tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post3053543874297538863..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: In Spite of the GodsStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-48000499964991656132017-03-06T17:00:45.839-06:002017-03-06T17:00:45.839-06:00Oh, I misunderstood -- thought the subject had swi...Oh, I misunderstood -- thought the subject had switched to Japan. Crowding is an issue in the book I'm reading now...the author says that the only time he wasn't brushing elbows with people in public was when he visited the Gobi interior...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-78232779434617157342017-03-06T16:07:20.643-06:002017-03-06T16:07:20.643-06:00The noise, the sheer number of people, oh, and the...The noise, the sheer number of people, oh, and the occasional stepping over of dead bodies in the street which was apparently the worst thing!CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-25497186669837449232017-03-06T15:38:03.771-06:002017-03-06T15:38:03.771-06:00Did they mention why? The movie "Lost in Tran...Did they mention why? The movie "Lost in Translation" used that sense of culture shock to bring two characters (played by Bill Murray and Scarlett Johannson) into an unlikely friendship, but it didn't articulate WHY Japan was "strange", just threw Murray into it.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-57594342028562803602017-03-06T15:26:48.340-06:002017-03-06T15:26:48.340-06:00India is a very strange - indeed bizarre - mix of ...India is a very strange - indeed bizarre - mix of the ancient and modern. Much more than Japan for instance. From what my friends have said who've been their several times it's a major culture shock being there for any length of time.CyberKittenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06394155516712665665noreply@blogger.com