I don't wish to go to any country where my being an American would be an issue.
It's been my experience in traveling that being an American has been a boon. Sometimes too much so.
I think avoiding a visit to a country because you don't like their politics is a little silly, in most cases.
Perhaps due to danger possibly relating to those politics (like Iran), but not the politics in general. .
It's been my experience in traveling that being an American has been a boon. Sometimes too much so.
That excludes most of the world then.
Must have changed a bit since my travelling times then. My American friend got chased with a scythe just for saying she was in fact American ...and that was in.....Greece.
I travelled widely and found in those days both the US and the English were not liked at all. Being Scottish I did not have any problem.
In India I was treated like royalty for being American. In Mexico, we were treated well because they assumed we had lots of money. Ditto for Belize.
Well, sometimes you cant help how you feel.
I am so disgusted by Saudi Arabias new ''open minded'' tourist laws. They used to allow no tourists there except with transit visas for around a day at a time. Now, tourists can visit, except that women under 30 years old are only allowed in, if they are in the company of a man. That is just too disgusting for my sensibilities, even though I have and will again visit counties in the Middle East.
Almost all the time, I dont let the politics of a country put me off going there though. My boyfriend is much more particular in that area. He wont go to the Middle East or Israel, because their politics irritate him. He also wont go to Africa, because of the number of diseases there.
Honestly, if I was in another country I wouldn't comment on their politics
Israel has more women doctors, scientists and engineers per capita than just about anybody.
Perhaps you should be the one to visit Israel.
The politics can have an affect on your visit to a country, even if you dont talk about it while there. For example, in Romania in 1989, I was almost arrested for talking with the Romanians at all. Or maybe it was the Romanians who were almost arrested... At the time, all Romanians who spoke with foreigners had to go to the police station and fill out a report about what they spoke about. At the time, of this incident happened in Romania, some Romanians distracted the policeman, while I got away. And, there was other weird stuff too, because of politics that happened even when politics was not spoken about.
And, in Iran, I would have risked a public flogging, if I went outside my room without a headscarf, because of politics. And lots and lots of weird stuff there.
In India, god love em, they even loved the English! - not that I have anything against the English but considering the history.In India I was treated like royalty for being American.
In Mexico, we were treated well because they assumed we had lots of money. Ditto for Belize.
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