Nice one--don't forget that there is sometimes a Canadian flag sewn on to the urban backpacker's backpack. I can't slight them for that when travelling in foreign countries.

The sometimes overpowering loudness was most evident for me in the 1980s when our Canadian warship stopped in Venezuela. One of the helo pilots and I used to take a cab to the bigger hotels and pay to get a towel so we could hang out at the pool. We visited on a hotel with mostly Canadian snowbirds, where people were quietly chatting amongst themselves by the pool. It was quiet and peaceful. The next day we visited a different hotel where there were mostly American winter tourists. The cacophony was far from relaxing.