Explaining Cultural Idiosyncrasies A friend of mine Jack is here in Guatemala, he reads my Travel Journal regularly. He alluded the other day to my Blog and said something to the effect that I explain idiosyncrasies of people. I was quite amazed at this astute observation, I truly had never thought about a Travel Journal this way, however if I was going to define a mission for a Travel Journal, I would say it this is correct.
The word idiosyncrasy is great concept to grasp, there are so many layers to understanding, and there are ways of explaining that clarify. However, clarity is comes when we know our mission.
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