I don’t know whether it is an advantage or a disadvantage to be a ginger. We represent such a small percentage of the global population, that much of the world sees us as quite unique. There are only a handful of countries where we redheads are born. You might think it would be easy enough [...]
I normally wrap up a country by posting about my experience of being a ginger in said country. So here it is for Cambodia. The main observation about gingerness in Cambodia is that the women, quite frankly could care less. The stories and the detail lie in the men. 1. Your Average Cambodian Man Your [...]
….or perhaps it should be titled “Being a really really pale white person in Vietnam” Vietnam was THE country that I’ve experienced the most attention in. And oddly enough, it wasn’t so much because of the hair (well it was a little bit). It was more because of how pale I am. Therefore, this post [...]
While in Mongolia, I wrote about what it was like to be a Ginger. In Beijing, it is like Mongolia times a hundred. Let us review the three main reactions to being Ginger. 1) Staring Children I can explain this fairly simply: Mongolia has a total population of just over 2 million. Beijing alone has [...]
When preparing for this trip, I knew full well that gingers weren’t exactly common in these parts of the world. This is of course a given. I don’t think I fully realized the full extent of the attention i would draw. Therefore, this post will discuss the different reactions I’ve had to just being me. [...]
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