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The original was posted on /r/indonesia by /u/sergeeeeee on 2025-08-15 09:30:34+00:00.
Me and my friends have been traveling through Indonesia for about 4 weeks now, and while we absolutely love it here there is one thing that we keep noticing.
When walking on the street many people ask for pictures, mainly with my female friends. I presume this is because we are white. But we also notice people just filming us while in public. The worst is when we are sitting down somewhere to eat or drink and the business owners/workers start filming us secretly, probably to post on their google maps profile.
And also, people really stare a LOT. Like when you look back at them (slightly annoyed) they just keep staring. My female friends have felt very uncomfortable with this.
Why does this happen so much?