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- I spent a year in Mexico and the only place I saw was Puerto Vallarta.
- I spent 3 years in USA and the only place I saw was Chicago.

Wow.

I know.....only because I worked there and that was before I started thinking about traveling....

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Originally posted by laughingnomad:
And anyway, if you put a meat patty on a plate, some mashed potatoes and a salad with dressing and a roll on the side you basically have a hamburger. I've wanted to say that for a long time. McDonalds gets a bum rap.

I'm sorry, but... no.

I never saw the Grand Canyon until I was 37.

I have never been to Hawaii, ever.

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Originally posted by static:
I have never been to Hawaii, ever.

Me either, and I will not until someone pays my way.

I confess that I always book a ridiculously expensive hotel for my first few nights in a country... and I love the luxury.

I confess that I actually pay to be picked up from the airport on arrival and driven to said ridiculously expensive hotel in a equally expensive 'airport transfer'.

I confess that no matter how often I'm stuck with cold showers (if you could call them that) I hate them with a passion no matter what the temperature.

I've done the golden arch thing once, oddly enough in kota kinabalu (sp)

I've been to Hawaii twice(different islands) and loved it. Everything is staged for the tourist but I still liked it.

Okay, okay, I confess! I love backpacker ghettos - Khao San Road, Bangkok; Vang Vieng, Laos; Gulshan, Dhaka; Dahab, Egypt... places like that. I can speak English, there are SOOO many amenities, beer is plentiful, western music is played... I know it's WRONG, but I can't help it!!

I am prejudiced towards hippies.

In a hostel I once ended up sat next to two people discussing how to read fortune cards. I wanted to kill them both.

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Originally posted by braslvr:

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Originally posted by static:
I have never been to Hawaii, ever.

Me either, and I will not until someone pays my way.

Ahem, we're supposed to be "confessing," not bragging.

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Originally posted by Bideshi:
Okay, okay, I confess! I love backpacker ghettos - Khao San Road, Bangkok; Vang Vieng, Laos; Gulshan, Dhaka; Dahab, Egypt... places like that. I can speak English, there are SOOO many amenities, beer is plentiful, western music is played... I know it's WRONG, but I can't help it!!

One of the 1st ballsy confessions I've heard thus far. Congrats!
I've never been to Hawaii either...another one?

I really dislike Oz. I mean, I really dislike it. I dislike the accent (ya, sorry, I know! I cant help it!) I dislike the frat-boy culture, the slang they use, the fact that everything there with teeth can KILL YOU. The spiders that are as large as houses, snakes that will liquify your lungs, Koala bears that look cute but want to eat your face off. And most of all?
I hate the word 'roo. As inn "See that 'roo over there?" Cant stand it. It literally makes my skin crawl.
And I'm not sure why. I never met an Aussie I disliked. Not really. I mean, I've met some I found distasteful, but never one I had a real reason to resent.
So it dosent totally make sense. And I know that. And it's completely unfair.

And I know that too.

Oh, I also feel the exact same way about Hawaii, except that: Hawaiins dont particularly like me (tourist), they keep their TV's up loud when answering the phone, it bugs me. It's nitpicky, I know. There is a huge meth problem there, and I dont so much want to be on an island with a bunch of meth addicts, huge creepy spiders, and I hate the way Hawaii is pronounced.
"Hawai'i" Ya. Whatever.
I hate the names there. Kaualapahanahikidiki Rd. Mukalakidahaniburba Hotel, Kikahappamucca Beach.
Ugh! It's like nails on a chalkboard.

And again, I'm fully aware that these are unfair sterotypes. And they are mostly undeserved. But well...there ya go.

Prisa speaks for me on the subject of Australia.

Static & Prisa, have either of you ever been to Australia?

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Originally posted by Spiralout:
Static & Prisa, have either of you ever been to Australia?

Ahhh I knew this was comming.
And no. I have never been. Which makes all my assumptions unfair except 2:
1. I'm not fond of the accent/slang
2. Lots of deadly animals/reptiles/arachnids

This is enough to keep me from going. This is why I'm only a 'so-called traveler'.

I, too, realize that my assumptions and characterizations are unfair.

I base this useless opinion on the Aussies that I meet while traveling. They tend to be very loud, extremely cocky and sports-obsessed; precisely the sort that I leave the USA to get away from.

So what I'm hearing is that you both don't like Australians, which is perfectly understandable.

As for the animals Prisa, it's actually worse than you imagine. But we think of it as just God's way of keeping us on our toes.

Well all Aussies I've actually met (and not just heard from afar) have been great. Their slang grates me and so does the accent..no fault of their own..still great people. Northeastern Indian accent can bug the crap out of me too. So does Castillian Spanight (lisp atrocity!)...but ya know. No biggie.

The bugs, on the other hand, are a complete deal breaker. I HATE spiders. Hate them with the passion of my soul. I wish they would all go away and never come back and I dont care if that means more flies. I can deal with flies. I cannot deal with spiders.

And you guys have spiders as big as my head.
It keeps you on your toes, but it would keep me locked up in a white padded room with bug disinfectant and a shoe on the ready.

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And you guys have spiders as big as my head.
It keeps you on your toes, but it would keep me locked up in a white padded room with bug disinfectant and a shoe on the ready.

Well then you don't want to hear the story about "Shelob" who had made her lair in my folk's kitchen last time I was there. And those bug sprays just make 'em angry and jumpy.

Funny, most Americans say they like the accent in my experience. What I can't stand is when they try to affect it for my benefit. I want to start slapping the fool that says "Goood diy, mite!" or "That's not a knoif, that's a knoif."

I travelled thousands of miles to Muscat, Oman/ I was there three days and spent the bulk of my time in an air conditioned hotel room watching episodes od Nip/Tuck off my friends i-pod.