The Gringo Showdown

In foreign lands why is there an unspoken rule that you don´t talk to other gringos when you see them out and about.

Like magnets of the same polarity, repelled and avoided, we pretend to not notice each other, afraid our experience of the unknown will take on the quality of an attraction. I, among others, do take pride in visiting locations where you are the only other, but it is a bit strange to just look away from those who look like you.

I am not advocating a change of sorts, just wanting to acknowledge this and in turn let it out of my head.