Striking landmarks and features. Eventually, though, I notice the people, how they’re going about their lives, etc. Seems backwards, but it looks like I’m not the only one who notices the people last, lol.
Though, if I were in a vastly foreign setting, the people would stand out a lot more to me. Especially if they aren’t wearing blue jeans and a t-shirt or any other “western” kind of clothes. Like when I went to Guatemala as a kid, I vividly remember the people from there—the colors and patterns they wore, their facial expressions, the kinds of foods they ate…
I guess it just depends on what seems familiar to me and what seems foreign. The more foreign, the more I’m apt to remember it.