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Well, since everyone else are doing, I'll join in with my own travels as well

Much of Europe (live in Denmark, been to Sweden, Norway, England, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Austria, Cyprus and Greece), Uganda (my first trip outside the continent) and Texas (1 month long schooltrip.)

I'm really happy that I've been away and seen other countries. But I want to go see these countries with myself being responsible too, because you don't experience much of the culture when you're young. Uganda and Texas were the two trips that made the greatest impressions on me, mostly because they are so different from what I am used to. I'd love to go back to Africa and see another safari, or go back to the US and actually experience a real football game.
When I went to Texas, it was with my highschool class (not really highschool, but it's the closest to it I think), and we had a blast. We went to school (specialized for us though, so we didn't get to meet many people of our age unfortunately), and we went to see a lot of different things, it was really great!



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I lived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for a year. THAT will teach you a lot about the other side of life. Instead of taking a short trip to another country and having them steal your money, live in another country (like Stof did). It's really fun, and you learn a lot.



 

 

stof said:
Go somewhere now! Aside from a couple trips to tropical resorts, I too was a sad, never been anywhere interesting loser.

Then Moved to Korea. You know what, I'm a better, more worldly and cooler person for it. I laugh at old go nowhere loser old me.

And when I'm done in Korea, my girlfriend and I are hitting up Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and maybe Indonesia and Malasia for a while, just to travel cause we can.

You owe it to yourself to experience as much of the world as possible.


This post is pretty spot on. thanks for the replies everybody.



I've been on various holidays around the UK (a few in England, and one in Scotland/one in Wales).

I've been to the north of France once, and the south twice.

I've been to the Spanish island of Menorca, and also mainland Spain (about half an hour train ride from Madrid)

I've been to Turkey

Morocco - seeing the sahara desert was humbling, to say the least.

I've been to the USA 3 times - once to New York, twice to Florida - going to Florida again this year.



stof said:
Go somewhere now! Aside from a couple trips to tropical resorts, I too was a sad, never been anywhere interesting loser.

Then Moved to Korea. You know what, I'm a better, more worldly and cooler person for it. I laugh at old go nowhere loser old me.

And when I'm done in Korea, my girlfriend and I are hitting up Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and maybe Indonesia and Malasia for a while, just to travel cause we can.

You owe it to yourself to experience as much of the world as possible.

Sounds amazing. I went to Cambodia a few years back after my first year of Uni. The people are really nice, helpful and generally a good laugh and there are some amazing things to see and visit. The country's had quite a rich (and at time brutal) past so there is lots to see to. It's brilliant there! Enjoy yourselves!



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nordlead said:
as much as I'd like to travel overseas, it's a lot cheaper for me to travel within the US and surrounding areas. So far I've been to Canada (PEI, Toronto, Kingston, other areas), most of the northeast of the US (NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, Washington DC + lots and lots of other areas) + Florida & Arizona, and I've been on 2 cruises that took me to Mexico, Honduras, Cayman Islands, Belize, and the Bahamas.

So without even leaving the Americas I've probably traveled over a broader area than most people on this website. As some people have stated, unless you are going for the culture (totally not my thing ) then there is a ton to see without leaving this side of the world

You're also missing out on so much though! There's just so much of the world still to see! I'm actually the opposite of you in that I've travelled around (Europe, Asia, Africa) but have yet to visit the Americas.



Slimebeast said:
highwaystar101 said:
Why on Earth would anyone want to go to London? The place is too busy and everyone is a Manchester United fan.

I still haven't been to Germany, grr.

Really? Is it the 'cool' thing to be, cheer for Manchester United and diss London teams?

I don't know exactly how true it is, but from personal experience I can say with some certainty that everyone I know from Manchester supports Manchester City and the further you get from Manchester the more Manchester United fans you find.



SamuelRSmith said:
highwaystar101 said:
Why on Earth would anyone want to go to London? The place is too busy and everyone is a Manchester United fan.

Well, it's better than the, *cringes*, North.

I'm not getting into this again...

*struggles to resist*

.... Rargh, I'm not a fucking northerner.



highwaystar101 said:
SamuelRSmith said:
highwaystar101 said:
Why on Earth would anyone want to go to London? The place is too busy and everyone is a Manchester United fan.

Well, it's better than the, *cringes*, North.

I'm not getting into this again...

*struggles to resist*

.... Rargh, I'm not a fucking northerner.

*sighs*, do I need to get my map out, again?

I think I do!

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/5748/essexmapofuk.png



Don't come ever to Germany. We are all Nazis and Hitler is still alive.



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