{"id":118640,"date":"2020-09-22T08:24:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mp-2702.milesopedia.dev\/news\/travel-with-a-private-guide-and-meet-the-locals\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:30:10","slug":"travel-with-a-private-guide-and-meet-the-locals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp-2702.milesopedia.dev\/en\/guide\/destination\/travel-with-a-private-guide-and-meet-the-locals\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel with a private guide and meet the locals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What better way to get to know a country than to meet the people who live there? To let them guide us and tell us the story of their nation and involve us in their customs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During my travels, I found that my experiences were maximized when I could be invited to the locals and interact with them. To do this, I used my contact network or the site couchsurfing.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in this article, I was interested in the way oftravelling with a private guide and visiting families, coming from the travels<\/strong> of Andre and Florence<\/strong>, Milesopedians of another generation than mine (they are my parents!) who have already set foot in about sixty countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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First experience with a private guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The couple had their first experience as a private guide in Tunisia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They had dealt with an agency in Quebec that had offered them a private trip by providing them with an itinerary that included the guide, hotels, and lunches. Dinners were not included, so the guide suggested that they eat with families of different social classes, which they gladly accepted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One by one, they will experience eating in a Berber home, in a troglodytic house and in the home of a wealthy family. A great opportunity to visit the houses, see the layout and understand the customs related to the meal. For example, Berbers sit on the floor and eat their meals from a common dish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The women and children, sitting in a corner, wait for the men and guests to finish eating and then have their turn at the same dish, with what’s left over.<\/p>\n\n\n