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| FrenchLanguage Senior Member Germany Joined 5736 days ago 122 posts - 135 votes  | Message 1 of 10 02 July 2010 at 10:07pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I've long been flirting with the idea of going to SE Asia. Or well that idea only came back, and now I'm old enough to actually travel there ;-).
what really attracts me about certain SE Asian cities is the - great, clean public transport - the fact that you can apparently go out at night even in the mega cities without any real risk of being robbed or anything (not like in major cities in other places where you have to make sure you dont go here, dont go there, dont have too much money on you..) ... I'm sort of a night person, I guess! - many other things come to mind However, I'm wondering how much of a culture shock it is for a westerner. Are the people accepting of foreigners? Do you never really fit in? I'm mostly interested in Hong Kong & Tokyo...singapore, taipei,etc. come to mind, too I'm also concerned about the climate! Hong Kong seems like my #1 destination, but I don't really like hot weather. But maybe everything is air-conditioned, anyway..so that you dont really feel the heat? I assume at night you can usually wear a sweater/jacket? thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| egill Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5696 days ago 418 posts - 791 votes Speaks: Mandarin, English* Studies: German, Spanish, Dutch | Message 2 of 10 02 July 2010 at 10:18pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Just so you know, out of the cities you mentioned, only Singapore is part of SE Asia.
Hong Kong comes close though. For most of the year, the weather is unbearably hot and humid in Hong Kong (and I'm sure a lot of those other cities too). Sometimes I felt like I was swimming through the moisture ladened air. That's not to discourage you from going though. :) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| FrenchLanguage Senior Member Germany Joined 5736 days ago 122 posts - 135 votes | Message 3 of 10 03 July 2010 at 2:17am | IP Logged | |||||
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my bad..lets leave the SE Asia part out and just say Asia lol.
Is there not a ton of air-conditioning around that makes it easy to deal with the heat, though? I had been told that a while ago... 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
 newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6379 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 10 03 July 2010 at 4:28am | IP Logged | |||||
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Yeah, Singapore is consistently hot and humid every day of the year. You are right that in Singapore, at least, there is air conditioning almost everywhere you go - taxis, buses, malls, offices, etc. Edited by newyorkeric on 03 July 2010 at 4:29am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| FrenchLanguage Senior Member Germany Joined 5736 days ago 122 posts - 135 votes | Message 5 of 10 04 July 2010 at 12:15am | IP Logged | |||||
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Actually I was making that assumption about Hong Kong hehe.
Does it really "help" in singapore, though? Or does the heat/humidity still affect most people (who arent used to it)? Or are people hardly bothered by it as they spend 90% of the time in locations where air-conditioning makes this a non-problem? thanks 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6379 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 10 04 July 2010 at 3:51pm | IP Logged | |||||
Air conditioning makes it easier to deal with the climate. If you want to, you could certainly spend most of your day avoiding the heat. I try to do that with gusto, though, and I still sometimes feel worn out. On the other hand there were times that I felt hotter when I was in Europe the past couple weeks because air conditioning is less commonly used there and is set at a higher temperature than it is here. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| FrenchLanguage Senior Member Germany Joined 5736 days ago 122 posts - 135 votes | Message 7 of 10 05 July 2010 at 2:58am | IP Logged | |||||
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with gusto? what does that mean..?
Why would you sometimes feel worn out from the heat if you can/do pull off spending most of your day in places where air-conditioning is turned on (and set at a relatively cool temperature)? Sorry not trying to be annoying lol, just confused a bit! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| newyorkeric Diglot Moderator Singapore Joined 6379 days ago 1598 posts - 2174 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: Mandarin, Malay Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 10 05 July 2010 at 3:16am | IP Logged | |||||
I mean I REALLY try to avoid the heat and I still suffer. Maybe it's a mental thing from the heat being incessant, day in and day out.
True, but you still have to walk to your car or wait for the bus. There is also an exception - the outside food centres that don't have air conditioning. The food is great and cheap but by the end of the meal I'm usually sweating. Edited by newyorkeric on 05 July 2010 at 9:34am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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