CULTURAL EXCHANGE

Vijay Verghese started as a reporter for the Times of India. He moved to Bangkok and thence to Hong Kong as editor and publisher of a range of titles, including Business Traveller, Holiday Asia and Asian Business. He launched Dancing Wolf Media in 2002 and runs the online magazines Smart Travel Asia and Asian Conversations. This month, Vijay considers the dual difficulties of language and cultural barriers that travellers encounter (p.240).