Around the world in 327 days

[puffff]

Originally posted by: jndietz
by the way, were you ever scared at any point for any reason? or felt threatened?

the time i lost an atm machine ate my card was inconvenient, and the time russian police tried to scam me was unnerving, but other than that, i cant think of anything really scary. most of the time, if i felt stressed, it was because i was tired. arriving in a new city after dark with no idea where you are and unable to speak the language was difficult sometimes, but after having that happen half a dozen times, you get used to it.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: dartworth
What camera gear did you use?

started out with a pentax optio s4. when it got stolen in vietnam, i bought a new pentax optio WP.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Other then the years I spent living in Saudi Arabia and Germany as a child, the longest I have ever lived outside of the US was nearly 3 months on the Greek island of Naxos. Best damned summer of my life! The sites, the sounds, the people, the friends, the food, the alcohol! Gosh damn it's nice to be young and see the world!

While I lived on that island, I ended up exchanging my IT services for free Internet. I rapidly gained the trust of two Internet-cafe owners who ended up offering me a job to stay on the island. Sometimes I wonder if 500 Euro/month would be enough. Probably would have been.

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
BTW, nice photos! Very well done.

I afraid I would be depressed after such a trip, after 377 days of absorbing so much life, culture, history, people, etc. I think life would be downhill from there...or at least until the next trip.

Another question: Did you make some life-long friends along the way?

well, i met a woman who became my current girlfriend along the way

 

[BrokenVisage]

You better have puffff'd in Amsterdam, or the trip was not completed!

 

[Saint Nick]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
BTW, nice photos! Very well done.

I afraid I would be depressed after such a trip, after 377 days of absorbing so much life, culture, history, people, etc. I think life would be downhill from there...or at least until the next trip.

Another question: Did you make some life-long friends along the way?

well, i met a woman who became my current girlfriend along the way

the chick from thailand? deer???????

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: jndietz
by the way, were you ever scared at any point for any reason? or felt threatened?

the time i lost an atm machine ate my card was inconvenient, and the time russian police tried to scam me was unnerving, but other than that, i cant think of anything really scary. most of the time, if i felt stressed, it was because i was tired. arriving in a new city after dark with no idea where you are and unable to speak the language was difficult sometimes, but after having that happen half a dozen times, you get used to it.

Yep! I can relate. I once did 9 Western European counties in 6 weeks and some of the most adverterous and stressful moments were when I got off the train, in say Modena, at around 1:00 AM and had to walk around exhausted with backpack, looking for the youth hostel.

Tell us more about your Russian police adventure!

 

[Krazefinn]

Too bad you didnt get around those hot scandinavian women...Finland is beutiful, swedish women real hawties.
You also seem to have missed the netherlands. VIKINGS rule! (well, they used to rule the seas anyway).
nice job though....pics and all...save those for the grandkids...

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: jndietz
by the way, were you ever scared at any point for any reason? or felt threatened?

the time i lost an atm machine ate my card was inconvenient, and the time russian police tried to scam me was unnerving, but other than that, i cant think of anything really scary. most of the time, if i felt stressed, it was because i was tired. arriving in a new city after dark with no idea where you are and unable to speak the language was difficult sometimes, but after having that happen half a dozen times, you get used to it.

Yep! I can relate. I once did 9 Western European counties in 6 weeks and some of the most adverterous and stressful moments were when I got off the train, in say Modena, at around 1:00 AM and had to walk around exhausted with backpack, looking for the youth hostel.

Tell us more about your Russian police adventure!

Story here.

And something similar happened again in Romania.

 

[Poulsonator]

Awesome, awesome stuff, man. Congrats for having the balls to do something like this.

 

[Rill22]

Can I ask what and how much you took in the way of clothing?

 

[kyzen]

Another question - did you bring a computer, or were you just stopping in internet cafe's whenever possible?

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: jndietz

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
BTW, nice photos! Very well done.

I afraid I would be depressed after such a trip, after 377 days of absorbing so much life, culture, history, people, etc. I think life would be downhill from there...or at least until the next trip.

Another question: Did you make some life-long friends along the way?

well, i met a woman who became my current girlfriend along the way

the chick from thailand? deer???????

Yeah, I want know more about this GF! Pics?

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
BTW, nice photos! Very well done.

I afraid I would be depressed after such a trip, after 377 days of absorbing so much life, culture, history, people, etc. I think life would be downhill from there...or at least until the next trip.

Another question: Did you make some life-long friends along the way?

well, i met a woman who became my current girlfriend along the way

details?!


anyways, man, you ARE THE MAN. What you did was totally awesome. Going through your blog/pics atm.

very cool pics :thumbsup:



EDIT:NOOO!!! your server went down . roflmao @ AT effect, doh .

 

[Reggae4k]

dude it looks like your site just crashed... GET IT UP

 

[speg]

You didn't come to Canada?! :'(

 

[Bulldog13]

Account suspended ?

 

[DAGTA]

Very cool!

I'm actually starting the process now of planning a move to Nelson, New Zealand so I was really happy to see your pictures and read about your New Zealand experiences.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
Very cool!

I'm actually starting the process now of planning a move to Nelson, New Zealand so I was really happy to see your pictures and read about your New Zealand experiences.

Move back home? For work? Just because?

 

[puffff]

Originally posted by: Rill22
Can I ask what and how much you took in the way of clothing?

I can't remember. By the time I returned home, I didnt have any of the clothing I left home with. Either lost or threw them away to save space whenever I changed climates. I ended up with a pair of jeans, 3 pairs of boxers, two pairs of shorts, four tshirts, a fleece, and a coat.

Originally posted by: kyzen
Another question - did you bring a computer, or were you just stopping in internet cafe's whenever possible?

Had a laptop to store all my photos on and to write my blog on, but I got online at internet cafes. Used floppy disks to move files between the laptop and the internet cafe.

 

[sponge008]

The site JUST went down, I guess the bandwidth was overrun.

 

[isasir]

Dammit, your m-why account just got suspended? It was working a second ago.

 

[puffff]

ugh, well my account just went down. need to contact agaboogaboo

 

[ed21x]

yeah, I'm really interested Interesing thing is, this past summer on a train from Beijing to Urumuqi, I met a guy around 50 years old who was travelling around the world as well... :Q

 

[Ramma2]

Account suspended, and I didn't even make it past February of 2005