Tony Quarrington

I am not your tourist –

I don’t rock up in your town

Ignorant of what you have to offer;

No thought, no care, no research,

Only an “entertain me” attitude.

I am not your tourist –

I don’t expect you to speak English

To me in your own home,

And I don’t treat you like an imbecile

If you don’t.

I am not your tourist –

I don’t disregard or disrespect

Your customs and codes of behaviour;

I don’t complain about your prices

Or your food or your idiosyncrasies.

I am not your tourist –

I value you for what you are

With all that history and culture;

And willingness to share

What I have been searching for.

I am not your tourist.

I am your guest.

I am your student.

I am your admirer.

I am your friend.

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