Nice essay, but also somewhat condescending.
If you were responding to what I wrote,?what I actually stated was that it was the sex tourists referring to us ‘non sex tourists’ as dirty backpackers.
Sex tourism was more like a kind of zoo to us. We could take a look, but didn’t jump inside the cage and try to sleep with the animals.
I understand that money corrupts and that you had a lot of it, but if you think that granted you more respect, you too have a lot to learn.
Live in a cesspit for long enough and it might seem normal. But not to those who live in an altogether cleaner environment.
P.S. Not all backpackers are poor and not all backpackers are actually backpacking. I had a backpack, but spent 45k per month on my accommodation alone…. and this was a while back.