Travelling

[Sparkster]

Hi All




Just wondering how many of you have travelled to foreign countries and what your thoughts are about those countries.




I''ve travelled to both southern China (1990) and the US (2000) and loved them both.




I was reluctant to go to China at first because I was visiting peasant villages - but am glad I did make the trip. The people were so friendly and welcoming and it made me really appreciate my life in Australia.




As for the US - what can I say? Visited both San Fran and New York. I found S.F. very much like my home town Melbourne (Australia). New York was a real buzz. The New Yorkers found me to be a novelty because they had never seen an Asian person with an Aussie accent (I guess they''re used to Asians with Amercian accents instead). Did all the usual touristy things - catching cable cars in San Fran and going to the Wharf. In NY went to the Met Museum (lurved it!), went up the Empire State Building, went to Wall Street and so on. The only problem was that when I went, our $ only equalled US $0.60 so nearly everything was double the price of what we pay at home.




Would love to go back to those two countries for another visit, but have so many others that I want to visit first.

 

[winyan]

Hi Sparkster...

Traveled in college, as a course in International studies to: England, France, Italy, Greece, Lebanon, Egypt, India, Thailand, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Honolulu and LA.

Also been to:

Various cities in Canada and Mexico.

Traveled throughout the US, including Alaska, above mentioned Hawaii, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, S. Dakota, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pa, NY, NJ, Conn., Mass., RI, NH, Vt, Florida, S. Carolina, N.C., Georgia, West Virginia, Va., Md. and Maine.

Latest trip was to Romania...Found the people there amazingly warm, friendly and fun. They really value their version of democracy.

I've also been to varied islands.

win

 

[Matata]

I've been to Italy and England. We love Italy so much, we usually go twice a year. High up on my wish list of places to visit is Turkey, Africa, Sumatra/Borneo, Greece, and Russia.

 

[cnspotts]

I guess you could say I started my life off traveling and I've been doing it ever since. My visits tend to last longer than most, sometime I end up moving instead of just visiting! I've moved 22 times so far, make that 23...next week into yet another home in another state. Silly me.

There as still many places within the US that I need to see but I've covered NY Down to FL, Then VA west to CAli, then Mexico up to BC,Canada and some of the Gulf Islands up there as well. I've been to the ABC's (aruba, bonair, curaco) & the Bahama's.

Lived in Scotland, Korea, visited the surrounding areas too. Even Been across the 38th parallel. & Okinawa, Japan, interesting diving there.

Hey Winyan, We're you been? I thought you might be out of town or something. I haven't seen you at DCC lately. Has that order come in BTW?

Currently I don't have a huge interest in going to many places outside the US, sad really. I hope things calm down there's so many places I want to see. Key West is on my soon to do list and so is Miamai, then Scotland again.

 

[Rowan]

I lived in Germany for three years from Oct. 1999 to Oct. 2002. Definately a culture shock!

It was really a great place and the people were very nice. I lived in the Bavaria region. While living there I visited Italy (Venice and Verona), Paris, and Prague. Oh, and Amsterdam. Amsterdam was really cool! They were having a "pot" festival while I was there.

 

[cowboy1230]

In my younger days, I got around

China, Hong Kong, Japan, S Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Canada, Costa Rica, Guatemala, England, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria.

I've found every country to have it's own character and flavor. Love the different foods.

Would love to see Australia, New Zeland, Mexico, Somewhere in S America and Eastern Europe

Haven't traveled in the past 6 yrs and really miss it.

 

[chris-uk04]

I’ve done a lot of travelling around the globe. It definitely gives you an eye for different ways of life and cultures. I like the structure of European cities, where they are compact and you can easily get around the city. My preferential favourite is Prague. Right now, I’ve been living in Scotland, which is an underrated destination (though expensive). (Sparkster, Asians with Scottish accents are even more of a novelty.) I got to see the Queen up close two weeks ago, so that was nice. Being here, I have had an opportunity to travel around Europe some more.

In my travels to the Far East, I see how it is quite interestingly different. In Korea, there are Western clothing stores and fast food restaurants, but people still get food from an outside market where skinned rabbits will be hanging upside down. In a restaurant, I had sushi and they pulled the fish right out of the tank and chopped it up for you. That was cool, and after that I lost any inhibitions about eating sushi. Japan and Singapore were quite interesting. Being 6’3” I did feel a bit out of place, but the Asian people were very friendly and fun.

While travelling around the Mediterranean, my stop in Egypt was the biggest eye opener. Much of it is a lot worse than you could ever imagine, and it’s quite sad. The open air markets or “bazaar” in Jerusalem or Turkey were interesting. My most adventurous trip was to Antarctica in 1999. It’s so breathtakingly beautiful.

OH, but there is so much more to see. On the list to travel to, I want to go to Russia, and I would like to go to South America (the only continent I haven’t been to). I would also like to see China, (perhaps Hong Kong, Taipei or Beijing.) The Indian subcontinent could also be interesting. If fighting subsides, I would love to go to Nepal. I would also like to see Sub-Saharan Africa but I have safety reservations about a lot of the countries.

Although I like my travelling, I’m looking forward to getting back to the good ole USA.