With the recent trips to NWT, I realized the place we are living in is so small. There are actually people around you who don't speak asian languages, who don't drive Japanese/Germany made cars.
Canada is a huge place, 2 hours to Whitehorse and you are in a entirely different world. You won't see dimsum restaurants, heck, you can't even find starbucks. (there is only one in town)
You would think that people living in the great north have never been outside of their birth place. You would be wrong. After chatting with many miners at the mine site, you would find people have been to many parts of Asian, South America, parts of Africa. They have seen more, they have experienced so many different culutrals.
All of which, make me think that I am still that "frog in the well".
Then, there was the trip to Hawaii.
You would think that Hawaii is covered with tourists. You would be right. You would think all Hawaiians are friendly? You would be wrong.
An upsetting encounter we had with a local, over a seat at a restaurant. The tanned local hawaiian was upset 'cause we challenged him over the fact that he took the seat we were about to sit on. He claimed the locals don't have to ask for permissions when taking things.
I think he was upset because he has seen so many tourists around town, crowding the place up. However, that is exactly the opposite of what a NWT miner would view the world. After seeing much around the world, a miner is actually more accepting and more tolerant of what others may present themselves.
If you are just talking about how I should view the world and see others, I would rather be a NWT miner than a Hawaiian local anyday.
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