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...class. Not that there are many signs of a trickle-down effect just yet. A drink at these establishments would cost nearly a week's salary for the hospital administrator who put me up in her dining room under the watchful gaze of stern family portraits. Kyrgyzstan's burgeoning homestay movement is a boon to both sides, bringing locals income and providing visitors with a cheap, clean bed and friendly faces. At another homestay in a more traditional rural area, where women wear head scarves and men white-felt hats, a whole evening was spent with a grandmother sighing over...
...error occurred while processing this directive]Another lure is the population's utter devotion to hospitality. I experienced this immediately after arriving on my late-night flight, when a female airport employee insisted on seeing me all the way to my homestay...
...Pillars of light seemed to drop directly from the clouds into the lake's steely waters, as shaggy goats and magnificent horses grazed on the sprawling grasslands. After a look around I was whisked inside by my homestay family, who offered bowl after bowl of kumys, the bitter local tipple made from fermented mare's milk. The yurtstay is not a cushy experience: toilets are outdoor squat-style; there are no showers, and you wash from a bucket. With the nearest telephone several hours away, my days were filled with hiking and horseback riding in edelweiss-speckled meadows. Evenings...
...BATH AND TO BED An overnight homestay is a popular way to experience modern Japanese culture. Sleep in a tatami room on a futon. Enjoy a meal with a local family, and take a bath with them. Most Japanese families draw one large bath per evening. Since family members take turns using it, it's imperative to shower and scrub thoroughly before enjoying a relaxing soak. To arrange a homestay, contact the Nagasaki International Association...
...they arrive in the United States. ASPAU has arranged through the Experiment in International Living for a month's "homestay" with an American family--usually about 100 miles from the college they will attend--before actual registration. The homestay is designed to help the student get his bearings on American society and serve as a buffer against the reactions of Americans to a black foreigner...