Mind's Eye Re: Other Countries

Steamer trunks and porters: cant think of anything much more
civilised. Read an enjoyable little travel book called 'A slow boat to
China' which gave me some idea of how things were when you could
travel the world by boat as a passenger on cargo ships, ocean liners
and ferries. My father took a cargo ship from Hong Kong to Durban in
the seventies. Such travel is only possible now by crewing on private
yachts, I think. We are all in such a hurry.

On May 31, 11:55 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I could have put a smile on the end of that post, I guess, as I am
> quite critical of the certain things in the USA. I envy your backpack
> style- I grew up in the last era of steamer trunks and porters- ah,
> well, all things change. Anyway, finding the exotic is a "frame of
> mind", for instance Georgia O'Keefe did not travel abroad until she
> was in her mid-60's. I have travelled a bit but guess I have brought
> the world to me via books, art, music, etc. and arm-chair travel via
> Globetrekker or other travel shows which I enjoy but rarely envy...I
> think I envy other eras and I am glued to my own. My ultimate excuse
> is motherhood having had children at 20, 28, 37 and 40 without
> responsible husbands/fathers and that has been quite the adventure and
> still is.
>
> On May 30, 11:09 am, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Sorry Rigsy. I was thinking that the originator of this string would
> > not find the north american continent to be an exotic location for
> > him. I certainly did not mean to demean.
>
> > Malc
>
> > On May 30, 10:31 pm, rigsy03 <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > > America and Canada count to Americans and Canadians, thank you very
> > > much!
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> > > On May 29, 3:16 pm, malcymo <malc...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > I forgot America and Canada but I guess they dont really count.
>
> > > > I always backpack and go to non tourist areas. This way I enjoy
> > > > meeting regular people with no hidden agendas. Likewise I am forced to
> > > > get a smattering of the language which helps to get a feel for their
> > > > culture.
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> > > > On May 19, 7:16 am, "pol.science kid" <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > This is just random.. since i dont yet earn.. i dont have much
> > > > > mobility .. and have only travelled places in my country... But i was
> > > > > wondering how many of you guys have been to different countries and
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