I just created this forum so that new people can get comfortable with the rest of the group. Maybe we are a little insular with our jokes sometimes, so this will be a special place for anyone who doesn't know anyone.
We really are very nice people, and I can prove it! Everyone introduce yourself now...3...2...1...go!
A little about me:
I'm Louise Brown, TravelPod's "Community Manager" and my job is to make you feel at home here. So if you have any questions about anything at all... ever... just ask me. If I don't know the answer, I will find out for you.
I am 26 years old and I grew up in Niagara Falls, Canada. I moved to "our nation's capital" Ottawa to go to journalism school at Carleton University when I was 19 and have lived here ever since. Before working at TravelPod, I used to work for the Ottawa Sun as the "band listing girl" and I also watched news all day for the government at a media monitoring company.
I am very enthusiastic about life, super environmentally and socially aware and open to many different kinds of experiences.
Some of my favourite things: roadtripping it to Montreal, cycling EVERYWHERE, couchsurfing ANYWHERE, camping, going to any kind of music or theatre event, playing piano and Dance Dance Revolution, writing an endless amount of blog entries, bugging all my friends to read them, and of course, all my buddies in the TP forums.
Places I have been: Literally all over Canada, the east coast US, western Europe and the Caribbean.
Places I am going in chronological order: Rhode Island, Kelowna ---> Canmore --> Yellowknife and points in between, Nunavut (2009), Alaska --> California on my motorcycle (2010, still looking for travel buddies)
Philosophy: Right now, I'm living my life from one moment to the next, I can't seem to successfully plan anything, but that doesn't mean I'm going to stop trying! I guess this is a tragedy and also a blessing. I live because I breathe and I try to impact the planet with the smallest footprint possible.
Favourite Music, Movies, Books: Waking Life. Books: too many to list. Music: Ska, reggae, punk, electronic, indie... manymany
Types of People I enjoy: People who don't care what anybody else thinks. People who dress up for fun and people who appreciate the journey more than the destination.
Things I can teach: I can teach you how to play piano, also, how to make fabulous cocktails.
Ways to contact me:
TravelPod: http://www.travelpod.com/members/starlagurl
Skype: starlagurl
MSN: fairyprincess@hotmail.com
Email: louiseb@travelpod.com
Couchsurfing: starlagurl
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=718...=brown%2Clouise
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/louiseottawa
Orkut: http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=556034708644115819
Hi5: http://www.hi5.com/friend/1364719--Louise--Profile-html
Twitter: starlagurl
Full Version: Welcome to the TravelPod forums!
I seem to remember there used to be a forum/thread for exactly this a couple years back... meh.
My name's KJ. I'm 24. I've never lived at the same address more than four years in a row, so suffice it to say I'm an Albertan. Although I currently live in Coldstream BC. Whatever.
Some of my favourite things: Camping, reading, music, sleeping, logic puzzles.
Places I have been: Most of Western Canada, some of Eastern Canada, a couple states, the Caribbean, Japan.
Places I am going: Seattle later this year, Yukon eventually, Spain, England, back to Japan ('cause I lost my photos).
Philosophy: Another day, another adventure.
Favourite Music: I grew up hearing Aerosmith, Alan Jackson, and Antonio Vivaldi.
Movies: Van Helsing, Maverick.
Books: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dilbert.
Types of people I enjoy: Those who can let it go. Those who can keep their cool. Those who don't need their lives qualified by others.
Things I can teach: How to chill, how to solve logic puzzles, the first verse to "Yakko's World", and when my memory is functioning properly, advanced mathematics
Favourite quote: Therefore do not worry for tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. ~Matthew 6:34 NKJV
Ways to contact me: PM on the forums, comment on my blog, e-mail kjthewanderer@gmail.com
My name's KJ. I'm 24. I've never lived at the same address more than four years in a row, so suffice it to say I'm an Albertan. Although I currently live in Coldstream BC. Whatever.
Some of my favourite things: Camping, reading, music, sleeping, logic puzzles.
Places I have been: Most of Western Canada, some of Eastern Canada, a couple states, the Caribbean, Japan.
Places I am going: Seattle later this year, Yukon eventually, Spain, England, back to Japan ('cause I lost my photos).
Philosophy: Another day, another adventure.
Favourite Music: I grew up hearing Aerosmith, Alan Jackson, and Antonio Vivaldi.
Movies: Van Helsing, Maverick.
Books: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dilbert.
Types of people I enjoy: Those who can let it go. Those who can keep their cool. Those who don't need their lives qualified by others.
Things I can teach: How to chill, how to solve logic puzzles, the first verse to "Yakko's World", and when my memory is functioning properly, advanced mathematics
Favourite quote: Therefore do not worry for tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. ~Matthew 6:34 NKJV
Ways to contact me: PM on the forums, comment on my blog, e-mail kjthewanderer@gmail.com
starla (and anyone, for that matter),
this is wierd, because i've never blogged, posted questions on a forum, or visited a travelblog website ever before. but here i am, and turns out that here you are, living in the exact same city i am emailing from, ottawa.
not only that, but you seem like a likely candidate to help me with my question. i'm taking a year's sabbatical from work in september and would like to spend it travelling and finding random work to pay for my expenses while travelling.
i am thinking of picking fruit in BC and want to drive to get there. i am wondering if there is a website or organization that is looking for drivers to drive other people's cars across Canada. anyone out there know what i am talking about?
lestat
this is wierd, because i've never blogged, posted questions on a forum, or visited a travelblog website ever before. but here i am, and turns out that here you are, living in the exact same city i am emailing from, ottawa.
not only that, but you seem like a likely candidate to help me with my question. i'm taking a year's sabbatical from work in september and would like to spend it travelling and finding random work to pay for my expenses while travelling.
i am thinking of picking fruit in BC and want to drive to get there. i am wondering if there is a website or organization that is looking for drivers to drive other people's cars across Canada. anyone out there know what i am talking about?
lestat
My name is Shaarn and i am a year 12 student.
I am currently studing Society and Culture and for my major project i have chosen the topic of overseas travel and its impact on the individual.
If anyone would like to complete a survey on any type of traveling they have done or even on their opinions on travelling around different places please contact me and i will send it to you.
My email is: shaarn_91@hotmail.com
Thank you.
I am currently studing Society and Culture and for my major project i have chosen the topic of overseas travel and its impact on the individual.
If anyone would like to complete a survey on any type of traveling they have done or even on their opinions on travelling around different places please contact me and i will send it to you.
My email is: shaarn_91@hotmail.com
Thank you.
QUOTE(shaarn10 @ May 26 2008, 12:54 AM) 
My name is Shaarn and i am a year 12 student.
Oooooooh, where are you from/where is your name from? People always think my name is spelt like Shaarn cause it sounds like that... I'm intrigued!
And I will help with your survey by the way, of course
QUOTE(kjonline @ May 23 2008, 11:29 PM)
I seem to remember there used to be a forum/thread for exactly this a couple years back... meh.
Yeah you're right, there was, but I wanted this to be really easy for people to find when they first come and visit us.
Welcome to the forums davz, shaarn and lestat!
I always get excited to find out that there are people on here from Ottawa. If you want to hang out, share a pint, or whatever, message me and we'll meet up! Fridays at 4 p.m. is the official TravelPod happy hour, so let me know if you want in on that some week.
There are lots of great sites to find rideshares in Canada. I have had the most success getting rides from here to Montreal on pickuppal.com, I would try that one first. I used to know the carshare site that you are referring too, but it's slipping my mind at the moment... anybody else?
Off the top of my head, I have a friend named Axel who is trying to find a ride out to Kelowna, BC this summer to go camping with me and a bunch of other couchsurfers (I'm flying, so he's gonna be going alone so far), maybe you guys could hook up and go together. I'm sure he'd be down with that.
Maybe post your question in the Travel Tips or Canada forum and you'll get some more tips and answers.
A little about me:
I am too old to mention, I grew up in London, England and I have lived in the Middle East and now Japan.
I am a mother to one little boy, Alex, who was born in Japan in December 2006, and his Daddy is in the US Navy and has been for almost 14 years! We met in Bahrain in November 2005.
I have a lot of issues, and am very defensive and moody when I wanna be, but I am working on them...
I love to read, watchg movies, and of course blog to all my lovely friends on TP, about everything and nothing. I also used to be a bit of a shopaholic, but can't afford to be anymore, so had to STOP!
I love ice cream and I don't drink alcohol too much anymore, and I gave up smoking when I found out I was pregnant.
Places I have been: England of course, Wales, Scotland, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Gibraltar, United States, France, Monaco, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Korea, Japan, Guam....
Philosophy: Everything happens for a reason!
Favourite Music, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and favourite movie is Black Hawk Down! I love the Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella!
I hate talking about religion or politics! I love the beach, strawberries, diamonds (ha ha), sunshine, steak, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob, horses and going to the beach!
Places I would like to visit : India, Australia, New Zealand, Italy
I am too old to mention, I grew up in London, England and I have lived in the Middle East and now Japan.
I am a mother to one little boy, Alex, who was born in Japan in December 2006, and his Daddy is in the US Navy and has been for almost 14 years! We met in Bahrain in November 2005.
I have a lot of issues, and am very defensive and moody when I wanna be, but I am working on them...
I love to read, watchg movies, and of course blog to all my lovely friends on TP, about everything and nothing. I also used to be a bit of a shopaholic, but can't afford to be anymore, so had to STOP!
I love ice cream and I don't drink alcohol too much anymore, and I gave up smoking when I found out I was pregnant.
Places I have been: England of course, Wales, Scotland, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, Gibraltar, United States, France, Monaco, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Korea, Japan, Guam....
Philosophy: Everything happens for a reason!
Favourite Music, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and favourite movie is Black Hawk Down! I love the Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella!
I hate talking about religion or politics! I love the beach, strawberries, diamonds (ha ha), sunshine, steak, mashed potatoes and corn on the cob, horses and going to the beach!
Places I would like to visit : India, Australia, New Zealand, Italy
Sidebar: ive noticed people have forgotten to introduce themselves and withheld their names not to finger point Louise , Jo and kjonline 
I'm Gerre am 25, i'm African American - Native American - Australian and was born in Los Angeles,California. im considered by alot to be an old soul , i consider myself to be a bit of a conversationalist. random fact about me i love the ocean but dont like swimming in it strange i know. it's impossible to sum me up as im multi-layered so i'll keep it at that
Some of my favourite things: Writing , Music , Film, Photography, Art, Travel
Places I have been: In United States i've travelled extensively thoughout - California , Nevada , Arizona , New Mexico & Florida. ive also been to Mexico and in Australia pretty much the eastern side Queensland, NSW and Victoria.
Places I am going: New Zealand , America , Canada & Alaska in no particular order but basically when i get going who knows where i may or may not go. I Hope to travel Europe someday too (well select countries)
Favourite Music: Joss Stone, Eddie Hinton,Janis Joplin, Duffy, Paolo Nutini, Gabriella Cilmi, Jamie Lidell, Solomon Burke, The Alternate Routes, Radiohead, Butch Walker, My Morning Jacket, Eveything But The Girl just to name a few.....
Movies: Blood Diamond,The Shawshank Redemption, The Opposite of Sex, The United States of Leland, Rent, Cold Mountain, Jackie Brown, Song of the South , Into The Wild, Across The Universe, Black Snake Moan, The Holiday, Hoodwinked
Books: Four Corners - Kira Salak , Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel , The Romantics - Pankaj Mishra
Types of people I enjoy: People of all walks of life as long as there arent jugdemental types , racist , sexist , homohpobes basically people with beautiful souls
Favourite quotes: "While poetry is dandy there are handier collectables"
"The only people you need in your life are the ones who prove that they need you in theirs"
"If you enter this world knowing that you are loved and leave this world knowing the same then everything that happens in between can be dealt with"
I'm Gerre am 25, i'm African American - Native American - Australian and was born in Los Angeles,California. im considered by alot to be an old soul , i consider myself to be a bit of a conversationalist. random fact about me i love the ocean but dont like swimming in it strange i know. it's impossible to sum me up as im multi-layered so i'll keep it at that
Some of my favourite things: Writing , Music , Film, Photography, Art, Travel
Places I have been: In United States i've travelled extensively thoughout - California , Nevada , Arizona , New Mexico & Florida. ive also been to Mexico and in Australia pretty much the eastern side Queensland, NSW and Victoria.
Places I am going: New Zealand , America , Canada & Alaska in no particular order but basically when i get going who knows where i may or may not go. I Hope to travel Europe someday too (well select countries)
Favourite Music: Joss Stone, Eddie Hinton,Janis Joplin, Duffy, Paolo Nutini, Gabriella Cilmi, Jamie Lidell, Solomon Burke, The Alternate Routes, Radiohead, Butch Walker, My Morning Jacket, Eveything But The Girl just to name a few.....
Movies: Blood Diamond,The Shawshank Redemption, The Opposite of Sex, The United States of Leland, Rent, Cold Mountain, Jackie Brown, Song of the South , Into The Wild, Across The Universe, Black Snake Moan, The Holiday, Hoodwinked
Books: Four Corners - Kira Salak , Prozac Nation - Elizabeth Wurtzel , The Romantics - Pankaj Mishra
Types of people I enjoy: People of all walks of life as long as there arent jugdemental types , racist , sexist , homohpobes basically people with beautiful souls
Favourite quotes: "While poetry is dandy there are handier collectables"
"The only people you need in your life are the ones who prove that they need you in theirs"
"If you enter this world knowing that you are loved and leave this world knowing the same then everything that happens in between can be dealt with"
QUOTE(introducinlyric @ May 27 2008, 09:41 AM)
Sidebar: ive noticed people have forgotten to introduce themselves and withheld their names not to finger point Louise , Jo and kjonline
Okay, okay!
Moi, Sian, 21, born in the South of England but grew up in the North and I'm defo a northerner through and through and proud! Just finished my undergrad degree in Sports Science at Bath and absolutely loved it all, should be going to Loughborough Uni next year to do a Masters in Sport Ex Nutrition. Little random fact about me: I used to play football in the women's premier league.... before I retired, hehe! Anyways...
Some of my favourite things: Football! Rugby, cricket, surfing, skiing, snowboarding, [/b]frisbee, climbing, walking, gym... pretty much any sport under the sun. Other than that, reading, writing letters to my friends, sleeping under the stars, political musings, and walking often aimlessly around places reflecting and admiring.
Places I have been: raaaaaah... West Coast + East Coast US, couple of Canadian territories, all Aussies states apart from Tassie and WA, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Ghana, Mexico, and most countries in Western/Northern Europe.
Places I am going: Croatia, Bosnia and hopefully Slovenia next week
And then my heart is rather set on returning to Australia someday... <3Philosophy: You'll only regret what you don't do, not what you did.
Favourite Music: Brand New, Pennywise, The Cure, Metallica, Anti-Flag, Offspring... punky/emo things
Movies: American History X, Blood Diamond, Battle Royale
Books: Schindlers List, Four Corners by Kira Salak
Types of people I enjoy: Someone that doesn't take themselves too seriously, but can engage in intelligent debate... and people that make you feel alive...
Things I can teach: Sport, fitness, physiology, nutrition... I don't exactly have a broad skill base, haha!
Favourite quote: My favourite at present... "Talent... education... genius... these are all nothing without perseverance"
And also: "If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up too much room"
Ways to contact me: email/MSN: no1jericholic@hotmail.com, am on Facebook aswell (naturally!)
QUOTE(introducinlyric @ May 27 2008, 04:41 AM)
Sidebar: ive noticed people have forgotten to introduce themselves and withheld their names not to finger point Louise , Jo and kjonline
Ha, yeah, you're right, I forgot, I will edit.
Oooh! Gerre, are you coming to Toronto, Montreal or Ottawa!? We're making some cocktails!
Sian, finally I know your name! Haha, Slovenia, what a cool trip, hope you have a blast! Am I subscribed to your blog? I better be.
QUOTE(starlagurl @ May 27 2008, 04:52 PM)
Sian, finally I know your name!
lol - I thought I kinda gave it away in my username!
It means Jane in Welsh by the way... more useless info
Yeah, sometimes I'm a little slow.
Technically I haven't withheld anything. My name's KJ and I'm online. KJonline. Eh?
Fine. I'll edit.
Fine. I'll edit.
Stuff about me:
I’m Paula, currently 39 – the big 4-0 is coming up in October!
Born and bred in Hatfield, Hertfordshire – sneaking across the border into Bedfordshire in my late twenties. Floated around Bedfordshire for several years, before finally settling in a village on the outskirts of Bedford about 18 months ago.
I work in IT and am currently part of a team that is rolling out Oracle Financials across Europe. My husband, John, also works on the same team and we sit next to each other in the office. I have a very strong work to live not live to work ethic and I find inner peace knowing that my boss is funding our next trip away
Some of my favourite things
Travel, live music, photography, walking, wildlife, cinema, theatre, people watching, playing guitar, flute and saxophone.
Places I have been
Pretty much all over England, parts of Scotland and a couple of places in Wales – Peru, Kenya, China, Maldives, Cyprus, Tunisia, Madeira, Mainland Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Croatia, Mainland Spain, Menorca, Majorca, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Corfu, Las Vegas & Grand Canyon,
Places I am going
Driving to France - June (weekend), London - July (weekend), Swanage, Dorset - August (weekend), Norfolk - September (weekend), Tanzania and Zanzibar - October for my 40th, Malta - February 2009 and of course many day trips in the UK throughout the summer.
Places in the planning
The main trip in the planning at the moment is our round the world trip in 2010. We seeked and got permission earlier this year to have 3 months off !!! I’m so excited and I just can’t wait – The route has changed several times so far and probably will again before I book it, but currently it’s this:
Fly to San Francisco, drive down to Los Angeles (including the Big Sur), Easter Island for a few days, New Zealand north and south island bumping around in a campervan for a month, 3 weeks in Australia, then up through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Hong Kong have all been in and out of the equation many times, as has travelling down through Mexico and Central America – plenty of time yet to muse over it!!!
Trips being mused over for the future
Driving from Paris to Beijing, Driving round the perimeter of Iceland, Driving across America – coast to coast, Driving across Canada coast to coast. Going to India for a month including seeing Tigers, probably Canada again to see Polar Bears and Rwanda to see Gorillas.
Philosophy
Learn to laugh at life and learn to laugh at yourself – you’ll not go far wrong once you achieve that.
You win some, you lose some - accept that, start appreciating the small things in life and you’ll realise just how lucky you are.
Favourite Music
Bon Jovi is probably my favourite, but I like all sorts, Rock, Blues, Folk, anything – particularly live.
Books and Movies
Far too many to mention.
Types of people I enjoy
People who are sincere and honest. Interesting people who have done things with their lives and people who are prepared to just be themselves and have learnt to laugh at life.
Things I can Teach
Cooking, flower arranging, how to play guitar, flute, saxophone
Favourite Quotes
I love quotes, here are some I like:
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in an eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
Some things that warm my heart
Thai food, ice cream, laughing, hearing people laugh, chocolate, freshly ground coffee, chocolate croissants, seeing someone really excited and enthusiastic about something, having a log fire, listening to the rain and watching a storm.
Ways to contact me
Send me an email or PM
I’m Paula, currently 39 – the big 4-0 is coming up in October!
Born and bred in Hatfield, Hertfordshire – sneaking across the border into Bedfordshire in my late twenties. Floated around Bedfordshire for several years, before finally settling in a village on the outskirts of Bedford about 18 months ago.
I work in IT and am currently part of a team that is rolling out Oracle Financials across Europe. My husband, John, also works on the same team and we sit next to each other in the office. I have a very strong work to live not live to work ethic and I find inner peace knowing that my boss is funding our next trip away
Some of my favourite things
Travel, live music, photography, walking, wildlife, cinema, theatre, people watching, playing guitar, flute and saxophone.
Places I have been
Pretty much all over England, parts of Scotland and a couple of places in Wales – Peru, Kenya, China, Maldives, Cyprus, Tunisia, Madeira, Mainland Portugal, Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Croatia, Mainland Spain, Menorca, Majorca, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Corfu, Las Vegas & Grand Canyon,
Places I am going
Driving to France - June (weekend), London - July (weekend), Swanage, Dorset - August (weekend), Norfolk - September (weekend), Tanzania and Zanzibar - October for my 40th, Malta - February 2009 and of course many day trips in the UK throughout the summer.
Places in the planning
The main trip in the planning at the moment is our round the world trip in 2010. We seeked and got permission earlier this year to have 3 months off !!! I’m so excited and I just can’t wait – The route has changed several times so far and probably will again before I book it, but currently it’s this:
Fly to San Francisco, drive down to Los Angeles (including the Big Sur), Easter Island for a few days, New Zealand north and south island bumping around in a campervan for a month, 3 weeks in Australia, then up through Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Hong Kong have all been in and out of the equation many times, as has travelling down through Mexico and Central America – plenty of time yet to muse over it!!!
Trips being mused over for the future
Driving from Paris to Beijing, Driving round the perimeter of Iceland, Driving across America – coast to coast, Driving across Canada coast to coast. Going to India for a month including seeing Tigers, probably Canada again to see Polar Bears and Rwanda to see Gorillas.
Philosophy
Learn to laugh at life and learn to laugh at yourself – you’ll not go far wrong once you achieve that.
You win some, you lose some - accept that, start appreciating the small things in life and you’ll realise just how lucky you are.
Favourite Music
Bon Jovi is probably my favourite, but I like all sorts, Rock, Blues, Folk, anything – particularly live.
Books and Movies
Far too many to mention.
Types of people I enjoy
People who are sincere and honest. Interesting people who have done things with their lives and people who are prepared to just be themselves and have learnt to laugh at life.
Things I can Teach
Cooking, flower arranging, how to play guitar, flute, saxophone
Favourite Quotes
I love quotes, here are some I like:
Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in an eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.
Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.
I am not the same, having seen the moon shine on the other side of the world.
Some things that warm my heart
Thai food, ice cream, laughing, hearing people laugh, chocolate, freshly ground coffee, chocolate croissants, seeing someone really excited and enthusiastic about something, having a log fire, listening to the rain and watching a storm.
Ways to contact me
Send me an email or PM
You're in San Fran for 2010?! Me too!!! Let's meet up!
That'd be cool!!!
We're still planning at the mo though and haven't ruled out flying into Mexico and doing the central American thing instead.
Whatever we decide on we'll be leaving early December and if plans stay as they are and you are there at that time too, it'd be awesome!!!
We're still planning at the mo though and haven't ruled out flying into Mexico and doing the central American thing instead.
Whatever we decide on we'll be leaving early December and if plans stay as they are and you are there at that time too, it'd be awesome!!!
Sweeeeeet we have to keep in touch.
For sure!!
Also, I just remembered that I have to meet up with Kit when I'm down there too!
You should go to Lake Tahoe in Cali! Especially if you're there in Dec, its beautiful, and the skiing is amazing (if you're into that)
Nooooooooo it definitely will be in the summer, I'm doing it by motorbike!
Oh, so our paths won't cross Louise, me starting out in December!!!
Thanks for the tip Sian, I'll have a look at that - I love skiing - John'd have to learn before then though!!
Thanks for the tip Sian, I'll have a look at that - I love skiing - John'd have to learn before then though!!
Oh you're starting in California then? Sucky...me and Kit will have some Napa Valley wine for you then haha.
QUOTE(travelmonster @ May 28 2008, 07:54 PM)
Oh, so our paths won't cross Louise, me starting out in December!!!
Thanks for the tip Sian, I'll have a look at that - I love skiing - John'd have to learn before then though!!
Yeah - I went to a place called Heavenly, it was on the Cali, Nevada border, and you could ski two different states on each side of the mountain...
You could put John in the beginner classes with all the kiddies
QUOTE(starlagurl @ May 28 2008, 11:42 AM)
Also, I just remembered that I have to meet up with Kit when I'm down there too!
Oh most definitely! Yes to the wine too!
Sweet, go get your motocyclette now, Kit and you can come with!
Oh, my husband would love that... lol 
Although, I might look cute in a leather biker chick outfit though. Baha hah ha ha ah aha! (JK)
Although, I might look cute in a leather biker chick outfit though. Baha hah ha ha ah aha! (JK)
QUOTE(kjonline @ May 27 2008, 07:58 PM)
Technically I haven't withheld anything. My name's KJ and I'm online. KJonline. Eh?
Fine. I'll edit.
i take it your alter ego is kjoffline
and yes i will visit you louise and there will be lots of cocktail making hehehehe i actually want to meet you, Jo & Keith. the 4 of us in a room together would be interesting
QUOTE(kitkatgo @ May 28 2008, 05:12 PM)
Although, I might look cute in a leather biker chick outfit though. Baha hah ha ha ah aha! (JK)
Haha Kit, I don't have the leather outfit, but I am growing my hair so I can do the sexy "take the helmet off and hair flick" thing that you see in every Aerosmith video.
QUOTE(introducinlyric @ May 29 2008, 06:11 AM)
and yes i will visit you louise and there will be lots of cocktail making hehehehe i actually want to meet you, Jo & Keith. the 4 of us in a room together would be interesting
Well, if you come this summer you me and Keith could be in the same tent together...that would be three out of four...
QUOTE(lilash @ May 29 2008, 07:33 AM)
Got 1 girl - Mariam and Today is her Birthday.
Ohhhhhh, happy birthday Mariam! How old is she?
Ok I will fill this thing out since I am new and all. My name is David, 26 years old, and heres the rest.
Some of my favourite things: Music, statues, stairs, documentaries on Palestine/Israel conflict, eastern philosophy, coffee, different cultures, hot and humid climate, the science channel and adult humoured cartoons.
Places I have been: Once road tripped from California to South Carolina, so a good amount of the US. Vancouver BC, Oahu HI, NYC, Austin TX every year for sxsw. UK - London, Bristol, Cardiff, and just about every inch of Scotland. Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona.
Places I am going: Qatar, UAE, Oman, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, South Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China, India, Israel, Burkina faso, Morocco, Senegal, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Australia.
Philosophy: The is a quote I believe in the I CHING that says something like "You cannot drink water from the stream by grabbing at it with a fist, you must use yielding hands to hold the water" Something to that affect anyhow, always liked it.
Favourite Music, Movies, Books:
Music: Cooper temple clause, damien rice, emiliana torrini, blur, hot chip, why?, chikinki, king crimson, debu, skunk anansie, helio sequence, ltj bukem, dungen, super furry animals, and many more.
Movies: 28 days later, kill bill, death proof, sunshine, constant gardener, children of men.
Books: Slaughterhouse no. 5, trainspotting, metamorphosis, satanic versus, golden compass, The Zen Teaching of Huang Po.
Types of People I enjoy: I'm not sure, I suppose I enjoy people who are interesting and interested. People who enjoy the simple things and can sit down, drink some coffee and have a conversation.
Things I can teach: Not really sure, but if you need me to recall an event or story, I can do... I remember everything.
Some of my favourite things: Music, statues, stairs, documentaries on Palestine/Israel conflict, eastern philosophy, coffee, different cultures, hot and humid climate, the science channel and adult humoured cartoons.
Places I have been: Once road tripped from California to South Carolina, so a good amount of the US. Vancouver BC, Oahu HI, NYC, Austin TX every year for sxsw. UK - London, Bristol, Cardiff, and just about every inch of Scotland. Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona.
Places I am going: Qatar, UAE, Oman, Mauritius, Reunion, Madagascar, South Africa, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, China, India, Israel, Burkina faso, Morocco, Senegal, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Australia.
Philosophy: The is a quote I believe in the I CHING that says something like "You cannot drink water from the stream by grabbing at it with a fist, you must use yielding hands to hold the water" Something to that affect anyhow, always liked it.
Favourite Music, Movies, Books:
Music: Cooper temple clause, damien rice, emiliana torrini, blur, hot chip, why?, chikinki, king crimson, debu, skunk anansie, helio sequence, ltj bukem, dungen, super furry animals, and many more.
Movies: 28 days later, kill bill, death proof, sunshine, constant gardener, children of men.
Books: Slaughterhouse no. 5, trainspotting, metamorphosis, satanic versus, golden compass, The Zen Teaching of Huang Po.
Types of People I enjoy: I'm not sure, I suppose I enjoy people who are interesting and interested. People who enjoy the simple things and can sit down, drink some coffee and have a conversation.
Things I can teach: Not really sure, but if you need me to recall an event or story, I can do... I remember everything.
Welcome to the forums b2009!! Look forward to reading about your upcoming trip.
Welcome to the forums b2009
Make sure you read all the travel starter kits for all the places you are planning on visiting!
Hello Travelpod:
My name is Wolfgang Hamacher on legal papers only: a bad (URGENT!) translation of Wolfgang to french, and in real life I was oraly re-named and refered to as JeanLoup, FOREVER. Pronounced YanLú in spanish and since I am the family Don, my name turned out to be donYanLu or donYan for short.
¿Why was it so urgent to translate my name to french? Well...I was born in Paris, january 1943, by a french belgian as my mother, and a german military engineer as my father. I am his first (and only) male son so he proudly named me like him: Wolfgang! (he was Franz Friederich Wolfgang, I am Wolfgang Theodor) Then June 6, 1944 happened. That day my mother asked for the Nibelungen meaning of "Wolfgang": it's "Wolfs Path" = "Chemin de loups". The closest (and more comon) name was "JeanLoup", since both are pronounced very much the same in french.
When the Russians & comunists became the new USA enemy, all hunt for germans and collaborateurs stoped in France, the Marshall plan went under way and we could stop hiding in the woods (such beautiful forests, by the way) of Chevreuse in la porte de Versailles, and crossed the Pirineos mountains to Spain. I was five years old when I crossed the first border without papers... and first time in school to learn spanish. We lived in a refugee camp in Pamplona, and after a year my father got a job: we had a home again!
Four years later we moved to Madrid & lived there for another four years. After two years of being in Madrid, father decided to cross the Atlantic Ocean looking for better economical oportunities. He started in Canada, where he bought a blue 1954 VW Karmman Cabrio (a convertible Beetle, Käffer, Cucaracha, Coccinelle...1.1 lt engine!) and drove to the South. On reaching Mexico, he found prewar friens (VW company, Bosch company, etc) and started a new life...and a new family.
In January 1956 my mother brought us (my Pamplona born sister and I) to Mexico, and divorce was worst than the ending of WW II!!!
So after two years of mexican divorce (we were proof of bigamy, my sister & I) I decided to do my own life, went wet-back to the USA. I was 14 years old when I crossed another border without papers...and learned english, in Haskell Texas Junior Hi. My older half sister had married a NewYorker academic specialized in spanish & english literature. To this date they are the only stable & durable marriage of this family, since many many generations.
When I finished HiSchool, I came back to Mexico. The "american way of life" deffinitly is NOT my thing...started working as a hunter in jungle plantations and cattle ranches over the mexican SouthEast, and from then until 1991. That's the longer I lived in any given place of this planet (such a beautifull planet): 4 years at the most. In 1991 I took a Skydive training in Tequesquitengo lagoon, south of Cuernavaca near the Cortés hacienda, now converted into hotel Hacienda Vistahermosa. Dungeons and all!
Something happened, because the calendar started to gallop like crayze horses on a stampede. I would wake up on Monday in Cuernavaca (my location in 1991) and drive to Tepoztlán where my Cerdenian/italian friend Paolo had a Pizza retaurant. And arriving there, maybe half an hour drive tops, his calendar said Friday!
Then I met this colombian woman from Cali, and had a three day party heavy on boos and food. I had to pick my two sons at their mothers home and be a father again for a while crocodile. The strangest thing ocurred then; arriving their mothers home, it was time to prepare Christmas dinner! But I went to Paolos restaurant in April...calendars are not to be trusted, I decided. Never said a word to anyone since I was feeling healthy and active (that Cali girl really made me healthy!!!)
We decided that the elder son had to leave mothers skirts, and start a life. He wanted to go to Chakagua lagoon, on the Emerald coast of Oaxaca state. He told me that a lot of fishermen had new outboard boats and needed a mechanic. And since I am a back country mechanic, with a complete shop on wheels (then a VW Thing/Safary, turned into a Kubelwagen réplica) we headed for Chakagua (three hour drive to Acapulco, plus a six/seven hour drive to Chakagua)
The economics of the place were not buoyant, beer being the only currency. My son started his Scuba diving carreer (now a deep sea diver, living in Sharm el Sheik Egipt) and I moved to PuertoEscondido, an hour drive south of Chakagua mangrooves.
I lived there my first record; six years! First time IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!! But the calendar was printed with errors: for me three months had passed, and the calendar said THREE YEARS HAD PASSED!! Before I had time to complain with calendar makers, Paulina came, and PuertoEscondido was devastated...no food, no work, no travelers, empty hotels, no comunications, no light, no tap water...a hurricane is nothing: it's afterwards that things go sour. I had just moved on with a wonderfull argentinian woman and rented a cabin on Zicatela beach. We held on from September (when Paulina arrived) until May.
From there, we moved to Cuernavaca, where I reside now, after 10 years (another record!). Calendars slowed down again now, no more of those errors. Every day I travel the roads giving assistance to automobiles, or visiting those litle villages where my sons were born at home, with the local midwife and yours truly helping the birth labor. The very best happy trimes of my life, I must confess.
¿Why did the calendars go crayze? Now that's a longer story than this simple and short (JÁ!!!) introduction...so I'll sum it up: I got struck by lightning, it afected the Hipotalamus (those two seahorses at the center of the brain) All our senses send their info to the Hipotalamus, where info gets potentiated (whatever that means) and is then sent to different sectors of the memory in the brain.
So I was not recording my actions!!! I did not loose stored info: only the inmediate memory was not working. I had never made so many notes to keep track OF EVERYTHING!!! Or I would simply freeze without a clue of what was going on. But when you don't remeber, you don't worry nor panic. My life changed for the better, I feel more relaxed and enjoy my family every day, here and on the Net. My two sons are married and abroad: the other just went ro Beijing...in charge of the Restaurant wagons on Bullet trains!!! His grandfather das General, was in charge of all french railroads before loosing the war...trains run in the family: must be a destiny!
So now I'll have to do my first travel blog, I guess. Hope I did not bore you all
donYan
My name is Wolfgang Hamacher on legal papers only: a bad (URGENT!) translation of Wolfgang to french, and in real life I was oraly re-named and refered to as JeanLoup, FOREVER. Pronounced YanLú in spanish and since I am the family Don, my name turned out to be donYanLu or donYan for short.
¿Why was it so urgent to translate my name to french? Well...I was born in Paris, january 1943, by a french belgian as my mother, and a german military engineer as my father. I am his first (and only) male son so he proudly named me like him: Wolfgang! (he was Franz Friederich Wolfgang, I am Wolfgang Theodor) Then June 6, 1944 happened. That day my mother asked for the Nibelungen meaning of "Wolfgang": it's "Wolfs Path" = "Chemin de loups". The closest (and more comon) name was "JeanLoup", since both are pronounced very much the same in french.
When the Russians & comunists became the new USA enemy, all hunt for germans and collaborateurs stoped in France, the Marshall plan went under way and we could stop hiding in the woods (such beautiful forests, by the way) of Chevreuse in la porte de Versailles, and crossed the Pirineos mountains to Spain. I was five years old when I crossed the first border without papers... and first time in school to learn spanish. We lived in a refugee camp in Pamplona, and after a year my father got a job: we had a home again!
Four years later we moved to Madrid & lived there for another four years. After two years of being in Madrid, father decided to cross the Atlantic Ocean looking for better economical oportunities. He started in Canada, where he bought a blue 1954 VW Karmman Cabrio (a convertible Beetle, Käffer, Cucaracha, Coccinelle...1.1 lt engine!) and drove to the South. On reaching Mexico, he found prewar friens (VW company, Bosch company, etc) and started a new life...and a new family.
In January 1956 my mother brought us (my Pamplona born sister and I) to Mexico, and divorce was worst than the ending of WW II!!!
So after two years of mexican divorce (we were proof of bigamy, my sister & I) I decided to do my own life, went wet-back to the USA. I was 14 years old when I crossed another border without papers...and learned english, in Haskell Texas Junior Hi. My older half sister had married a NewYorker academic specialized in spanish & english literature. To this date they are the only stable & durable marriage of this family, since many many generations.
When I finished HiSchool, I came back to Mexico. The "american way of life" deffinitly is NOT my thing...started working as a hunter in jungle plantations and cattle ranches over the mexican SouthEast, and from then until 1991. That's the longer I lived in any given place of this planet (such a beautifull planet): 4 years at the most. In 1991 I took a Skydive training in Tequesquitengo lagoon, south of Cuernavaca near the Cortés hacienda, now converted into hotel Hacienda Vistahermosa. Dungeons and all!
Something happened, because the calendar started to gallop like crayze horses on a stampede. I would wake up on Monday in Cuernavaca (my location in 1991) and drive to Tepoztlán where my Cerdenian/italian friend Paolo had a Pizza retaurant. And arriving there, maybe half an hour drive tops, his calendar said Friday!
Then I met this colombian woman from Cali, and had a three day party heavy on boos and food. I had to pick my two sons at their mothers home and be a father again for a while crocodile. The strangest thing ocurred then; arriving their mothers home, it was time to prepare Christmas dinner! But I went to Paolos restaurant in April...calendars are not to be trusted, I decided. Never said a word to anyone since I was feeling healthy and active (that Cali girl really made me healthy!!!)
We decided that the elder son had to leave mothers skirts, and start a life. He wanted to go to Chakagua lagoon, on the Emerald coast of Oaxaca state. He told me that a lot of fishermen had new outboard boats and needed a mechanic. And since I am a back country mechanic, with a complete shop on wheels (then a VW Thing/Safary, turned into a Kubelwagen réplica) we headed for Chakagua (three hour drive to Acapulco, plus a six/seven hour drive to Chakagua)
The economics of the place were not buoyant, beer being the only currency. My son started his Scuba diving carreer (now a deep sea diver, living in Sharm el Sheik Egipt) and I moved to PuertoEscondido, an hour drive south of Chakagua mangrooves.
I lived there my first record; six years! First time IN MY WHOLE LIFE!!! But the calendar was printed with errors: for me three months had passed, and the calendar said THREE YEARS HAD PASSED!! Before I had time to complain with calendar makers, Paulina came, and PuertoEscondido was devastated...no food, no work, no travelers, empty hotels, no comunications, no light, no tap water...a hurricane is nothing: it's afterwards that things go sour. I had just moved on with a wonderfull argentinian woman and rented a cabin on Zicatela beach. We held on from September (when Paulina arrived) until May.
From there, we moved to Cuernavaca, where I reside now, after 10 years (another record!). Calendars slowed down again now, no more of those errors. Every day I travel the roads giving assistance to automobiles, or visiting those litle villages where my sons were born at home, with the local midwife and yours truly helping the birth labor. The very best happy trimes of my life, I must confess.
¿Why did the calendars go crayze? Now that's a longer story than this simple and short (JÁ!!!) introduction...so I'll sum it up: I got struck by lightning, it afected the Hipotalamus (those two seahorses at the center of the brain) All our senses send their info to the Hipotalamus, where info gets potentiated (whatever that means) and is then sent to different sectors of the memory in the brain.
So I was not recording my actions!!! I did not loose stored info: only the inmediate memory was not working. I had never made so many notes to keep track OF EVERYTHING!!! Or I would simply freeze without a clue of what was going on. But when you don't remeber, you don't worry nor panic. My life changed for the better, I feel more relaxed and enjoy my family every day, here and on the Net. My two sons are married and abroad: the other just went ro Beijing...in charge of the Restaurant wagons on Bullet trains!!! His grandfather das General, was in charge of all french railroads before loosing the war...trains run in the family: must be a destiny!
So now I'll have to do my first travel blog, I guess. Hope I did not bore you all
donYan
My name is Nas Latif and I live in Cambridge England with my wife. We have 3 grown up children, one who lives in New Zealand. I have recently retired and now I will continue my travels. In the 1970's my wife and I used to take people overland by coach to India from England, but there was no money in it so I went into law and now after 30 years I can go back to travelling.
I have seen quite a lot of the world and with age my philosopy on life has changed considerably. I am much more easygoing and forgiving than I used to be. We are what we are from our backgrounds backgrounds, but can change if we want to. Luck plays a part in our lives but we also control our destinies.
I have very wide tastes in music, art and sport. I recently got my motocycle licence and so that has opened up other interests. I also sail and have a gliding licence
In August I hope to start a travel from USA, Mexico Central and South America, the Australia, Se Asia, India and back to the UK in about March 09 or thereabouts, but nothing is too rigid at the moment.
I came upon this site quite by mistake and I am seeking advice from anyone on interesting things to do in the countries I shall be visiting.
I have seen quite a lot of the world and with age my philosopy on life has changed considerably. I am much more easygoing and forgiving than I used to be. We are what we are from our backgrounds backgrounds, but can change if we want to. Luck plays a part in our lives but we also control our destinies.
I have very wide tastes in music, art and sport. I recently got my motocycle licence and so that has opened up other interests. I also sail and have a gliding licence
In August I hope to start a travel from USA, Mexico Central and South America, the Australia, Se Asia, India and back to the UK in about March 09 or thereabouts, but nothing is too rigid at the moment.
I came upon this site quite by mistake and I am seeking advice from anyone on interesting things to do in the countries I shall be visiting.
Wow, that is quite the story, donyan. Glad you finally made it here to TravelPod!
Welcome to the forums nas.latif! I recently got my motorcycle licence too, where are you planning on going with yours?
Welcome to the forums nas.latif! I recently got my motorcycle licence too, where are you planning on going with yours?
QUOTE(nas.latif @ Jun 2 2008, 05:42 AM)
...In August I hope to start a travel from USA, Mexico Central and South America...
...I came upon this site quite by mistake and I am seeking advice from anyone on interesting things to do in the countries I shall be visiting...
Welcome to Mexico, nas.latif. Acording to me, some interesting things to do here:...I came upon this site quite by mistake and I am seeking advice from anyone on interesting things to do in the countries I shall be visiting...
first my location: it's Cuernavaca, 1 hr drive south of Mexico city taking the Acapulco road, close to the Volcanos pass were Cortés conquered the Great Tenochtitlan (Mexico city Aztec name), even closer to Tepoztlán and at an hour distance of two Skydive jump zones. All this is in the state of Morelos. Some images to wet your apetite: (I have visitor room & camping space)
Tepoztlán is a flying area for paragliders, mail to: franz_mx@hotmail.com the local contact for excelent equipment & safe training. I am a rookie skydiver only, NOT a paraglider YET...
The two Skydive zones on my area:
Skydive Mexico
Cuautla Skydive
I am in direct contact with my friends in Puerto Escondido, on the Oaxaca state Emerald coast. The mexican pipeline is the fastest in the world (surf legend says) and is close to mangroove lagoons like Chacagua, mainly of afromexican culture (the third root of Mexico's etnicity) an incredible sanctuary for all tipes birds, from tiny Humming birds to big pelikans, egrets, cormorans...etc. but acomodations would be more like camping, and hotels are basic. Lots of mosquitoes at dawn!!! The scenery is superb, the people extremely friendly (fishermen culture: the greatest fishing stories...some might even be true!).
In Puerto Escondido, lots of travelers and inmigrants from all over the world stay for the winter or retire and become locals. Hotels on the beach, or campings: no luxury but friendly atmosphere and great night life.
Click the next pics for links:
JoséLuis Mendiola Arcoiris link:
My excelent friend Rebeca having breakfast with a guest, at the restaurant "la Galera", Arcoiris hotel
Cecile Crowe Arcoiris link:
the mexpipe...Arcoiris is on that beach, left of surfer
my blog the Maule:
my good friend Ángela, selling hammocks at Arcoiris entrance from Zicatela beach.
Click Angela's image, and you are transfered to my blog the Maule: go way down that page until you reach Robert Crowe was a surfer (he created the hotel with JoséLuis, his compadre!) You can read all my blog if you preffer, but it's mostly aviator stuff.
NOTE- the Cuautla Skydive team lives in the Arcoiris now: Skydive in Puerto! Rebeca (photo of breakfast above), when coming back from Mexico city goes to Cuautla, takes the skydive team twin Otter, jumps over Puerto and lands on Zicatela beach. Then after picking the chute canopy, se crosses the street and enters the Arcoiris hotel! ¿How many women do you know geting home that way???
If you are thirsty for more indications, just
me any time, here or through Email: I love to be ! donYan
hey people im paul im frm new zealand, im currently staying in my apartment in bangkok. i have just been to northern vietnam and southern china..
i was born in uk lived there for 9 years when i immigrated to new zealand and the later went on my 1st OE to uk europe and then went to live in australia for 2 years and then again to the uk for another 2....i had a long wait till my next adventure which was 3.5 months in darwin australia workin and that instilled the travel bug again so last year took off for 4 months in europe and asia and this is where i fell in love with asia and this year am away again for 4 months for a bit of business...
would love to visit remote regions which i have done in sapa in 2 yrs running and next year look to go to live there for 3 months....
have travelled mainly in asia and europe withj visits to usa hawaii all of aussie and new zealand uk.....now can only travel for 4 months at a time due to business i onw but wil come here each year from now on as i love it...hope everyones travels are going well love to hear frm some of u soono ...check out my page http://www.travelpod.com/members/pauls_pad2002
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i was born in uk lived there for 9 years when i immigrated to new zealand and the later went on my 1st OE to uk europe and then went to live in australia for 2 years and then again to the uk for another 2....i had a long wait till my next adventure which was 3.5 months in darwin australia workin and that instilled the travel bug again so last year took off for 4 months in europe and asia and this is where i fell in love with asia and this year am away again for 4 months for a bit of business...
would love to visit remote regions which i have done in sapa in 2 yrs running and next year look to go to live there for 3 months....
have travelled mainly in asia and europe withj visits to usa hawaii all of aussie and new zealand uk.....now can only travel for 4 months at a time due to business i onw but wil come here each year from now on as i love it...hope everyones travels are going well love to hear frm some of u soono ...check out my page http://www.travelpod.com/members/pauls_pad2002
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That is quite a lot of traveling, Paul, good job!
Donyan, you know a lot about Mexico, would you like to become a Local Expert for the country?
Donyan, you know a lot about Mexico, would you like to become a Local Expert for the country?
QUOTE(starlagurl @ Jun 3 2008, 08:37 AM)
That is quite a lot of traveling, Paul, good job!
Donyan, you know a lot about Mexico, would you like to become a Local Expert for the country?
You flatter me Donyan, you know a lot about Mexico, would you like to become a Local Expert for the country?
Starlagurl...and I can't even get started with my first TraveLog!!! 
START ENDBut if you can bear with me, OK
QUOTE(pauls_pad2002 @ Jun 3 2008, 06:10 AM)
hey people im paul im frm new zealand, im currently staying in my apartment in bangkok. i have just been to northern vietnam and southern china..
i was born in uk lived there for 9 years when i immigrated to new zealand and the later went on my 1st OE to uk europe and then went to live in australia for 2 years and then again to the uk for another 2....i had a long wait till my next adventure which was 3.5 months in darwin australia workin and that instilled the travel bug again so last year took off for 4 months in europe and asia and this is where i fell in love with asia and this year am away again for 4 months for a bit of business...
would love to visit remote regions which i have done in sapa in 2 yrs running and next year look to go to live there for 3 months....
have travelled mainly in asia and europe withj visits to usa hawaii all of aussie and new zealand uk.....now can only travel for 4 months at a time due to business i onw but wil come here each year from now on as i love it...hope everyones travels are going well love to hear frm some of u soono ...check out my page http://www.travelpod.com/members/pauls_pad2002
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Many thanks for the email. Its good to read your background and the informtion on your travels. Ispenf a month in NZ a couple of years and and thought that the people there were the friendliest that I had come across for a long time. That visit convinced me to take my motorbike test and I look forward to getting back there again and seeing the places I missed the first time, this time on two wheels!
Nas Latif
QUOTE(pauls_pad2002 @ Jun 3 2008, 06:10 AM)
hey people im paul im frm new zealand, im currently staying in my apartment in bangkok. i have just been to northern vietnam and southern china..
i was born in uk lived there for 9 years when i immigrated to new zealand and the later went on my 1st OE to uk europe and then went to live in australia for 2 years and then again to the uk for another 2....i had a long wait till my next adventure which was 3.5 months in darwin australia workin and that instilled the travel bug again so last year took off for 4 months in europe and asia and this is where i fell in love with asia and this year am away again for 4 months for a bit of business...
would love to visit remote regions which i have done in sapa in 2 yrs running and next year look to go to live there for 3 months....
have travelled mainly in asia and europe withj visits to usa hawaii all of aussie and new zealand uk.....now can only travel for 4 months at a time due to business i onw but wil come here each year from now on as i love it...hope everyones travels are going well love to hear frm some of u soono ...check out my page http://www.travelpod.com/members/pauls_pad2002
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I meant to add a bit on SE Asia. I have not been there before and was intending to fly from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, rather than to Singapore. Will Ii miss much?
Then to Bankokand spend some time in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos before flying on to Delhi.
Anby suggestions you can make on things to see would be appreciated. I have some guide books of the region but its better to also get comments from people. Many thanks.
Nas Latif
QUOTE(starlagurl @ Jun 2 2008, 09:35 AM)
Wow, that is quite the story, donyan. Glad you finally made it here to TravelPod!
Welcome to the forums nas.latif! I recently got my motorcycle licence too, where are you planning on going with yours?
I am still grappling with computer technology. Thanks for your welcome.
As for the bike when I was in NZ I decided that the next time I was there I would do it by bike. Then I saw the Motorcycle Diaries and thought............. S America. Then reflected, and thought 'No' if I wanted to get to NZ! I have a Honda but need to change it for a tourer, not Harley.
Nas
Ohhhhhh, cool. I want to go Vancouver---> Mexico on my motocyclette
QUOTE(donyan @ Jun 2 2008, 06:03 PM)
QUOTE(nas.latif @ Jun 2 2008, 05:42 AM)
...In August I hope to start a travel from USA, Mexico Central and South America...
...I came upon this site quite by mistake and I am seeking advice from anyone on interesting things to do in the countries I shall be visiting...
Welcome to Mexico, nas.latif:...I came upon this site quite by mistake and I am seeking advice from anyone on interesting things to do in the countries I shall be visiting...
acording to me, some interesting things to do here: first, my location is Cuernavaca, 1 hr drive south of Mexico city, close to the Volcanos pass were Cortés conquered the Great Tenochtitlan (Mexico city Aztec name), closer to Tepoztlán and at an hour distance of two Skydive jump zones. All this is in the state of Morelos. Some images to wet your apetite: (I have visitor room & camping space)
Tepoztlán is also a flying area for paragliders, mail to: franz_mx@hotmail.com the local contact for excelent equipment & safe training. I am a rookie skydiver only, not a paraglider YET...
The two Skydive zones on my area:
Tequesquitengo skydive (link not working, try later)
Cuautla skydive
I am in direct contact with my friends in Puerto Escondido, on the Oaxaca state Emerald coast. The mexican pipeline is the fastest in the world (acording to surfing legends) and is close to mangroove lagoons like Chacagua, mainly of afromexican culture (the third root of Mexicos etnicity) an incredible sanctuary for all tipes birds, from tiny Humming birds to big pelikans, egrets, cormorans...etc. but acomodations would be more like camping, and hotels are basic. Lots of mosquitoes at dawn!!! The scenery is superb, the people extremely friendly (fishermen culture: the greatest fishing storys, some might even be true).
In Puerto Escondido, lots of travelers and inmigrants from all over the world. Hotels on the beach, or campings, no luxury but friendly atmosphere and great night life.
Click the next pics for links:
JoséLuis Mendiola link:
My excelent friend Rebeca having breakfast with a guest, at the restaurant "la Galera", Arcoiris hotel
Cecile Crowe link:
the mexpipe...Arcoiris is on that beach, left of surfer
my blog:
my good friend Ángela, selling hammocks at Arcoiris entrance from the beach.
Click this image, and you are transfered to my blog the Maule, go way down that page until you reach Robert Crowe was a surfer (he created the hotel with JoséLuis, his compadre!) You can read all my blog if you preffer, but it's mostly aviator stuff.
NOTE- the Cuautla Skydive team lives in the Arcoiris now: Skydive in Puerto! Rebeca (photo of breakfast above), when coming back from Mexico city goes to Cuautla, takes the skydive team twin Otter, jumps over Puerto and lands on Zicatela beach. Then after picking the chute canopy, se crosses the street and enters the Arcoiris hotel! ¿How many women do you know geting home that way???
If you are thirsty for more indications, just bug me any time, here or through Email: I love to be buged! donYan
Donyan
Many thanks for the information and for your offer to bug you if I need any more info on Mexico.
Nas Latif
Yeah, I'll bug you too, for my motorcycle trip in 2010!
QUOTE(nas.latif @ Jun 3 2008, 09:39 AM)
QUOTE(pauls_pad2002 @ Jun 3 2008, 06:10 AM)
hey people im paul im frm new zealand, im currently staying in my apartment in bangkok. i have just been to northern vietnam and southern china..
i was born in uk lived there for 9 years when i immigrated to new zealand and the later went on my 1st OE to uk europe and then went to live in australia for 2 years and then again to the uk for another 2....i had a long wait till my next adventure which was 3.5 months in darwin australia workin and that instilled the travel bug again so last year took off for 4 months in europe and asia and this is where i fell in love with asia and this year am away again for 4 months for a bit of business...
would love to visit remote regions which i have done in sapa in 2 yrs running and next year look to go to live there for 3 months....
have travelled mainly in asia and europe withj visits to usa hawaii all of aussie and new zealand uk.....now can only travel for 4 months at a time due to business i onw but wil come here each year from now on as i love it...hope everyones travels are going well love to hear frm some of u soono ...check out my page http://www.travelpod.com/members/pauls_pad2002
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I meant to add a bit on SE Asia. I have not been there before and was intending to fly from Sydney to Kuala Lumpur, rather than to Singapore. Will Ii miss much?
Then to Bankokand spend some time in Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos before flying on to Delhi.
Anby suggestions you can make on things to see would be appreciated. I have some guide books of the region but its better to also get comments from people. Many thanks.
Nas Latif
hey man nice to hear from u yeah nz is great to do on a bike i used to own a 400 and 550 cc bike and always was out riding in the summer...best time to go would be october as that when the weather is starting to get into the lwe may be a clean green countryow 20,s is most places and is quite pleasant...that way if u have a tent u can stop anywhere u like but be very careful as to where u stay overnight...staying on the roadside is not recommeded due to the high rate of traveller robberies im sad to say, we may be a clean green country but itsnot to say we dont have some crime as well rite its the same as anywhere else int the modern world these days and we have our fair share believe me.....i am a work broker so if ur in hawkes bay andwhere i can hook u up with some work in the fruit area....as for south east aia i also went to singapore and malaysia but when it was kind of untouched in the ealry 90,s to singapore malaysia and tiomen island of the east cost and as it was my first foray into asi i guyess i didnt know what to expect but i did love it...esp the islands....going from sing to bkk then overland to lao camodia and vietnam and anywhere else is a magnificent journey and all i can say is just allow urself enough time as there is so much to see and although im now on my 2nd journey here i have only just touched the iceberg as to whats here and im also just learning myself its such a vast peice of land that we are standing on......if u require anything specific let me know and i will do my very best to answer whatever it is u need....anyone needs my email its utbnb2004@hotmail.com but email me 1st to let me know ur msn add ins as i am having a lot of msn spammers and am just blocking them all so if i know ur adding i can be prepared ....cheers and safe journey
DonYan you are a mine of information! So cool... I love your posts, and your life story is amazing!
QUOTE(starlagurl @ Jun 3 2008, 02:50 PM)
Yeah, I'll bug you too, for my motorcycle trip in 2010!
WELCOME! I feel buged & pleased ¿my favorite bug??? 
YES! 
donYan
Hi Starlagurl,
Thanks for what you're doing and for making people feel at home. You have a nice avata, buddy.
Thanks for what you're doing and for making people feel at home. You have a nice avata, buddy.
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