15 Big No-Nos Around the World
| March 15, 2017
5. Leaving your shoes on – Asia
When you travel around Asia you quickly realize that shoes are not welcome inside houses or temples. The reason is that the soles of your feet are considered the dirtiest part of your body and by extension, your shoes.
In Myanmar, you can’t even wear your socks to enter most of the temples as everything stays outside. Always try to remember where you put your flip flops, as many times airheaded travelers take the first ones they see and start a long chain reaction of people taking other people’s flip flops!
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