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Traveling Abroad... How bad do you really have it???

cjohns

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I went to Honduras about 10 years ago on a church mission trip to help with some projects they had going on down there. It really opened my eyes when I visited. The country was beautiful and the people were extrememly friendly. However, the living conditions were not so good. They lived in small houses made of sticks and packed mud. The houses were roughly 15x15 foot dome shaped houses that slept families of 4-8 people. The toilets were holes dug in the ground with cement slabs over the top of the hole with a cement block as the seat. Plus, these were out in the open with no walls surrounding them. The kids played football in fields that were shared with cows and horses and the kids just ran through the cow patties like they weren't even there. The water was filled with bacteria and disease carrying amobeas. Yet, these people were happy because they appreciated what they had. Makes you think a little doesn't it.
 

Mark

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Originally posted by KillerOnion
As for the driving issue, WHO INVENTED THE AUTOMOBILE? It wasn't a country that drives on the left side. That is the answer to that matter.
It was the French and when it was demonstrated to Napoleon it crashed !! maybe if they had driven on the correct side it wouldn't have happened.
 

Liz

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Originally posted by Mark


It was the French and when it was demonstrated to Napoleon it crashed !! maybe if they had driven on the correct side it wouldn't have happened.
Most of the world only drives on the right because of Napoleon anyway. Traditionally everyone rode on the left because you passed right side to right side - which is sword arm to sword arm. Napoleon was left handed so he decreed while Emperor that everyone had to pass left to left, thereby giving him a large advantage. As he had conquored large amounts of Europe by then, it just sort of stuck.