Most travelers would be worried about the local customs when they travel aboard. The following are the main travel taboos to help you travel without trouble.

1. Chopsticks

There are many stories about chopsticks. In Japan, whatever any reason, you can’t stick chopsticks into the rice bowl and then leave away, because it’s an omen of unlucky and it makes Japanese associate as gravestones. By the way, using one end which you put into your month to pick up food into your bowl is though as a rude behavior, you should use the other end. In China and other countries, it’s impolite to point to other people with chopsticks. 

2. Visiting Mosques

All the people, whatever Muslim or not, need to take off shoes before walking into mosques. You travelers should obey Moslemic clothing style. Men should wear long pants and shirts, and women should cover all the revealed skin. For this rule, though different country has different restrict. The ladies should take the kerchief. If you don’t have, you can borrow one at the most mosque entrance. 

3. Taking Flowers as a Gift

In Ukraine, if you plan to take flowers as a gift, be sure the flowers are odd number, because flowers in even number are used for funeral. If you plan to send flowers to the hostess, or to celebrate someone’s birthday or some special date, remember don’t take yellow flowers or Easter lily, because these are also used for funeral. 

4. Kiss

In Cheshire of UK, train passengers are not allowed to overstay, intimately talk or kiss at railway platform. If you really have a lot of words to talk or want to kiss, you can move to kiss area. 

5. Salt

Although Egyptians are very hospitable, their cooking is light. When you travel to Egypt, don’t add salt in your bowl, because that would be regarded as an insult for chef. Fortunately, Egyptians always use garlic, onion and other spices, so Egyptian food are delicious.

6. Visiting Churches

If you plan to Italian churches at warm weather, be sure not only take short pants or sleeveless clothing. Be sure to take proper clothing when you visit Italian Catholic church. Whatever men or women, wearing short pants and sleeveless coat is not allowed. There are guardsmen or believers checking visitors clothing at the gate, so make sure taking one long sleeves shirt or pullover. 

7. V Gesture Stands for Success

In British, when you making gestures like V, be sure not make your centre of the palm face to you, because this gesture is regarded as insult or provocation. It is said that the gesture of V is derived from Anglo-French War. France threatened that they would cut off the fingers of British shooters. But the result was that British won in the war, and then they made this gesture to show their fingers were intact without injury. 

8. Insult the King

Thais regard their king Bhumibol Adulyadej as God or a deity and take his portrait as a talisman to keep them lucky. So insulting or injury the King can lead to dire consequences or even be sent to jail about 15 years. 

9. Cheers

Hungarians don’t cheers when they toasted with others, because Austrians once killed 13 Hungarians and then cheers up for this. At the following 150 years, no one Hungarian cheers when they are toasting. Although the tragic passed a long time, this tradition is kept so far. For travelers, to remember this custom is much easier than to remember how to say cheers in Hungarian. 

10. Eat up All the Food on the Plate

In Cambodia, eating up all the food on the plate means the host doesn’t treat you well and don’t give you enough food.