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well to go to england is easy i guess just hang around in london mostly but hotels in london are very expensive…

France, Italy, Greece, Cyprus so that you will have visited all the mediterranean countries along with Spain. If you like the idea make sure you come to Greece after April so that you’re here for the summer!

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What allot of people here do is go “inter-railing” around Europe, you can essentially get anywhere and it would be a backpacking type dealey, as for planning tips the first thing you want is comprehensive insurance, so if you find yourself somewhere with no money and no work you can still get home.
In Ireland the best places to visit are; Kerry which is apparently the most beautiful place in Ireland, Dublin our capital and where the Guinness brewery is hehe, Cork, I hate Cork with a passion but it’s a nice place and Galway which is a very bohemian place. I strongly recommend you go to Granada in Spain it is beautiful and you could always give Portugal a go too, Praia De Rocha in Portugal was nice, very quiet though. Also Thailand is a must, I highly recommend Phuket, I’ve been to Thailand 8 times and nearly every time I’ve gone to Phuket. Also I have some powerful friends over there who can help you out if you have any problems. As for Australia, Sydney is very expensive and I hear Melbourne is a great place. I’d go to the west coast Of Australia if it was me, but then I grew up there. There are loads of kickass little places on the west cost, the main two being Fremantle and Margeret River, the town I grew up in is Bunbury but there’s not much to see there. I have heard nothing but good about Berlin in Germany. You should definitely go to Alaska and Canada just because they are so near. Cornwall in England is nice, very funny accents and there’s a surfer town called New Quey that gets very hot weather in the summer. Oh sorry Wexford in Ireland is a great place for summer weather and Belfast is worth a visit just to see. You can take day busses or trains from Dublin to see anywhere in Ireland. My gf was in Barbados recently and highly recommends it. If you do get over here I’ll bring you to the best pubs in Dublin for Guinness ;)

Throw Slovenia and Romania up there too hehe, Ooooh and Malta, I bet they have awesome food there.

Lucky…

I always wanted to visit peru, Japan, Canada, France, China, Alaska, Australia, all thoughs places cause I just want to go hiking for the scenery.

I WISH !!!! I can already imagine it (hiking the mountains to see the counrty in its most majestic view, unfamilier places and people and the CONSTANST feel of adventure) It has been my dream ever since ! but I have things i have to take care of first (pay off recording EQ, get my recording engineer credentials) thats is really but they will take time. Ill do it one day, and ill get chills of excitment.

Lol Oh yeah I totally knew Alaska was a state *shifty eyes* :p hehe

*pets sully*
good boy for putting new zealand. i would have punched you really hard with brass knuckles if you hadnt.
*throws sully a bone*

64 countries…wow thats gonna be hard.
Japan looks really good. I wanna go!

well good luck salou in spain is really nice my cousin lived they for 7 years and i went for a while.

I didn’t see Italy in there anywhere.

Italy is very expensive, so much so it’s actually prevented me from going. Sorento looks extremely beautiful though, but you’ll need a nice chunk of money to enjoy it. As far as I remember it’s a teeny lil fishing village…

You absolutely have to go to Granada in Spain, it’s sooo beautiful, you must go!!!

What about african? South Africa, Ethipopia, Moroco…? Indonesia? Galapagos Islands, Easter Island? Brazil, Argentina, maybe Mongolia, madagascar…?

How about Alaska and Hawaii?
I know they are states of the America, but you could say spend a month in America and go to the huge touristy places without wanting to travel to entirely different places - Alaska and Hawaii are far enough from mainland USA to be considered separate countries for this purpose.

he LIVED in alaska… lol

Alphabetized them for ya. ;), you can always change back to the original if you like, and also how about Hong Kong? You’ll be in that area.

Really? I thought it was a republic.

eh.. You forgot Israel!

hey sully it’s me i think this is a great plan. I hope my bro can help you make this trip, and i hope on day to join you, and so does he, he offered you a little bit of advice, go as clockwise as possible, and that learn the laws of where your going next, don’t take any law for granted alright? even if it seems so stupid to you. always obey it. as for his connections, he will have to get out of the hospital to contact them all, but he is writing letters to them to see if they are still in their homes and what not so i hope they will provide free lodging in their contries of choice he has friends in Italy, China, Japan, Germany, Russia and a few others that i can’t remember so….. good luck

Pst… can I come with you to Brazil and Finland and Ireland? OH PLEASE! *looks up hopefully*
:P I wish you the best of luck.

Hi! Great plan!

I lived in Taiwan. It can be quite easy to get a job in the after school cram schools teaching English. I would suggest getting out of Taipei and going to Taichung or Gaushung. Less competition, more likely to find freindly folks to take you in. If you head to a hostel in one of those cities, you should be able to ask around. Sometimes businessmen who own restaurants with apartments above them will let you stay there for English lessons.

While you are there, if you have time and $, take the train round to Canding and up to HuaLien. Canding (in the south) is beautiful tropics with points where you see ocean on both sides. Hualien (east side) is great place to pick up marble vases– and such beautiful landscape– cliffs, rivers, waterfalls– just beautiful!!

Most of my friends there are pretty settled in with kids and all… not up to taking in strangers like they did when we were young.

Oh, and Israel too?
:P
Seriously, though… that trip sounds like it’s going to be amazing.

Taiwan would be a good place for that. Room and board can be quite cheap, and you can parlay your work at the cram schools into tutoring sessions that pay well. Also, they are modern enough to have a lot of amenities, and yet not too expensive (if you get out of Taipei).

I was able to live there for a year, and save enough for side trips to South Korea, Thailand, Malasia and Singapore. ( for the last three, I flew into Bangkok, stopped over at Koh Samui (Lamai beach), then took a bus to Kuala Lampur and a train on down to Singapore. I have heard that Malaysia is even tighter than when I was there– do not carry bags for people and go through the custom lines alone, even if you are traveling with other people you have met. I met folks who traveled with me who then went on to Indonesia and mainland China, but I was saving up for a Vespa because at the time I was thinking of making Taiwan a permanent home.

Here’s an ad for a job, to give you an idea: http://www.esljobsworld.com/esl-jobs/…

just FYI: My avatar is a temple peak from Gaushung (which I’ve also seen transliterated Koushiung) Taiwan.

I’ve known people to go and teach English without it; a lot of places are happy with a native speaker, but you might not be able to command as much $$. If you can take some courses to get a certificate before you leave, that will help. Having a piece of paper, even if it isn’t a degree can help.

If you go to Asia, look into the Lonely Planet phrase books- they are small, easy to carry in a pocket, and I got by a lot by pointing to phrases and letting people read the text as well as using the pronunciations.

In Taiwan and Singapore, I stayed with friends….

… but in Bangkok Thailand, I recommend the Muangphol Building– not anything fancy, but safe and inexpensive– in 2003 it was running around $15/night, I think, and they have monthly rates too…

Address: 931/9 Soi Kasem San 1, Rama 1 Road, Patumwan
Bangkok 10330,
Thailand
Tel: 662-219-4445
Fax: 662–216-8053
Email: (email removed)
URL: http://www.kritthaimansion.com

Hush Puppy Shoes/Wolverine has some Taiwan connections. Maybe you could ask them for some sponsorhsip.

I’ve been thinking about Russia too– only saw Moscow and Kemerovo, my plan is to hit St. Petersburg in 7 years.

Here are some links I found useful:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/GoListDeta…

http://www.go-russia.com/ — Peace travel is very reputable; you can get cell phones, etc. and renting an apartment can sometimes be cheaper than staying in a hotel.

We stayed at the Ukraina, which was not cheap but really cool– one of the old, historical buildings. If you email directly and ask for the cheapest rate, you may do better than going through online services or travel agency.

For eating authentic food cheaply, I recommend the Moo-Moo chain, spelled My-My in Russian– there is one on Arbat Street (a vendor street well-known in Moscow). Look for the big cow. It is cafeteria style, so you can also get your food by pointing, which works out well if your language skills are minimal.

Two things that we weren’t old about but we really enjoyed in Moscow were: a boat ride on the Moskva http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g29… and, if you’re into art, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Art– they have copies of all of the great works of art (from when their citizens were not allowed to travel) and then this huge collection of original French impressionists.

I do not think it would be easy to make this a base, since I think it would be difficult to find a job. However, I did meet a guy there from Tennesee who was working on construction of a golf course, so who knows.

hey sounds like your plan is coming a long well, but don’t move too fast for me i still want to meet you in some of these places someday ok that is my mission, to get over my fear of people so i can see the thing that we walk around on everyday. Ziza wantss to come too, i know he does he said so himself so

ooh that looks like so much fun!! i wanna go! i’ve been to: the us, caribbean, mexico, canada, tahiti, and japan.

Wow I made a promise to reply ages ago. I want to check what others wrote and then add. I’ve traveled a lot.

Reading you is like a research paper - almost done though. Got 2 more to write tonight.

It means I care and read evry post to help you. -It means I care :) and think you are awsome. I’ve traveled a lot. I believe youare very complicated. It means I will measure my words to help you. It is a compliment.

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IT is a privledge to know you, so I will measure my words and hope I help.

Don’t WOW me, let me be in awe a little :)

I take you seriously.

My best shot at helping you is this. wow, i know Europe down to the streets, I need a sedond. I can say this- madris culture is not the same as barcelona. Madrid is Pure Spanigh, Barcelona is Catalan. My EX, now friend had an Illegal name. Catch both cultured. I did. Here i go, helping…there is more..

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Don’t forget Lisbon if you cross Portugual. Drive a car after London if you can. You will surpriesed at what you see. Check out Stonehenge and the old palace ruins around it.
Don’t refuse the lessons history can teach you. Those people built those settlements for a reason.

I have a collection of gargoyle images. i now send my images to my art history teachers. Catch Barcelona and Madrid. I’ve seen a lot of Spain, but I’d drop those as a must. IF you can get a car drive though to Andorra. The ride through the pyranees is exquisite. As a US Citizen, they wonder why you are there. I cought that one.

After London, catch Winchester cathedral and also Salisbury. In Spain, Madrid = museums. Barcelona, Goudi! . I met one of my favorite actors in Madrid- at the main museum. We had lunch. Definately get into the culture. Art history is a great way.

Madrid and Barcelona have a ‘war” in soccer, but in reality, Catalonia is far more French. My ex has a forbidden name. In France, I was in a great Best Western Hotel, very French and right in the old district. Notre Dame, etc. all there. Seen it all. Definately check out chocolate mousse in France, and profiterals. I’m here if you need me.

Why don’t you visit affrica & middle east ?

If Ethiopia and South Africa aren’t parts of Africa or Israel isn’t a part of the Middle East, then it appears that all of the geography I have learned is wrong.

oh Sully, why are you so endearing:) Like you bunches
-n

Oh that’s wonderful!
I wish you good luck.
I say from where you are on the map, visit the location closest, and travel from east to west (or west to east) until you end up where you began by heading in one direction!!

am is prince form africa. and am looking for someone to talk about needy children

is there any one who will safe me and my children

trentg wrote:
is there any one who will safe me and my children

I will.
Fax them to me

i thought princes were rich??

yodaluv12 wrote:
i thought princes were rich??

Yeah, but I have a feeling this one is of the Disney persuasion, Meaning he is poor and can sing and will be shortly discovering a long lost something or other.

Chef wrote:

yodaluv12 wrote:
i thought princes were rich??

Yeah, but I have a feeling this one is of the Disney persuasion, Meaning he is poor and can sing and will be shortly discovering a long lost something or other.

Lol!

There’s no reason you should be spending $1300 to go to Ireland. That’s more than I spent to go to Russia.

Also: you should consider WWOOFing at least part of the time. You don’t get paid, but you do get room and board, which will substantially cut down on your costs.

Also: if you go to Russia you NEED to go to St. Petersburg; it is so much more beautiful than Moscow.

your doing it that is soo cool i am jealous of you

Jordan, Defenitly, and Lebanon
Norway and Denmark
Finland and Nova Scotia
Well thats all i can think of, lol good luck

I would go to strasbourg for a day, it’s part german and part french and you can get there by a two hour train ride from paris. They have AMAZING food. make sure you eat a tarte flambee for me :]

http://www.eslcafe.com/
maybe this link will help.

Really good to hear that chum..They just build a hugh new IT center in Dombi(not the right spelling) it’s the capital or something. Are you going to film your trip. Hey maybe get a sponser and an Agent..You’ll be a star..

good deal,

ill be watching

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/nv/m…

Don’t forget to check out manhatten! It’s a must see.

Sully, the main beaches are Naiharn, Kata, Karon, and Patong, Patong being the wildest town and nai harn the mellowist, they run north up the west coast. You are most likely to find anything you need cheaper in Patong.

Not bad

New zealand! you have to come!

Sully you just enjoy the Life you have now .My Son was away almost 3Years China India and Africa .Every young Person should travel like this .wishing you all the best on your Journey.Im no longet slimline.Im the barbyman.com now check it out..Good luck….