Look around at everything that is happening and get as much information as you can from many sources. Do not allow yourself to be conned into believing someone else's views. Make your own informed decision.
Some of the problems we have in the world are caused by the way some of our citizens behave when overseas.
For instance when I was in the Philippines I was in the restaurant at the hotel the company put me up at one evening and an American that from the sound of his voice in my opinion was from somewhere in the Midwest starting ripping into the poor girl who was his waitress.
The problem was that there had been a small misunderstanding and she brought him the wrong drink and he started to rip into her like she was serving him poison.
I had the same thing happen to me. When I got there I wanted to try a daiquiri which I figured would be awesome in a tropical country where the fruit was not shipped in from all over the place. So I ordered a daiquiri and I ended up with a very large glass of ice filled with Tanqueray.
Did I then start chewing out the waitress? Hell no. I ordered a glass of Mango juice to go along with it and all was fine.
For those of you that travel please remember when you are traveling, particularly when you are on another country, THIS IS NOT YOUR HOUSE! Behave yourself and don’t act like an asshole.
It does happen all the time of course but when it does happen it blown up to the point where everyone anywhere nearby is aware.
As the waitress walked by me in tears I stopped her and gave her a tip while looking directly into the eyes of the asshole that started this. And when the restaurant manager came out I stopped him as well and told him that nothing had happened except for a small mistake and that he should ignore the idiot that caused this.
In my opinion, based on things I have actually seen. This is a small part of why we are disliked in some countries. But even with what happened at that restaurant we are not disliked in the Philippines except for a group of Islamic militants down in the south of the country but they are a very small minority.
