the 10 ways to look like a local in Asia

It took me quite a long time to find something that made me smile. News websites are not full of good news . Moreover when you don’t share the same sense of humor , it’s like a Hercule’s work  to laugh .

At least I found my article on CNN . It’s about the 10 ways to look like a local in Asia .( http://edition.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/02/03/cnngo.look.like.asia.local/index.html)

It explains what to do or not to do when you travel in Asia countries, what is in is not written in guidebook ;-)

You will learn a way to cross the street in Indian, what not to order in sushi bar in Japan, or what have you to do to look like a local  with your girlfriend in China.

I must confess you that I didn’t really understand the Singapore paragraph : do they kill their grandparents ?   

The strangest paragraph I have read is the South Korea one: is the Korean society categorised with blood type as we do in France with astrologic signs ?

In my opinion, the funniest paragraph is about phoning in train in Japan . As I was reading it, I have thought about our public transports . Sometimes you can learn nearly everything of the private life of your neighbour while she is phoning to her close friend .

So, the only thing we have to do where we are travelling abroad is to open one’s eyes, one’s ears  and forget for a while the rules we’ve learn in our  culture .