Being a traveler is rather hard. Apart from diving into an entirely new environment regularly, a traveler should weight their judgment about the places of visit and the local people. Representing a nation is a complicated task, and both Osnos and Pugh in their articles “The Grand Tour” and “Vagabonding” do a fairly decent job. However, some prejudices or misconceptions appear in their articles once in a while. The authors of each narration are trying to describe their experiences in the most objective manner possible. However, because of the uniqueness of a person’s vision of the world and its elements, they provide different observations when talking about the same issue and even making the same statements. Although both Pugh and Osnos provide seemingly similar observations on the same issue concerning the economics and politics of the places that they visit, these observations contribute to creating a completely different image of the people living in these states. Osnos creates the image of a chaotic yet powerful state with very likable people. Pugh, on the other hand, brings up practically the same issues, yet constructs a slightly negative image of the Asian (Myanmar, to be more exact) people and their government. It is remarkable that both authors talk about the impressive influence that the government has on the people of the Asian culture. Osnos focuses on the Chinese people, while Pugh provides a general overview of a range of Asian states. Pugh claims that they have several features in common, especially when it comes to people’s political awareness and the overall attitudes towards the government: “Everyone lives in fear of the government” (Pugh 4). Pugh also, mentions the negative commentaries provided by his Chinese friend regarding the representatives of other nationalities: “Just change your dollars into government-controlled ‘Foreign Exchange Certificates’, give us a bribe, and be quiet,” their eyes seemed to say” (Pugh 2). As for Osnos, his entire philosophy of travel across China can be expressed in his following statement: “He who can bear hardship should carry on” (Osnos 2). Much like Pugh, Osnos also makes quite specific statements about the political awareness of the Chinese people. Even when describing Amsterdam, he mentions that it is a popular tourist location for the Chinese because of a political reason: “Trier has been unusually popular with Chinese tourists ever since Communist Party delegations began arriving” (Osnos 4). However, Osnos’s remarks do not create a negative image of the Chinese people. Perhaps, this attributes to Osnos’s positioning them as helpless. Pugh’s descriptions make people look passive. The differences start to become evident as the authors provide their evaluations of the Asian people and their political ideas. For Osnos, the Communist issue in some of the Asian state is merely a peculiar feature. For Pugh, however, Asian people’s political vision is of much more importance. Pugh does not simply mention their unwillingness to change their financial and social status. On the contrary, he focuses on the effects of the political incompetence of the government and the reluctance of the citizens: “Wages in Myanmar are criminally low – less than $.50 a