Tag: hospitality
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How to Pay Your Way Around the World: From Cash and QR Codes to Friends and Kind Strangers
Visa, Mastercard, Apple Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay, cash, bank transfers, friends, and occasionally a complete stranger who refuses to let you pay. Travelling around the world has taught me that there are almost as many ways to pay for something as there are ways to travel. You would think that paying for a cup of…
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What Makes a Civilization
When people hear the terms “First World” and “Third World,” they usually think of rich versus poor, developed versus underdeveloped, or even civilized versus uncivilized. But history tells a very different story. The terms were never meant to rank civilizations. They were born during the Cold War. The First World referred to countries aligned with…