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Originally Posted by donKey jote
Well, you were real short, chubby and funny looking, and talked like you had a corn cob in your mouth, so it was really difficult to understand you and what you wanted
Until you bent over.... :s mokin:
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Originally Posted by donKey jote
Well, you were real short, chubby and funny looking, and talked like you had a corn cob in your mouth, so it was really difficult to understand you and what you wanted
Until you bent over.... :s mokin:
no, that description doesn't fit at all :laugh:
sounds more like one of your cousins :bandit:
USA best place I've been, love it. Friendliest people, great food, good laughs, great place to live - which is why I am considering moving there between 2017 and 2020. I work for a US company and it is an ambition of mine.
Of the other places I've been to:
Spain, Cyprus, France, Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece, Ireland, all over the UK.
I liked them all. Except France. French people annoy me. Rude, arrogant, obnoxious - thats from three visits to France, and one to Bulgaria which had a lot of French people in the hotel! The only nice French woman was half Italian!
Good way of putting it :)Quote:
Originally Posted by edv
Places I loved:
Kenya, Australia, Finland, Italy, Estonia, Sweden, France, Poland
Places I wasn't too bothered about:
Egypt, New Zealand, Spain (though have only visited Madrid - sorry Donkey), Czech Republic
Places I really didn't like:
Germany
Places I still want to go:
USA, Canada, Chile, Iceland, China, Indonesia, South Korea, India, Morocco, Botswana, Zambia (and most other places in Africa)
:eek: :crazy: your guide must have been absolutely useless ! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by J4MIE
yep :up:Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
I can't think of anywhere I've visited or lived in that I didn't enjoy. Never been to Alabama though :p
You should visit. I can arrange a date for you with markabilly's mama for just a couple of bucks. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
All I can say is that moving from California to Alabama at about 14 years of age was the biggest culture shock I've ever experienced! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
Bocephus wanted to take a train all the way down to Alabama till it ran out of track. Must be a cool place to be.Quote:
Originally Posted by airshifter
Bloody hell - inflation is steep!Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Nice abilities of a pimp.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Starter
Hey, it's a living. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
The country I like most, other where I was born, is France and a close second is Slovenia, both with very very nice people where you just feel great.
The country that I like less until now is Saudi Arabia, people are generally nice but somehow you just don't feel at ease.
Italy
Women Wine Ferrari Food Cars Clothes Airplanes Boats landscape
Somalia - Sh!thole extraordinare Haven't been - won't go
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So Uncs, are we gonna get some Cowboy hospitality in Austin this year. Sure you owe me a round of golf, a bottle of red and a hot Cuban. (Cigar or the other will do)
Visiting Russia this week.
Positively surprised after the first half day.
Not well-traveled at all. Lived in Okinawa and The Phillipines as a child (my mother is Filipino) and have spent a couple of weeks in England and Canada, a week in Italy, been to Mexico a few times. Have thoroughly enjoyed what limited travel I've experienced--nothing bad to say about any of them. I'm sure human rights violations (as well as antipathy toward Americans) would keep me from visiting several countries--I wouldn't need a trip to know I wouldn't enjoy myself.
Texans are particularly Texas-centric. Mexico is probably the only other country he could name. No seriously.Quote:
Originally Posted by donKey jote
I things nepal is favorite country,the sport also cricket, football,volleyball,etc there is Mounteverest, and rafting also provide.
thanks for info.
what are the visit place there.
Down the hall second on the left rajun.
Interesting banter on this thread.
I must say that in my limited travels overseas, I have never been to a bad place :D
My first time OS was in '07 and first stop was Barcelona - I fell in love. Hot weather, cheap beer and beautiful women everywhere! I had booked tickets to the MotoGP round at Catalunya over the interwebs and was having a crappy time negotiating Sants rail terminal. I bumped into a group of guys from Scotland (one of whom was an expat Aussie) in the same predicament so we pooled resources and eventually found our way to the correct level and platform. Arriving at Montmelo (I can't find the correct accent marks on my computer, so apologies to Spaniards everywhere) we bought beer and water for the half-hour walk to the gates and took in the sights. Montmelo isn't the prettiest place, but the locals were absolutely barking mad, thrashing about on modified scooters with expansion chambers and stinger exhaust tips, getting knees down on round-abouts, stuff like that. Highly entertaining!
Whilst walking I heard some cool music (Zep) and the familiar pungent waft of the 'erb coming from a group of people, so I stopped and said "Hola". A short time later totally toasted and having made some good friends my new Scots friends and I made it to the gates. Our tickets were for separate stands so we said our goodbyes and wandered off in the direction of our seats.
My seat was right on the fringe of the VR46 fan club. And in front of me were a significant group of Pedrosa fans. I was wearing my Ducati t-shirt with an Australian flag bandanna on my head. A genuine bump on a log. Anyway, the races were fantastic and the MotoGP race was a cracker, with CS27 beating Vale in a fair fight. I was shouting myself hoarse. After the race had finished and people were filtering off, the guys in front of me turned around and looked at me. I smiled back. They spoke to each other and then reached into a large bag and pulled out a cold beer, offering it to me! We stayed and chatted in very broken english and spanish, ranging from bikes to women to bikes again. Eventually we said our goodbyes and I started making my way back through the crowd and the merch stands, bought some t-shirts for some friends back home and headed to the gates, bumping into my Scots friends again! Walking back we came across a guy who was selling huge cups of some kind of red wine and coke for a euro, so we purchased some - curious flavour but not revolting as you might imagine. There was no more beer to be found. My weed smoking friends were still parked where we had left them so we stopped and chatted for a little while whilst the crazy scooter kiddies were fanging around in increasingly frenetic fashion. At this time I received a call from my wife who was unleashed on Las Ramblas and the boutiques thereabouts. Amazingly she had shopped herself dry and was waiting for me at Placa Real. So I bade my friends farewell and made my way to Montmelo station.
Montmelo train station was packed and the trains were late. Eventually I made it to the Placa Real and my wife who was under siege by some very loud and pissed-up English footer hoolies, who were not at all appreciative of my arrival. They were eventually made to move on by some very burly bouncer types, but not before some glasses were smashed and chairs thrown. I needed a shower and a feed. This was only my second full day in Spain!
I could go on and on, but maybe another time. I love Spain.
(I do realise that the vast majority of Northern English are not drunk pricks so my views are not tainted.)
I like Canada and Denmark for the scenery and the people,been to some poor countries,that maybe I would not want to live in ,BUT every bodies tastes are different
I see my part of the world made 2nd....and yet not many mentions on here. The thing is with Canada, there are about 4 different cultural experiences I could name off the top of my head that would change your view of what Canada is.....Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
As for other nations, alas, I haven't been to all the places you guys have been to. I have been to the USA and Mexico. That's it....and Mexico is....well Mexico. I suppose if I can name my favourite place in the world, it would be the island of Kauai in Hawaii.......perfect weather, beautiful scenery and the native Hawaiians are awesome....problem is too many mainland Americans are kind of upsetting the population balance and the natives kinda resent it...
Countries on my bucket list? Ireland, North and the Republic because that is where my roots go back to, along with Scotland. England and Wales of course... and then I would love to see the Netherlands and Germany. Italy and Switzerland I wouldn't object to but they are not on my must do list. I probably should do Italy since i do love the food but Italians drive me nuts at times.....
As for France....well I hear it is not what we think it is but they are a different sort of cat......so I might go there to see some historical places like Normandy or the WW1 battlefields...and I would like to see LeMans...but it is France...lol..I have heard it isn't always that clean....and while I know I can speak a little broken French, I guess I want something different. As for the rest of Europe..I should keep an open mind.
I would love to see Australia and NZ ...I am told New Zealand is breathtaking. I need to maybe get to South Korea to see my niece who lives there now....but really, travelling from here is VERY expensive....so I have to pick my spots.
I would suggest to any who are intimidated by America they need to grow up and realize in a nation of 300 million plus people, you will have some sad cases. I have been to 46 of 50 states and while Americans don't always understand others from other nations, they don't always understand each other. As for those going off on the fact the Americans have guns....most people as tourists in the USA will never see one. What is more, there are far more dangerous nations than the USA....so spare me the leftist drivel about those awful Americans. They have their faults, and quirks, and some cities are not always shining jewels, but it is one vast and interesting nation. I haven't made it across the oceans to other continents, but the USA isn't scary. Mexico I found a little scary at times......Quote:
Originally Posted by schmenke
And No Schmenke, I wasn't referring to you...lol
What's so exciting about batterfields? :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mark in Oshawa
There are so many other interesting places.....
( I mean Moulin Rouge, Eurodisney, etc. :devil: )
Seeing the battlefields is probably more out of respect. They are a significant part of Europe's history after all.
True, but I can't see why someone would cross the ocean just to see them when in the same place there are Louvre, Versailles, castles of the Loire Valley, etc. etc.etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by henners88
P.S. Sorry. I have an obsession on visiting France.
Its possible to visit a place and accomplish all types of culture and history if you have enough time. Millions of tourists visit my home town of Stratford Upon Avon every year to see the play where William Shakespeare was born and grew up and is buried. There are play rights in most countries and Shakespeare plays performed in many languages in most countries, but people cross the ocean or fly from the other side of the world to experience this.Quote:
Originally Posted by gadjo_dilo
A friend of mine married a Polish girl and the first time he went to Poland he decided he wanted to visit Auschwitz. Not exactly a pleasant activity to do on holiday for all the family, but he felt it was one of those things where it was an important part of our history and he wanted to experience and take in the appalling history associated with it. Each country offers different things and some people are interested in some things and not others. I've visited the art galleries of Paris and stayed with relatives in Northern France many times myself. I'd love to visit the battlefields of France and Belgium as I'm interested. I wouldn't purposely travel to do that one trip, but I might visit whilst I am there. :)
You're too serious for a Friday morning. If you ever come here I'll take you to the battlefield of Marasesti. :laugh:
The most beautiful place in the world? Definitelly Hawaii :) ) I totally fell in love with these islands :)
And the worst... It's hard to say. I think every country has some places which aren't beautifull...
Hawaii is indeed a beautiful place. Personally, I prefer Kauai over the other islands, though Maui is a good second. And, though there are some nice places on the north shore, I don't care that much for Oahu.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy
I've only (sadly) visited Hawaii a couple of times, but Kauai was stunning. The other time was the Big Island, and managed to stay a couple of days on Oahu. I'd definitely return to Kauai :up: , although I wouldn't mind trying Maui :) .
I have been only at Oahu, Kauai, Molokai and Big Island :) ... that's also a reason, why I need to go back there :D
Kauai was really beautiful... it amazed me. Big Island also... but when we went to the highest place I wasn't expected such a cold weather :D
Oh yes, you definitely need a warm coat when you go to Volcano National Park on Hawaii or up on the volcanoes on the other islands. Hawaii (the state, not the island) was a great place to visit, but I don't want to live there. I was there a number of times over a five year period (I was forced to go, forced I tell you), but haven't been back since '07.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucy