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02-06-2009, 02:45 AM
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No one regrets traveling
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Tampa, FL
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7 years of TravelPunk
Today/Tomorrow depending on your longitude marks the 7th year of TravelPunk's existence!
Congratulations Tony and a very sincere thank you for the boards!
I distinctly remember my first visit to Travelpunk a little over 3 years ago and my life has not been the same since. It is a very special place! 
--Joey
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Countries visited: USA, Netherlands, Norway, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain (and Gibraltar), Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, UK, Japan, Canada  , Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland, Andorra, Croatia, Montenegro
Next up: Mongolia, China
"I sought trains; I found passengers" - Paul Theroux
Help Travelpunk's continued existence with a small donation
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02-06-2009, 10:27 AM
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Artist of Life
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ottawa, Canada aka O-town
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Wow this is like my 5th year on tpunk... longer than going to university!
I damn near grew up on these boards.
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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
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02-06-2009, 10:39 AM
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TPunk Recognized
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Miami, FL
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Wow that's great! Congrats Tony on creating such a great board! I've been coming on here (lurking before joining lol) almost a year now. And even after my trip, I'm still addicted to coming on here 
To many more!
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02-06-2009, 12:35 PM
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TPunk Moderator
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Sierra Vista, AZ
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Shewwwww that's awesome. I've been on since 2006. Here's to many, many more years!
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SO FAR: USA, Canada, Mexico, Ireland, Spain, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Kuwait, Qatar, Afghanistan, Kyrgyzstan
UP NEXT: Mexico, Belize, Honduras, Grand Cayman Islands - Feb 2012
tpunk gallery * twitter
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02-06-2009, 01:01 PM
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TPunk Moderator
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: NEW ZEALAND
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Congrats & thanks to Tony & everyone else who make these boards as awesome as they are!!
I havn't even been on my trip yet and i've been around here for a few years (lurking first  ) and I love this place!!
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"Twenty years from now you will be more dissapointed in the things you didn't do
than by the ones you did do....
Explore, Dream, Discover." Mark Twain
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My World Travelogue - Bloggity Blog 
Updated April 2010!
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Soon
NZ or OZ
Saving for a year - 18 months for a decent trip
Soonest
Trying my hand at short walks/tramps in NZ
NZ or OZ Travel
Passport Stamps; Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Thailand, Cambodia, Singapore, Vietnam
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02-06-2009, 06:42 PM
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Tpunk Senior Moderators
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Columbia, MD
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Haha I DID grow up on these boards!! Four years this month... insane!! I didn't realize I had been here for so long..
Thanks so much, Tony for creating such a wonderful site!
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Reminiscing about: Brazil, Canada, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Portugal, The Netherlands, USA
Living In: Belfast, Northern Ireland 
Next up!
Poland (February!) 
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02-06-2009, 07:34 PM
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Backcountry Betty
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Coeur D'Alene, ID
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cheers tone! the boards have been a great part of my life for going on 5 years now!
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people travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long course of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. -St. Augustine
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02-07-2009, 10:02 AM
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french touch
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Québec
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people are people
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02-07-2009, 10:09 AM
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lover of Germany
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Ontario,Canada
Posts: 2,660
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7 years? Amazing...happy birthday!
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I have been to: Canada, USA, Iceland, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Germany, Sardinia, Switzerland, China, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Morocco.
Do to list: [color=blue][color=black] Australia, New Zealand, Austria India and Bolivia.
[color=blue][i][font=Verdana][color=black]"I'm just another stranger lookin' for the promised land"
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02-07-2009, 03:17 PM
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TPunk Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
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Wow thats awesome! Congrats Godfather, and thanks for creating such an awesome community!
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Ive been to: England, France, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, UAE, USA - 14 states inc Hawaii, Vatican City
Currently Working in England
After:Jan 5 - South Africa. Sometime 2012 - Canada!
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02-08-2009, 01:49 AM
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Certified Wise
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Australia
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Congrats Tone.
My trip to Europe wouldn't have been nearly as awesome if it wasn't for this forum.
Thanks to everyone here that takes the time to offer their advice and experiences to make this site such a great place.
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One of God's own prototypes. Some kind of high powered mutant never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die -HST
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02-08-2009, 05:06 AM
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Hiked the Inca Trail
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Columbus, OH USA
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"Experience is not what happens to you; it is what you do with what happens to you." ~ Aldous Huxley
Travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer (an ad in the Smithsonian)
Travel is the enemy of bigotry.
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02-08-2009, 05:13 AM
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TPunk Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Hanover, Ontario
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Wow seven years is amazing. Here's to a job well done Tony! I think of all the great people I have come into contact with either online or in person on these boards and some have become real friends!
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"The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page." ~St. Augustine"
Come visit me in the DR!
www.sosuavacationrentals.com
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02-08-2009, 02:34 PM
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TPunk Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Columbus, Ohio USA
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Definitely a well-deserved congrats, Tony, for your work on this site. You've stamped your positive, supportive personality onto Travelpunk -- Happy Birthday!!!
worldwidemike
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Check out my travel web page at:
Worldwidemike.com
"Life is not measured in the number of breaths we take, but by the places that take our breath away..."
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02-09-2009, 10:37 PM
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Admin
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: spiznain
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Thank you soooo much everyone for your birthday wishes and gifts and for working together as a true team to help build one of the best communities on the net (in my humble opinion  )!
I am so thankful that, despite a magnanmous amount websites that exists on the world wide web, all of you have somehow found TPunk and have become a big part of it's colorful personality.
TPunk is really an online manifestation of my fantasy of owning a coffee shop to chillout all day long with great friends and family and meaningful and enlightening conversation. All we're missing is the coffee. Someday...
Here's to a hundred (plus) more years of TravelPUNK, baby  !
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02-09-2009, 10:39 PM
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Rabidly Xenophilic
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Austin Texas, but originally from Ann Arbor!
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Sorry I'm late, but thanks for all your efforts Tony...I've met a lot of cool people through TPunk and I'm sure there are a lot more meetups and online convos in the future
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02-09-2009, 11:21 PM
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To Smart For Mensa
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Salt Lake City
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You don't even know. Fuggadaboutit.
much love!
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Adventure needs to be as much about discovering yourself as it is about discovering the world.
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02-10-2009, 11:02 AM
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Artist of Life
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Ottawa, Canada aka O-town
Posts: 1,530
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... and thanks Tony, especially juggling your family and job, for taking the time to maintain this site.
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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."
Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)
"Bite off more than you can chew, then chew it."
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02-10-2009, 03:46 PM
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TPunk Recognized
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Colorado :D
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7 years ! Happy Birthday and thanks Tony !
Tpunk has meant sooo much to us!
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We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. ~ T. S. Eliot
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02-12-2009, 03:08 PM
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***** gear guru
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Seattle, WA
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here, here!
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