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Sunday, June 14, 2015

What foreign governments tell their citizens about the perils of vacationing in the United States

Don’t Make Jokes About Bombs, and No Nude Sunbathing from Foreign Policy Magazine
" When foreign countries offer travel advice and warnings to their citizens en route to the United States, what exactly do they say? Thanks to Google Translate — triangulated with several other free online translation services — I was able to trawl through the websites of a dozen countries’ ministries of foreign affairs, looking for advice to U.S.-bound travelers. ... German tourists are warned not to get sick in the United States — healthcare in the United States costs so much that “often it is cheaper … to fly back to Germany and deal with [your medical problems] here.”"

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