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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I adore traveling. The biggest kick I ever get is exiting out of a foreign airport and seeing the different people, the unfamiliar smell and landscape. I like to stay a while in lots of different towns and different types of accommodations. That is real freedom to me. As for that Eat, Pray Love woman... She annoyed me for some reason. I thought she came off as little arrogant I think. Can't remember it was long time ago when I read it. Yes I travelled for 12 months in my mid 20's. it was the best & most interesting time of my life. I spent years trying to settle back into normal life after that but I travel somewhere every year. In the 12 months I went to England, Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Israel, Jordan & Egypt. Some places I only visited a city or two and in other places I travelled around for a month. Usually with different friends and occasionally on my own. My plan was very basic and nothing was booked ahead. This meant if we liked a place we stayed for a few nights if not we moved on. Absolute freedom to do and go where you wanted when you wanted. By the end of it I would wake up in the mornings and not even remember where I was... Now which country am I in again? I would like to do South America but that is a place where you need at least 3 to 6 months. It's on my list. :D

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I have never been to Bali... It's just full of Australians and doesn't interest me. I have been to Vietnam and Cambodia. Now Cambodia was completely amazing the people are so desperately poor and still recovering from the Pol Pot regime but they are all so friendly and always smiling and the most beautiful people. I also hear Laos is amazing too. Depends what you are after I suppose. The one place I never thought I would go. Tibet. Now that was hard traveling! I made it to base camp Mount Everest. Now that was amazing. Sorry I am rambling. But I do love my travel. :D

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  with meeka,I thought Elizabeth whats 'er name was a self indugent pratt.But hey, she made a bundle out of it,so she was a clever pratt. I spent only two months travelling by myself ,England,Scotland,Italy,France,Holland,but it was a life changing journey.I learnt more about myself in those two short months than at any other time in my life. I fell in love with Paris and Florence in particular.Amazing cities,amazing people. I haven't spent any time in India but I visit Bali on a regular basis.I adore the Balinese people and have many friends there.A few years ago I rented a house in a village in the Lovina region.Village life is a completely different experience to living in a resort. Ubud is in the mountains and where Elizabeth stayed.A friend of mine met the ''medicine man'' of the book.He is a delightful man and told her she would be married within the year.Three years later she is still single. Travel is a passion for me too,I have lived in the USA,and travelled to Europe a few times.The place I would love to visit is Cuba,that is still on my bucket list.

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  Cheekyarses

  13 years ago

  You never ramble - I love hearing your stories x

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  Courtesy of the U.S. Army. Travelled pretty much all through Europe, morrocco, Italy, EAST Berlin (when the wall was still up). Italy was a regular couple of times a year trip, and was the alps in Germany. Spent six months in the big sand box of the middle east (Dersert Storm), and while I didn't 'discover myself there' my eyes were opened to a lot of things, and I am here to say, you would swear you were on some far off planet from Star Wars. There is a real difference between visiting a place on vacation and living and working there, a whole separate world in the same place. Would regularly travel to Mexico when I worked offshore, did some time in San Juan, puerto Rico. All through the states (born and raised). Singapore, and now in Australia. As far as 'finding yourself', it is an ongoing thing in life I suppose. I would like to go to china, Russia, and south America. Would actually like to spend six months in Antarctica supporting the science geeks, if they can tolerate a psychotic American:) As far as eat,pray, love, yes, I was forced to sit through this chick flick, and it pretty much is a fairy tale compared to the real world. Nothing can wipe out a nice romantic time more than a good case of food poisoning Been there, done that.

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  13 years ago

  Cuba is on the list. I have picture in my head of driving around in a colourful VW beetle, wearing a very colourful flowing dress listening to Cuban music and smoking a cigar. Don't ask me why cause I don't know. But one day I am doing it!! :D

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  Cheekyarses

  13 years ago

  Love it meeka xxx

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  I guess would be what I can relate to the most: Courage Under Fire ( actually WAS my unit during Desert Storm), and Three Kings (George Clooney). Both had good insights as to what really went down and what we had to deal with. So I guess I pretty much lived the movies, but it was real and not a fantasy world. I think a more realistic film for traveling would be 'jewel of the Nile'

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  A little history about Cuba: Before Fidel and his Viva La revolution, Cuba was on its way to becoming a commonwealth of the U.S.A. That being said, the place was flooded with 1950s era American cars and all those Cuban hotels with the big wicker chairs and ceiling fans, built by American entrapaneurs. If Cuba opened up to a more 'decadent' western style, it would BURY all the Caribbean countries in tourism because it has a flavor all it's own like those big fat Cuban cigars. I myself would like to do the same,except be driving a 1952 Chevy, smoking on one of those big fat Cuban stogies, headed to my crappy cuban hotel after a day of diving all the Spanish wrecks around the island. Funfunfun

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  RHP User

  13 years ago

  Sounds awesome! Haven't been diving for years. I'm there!

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