Anon10/01/25, 02:28No.2828773
There are beautiful places in Asia where locals shake my hand when I tell them I'm from the UK, they thank me for visiting.
Places where I absolutely dominate on tinder.
Places where multiple people ask for selfies everyday
I and others gatekeep these places because we earned them after years of travelling. Because we were bold and decided to take risks and try new places that had scant or no information online. We actually made calculated decisions based on years of experience
>Wait. This place has to be good. It has everything I want
or
>Wow. I bet nobody goes there!
But instead of getting nervous because we can't confirm our suspicions online, instead of booking flights back to Thailand again, we have the confidence and enjoy the resourcefulness of making an adventure out if our free time
We gatekeep them because we graduated into them. They are our reward for our trepidation and experience.