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This is my 8th trip to Latin America & again, I'm struck by how much the travel advice online about these places is from an extremely heavy gringo lens.
Meant for someone from Iowa who has never pushed their comfort zone.
Take advice about driving for example.
So paranoid!
Meant for someone from Iowa who has never pushed their comfort zone.
Take advice about driving for example.
So paranoid!
For pretty much every LatAm country, online gringo advice is, avoid driving, they all drive very rash and whatnot.
Maybe it makes sense for Iowans.
But an I-95 corridor person can drive easily in LatAm. It's not chaotic like South Asia.
People stick to rules mostly.
Maybe it makes sense for Iowans.
But an I-95 corridor person can drive easily in LatAm. It's not chaotic like South Asia.
People stick to rules mostly.
If anything, I would tell visitors from Mexico or Ecuador to take extra precautions driving in the NY-NJ-CT-PA-MD stretch.
Same thing about advice re street safety, crime, food, water, etc.
Maybe cos I'm from India, I can see through a lot of it. And pick and choose advice.
In general, gringo media & social media make LatAm seem a lot more "third world" than it is on the ground.
Maybe cos I'm from India, I can see through a lot of it. And pick and choose advice.
In general, gringo media & social media make LatAm seem a lot more "third world" than it is on the ground.
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