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What is the strangest thing you've seen when traveling abroad that gave you a cultural shock?

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Question added by Salam Assi , Customer Service Officer , Etihad Bank
Date Posted: 2017/01/11
Jennifer Akdemir
by Jennifer Akdemir , ESL Teacher , No. 2 High School

Seeing a woman who had had her eye pushed out and the lids crudely sewn together, in rural Turkey.

Van Ho
by Van Ho , Talent Acquisition Manager , A.M.A.R.I.S International Consulting Group

When I was in Muslim countries such as Brunei, some men didn't shake hands with me because of their religious practices (after they pray). 

Muhammed Abdesalam
by Muhammed Abdesalam , Tour Leader , Freelance (no specific company just free lance)

thanks for the invitation.. i never had such an experience... sorry

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