"Some travelers have always needed to set themselves apart from others -- from tourists. And almost as soon as the word tourist appeared at the start of the nineteenth century, it began to carry derogatory overtones, but the democratization of travel has charged the word with greater irritation and scorn. As more and more tourists...

One of the time-honored traditions of expat life in Asia is bashing other foreigners. Familiarity can breed contempt, and it is amazing how you run into the same kinds of people over and over again. Sarah Grooms playfully took aim at these expat stereotypes in The Faster Times : The 11 foreigners you meet in...