tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post5661290848325211434..comments2024-03-06T22:31:39.443-05:00Comments on My Big Fat Face: How to be a bad touristLinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13267301928626532300noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-25218332195509420672012-11-21T13:23:12.610-05:002012-11-21T13:23:12.610-05:00Nice one! :D I hate when people do that what the o...Nice one! :D I hate when people do that what the other tourists did.. That is why I also take mostly pictures of food, trees and other fellow tourists :)Ninanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-68059122314930792742012-03-25T14:58:42.506-05:002012-03-25T14:58:42.506-05:00Right on! This is how tourists behave on safari, a...Right on! This is how tourists behave on safari, and it's about totally dehumanizing the subject (it's happened to me... in Japan, mostly.)Josénoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-33197866586245799872011-12-18T22:28:19.244-05:002011-12-18T22:28:19.244-05:00LOL. You are too, too, too awesome.LOL. You are too, too, too awesome.sophiahttp://burpandslurp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-79844361011433648142011-12-06T23:56:11.129-05:002011-12-06T23:56:11.129-05:00way to go! those tourists, esp the girl was rude. ...way to go! those tourists, esp the girl was rude. sure, some Asians are tacitile but with her reaching out to 're-arrange' her pose was just plain rude.<br /><br />i rarely take photos of people when I travel, i use the cam just for the scenery and of course, food. for some reason i feel shy about taking photos of people. perhaps because i'd feel uncomfortable if its the other way Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17028578485871179883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-49781640843912052832011-11-28T00:34:45.652-05:002011-11-28T00:34:45.652-05:00Let's not go all cultural relativist. As any g...Let's not go all cultural relativist. As any guidebook to an SE Asian country will advise: don't touch people on the head. For Buddhists (and maybe the girl wasn't Buddhist, but how are we, or the camera-happy tourists to know) it's a no-no. So right off the bat, rudeness is happening here..<br />On a more general level, Legal Nomads is right. Going up to someone and sticking a Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906568354410679764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-23041712075942932502011-11-27T10:34:45.838-05:002011-11-27T10:34:45.838-05:00Funny stuff. Sometimes, however, the insensitivity...Funny stuff. Sometimes, however, the insensitivity can be taken quite seriously. A Japanese tourist in Guatemala touched a woman holding a child years ago. She didn't walk away, she flew into a rage. A crowd came quickly and the culturally ignorant photographer was killed along with the tour bus driver who tried to stop it all. Yikes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-54292931227648220702011-11-27T05:00:06.822-05:002011-11-27T05:00:06.822-05:00I have to say, while I agree that asshole tourists...I have to say, while I agree that asshole tourists come in every size, shape, race, age and nationality, I lived in China for sometime and as a foreigner going about my daily working life, I often caught Chinese people whipping their camera phones out to take a picture of the Lao wai without asking and much in the same literal 'in yer face' way. I also found that my idea of personal spaceMadelaine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144411015731714843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-40499887049431414082011-11-26T10:05:50.962-05:002011-11-26T10:05:50.962-05:00@anonymous - Lina notes above that she watched the...@anonymous - Lina notes above that she watched the tourists wave off the woman selling necklaces, not intending or making a move to buy any. As she said, that's what set her off in going down to them and taking photos for their own special close up. I'm not sure how you can infer from this photoessay that Lina holds her values above all others; I think it's common courtesy not to Legal Nomadshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03928976764988462657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-32238580268692736742011-11-25T20:28:28.564-05:002011-11-25T20:28:28.564-05:00What a self righteous ignoramus you are Lina. You ...What a self righteous ignoramus you are Lina. You obviously believe you personally have no impact on the cultures you are travelling in. Your response shows me you are obviously American and consider your values above all others. The girl in the photo was selling necklaces to tourists, not some random girl being harassed. I bet she didn't give a damn about being photoed and was only hoping toAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-41397536095827846412011-11-25T16:18:41.075-05:002011-11-25T16:18:41.075-05:00Well done taking photos of those tourists. That...Well done taking photos of those tourists. That's just ridiculous!! <br /><br />Btw, is it relevant if they were Korean or not? I liked everything in this article apart from the presumption of nationality, as it may incite a racial debate. I work on a cruise ship so I see asshole tourists in every size and color.Roy Marveloushttp://roymarvelous.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-27231723679006996072011-11-25T15:41:47.554-05:002011-11-25T15:41:47.554-05:00You acted totally appropriately. These tourists ha...You acted totally appropriately. These tourists had the upper hand in their relationship with this girl, she was hoping they'd give her money before they walked away. They didn't realize how completely inappropriate their behaviour was. Hopefully your actions made them realise it.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14375431332942195656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-31271891934104462102011-11-25T13:24:35.466-05:002011-11-25T13:24:35.466-05:00@liam: maybe it's cuz the tourists from "...@liam: maybe it's cuz the tourists from "that area of the world" learned from the Western tourists way back when they invaded "that" area and behaved similarly to these "exotic" humans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-16207629778185548562011-11-25T06:46:58.932-05:002011-11-25T06:46:58.932-05:00@robyn you call anons statement presumptuous but a...@robyn you call anons statement presumptuous but also say we can't necessarily assume she's down with what's going on. On that basis, you're the presumptuous one for assuming she wasn't down with it and the tourists actions were wrong. Get off your high horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-43168818773800345972011-11-25T05:48:41.712-05:002011-11-25T05:48:41.712-05:00It's like that word you can only say in French...It's like that word you can only say in French - douche? If she tried rearranging someone's hair in Korea she'd get her face 'rearranged'. Nice work!Davehttp://www.davidhagerman.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-815921603395024602011-11-25T04:50:31.372-05:002011-11-25T04:50:31.372-05:00"If the girl didn't want her picture take..."If the girl didn't want her picture taken she could have just walked away." A presumptuous statement coming from someone who has not walked in the girl's shoes. Perhaps from an educated (and I'm just guessing here) Westerner from a background and culture that has equipped him or her to deal with people as if his or her equal. If she doesn't walk away can we assume she&#Robynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906568354410679764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-72774958408032196632011-11-25T03:29:13.530-05:002011-11-25T03:29:13.530-05:00I think you behaved like an ass. If the girl didn&...I think you behaved like an ass. If the girl didn't want her picture taken she could have just walked away. What you did was far worse than than the tourists yet you act like you've done the world a favour. You didn't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-84133799863244062252011-11-25T03:28:18.727-05:002011-11-25T03:28:18.727-05:00Great post. I was totally amused watching a simila...Great post. I was totally amused watching a similar swarm over sunbathing, bikini-clad Australian girls at a city park in Brisbane last year. Especially since the girls were asleep (or at least acted like it) the whole time! I guess wherever the large camera toting tourists were from, they didn't have much experience with barely clothed women laying out on the grass in a park ...Evihttp://evitravels.tumblr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-56477615136553054432011-11-25T03:15:27.554-05:002011-11-25T03:15:27.554-05:00Love it well done. I hope you are going to share m...Love it well done. I hope you are going to share more about your trip - booked for next yearswatralnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-42772816812053015552011-11-25T01:41:06.738-05:002011-11-25T01:41:06.738-05:00good to make people realize on what they do!good to make people realize on what they do!Vikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766881655984261616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-24605380634258100092011-11-25T01:37:37.859-05:002011-11-25T01:37:37.859-05:00I loves you.I loves you.Plumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17085621853946021379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-56011323842528004682011-11-25T01:13:10.870-05:002011-11-25T01:13:10.870-05:00oh no she cried?oh no she cried?Zablonhttp://www.volunteercapitalcentre.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-49140274350083899182011-11-24T21:25:04.908-05:002011-11-24T21:25:04.908-05:00so did you buy any necklaces?so did you buy any necklaces?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-39621139164236246832011-11-24T20:09:20.154-05:002011-11-24T20:09:20.154-05:00Thats awesome...way to save the day!Thats awesome...way to save the day!The World of Deejhttp://www.theworldofdeej.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-41029352845752594392011-11-24T20:02:38.244-05:002011-11-24T20:02:38.244-05:00Awesome!!! Good for you to intervene and give it b...Awesome!!! Good for you to intervene and give it back to them!Visiting Wandererhttp://www.visitingwanderer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4227053884346287503.post-17718956963405209712011-11-24T19:38:42.026-05:002011-11-24T19:38:42.026-05:00Wow. I'm always apprehensive about taking phot...Wow. I'm always apprehensive about taking photos of people like they're a theme park attraction and only with permission and only if it's a natural photo. <br /><br />But jeez, fixing her hair and posing her for their cameras? Amazing.JWhttp://freedoniapost.comnoreply@blogger.com