By: rangimarie@rocketmail.com
30/04/2009
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| I travel overseas atleast once a year and have made many friends in different countries including Brazil, Argentina, Canada, Africa, Mongolia and Tibet to name a few. Canadian Indians are a deeply spirited and strong willed people, and I would encourage anyone to visit the reservations there. Tibetan people seem very peaceful and extremely self sufficient when it comes to agriculture and horticulture. I encourage travelling as it opens your mind to diverse cultures that exist beyond your own. It's beautiful thing. |
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By: november93rain
3/01/2009
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I would love to travel more often, did however go to Egypt twice this year, returned home at the end of October.
Would love to do more travel around Europe
Travelled Europe before been to a few other countries and enjoyed the lot |
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By: g.mcneill@xtra.co.nz
28/10/2008
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i have travaled 14 contrys @ worked in 5 .i plane to go with my kids next year ,Father @ sons will be fun.I couldnt agree more nz has lost it open harted spirt @ is so politicly corect it is nowonder so many are leaving
I recomend loas it is a pradise good pople @ karmer many ex pats live there |
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By: stonehook@xtra.co.nz
5/04/2008
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thanks bobsjc,will definitely go to Vietnam, been meaning to but you know how it is sometimes, things get in the way ,but it is on my list. I also have a great admiration for the Vietnamese people and that inspires me to go.
Yep, the north certainly will get my interest, from what i,ve heard it is spectacular. |
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By: bobsjc
4/04/2008
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| Suggest you get to Vietnam, Stone, fantasic place. We were there for 3 weeks October/November last year. Did the Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh thing but wish we had spent more time in the Northern area as we found Ho Chi Minh city quite Americanised/Westernised, where as the North is so far unspoiled. |
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By: danforbes@xtra.co.nz
26/03/2008
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| Neither have I, money well spent. |
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By: stonehook@xtra.co.nz
26/03/2008
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| life,s just too good to miss out on eh Dan? good on you, sounds like you,ve been about also, one thing i,ve never ever regretted is spending the coin on travel ! |
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By: danforbes@xtra.co.nz
26/03/2008
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| Bloody hell even more envious now. A real list, done some of those countries though. Love the story about the cleric I found discussions with Hindu religious men in Singapore and India very illuminating. Pleased to hear there are Muslim clerics that are open minded though I did suspect it. |
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By: stonehook@xtra.co.nz
26/03/2008
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Yep Dan, travel is such an education, and it does open your eyes up to other cultures and i think every Kiwi should do the OE sometime, went to Aussi when i was 17 and it started there, came home then went over to the UK for 2 trips over 5 years, did a fantastic bike trip thru France,Swizerland, Austria, Germany and then back thru France to the UK , worked delivering computers for 2 years or so and the job took me all over England, Wales, Scotland and even Northern Ireland during the troubles ,that was an eye opener. Then worked on an oil rig in the north sea between Norway and Scotland, holidayed in Greece. Europe was good in those days and it was great to zip over to Paris to watch the All Blacks for a weekend trip.UK was great,the Brits treat you good and they are always on for great humour.
Asia is real good as i like the food. Went up thru Malaysia by bus and train, remember having a great conversation with a Muslim cleric about the 'bad' ways of Westerners and we tidied up a few differences on both sides, it was a great leaning experience and we were both better off for it.Went on into Thailand, Hong Kong and a little bit of Southern China. Worked in Samoa a couple of years ago, that was great, real laid back, the way life should be.
Hope i didn,t bore anyone but it is great to have the freedom to go to other countries and cultures, we are pretty lucky and it stays with you for life.
I get a real buzz from just telling people to get of their backsides and go for it....... |
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By: danforbes@xtra.co.nz
26/03/2008
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Stonehook you sound like you love to travel and are lucky enougth to be able to have.
In some European countries it is seen as a citizens social right to have travel experience so it is one of the govt's responsibilties to enable its citizens to travel. I believe we should introduce a similar policy in NZ to the point in the senior years of High School students should have one overseas excursion or at least on to a distant location from their point of orgin in this country to experience an environment totally different from their home environment. I think a number of kids would benefit from such a program. I am sure you have as I have benefited from travelling in helping in understading cultural differences and other persoanl social development.
That's my two cents worth on the subject. |
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By: stonehook@xtra.co.nz
25/03/2008
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| used to travel heaps on my own overseas but then i met a great woman and then you build houses and travelling slows down a bit, but as you get down the track a bit we hope to go away every year for a month, went to Brisbane Dec/Jan it was great. We hope to get to Vietnam at some stage, travel from Hanoi down to Ho Chi Minh city. Would also love to go and see the Terracotta Army in Xian in China. Chinese history is amazing, been into Southern China but not long enough. |
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By: danforbes@xtra.co.nz
24/03/2008
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Very thought provoking.
I was one of those Kiwis that went overseas first and was very embarrased everytime I bumped into a person who having been to NZ had seen more of it than I had. |
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By: juzzkirk
24/03/2008
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| most times it costs more to travel in nz....but if you havent seen you0r own country the rest of the world has no context |
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By: danforbes@xtra.co.nz
23/03/2008
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| Just remembered went to the Coromandel recently, absolutely brilliant. Cathedral Cove in one of the 101 things a Kiwi must on the AAtravel site. Seriously it is a must do. |
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By: danforbes@xtra.co.nz
23/03/2008
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| You can always travel within the country. |
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By: juzzkirk
23/03/2008
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| not often...the cost ,young children and the distabilisation of the world all deciding factors |
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By: emmarobb08
14/03/2008
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Im from the UK and my husband is from NZ, so me and him are constantly going to and from both the countries
but meh.. i dont mind the fact its long haul, just costs to much money |
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By: dell.rowe
1/03/2008
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| normally round christmas However i dreamed of getting a campervan and then i finally got one it was given to me it was a dream cme true for me now i i plan to go down south in it This christmas i went camping at the lakes |
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By: mh.clark@xtra.co.nz
1/03/2008
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| A wow idea! Get the good stuff.Well done Simon. Marie |
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By: nga_hau
7/02/2008
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| Just finisher travelling around Australia..two month ago..just beautiful... |
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By: annameidavis
6/02/2008
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| I visit 3 countries each year and fly twice a month interstate on my days off work...travel perks at work people....use & abusive it lol |
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By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
2/02/2008
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| simonrobinson64; I like it. I also go for walks every day [ healthwise,weather permitting]. And that grin you see on the dogs face is because it's taking the p..s and knows that it doesn't have to put up with the crap we do. I'd like to think that every time one cocks it's leg on a tree it thinks it's one of them. Cheers. |
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By: simonrobinson64
2/02/2008
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| to xtr365705@. i travel every day.its because like you say the politics have become oppressive. so i like to get away. its very simple for me. i go for a walk through cornwall park. there i am free from the the media and all the bad news . i am in the company of four footed animals like sheep and cattle that i envy for their ignorance. i get jealous when i see a dog walk by with a grin on its face. obviously that dog is not aware of the insane things that go on in the bee hive. it has no idea of the anti smacking bill. so one tree hill park is where i can lose my self and sample the excellent scenery. i see lots of tourists walking through there, and just pretend im one too and nz is far away. its really good for my well being and i get to avoid the stress of airports. sometimes i change my schedule and walk up mt eden hill, there are also lots of tourists there to. |
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By: xtr365705@xtra.co.nz
30/01/2008
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| My this is a popular posting. I personally like to travel overseas at least once every three years; even if its to Oz. I think it important because of the rapidly changing political scenario that has evolved here over the past 9 years. I go away, have a great time, then come back and notice how terrible the once free open spirited NZ has become. |
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By: hamymonkey
23/01/2008
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| How often do you make overseas trips? I'd love to travel every year but usually take a couple of years to save up. Oh well, there's plenty of good Kiwi spots to see in between. |
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