o Be a good representative of your country, and allow your hosts to be a good representative of theirs.
o
Be an example in
environmental stewardship.
o
Be humorous.
o
Be open-minded.
o
Broaden your horizon by
learning something every day.
o
Give small denominations to
beggars.
o
Go to places less spoiled
by tar roads and TV than others.
o
Go to places where there is
nothing to see and nothing to do. That’s where I saw and experienced the most.
o
If you can help with
something, help.
o
If you like it somewhere,
stay one more day. If you still like it the next day, stay another day.
o
If you promise something,
keep it.
o
Include places not
mentioned in any guidebook.
o
Learn at least 50 words of
the local language, and use them every day.
o
Listen more than you speak.
o
Print a T-Shirt: “I am not
a
sex tourist”.
o
Print name cards with all
your personal details, and be generous with them.
o
Respect the local religion.
o
Say “Thank you”.
o
Show them what you already
know about their country.
o
Smile, even if they don’t
smile.
o
Stay a very long time at
one place.
o
Take as few things as
possible with you. Take a little bit more money instead.
o
Thank God for the privilege
of travelling.
o
Write a diary.
o
Don’t be arrogant.
o
Don’t close your eyes if
you see bad things.
o
Don’t confuse adventure
with suicide.
o
Don’t encourage things
that you consider bad at home.
o
Don’t go to places with a
double pricing system for foreigners and locals.
o
Don’t go to where
McDonald’s already is.
o
Don’t make plans or
reservations. Read 2-3 historical, political and cultural books in advance.
o
Don’t pay any bribes.
o
Don’t show off your
wealth.
o
Don’t talk about your
salary back home without talking about the prices back home.
o
Don’t trust your fellow
travellers.
Expect nothing – enjoy everything