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What do you expect when you travel to another country?

If you are in a foreign country, what do you expect, what do you want to see, what would you like to learn and take away from that place?

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    edward long 100+

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    Jul 26 2012: Some countries I would expect to find the freedom to move about in peace while enjoying the natural and cultural creations of the nation. In others I would expect to find dangerous political unrest, or drug related violence, both of which make enjoyment impossible. What I would like to learn and take away from both is the reason for the difference.
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      Juan Jimenez

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      Jul 26 2012: Thank you Edward, do you truly believe there can be no enjoyment in countries with political unrest and/or drug related violence?
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        edward long 100+

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        Jul 26 2012: I would not generalize that there can be no enjoyment amid the presence of random, extreme violence, but I do believe such enjoyment would come at the cost of being not truly relaxed and not free to move about. Such uneasiness is exascerbated for a foreigner who is not accustomed to the possibility of random, lethal violence.

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