Gourmet Traveller

The art of… enjoying culture shock

Imagine being immune to culture shock. You’d miss out on so much. And I admit I was growing a little concerned about my cultural immune system, last year. After all, I’ve lived in far-flung cities as disparate as Belfast, Singapore, Auckland, Los Angeles, Warsaw and London. I’ve attended weird and wonderful events like the Rio Carnival in Brazil, a Viking fire bacchanal in the Shetland Islands and the mass water fight that is the Buddhist New Year celebrations in Luang Prabang, Laos. What if I was

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