Travels

[jawnbc]

I've had the privilege of travelling quite a bit. Here's a photo taken while snorkelling on Aitutaki in the Cook Islands:



I'm in the UBC t-shirt. To quote the musical Carousel, lookit that clam!

Ten years working in the travel industry made into quite the travel slut. And I still feel compelled to travel, though I actually have to pay regular prices to do it. Here's some of the places I've been:

All of Western Europe 'cept Portugal, Norway, Iceland and those piddlin' principalities, Japan, Singapore, Java, Bali, Australia, NZ, Cook Islands, French Polynesia ("Tahiti"), Fiji, Jordan, South Africa, Mexico, Caribbean...plus much of Canada (BC/AB/ON/QB/NS/NF/PE/NB) and the US (ME/CT/MA/NH/VT/NY/NJ/PA/MD/DC/VA/FL/TX/NV/ID/WY/MT/CO/CA/OR/WA/AS/HI).

In other words, I bin dere, I done dat. Or quite a lot anyway.

So time for my first LJ poll:

[Poll #127047]

In about 25 sleeps I'll be back in Hongcouver for a visit--cannot wait.

Comments

[jawnbc]

*Sigh*...makes me want to go on another cruise!

Cruise? Cruise! We wanna go too! I've mostly sailed Holland America, though also did the Windstar once.....


Me love cruises!

[minimac.livejournal.com]

There's nothing like sailing on the open ocean. I just realized that it's been three years since my one (and only) cruise! We sailed on Royal Caribbean to Key West, Mexico, Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. I would love to go on another...if I can just find the time (and the money!).

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

I've never done a cruise but I probably didn't tell you I lived in a boat moored out in the bay here in Miami for 3 yrs. I used to go sailing pretty often, although my boat was a live-aboard and stayed in the same place. It took me about 15 min. to row to shore but it was a fun time. Biggest boat I've sailed on was about 30 ft. :-)

[jawnbc]

Chartered a 35ft-er this past summer out of Mallorca...sounded like a good idea. While I don't get seasick I do get people-sick from a lack of personal space. 6 of us (plus semi-hunky Dutch hired captain, and you know what Dutch means), so only 4 could comfortably sun at any time (3 were English, so that wasn't a problem), kinda sweaty to sleep, blah blah blah.

Bottom line is I'm a cruise, not a sailor. Not ruling it out, but not planning it again anytime soon.

:)