August 23, 2004

Inconvenient

David has a good old rant about travellers abroad. Don't wanna turn this into a ping-pong match, but he's wide of the mark at the very end:

people should realise they are actually away and try a bit of 'When in Rome...'

That's the problem. I am positively revelling in the culture over here - the chaotic relaxed air of amused decay, the acceptance of one's lot, but at the same time the insane attention to detail (pictures to post when I have bandwidth) and the gorgeous gothic architecture. I love the very smell of the place, something in the atmosphere puts a skip in my step and makes me feel like I could live here at the drop of a hat.

It's the people that are over here to exploit their position in life that piss me off. Whether outsourcing to these guys means I'm included in that exploitation, or whether it's a simple matter of economics where they get as much out of it as we do is left for the reader to discern.

Oh well. I'm going to put some beer tokens into the local economy now.

Posted by savs at August 23, 2004 4:03 PM