old album is a picture of my ex wife getting arrested in southern Morocco for riding pillion in a bikini and being forced to cover up. We'd not intended to cause offence but that's so often the case. I wonder what the locals thought of the Brits at that point.

You have summarized my embarrassment right there.

The laughable bit is when they come home and wear that same Bintang singlet and think it makes them look like a world traveler.

I heard recently the JetStar staff refer to the Sunday afternoon flight from Bali to Melbourne as "The Bogan Bus". :rofl:

Yep.. the only problem I had with men in a sexual way on my travels were in Turkey and India.

I got the impression that some Turkish men see the behaviour of the British, German, and Swedish girls (and boys) in the southern resorts, cavorting around in bikinis, getting shit faced and think this is how western women behave.. I was asked why I wore non-revealing clothes, I had my drink spiked with Alcohol, I had my window forced in whilst sleeping, and driven off into the countryside by a mechanic offering a lift to a hotel i'd booked.

I met some tourist women in Iran who were not covered up and wondering why they were getting inappropriate looks/treatment. These women were embarrassing to me...

I don't think it's any particular country-person that embarrasses me, its those who are inconsiderate, stupid or naive of their surroundings..

that said, quite a few of the British ex pats here in NZ are so racist, and gloomy! No wonder they are called whinging poms!

My Missus would agree with you on that score . She often travel s alone and she has been hit on more times then she can remember in Turkey , but they always took no for an answer . she preferred the venezulian version , where they liked her short shorts and called her senorita ( she s in her 50 s ) :thumbup1:As for India im afraid once they have a drink inside them , they can get pretty stupid and start touching where they shoudnt . that said other locals normally batter the shxt out of them !!!!! She still loves all three countries immensly and it wouldnt stop her going .
I only ever get hit on by drunk middle aged Polish women :funmeteryes:

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I spiked it and you were good fun! You did ask! jeez women !

However, It was the naked limbo dancing that was , I have to say now, a bit embarrassing Fern :)

Ah, the Polish direct approach, what fantastic memories. "We drink now", three hours and goodness knows how much Vodka and wine later and they come up with the amazing plan "Now we talk to women". The information that talking to women in my semi-conscious condition was going to be not only close to impossible but ultimately pointless did indeed seem to embarrass the Poles. :blushing:

Andy