[tonyedgecombe]

>Of course a week or three isn’t that long, but there are real diminishing returns here.

I suspect you have to live and work in a place to really understand it. If you are wealthy and visiting a poor country there is virtually zero chance, you will always be too insulated from the reality.

[pessimizer]

If you are wealthy and born and raised in a poor country, you will likely be quite ignorant of most of the lifestyle of most of its people.