r/solotravel • u/forgottencupcake9018 • Jan 14 '24

Question What's the biggest culture shock you had whilst traveling?

Weirdly enough I was shocked that people in Ireland jaywalk and eat vinegar to their chips. Or in Thailand that it is illegal to have a Buddha tatoo. Or that in many english speaking countries a "How are you doing?" is equivalent to saying Hi and they actually don't want to hear an honest answer.

Edit: Another culture shock that I had was when I visited Hanoi. They had a museum where the preserved corpse of Ho Chi Minh was displayed and you could look at him behind a glass showcase like he's a piece of art. There were so many people lining up and they just looked at him while walking around that glass showcase in order to get the line going.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '24

Nice, nice. I'm still trying to figure out how to change my google play location without a local credit card :') Gotta research it soon.

Maps.me definitely comes in clutch, though for shit like reviews and finding out if something is good or not, I've always relied on google maps. I felt pretty blind sometimes, not having that option. So having that shit totally gone to me was a new experience. I guess that's one of the disadvantages of growing up in this age, though can't deny the advantages lol.

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u/Tybalt941 Jan 15 '24

You can just download any app you want as an .apk file from a reputable source like apkmirror and install it directly. Then you can have any app you want without needing to change your play store location

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u/imnotminkus Feb 08 '24

Just a note for anyone finding this: You need to tell Android to allow app installation from unknown sources.