hmmm, i had a similar experience when i was in cambodia. it was very emotional. tesni and i (and our other friends) heard about a boatride through the "floating" village. we had this romantic idea of what it would be like. cambodia is very poor and had been causing major mixed emotions about what i was doing there, but the floating village was a breaking point. basically it was an extremely poor, dirty, muddy brown water river with houseboats in it. this wasn't a floating market like we had imagined it would be like, like in bangkok. it was peoples' homes. i felt terrible. i think from an anthropological view, it is necessary to get a reality check and see what's going on in the world, first hand, but definitely NAY on taking a "slums tour." i think my time will be spent volunteering if i go to very underdeveloped countries in the future. good topic discussion jamaal.
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hmmm, i had a similar experience when i was in cambodia. it was very emotional. tesni and i (and our other friends) heard about a boatride through the "floating" village. we had this romantic idea of what it would be like. cambodia is very poor and had been causing major mixed emotions about what i was doing there, but the floating village was a breaking point. basically it was an extremely poor, dirty, muddy brown water river with houseboats in it. this wasn't a floating market like we had imagined it would be like, like in bangkok. it was peoples' homes. i felt terrible. i think from an anthropological view, it is necessary to get a reality check and see what's going on in the world, first hand, but definitely NAY on taking a "slums tour." i think my time will be spent volunteering if i go to very underdeveloped countries in the future. good topic discussion jamaal.
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