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Which countries have you visited and what were your experiences?
I've never been abroad before and want to listen to your travel stories
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I've been to:
1. Spain (July 2000)
2. Canada (August-September 2004)
3. Finland (December 2004)
4. Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico (January 2006)
5. Belgium (February 2006)
6. United States (February 2006)
7. France (July 2006 and July 2009)
8. United Arab Emirates, Brunei and Australia (April 2007)
9. Turkey (October 2009)
1. I don't really remember much of Spain other than going to Barcelona and Benidorm. We spent most of that trip in a Eurocamp.
2. Canada was really good, we went visiting family in Toronto. During the trip we went camping in some cabins by a lake in Algonquin National Park as well as going up the CN Tower. I one-upped my grandad (who lay down on the glass floor 3 years prior), by lying face down on the glass floor despite the 342 metre drop.
3. This was a daytrip to Rovaniemi about 5 days before christmas. I don't remember too much other than it getting dark by mid-afternoon and my auntie nearly crashing a snowmobile with me on it. She confessed to me a few weeks ago that she was actually drunk when that happened.
4. Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico were all visited as part of a Caribbean cruise for my uncle's wedding. Thus, Haiti was a day's excursion while the actual wedding took place on a beach in Ocho Rios (Jamaica) which went well before the tide came in. We then visited Cozumel (Mexico) which was still recovering from a hurricane. It was there where we went on a submarine trip.
5. I went through Brussels (Belgium) on the way to New York, I only spent time in the airport for a brief period on both the outgoing and return trips.
6. Ties into the previous point. I went to New York for 4 days in February 2006 and really enjoyed myself, visiting the Empire State Building (both observation decks) and Ground Zero. We also took trips to Liberty Island and a bus tour around much of Manhattan and Brooklyn. I did amaze my auntie and the cab driver who picked us up from JFK by knowing exactly where I was and where I was going without the use of a map (despite never having visited before).
7. The trips to France were with school, and to be honest, I hated it on both occasions. I was actually stopped by a French security guard in a supermarket because I presume he thought I'd stolen something (I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying!).
8. We passed through airports in the UAE and Brunei on the way to Australia, but Australia was also really good fun, again visiting family.
9. Turkey was an odd one. Given it was my birthday when we came back I had the choice of destination so I picked Portugal. We ended up going to a resort in Turkey for some reason and it was okay for the most part... until someone took a dump in the pool. When we got back the resort where we stayed was on BBC's Watchdog days later being investigated for poor hygiene.
1. Spain (July 2000)
2. Canada (August-September 2004)
3. Finland (December 2004)
4. Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico (January 2006)
5. Belgium (February 2006)
6. United States (February 2006)
7. France (July 2006 and July 2009)
8. United Arab Emirates, Brunei and Australia (April 2007)
9. Turkey (October 2009)
1. I don't really remember much of Spain other than going to Barcelona and Benidorm. We spent most of that trip in a Eurocamp.
2. Canada was really good, we went visiting family in Toronto. During the trip we went camping in some cabins by a lake in Algonquin National Park as well as going up the CN Tower. I one-upped my grandad (who lay down on the glass floor 3 years prior), by lying face down on the glass floor despite the 342 metre drop.
3. This was a daytrip to Rovaniemi about 5 days before christmas. I don't remember too much other than it getting dark by mid-afternoon and my auntie nearly crashing a snowmobile with me on it. She confessed to me a few weeks ago that she was actually drunk when that happened.
4. Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico were all visited as part of a Caribbean cruise for my uncle's wedding. Thus, Haiti was a day's excursion while the actual wedding took place on a beach in Ocho Rios (Jamaica) which went well before the tide came in. We then visited Cozumel (Mexico) which was still recovering from a hurricane. It was there where we went on a submarine trip.
5. I went through Brussels (Belgium) on the way to New York, I only spent time in the airport for a brief period on both the outgoing and return trips.
6. Ties into the previous point. I went to New York for 4 days in February 2006 and really enjoyed myself, visiting the Empire State Building (both observation decks) and Ground Zero. We also took trips to Liberty Island and a bus tour around much of Manhattan and Brooklyn. I did amaze my auntie and the cab driver who picked us up from JFK by knowing exactly where I was and where I was going without the use of a map (despite never having visited before).
7. The trips to France were with school, and to be honest, I hated it on both occasions. I was actually stopped by a French security guard in a supermarket because I presume he thought I'd stolen something (I couldn't understand a word of what he was saying!).
8. We passed through airports in the UAE and Brunei on the way to Australia, but Australia was also really good fun, again visiting family.
9. Turkey was an odd one. Given it was my birthday when we came back I had the choice of destination so I picked Portugal. We ended up going to a resort in Turkey for some reason and it was okay for the most part... until someone took a dump in the pool. When we got back the resort where we stayed was on BBC's Watchdog days later being investigated for poor hygiene.
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How I envy you! You are really a traveller!
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I guess so, these were all before I turned 14, and that Turkey holiday was my last one to date
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I’ve been to the United States. It’s okay.
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I went to Canada a few years back, and I lived for a brief time in Nagasaki
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I love your avatar, it's cute
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on google maps i visited spain. it's pretty, didn't get a whole lot of culture or food experiences though.