I write stuff on the internet for a living, and people are welcome to chime in with their takes, both positive and negative. I’ve been doing this for over half my life, so I’m used to the varying opinions on many topics, and I welcome criticism, especially when it’s constructive.
I’d like to dedicate a post to addressing a subset of OMAAT readers who seemingly always take issue with the way that I travel. I’d label these people as the “holier than thou” travel crowd, who think they are the ones who travel right, and everyone else travels wrong. You probably won’t be surprised to hear that these are also people who generally only leave negative comments and never have anything nice to say, but keep reading. I digress…
In this post:
Hey, you’re more than welcome to rib me for perceiving that I only stay in hotels. But just because my blog is primarily about a certain thing doesn’t mean it’s the extent of everything I do.
For example, if I go to Brunei or Qatar and hang out with locals who I know, does that qualify as being isolated from the local people?
And let me go on to ask you something. How do you go about interacting with locals in a way that’s in no way transactional? So for example, if you visit a city for a first time, what’s your approach to sightseeing, when you remove anything where there could be a financial aspect to it?
Cletus didn’t respond to that, but then commented the following:
A great solo travel tip spotted this week on One Mile at a Time.
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