1. Having enough knowledge of the culture without making misinterpretations.
2. language
3. Being to narrow minded
4. everyone is biased
5. forgetting details before getting a chance to take notes
6. knowing what is normal or weird in the culture
7. nonerbal body language is hard to encode
8. different cultural norms
9. experience is the only way to overcome most obstacles
10. influence on the culture
11. different customs
12. words with multiple meanings
13. Availability of travel/subjects
14. $$$$$$
15. being only an observer rather than participant/observer
16. How can another culture be explained in terms of our own?
17. holding different values/beliefs than foreigners, and not being biased.
18. misinformation and/or lack of information
19. possible spy
20. Total immersion can be difficult especially in a small secluded culture
21. pre-concieved notions about the other culture can hinder an objective outlook
22. Not knowing the history of the culture

Day 15 -- Tuesday 12 March 200

23. not living within the culture
24. finding relevant information
25. not seeing or being within the culture long enough
26. having to see through your own cultural lens
27. having different views
28. everybody sees something differant
29. understanding culural jargon
30. leaving biases behind
31. total immersion helps to understand where they come from
32. keeping it objective