How to integrate into the local experience when traveling How to integrate into the local experience when traveling

Traveling is a very happy thing. It can relax your mind and body. You can learn some things during the journey that you cannot learn in life and experience the lives of others. So the editor of this article Let me tell you how to blend in with the locals when traveling. 1. Shopping at the vegetable market

I usually stay at home, but I go to the vegetable market with my mother on weekend mornings. This is a very happy thing. When I was a child, I felt annoyed because it took up my time for sleeping and playing. Now I feel that I can accompany my mother. We went to the market together to see what was for the weekend dinner and helped her carry it home. We were very happy and satisfied. Unexpectedly, my mother brought this habit with her on the journey.

1. When I was lost, I came across a lively wet market where stalls were being closed - Hong Kong

When I went to Hong Kong for the first time ten years ago, I deliberately got up after five o'clock on the last day. Before dawn, I went to a nearby market to get a feel for the local atmosphere, the egg tarts that had just been put into the oven, the lively vegetable market, and the night market stalls that were starting to be tidied up. But because I was in a hurry, when I saw the market, I just passed by it in a hurry to get a rough idea of ??what it looked like.

This time I went to Hong Kong with my mother. That night we wanted to go downstairs for a walk. There was a small park opposite the hotel. Every day we could see people running and playing there, so we went downstairs and started walking around. I walked towards the small park called "Cherry", and the more I walked, the more I walked.

As we walked back, we passed a market with bright lights and quite an atmosphere. My heart is as big as a woman's. I am no longer nervous or angry in an instant. If I get lost, I don't forget to drag me in for a walk.

There are shops one by one. The aquatic products ones are still working hard, and some other shops are ready to close. During the Chinese New Year, it seems to be quite similar to us, seafood is always popular. Looking at the price and the size and quality of parallel imports, I really can’t help but want to buy some to go back and eat hot pot.

The market in Sheung Wan is also good. Some of the stalls are open during the Chinese New Year, and some are still closed.

The wet market is really a good place to quickly understand a city’s people’s livelihood and public tastes.

2. Supermarkets in Taiwan

Taiwan’s supermarkets are not just beauty-focused supermarkets such as 7-11, Watsons, and Laifu, but there is also a supermarket called

"The best" is what I saw when I went to Taipei this time. Just like our local Yonghui, it specializes in vegetables, fruits, meat, etc., and is very life-oriented. So we saw that there are many types of yogurt, and there are also large jars that only cost a few NT$60, which are of high quality and low price. There are also many types of fruits. We enjoyed the lotus waffles, which cost NT$79 for 5 pieces. There is a lot of meat, and supermarkets are also inviting everyone to eat hot pot during the Chinese New Year.

In Taipei, I passed a wet market called Hope Plaza, but it was closed for the Chinese New Year, so it was empty and very quiet every time I passed by. 2. Chat with locals

1. Siem Reap driver

It is a wise choice to rent a car in Siem Reap, so we rented a car to take us through various historical sites. On the first day, the driver Axiang, who is originally from Guangdong, can speak Chinese and gave us a general introduction to various aspects of Cambodia's current situation. For example, most of the products come from neighboring Thailand. Cambodia is actually very poor. How much is the wedding gift, wedding customs, etc. The next day was Axiang's cousin Punk, a young man who had learned a little bit of Chinese. Every time we talked to him, no matter if there were cars, cows, or ditches ahead, he would turn around and listen to us very seriously with a smile on his face. Talk, scare the hell out of us. After the third day, the person who took us to the airport was the tuk-tuk driver Wei Wei. He was a friend of A Xiang and was learning Chinese. He was a simple and dark-skinned young man. Wei Wei would also share some of his feelings about the destruction of Angkor and exchange his thoughts. idea.

Very cute dimension, the green box contains ice water for us to drink.

2. The one at the next table at Lin Heung House

The first time I went to Lin Heung House was ten years ago. It is an authentic old restaurant in Hong Kong. Business is particularly good when I go there in the morning. Mainly locals Some elderly customers like to come here. They sit there for half a day, drinking tea, chatting and reading newspapers. They even share a table with unfamiliar people and chat a few words. When they are satisfied, they start to choose a few baskets of refreshments of their own choice and start breakfast. But it’s not too late to have lunch at that time. At the table we were sitting at, there was an aunt in her fifties or sixties who was very interesting. She read the newspaper, chatted and drank tea. We thought she had finished eating, but we didn’t see her order a bowl until we finished the tea. The way to eat chicken oil rice is also very special. I put the ginger paste that I used to dip the chicken in and mix it with the rice. I took a big bite and then ate the chicken. It really opened my eyes to a new world.

This time I went to Lianxianglou. The location has not changed, and the decoration of the store has not changed. I went there early on purpose, but I didn’t expect it to be more crowded. I don’t know if it’s the effect of the travel guide, or because it just opened during the Chinese New Year. We barely found two places to sit. I was very surprised to see the aunt who was at the same table ten years ago. She was obviously much older this time, and she was still sitting in that position. She probably didn’t remember me for a long time, but she took the initiative to point out the empty seats to me, which made me feel a little small. It’s sour, time flies.

There were a few old Hong Kong people sitting at my table, and next to me was a rather fashionable uncle, drinking tea leisurely, dazed, and occasionally chatting with the people next to me.

When he saw us sitting down, he was a little reserved at first, but then he became very proactive. When the tea came, he told me to go get it. It was delicious. He took a portion of ribs rolled with yam slices, and even took a photo of me. Then we naturally chatted about local customs. I saw all the older waiters wearing uniform white shirts, in the style of old-fashioned tea. The most distinctive thing is that they all have many good red envelopes stuffed in their pockets. The uncle next to me also stuffed them with a waiter he is familiar with. Red envelope. In the past, they still had this custom. During the Chinese New Year, the shops would be closed from the first to the third day of the Lunar New Year. Most of them would open on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and regular customers would come in one after another to drink tea and snacks. Everyone pays attention to auspiciousness. When one of the tea dishes was served, the uncle specially asked us to get it. It was steamed pig's trotters with nosocai. He said that they are only available today every year. Nostalgia will make you rich. I asked my uncle if he still had a day off today, and he said he was at work. I looked at the clock and saw what time he still went to work. Then the uncle said to himself that he comes here every morning to have morning tea, sit there until almost ten o'clock, and then walk to the company. The company he runs is nearby. Ah, so did the uncle next to him. They became friends over morning tea, and we sat and chatted every morning. In the blink of an eye, decades passed.