‘Do you want to have sex?’

1^st attempt:

‘Do you want to sleep together?’

‘No.’

2^nd attempt:

It’s so cold here. Only you and me here, nobody knows.’

‘No!’

‘Why?’

‘No!’

…D, 40, South Korea, in Trabzon.

1^st attempt:

‘Do you want to have sex?’

‘No.’

2^nd attempt:

’Just 5 minutes no problem.’

‘No!’

…T, 33, Japan, in Kars.

1^st attempt:

’Are you Ok staying alone in the room?’

‘No problem, I just want to have a rest.’

2^nd attempt:

‘Do you want to have some beer? We can drink in your room.’

‘Oh! No thanks. I’m tired. I just need some rest’

3^rd attempt:

‘Hey! I’m married but I can sleep with anybody. No problem.’

‘……’

…B, 50, United States of America, in Doğubeyazıt.

The hotel manager in Trabzon still kept on asking the reason why he was rejected for a ‘sleep together’ in a hotel where the South Korean was the only guest staying there; the bus driver in Kars offered a cheaper bus fare in an attempted exchange of a ‘5-minute sex’ in a bus where the Japanese was the only passenger; the hotel staff in Doğubeyazıt knocked the American’s door 3 times a day to make her changing her mind. These are just 3 of the many examples of ‘sex attempt’ took place in Turkey.

It’s so sad to know that there are so many people who learn about foreigners merely on TV, Internet and even porn movies.

And that makes traveling even more necessary – to see and learn the world by your own eyes.