The sense of being a walking wallet grates after a while. Even if I know rationally that it is a privilege to come from somewhere where relatively small denominations of money mean little to me beyond the principle of the matter, but are crucial to locals living on much less.
I have a similar feeling of regret over being somewhat rude to a Greek cab driver and stiffing him on his tip because I thought he'd taken us on a deliberately circuitous route, only to learn later he had valid reasons and had actually gone out of his way to help us. I regret most the gap between the kind of traveler I like to imagine I am, and my actions in a moment of annoyance. All I can do is learn from it for next time.
Ah! I have been to Kashgar. And I have behaved badly too, pushed past my limit with a terrible landlord in Shenzhen. Everyone has those days when you just cannot take the extraction of money anymore and you lose sight of the bigger picture.
The sense of being a walking wallet grates after a while. Even if I know rationally that it is a privilege to come from somewhere where relatively small denominations of money mean little to me beyond the principle of the matter, but are crucial to locals living on much less.
I have a similar feeling of regret over being somewhat rude to a Greek cab driver and stiffing him on his tip because I thought he'd taken us on a deliberately circuitous route, only to learn later he had valid reasons and had actually gone out of his way to help us. I regret most the gap between the kind of traveler I like to imagine I am, and my actions in a moment of annoyance. All I can do is learn from it for next time.
Gotta pay the locals, Chris.
Reading this gave me some sort of anxiety because I was expecting someone to punch someone.
Haha I know I know! We were fucking lame, but we had been hosed so many times before that we decided to die on that hill.
Or for the Jeep and its driver to be long gone by the time they returned.
Ah! I have been to Kashgar. And I have behaved badly too, pushed past my limit with a terrible landlord in Shenzhen. Everyone has those days when you just cannot take the extraction of money anymore and you lose sight of the bigger picture.
Yup. Thanks for reading!
I think at some point we discussed taking a dump on his motorcycle seat. SHAME!
Yeah I changed it to pissing in this version but I think one of had to go and the bike seemed like an appropriate target.