This is my first time in South East Asia and you can’t fail to be dazzled by its wonder.
From our office base in the UK, we really are halfway across the world – a total of around 17 hours travelling time in fact. It feels like a world away too. Seldom have I personally ventured somewhere so culturally different.
Taking a seven-hour flight from London to Dubai, for example, has always been very similar; for a relatively short time in the air, it’s a contrasting cultural experience that awaits. It hits you as you disembark the plane. But this is on another level. It’s the sense of opportunity, experience, and difference.
And yet, we are all the same. There are so many slightly altered traditions, customs and processes, and yet the way two people or two businesses from across the world go about their daily lives/routines is incredibly similar. We’re all checking many of the same boxes; striving for many shared goals.
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