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Here people give you a smile as first glance, which gives us the impression of a friendly country.As in many other developping countries people like to watch others and look at them openly and with interest. Often because there's nothing else to do...
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also, m'frog, thanks for the explanation, but i'm not sure it can be chalked up to that. i've travelled through many global south/developing countries and been stared at as a strange foreign person, but normally people haven't given me such anger in their stares, as they do here. there's a difference between inquisitiveness and obvious displeasure with one's existence. perhaps it's the inquisitiveness mixed with machismo.
actually, i experienced something like this in vietnam where people were not terribly excited about foreigners. interesting...