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June 9, 2012 11:55 pm PDT
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How the world's travel guides describe America
The Atlantic's Max Fisher does a survey of foreign tour guides to the USA and finds in them a frank view into how America is viewed outside the USA. Travellers are advised that the real price for restaurant food is 20% higher than advertised ("You have to calculate 20%, write it under the subtotal, and [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/hoYyQxMYrrw/how-the-worlds-travel-guides.html
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