ethanography in different places

I find the readings on ethnography this week really fascinating.  When you think of any research or studies, the typical research methods would be involving only the ones being observed alone (i.e. participants), and excluding the researchers to a point to minimize any bias imposed on the data being collected.  The inclusion of the researcher into the study can be challenging and Luker makes a good distinction between whether it is participation observation or ethnography.  The latter is much more challenging since the researcher puts themselves into a totally new environment (geographically, culturally, etc...).  The good thing from being in an un-familiarized place is that everything seems new which is more easy to write down on paper and remember.  In contrast, placing the researcher in a familiar place may exclude the simplest things because they are considered "normal" and they are unconscious of it.  I feel that the ideal scenario would be to pick a location that is a hybrid (if that makes any sense), however, nothing is perfect in this world.