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Familiar Yet So Different: My Guilty Pleasure When Travelling…
What’s yours?
You’ve just touched down in a foreign country, completely surrounded by unfamiliar faces, smells, sounds, and sights.
The jet lag is hitting you hard. Wide awake at 3 am this morning, you decided to head out early to explore, maybe you’ll be tired enough to actually sleep tonight.
It’s midday now and the sun feels different here, stronger, more powerful.
You wander around aimlessly, taking it all in and getting your bearings. You meander through market stalls and get heckled from all angles.
The blazing heat of the sun mixed with the heat of the stoves, the smoke of the fire, and the cacophony of the bustling market leave you feeling bewildered and nauseous. Maybe some food will help to settle your stomach. But there’s so much choice and you’re overwhelmed. You need space to catch your breath and cool down.
The next street looks more shaded with fewer crowds. You make a beeline for it, you need to get away from the noise and the people.
You turn the corner and that’s when you see it. That sign that you dread because it’s your weakness, and at this moment, it appears to be exactly what you need.