Middle East Travel

The Seven Churches III

  1. Mari Nicholson

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1.   Dec 17, 2006 9:15 PM

» Feature Writer Mari Nicholson - seven churches III

In response to seven churches III posted by hughtaylor:


Hey, I've got to put a word in here for the tourist who also likes the "touristy" things like clean bedsheets and comfortable, non lice-filled cushions to sit on. There is room for both on a trip. I too like the "uncorrupted by tourism" places but often I find that the people who inhabit these places just long for the tourists to come along and lift them out of their poverty. I well remember an educated man I met in Turkey who took me to his village to meet his father. The father, when we got there, was telling a very tall tale to a serious taker of notes. After the taker-of-notes had gone on his way (hiking, of course, nothing so comfy as a hired car) the old man just smiled at me and said simply, "I told him what he wanted. He wanted a story, not the truth, so I obliged." His son told me that many people in Turkey do this. It's their way of being polite to the visitors!

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