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12-11-2008, 08:43 AM
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Artist of Life
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^ Joey... you bastard!! We shall have a duel in the middle of a snowstorm for that offense, sir.
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Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
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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)
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12-11-2008, 09:31 AM
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lover of Germany
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While I would certainly understand Americans not wanting to labled ignorant-which is an unfair lable, I have met many nice, polite intellegent Americans and I have also met many ignorant Canadians I agree that the only way Americans can stop this labeling (if indeed it can be stopped) is to wear their flag proudly and to do their flag and nation proud both home and abroad.
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12-11-2008, 11:05 AM
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Rabidly Xenophilic
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No one ever really acts surprised to hear I'm an American when I'm backpacking.
However I get a near universal look of shock and pity when I tell them I'm from Texas.... 
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12-11-2008, 11:10 AM
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TPunk Moderator
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I haven't had any issues yet being American and backpacking. Maybe someone needs to pay me to backpack and do good PR for all the "regular" Americans. I think that's a great job idea. Maybe I'll get on the horn to the State Department and see if they can't make that into a real job. You know, simulate the economy AND improve foreign relations... everyone wins.
Send my smiling face around the world, I'll come back with peace on earth! 
edit to say: Brett I dunno how long you've had that haiku in your sig but I just read it for the first time right now and literately laughed out loud hahahaha
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12-12-2008, 12:52 PM
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Originally Posted by pinknic38
I haven't had any issues yet being American and backpacking. Maybe someone needs to pay me to backpack and do good PR for all the "regular" Americans. I think that's a great job idea. Maybe I'll get on the horn to the State Department and see if they can't make that into a real job. You know, simulate the economy AND improve foreign relations... everyone wins. |
Hahaha nice!
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12-14-2008, 08:58 PM
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No one regrets traveling
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Canadian Bacon
^ Joey... you bastard!! We shall have a duel in the middle of a snowstorm for that offense, sir.
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Want to come down to Florida and duel in 25 degree weather? Just sayin' 
--Joey
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