Dave’s Reise nach Osten

There are certain things that help much to get an insight in how a culture works. Here are some suggestions for your next trip.

• Go to the hospital. Preferably as a patient.
• Post a parcel. Not with DHL – in the main post office.
• Use a taxi.
• Use an overland bus. Use a train. Use whatever else there is. For example motorbike taxis in Teheran.
• Try to find something specific in town. Things you want to buy. It is getting more interesting if it is a thing of high value, for example a car.
• Ask for a vegetarian meal.
• Ask for the way.
• Spend a day ore more in a small village.
• Try to talk to locals.
• Meet locals.
• Be in need of help.
• Do as the romans do and contemplate why they do it that way. Join their free time activities.
• Work on a local farm for some weeks. (http://www.wwoof.org/)