Camping etiquette
Due to family issues we have not been able to take a trip in our RV for 2 years. Finally able to get away we headed to our favorite spot, Flagstaff, AZ for 2 weeks. We have been RV'ing for many years ...
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DutchmenSport wrote:
I wonder if pnichols has ever lived (I mean "lived") in the Middle-East ... Israel, Syria, Jordan, Egypt? I have many years ago. And the very first cultural shock to over come is how "touchy" people are. Paws and hands all over you. Everyone rubbing up against you, pushing up on you. You have no "personal space". After a year of that culture, you get use to it, and then you come back to the USA where everyone is so reclusive and "get out of my space" attitude. We have social and legal laws about touching each other. It's gotten ridiculous and it seems these days, everyone is claiming their own right of way with everything and EVERYONE has to yield to them!
Personally, I liked that "touchy-feelie" atmosphere a lot better than our own off-standish attitude in the USA.
I have no desire to go back and live there again, but it was enough of a culture experience to know that our way of doing "some" things is really horrible.
I've not lived in - but only traveled to - Europe, Northern Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Malay Peninsula, Mexico, and Cambodia on business and mission trips. A universal truth I've learned is humans are basically the same everywhere - a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, a helping hand, a meal shared together, necessities provided, etc. always work in developing friendly and sincere bonds between us.
However ... the above always happens best when the humans involved are trying to read each other sincerely.
What has all of the above got to do with nearby campers walking right through your campfire personal space before any bond whatsoever has been established?
