Cross-Cultural Conversations

Observations by a Malaysian studying in Australia

Size Matters

I was watching a Globe Trekker program on Australia, where the host was visiting the Blue Mountains in Sydney. She was told by the tour guide that the Blue Mountains region is “about the size of Belgium.” I remember one time when I was watching another travel documentary (because I’m such a sucker for documentaries) that there is a cattle farm in Western Australia “bigger than Belgium.” In fact I once read that Maryland was also, surprisingly, around the size of Belgium. Belgium must be a very perfectly-sized country to be so frequently compared to so many other places.

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