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(07-29-2018 06:57 PM)MrRoundtree Wrote:  Brazilians are certainly the best tourists

My first months in Uruguay I lived in a hostel and can confirm this. They do sightseeing well, the interact with the locals across language barriers well, and they party well. By party well I mean they will go all night into the wee hours and only drink a liter of beer over the course of the night, while at the same time smoke weed and keeping the level of intoxication at relaxed and functional. (Brazilians were the largest sample size)

The worst were the college aged Irish Englis teachers on a visa run. The boys mate guarded and gossiped all day while the girls drank themselves into comas and shat in their hostel beds.

Also near the bottom during this run was the young man from Sudan who spent a week in Montevideo only to say hours before leaving that the nightlife sucked compared to back home.

Post: #102

It's okay, we Canucks got this.... worst tourist ever.

Post: #103

(10-09-2018 11:20 AM)DarkTriad Wrote:  

(07-28-2018 03:19 AM)Going strong Wrote:  

(03-07-2012 12:39 PM)Aliblahba Wrote:  Ulysses ain't got shit on our Odyssey.

Ulysses ain't got shit on our Odyssey - now, that's a line I might borrow! Tennyson ain't got shit on OP!

Regarding the worst tourists, I'd say it's the groups of obnoxious young men on stag parties, brought in by low-cost airlines. Their obvious despair at seeing so many cute EE chicks, but getting none, turns them into loud and sour drinking machines.

I always wondered what they hope to achieve, traveling in such large groups (for just a couple of days, on top of that). Groups that can -successfully- chase pussy, are groups of 2 or 3, no more.

So true! What's the point of traveling to a country with a better ratio if you plan to travel in a group of guys so large it ruins the ratio wherever you go? Sounds like mentally weak people that can't handle wandering far from the herd.

It's a stag party, I'd think much less of them if they're all taking their wives and girlfriends with them to make sure they don't tarnish the ratio too much.

They're obnoxious for sure but as someone who has lost many a brother to marriage they're also one of the greatest things one can do, basically it's a 75% chance that once a friend gets married you'll only see them a couple of times a year moving forward as they go down the beta rat race rabbit hole so I honestly have no issues with the mates getting around them and saying farewell and if you're from one of the socialist shitholes that most of the stag party groups are from where the fun police are out to stop it, I totally understand going to other countries that aren't like that to do it. Stag parties are also one of the few leave passes that beta married men get so it's also a chance to see all your other married mates.

(10-09-2018 11:29 AM)DarkTriad Wrote:  To my foreign forum brothers, what are a few things I could do to improve my travel behavior so I'm not "The Ugly American"?

Don't be loud - Americans really struggle with volume control and the accent is a particularly piercing one so it's a bad combo.

Don't ask incredibly stupid questions or make incredibly stupid statements - Imagine you're at the Burj Khalifa for example, there is no need for a "wow it's really tall" type of comment.

Listen to the tour guide - This ties in with the don't ask stupid questions but when the tour guide has literally just finished telling you what the emblems on the shield represent if you listened it helps you from then asking what the emblems on the shield represent (have seen this done exclusively by Americans many times).

Don't talk over the tour guide - This kind of ties everything together but another almost exclusively American thing is the idiot (usually female) who read their Lonely Planet book and thinks they are in fact the tour guide...

Loud is certainly the main one. In the defense of American travelers, almost all that travel in 1 or 2 person groups do none of the above. Really the only young travelers that are bad are the frat packs and trust fund babies who are so loud and obnoxious/ignorant, so avoid that and you should be good. Most of the above are the realm of the annoying middle aged parents taking their entire extended families on holidays types.

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Germans,Israelis and Chinese (from China)

Post: #105

Indians and mainland Chinese have both got to be in the finals.

Post: #106

Generally all tourists suck

Post: #107

(08-03-2018 02:06 PM)speedy Wrote:  Italians are worst. They always shout when they talk. I don't know maybe all nation has genetic hearing problems that's why they're yelling each other even in an most boring conversation topics. Before entering a restaraunt, cafe, getting on a train or bus, I always check my surroundings if there is an Italian exist or not. You can distinguish an Italian from 10 meters. Even if she/he is alone and silent, you are not safe. He/she is going to start a loud mobile phone conversation 2 minutes later

Spanish are louder than Italians, they literally shout all the time and never shut up even if they rarely have anything interesting to say. Plus they usually have a herd mentality and only travel in large packs.

Post: #108

Spanish economy has been bad for the last 10-15 years, I don't think Spaniards have much money to travel. You're probably right about being loud, I'd say all southern Europeans are loud, though. I sometimes feel embarrassed when meeting fellow Spaniards and hearing their loud conversations, saying so, I don't this is as bad as other nationalities, ie Chinese can be rude as fuck, although I heard the Chinese government has a way to track their nationals behavour abroad and can cancel passports and travel permits if they get confirmation of someone misbehaving, has anyone else heard so?

Post: #109

I heard about that in China. Supposed to be online in 2020, but not just for citizens who travel, but for everybody. Big brother paranoia aside, it's probably a net positive.

Quote:...A futuristic vision of Big Brother out of control? No, it's already getting underway in China, where the government is developing the Social Credit System (SCS) to rate the trustworthiness of its 1.3 billion citizens. The Chinese government is pitching the system as a desirable way to measure and enhance "trust" nationwide and to build a culture of "sincerity". As the policy states, "It will forge a public opinion environment where keeping trust is glorious. It will strengthen sincerity in government affairs, commercial sincerity, social sincerity and the construction of judicial credibility."...

Post: #110

(10-14-2018 11:05 AM)SlickyBoy Wrote:  I heard about that in China. Supposed to be online in 2020, but not just for citizens who travel, but for everybody. Big brother paranoia aside, it's probably a net positive.

Quote:...A futuristic vision of Big Brother out of control? No, it's already getting underway in China, where the government is developing the Social Credit System (SCS) to rate the trustworthiness of its 1.3 billion citizens. The Chinese government is pitching the system as a desirable way to measure and enhance "trust" nationwide and to build a culture of "sincerity". As the policy states, "It will forge a public opinion environment where keeping trust is glorious. It will strengthen sincerity in government affairs, commercial sincerity, social sincerity and the construction of judicial credibility."...

Well, in their defense, they've got a lot of work to do to catch up with facebook. Their secret police have been pissing themselves in envy for a long time.

Post: #111

I honestly have to say nothing beats the Chinese.

Post: #112

(10-14-2018 11:05 AM)SlickyBoy Wrote:  I heard about that in China. Supposed to be online in 2020, but not just for citizens who travel, but for everybody. Big brother paranoia aside, it's probably a net positive.

Quote:...A futuristic vision of Big Brother out of control? No, it's already getting underway in China, where the government is developing the Social Credit System (SCS) to rate the trustworthiness of its 1.3 billion citizens. The Chinese government is pitching the system as a desirable way to measure and enhance "trust" nationwide and to build a culture of "sincerity". As the policy states, "It will forge a public opinion environment where keeping trust is glorious. It will strengthen sincerity in government affairs, commercial sincerity, social sincerity and the construction of judicial credibility."...

sounds like the episode in black mirror where everything is rated on social media
surreal that its happening in real life.

Post: #113

Some Spaniards taking selfies at Auschwitz, that takes the prize.

Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time?

Maybe they were just happy to not be in Spain anymore?

I mean, Poland is pretty nice, but I've not usually seen such big fans of Auschwitz.

Post: #114

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-enter...33556.html

Post: #115

Chinese. I watched them stand on coral in maya bay to take selfies. Really?