Travel - Most Interesting place you have been?
11-23-2001, 10:14 AM
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Buenos Aires for the girls (aaaarghh!!!)
Lived in Oslo for 3 months back when I was heavily involved in snowboarding, loved the idea of taking the tube to go riding - and loved the idea of getting raped too...
Tokyo is still an amazing experience - last time I went surfing in a wave pool in Yokohama!
Studied Russian at school, did an exchange trip to Moscow in '91 - very cool - skateboarded between Ladas and Zils - and met Olga
Reading this thread made me want to go travelling again, damn...
2KTurkey & Takashi ... well I guess to compete with you guys we'd have to take a one-way ticket to Jalalabad now
Lived in Oslo for 3 months back when I was heavily involved in snowboarding, loved the idea of taking the tube to go riding - and loved the idea of getting raped too...
Tokyo is still an amazing experience - last time I went surfing in a wave pool in Yokohama!
Studied Russian at school, did an exchange trip to Moscow in '91 - very cool - skateboarded between Ladas and Zils - and met Olga
Reading this thread made me want to go travelling again, damn...
2KTurkey & Takashi ... well I guess to compete with you guys we'd have to take a one-way ticket to Jalalabad now
11-23-2001, 03:05 PM
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[i]....Dale, how long ago were you in Jeddah? I lived there a good 10 years of my life, huge city that never sleeps, loved it!. [/B]
I was there for a few months. I actually worked in Rabigh, about 45 minutes out of Jeddah. It was definately an interesting place, except during Ramadan (which of course was when I was there)
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11-23-2001, 09:06 PM
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It was definately an interesting place, except during Ramadan (which of course was when I was there)
It was definately an interesting place, except during Ramadan (which of course was when I was there)
11-24-2001, 06:09 PM
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by 2kturkey
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....and this comes from a man who spends time in Outer Mongolia!
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I could go on and on about my many experiences including riding through the Sahara (and running out of fuel half way
) and getting stuck in down town Vientiane (capital of Laos) during the time it fell to communism in May 1975
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....and this comes from a man who spends time in Outer Mongolia!
!I could go on and on about my many experiences including riding through the Sahara (and running out of fuel half way
) and getting stuck in down town Vientiane (capital of Laos) during the time it fell to communism in May 1975
11-25-2001, 03:29 AM
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well, depends on criteria...
My favourite scenic place is Machu Pichu in Peru. I was there a long time ago... not many tourists around. The approach to Cusco on a Peruvian airline Boieng 707, was one of the highlights. Luckily I had some fresh underwear in my luggage.
Returning to Lima after being stranded for a couple of days "due to fog" was full of drama with hundreds of waiting passengers trying to get into the plane. Not that I was keen, but returning by train had a high chance of meeting unpleasant characters from the "sendero luminoso", so it really was not an option.
Nurelya, in Sri Lanka also left indelible memories, coincidently, at the top of the civil war. Amazing how a war ravaged country kept alive century old traditions left by the colonizers (Portuguese, Dutch and Brits).
My favourite scenic place is Machu Pichu in Peru. I was there a long time ago... not many tourists around. The approach to Cusco on a Peruvian airline Boieng 707, was one of the highlights. Luckily I had some fresh underwear in my luggage.
Returning to Lima after being stranded for a couple of days "due to fog" was full of drama with hundreds of waiting passengers trying to get into the plane. Not that I was keen, but returning by train had a high chance of meeting unpleasant characters from the "sendero luminoso", so it really was not an option.
Nurelya, in Sri Lanka also left indelible memories, coincidently, at the top of the civil war. Amazing how a war ravaged country kept alive century old traditions left by the colonizers (Portuguese, Dutch and Brits).
11-25-2001, 12:51 PM
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Peru is quite fascinating. Sendero Luminoso are not much of a factor these days with their founder in jail forever.
Still, you need to be pretty careful where you go. That said, it'd be a picnic compared to some of the places some of you have been - especially the Turkeymeister!!
Still, you need to be pretty careful where you go. That said, it'd be a picnic compared to some of the places some of you have been - especially the Turkeymeister!!
11-26-2001, 12:04 AM
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Originally posted by Bernie
Peru is quite fascinating. Sendero Luminoso are not much of a factor these days with their founder in jail forever.
Still, you need to be pretty careful where you go. That said, it'd be a picnic compared to some of the places some of you have been - especially the Turkeymeister!!
Peru is quite fascinating. Sendero Luminoso are not much of a factor these days with their founder in jail forever.
Still, you need to be pretty careful where you go. That said, it'd be a picnic compared to some of the places some of you have been - especially the Turkeymeister!!
11-26-2001, 12:39 PM
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Turkeymeister
Admit it. You had/still have a death wish!!
You drove a motorcycle from Lima to Cusco in the mid 80s. Bloody hell, I would have insisted on a Leopard tank to make that journey! If you were still carrying an English passport then, Shining Path would have shot you on that basis alone.
On the other hand, if you had a Chinese National passport....
Admit it. You had/still have a death wish!!
You drove a motorcycle from Lima to Cusco in the mid 80s. Bloody hell, I would have insisted on a Leopard tank to make that journey! If you were still carrying an English passport then, Shining Path would have shot you on that basis alone.
On the other hand, if you had a Chinese National passport....
11-26-2001, 12:48 PM
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Originally posted by Bernie
Turkeymeister
Admit it. You had/still have a death wish!!
You drove a motorcycle from Lima to Cusco in the mid 80s. Bloody hell, I would have insisted on a Leopard tank to make that journey! If you were still carrying an English passport then, Shining Path would have shot you on that basis alone.
On the other hand, if you had a Chinese National passport....
Turkeymeister
Admit it. You had/still have a death wish!!
You drove a motorcycle from Lima to Cusco in the mid 80s. Bloody hell, I would have insisted on a Leopard tank to make that journey! If you were still carrying an English passport then, Shining Path would have shot you on that basis alone.
On the other hand, if you had a Chinese National passport....
This was my second attempt at such a journey. On my first go (in 1975) I bought a bike in New York but only got as far south as Guatemala before heading North again.
