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Originally Posted by I-Hate-Hulse
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I think this is one of the best things about travel. In Hanoi I met a woman working at a restaurant who worked 7 days a week, 12 hours a day for about 50 cents per day. But she did it with a smile, and was fast and efficient - but boy did she work hard doing pretty much everyhting. When you see people like that it puts Calgary and the wealth we have into perspective... you learn to become happier with with you have instead of lusting for the best of the best and trying to keep up with what you "think" is necessary.
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What I've been amazed by in my travels is how genuinely hospitable people are once you get a bit off the beaten track. Being invited to eat meals with families, or even spend the night in their home with only a few hours acquaintance. Can you imagine Calgarians inviting a Turkish traveler they met at Prince's Island into their home for dinner and a bed for the night? A truck driver offering to give a couple backpackers from Slovakia a ride to Vancouver 15 minutes after meeting them? There's almost an inverse relationship between how affluent people are and how open-handed and trusting they are.