How many people travel outside the country you live in?

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

Just curious, how many BYC's have experienced other cultures.

1) what was your view of them

2) where did you go

3) would you go back

Steve in NC

 

[Judy]

Spent a week wandering dirt roads in the jungles of Belize in a rented jeep, having driven 2 or 3 hours from the airport to get there (yes, I drove.) Loved it. Stayed at Chan Chich; highly recommend it. Did an eco tour in Costa Rica; loved it. Belize is easier if you don't speak much Spanish because many people speak English, though not all. Our tour guide in CR was from Iowa, had lived in CR for years, was not going back. Nice guy, and interesting. Met some marvelous people (natives.) Always wanted to see a rain forest, and now I have seen several types. The birds are amazing. Friend of mine did an Amazon river cruise, but the animals there are hunted, so afraid of people; not much the case in Belize and Costa Rica, so you see more of them. The monkeys at Chan Chich would hang out over the trails to pee on you. Heck, yes, I'd go back, I'd live there if I had no family here, but I'm not rich enough.

Been on a Caribbean cruise; not overly impressed; best thing was the food on the ship. A couple other places, but the jungles were the best.

 

[al6517]

Wow leaves this open for a long post LOL. I have traveled exstensively all over the world, some of the countries I have been to are.

Canada
Mexico
Panama
The virgin Islands
Newfoundland
England
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Netherlands
Germany
France
Italy
Spain
Switzerland
Austria
Greese
Turkey
Saudia Arabia
Kuwait
Iraq
S Korea
Japan
China
Australia
I think that most of the people in most countries were great and very nice some in others not so much. it was that if you are identified as American you may be ridiculed or treated badly just because of that. Not everybody likes us and some even Hate us, it's just the way of the world. I would never had traded the times in any of these countries even when things got bad there, I do have some favorites and some on the bottom of the list. For now I will decline to list them that way.

AL

 

[Rootball]

I might take more time to reply to this later.. I havent been many places but the places I tend to go I get to know very well.

I do go to Baja, Mexico a bit

I have spent some time in Europe Primarily Britain and Italy and then a month spent in France studying Architecture.

I lived in China for a year during that time I spent a month in Indonesia, as well as months travelling around China and overland through Tibet to Nepal.

I've had the opportunity to go back to China and Tibet about half a dozen times, including a month spent studying Feng Shui and Chinese landscape architecture.

I also try to spend lots of time in Bali Indonesia. I generally go for at least a month and have been about 6 times.

My brother is married to a Bolivian so I was able to go there shortly for the wedding.

So I guess that boils down to.

Britain
France
Italy
Mexico
China
(Tibet)
(Hong Kong)
Nepal
Indonesia
Bolivia

 

[Dar]

Quote:
LOL the last time I checked Newfoundland was a part of Canada

the only time I have traveled out of Canada was to go to NC to the Coca Cola 600 I love NC and all the states between the border, I found the further south we went the more hospitable people were.

 

[saddina]

For work:

Mexico
Singapore
Hong Kong
Malaysia
Japan
Thailand
South Africa

I had a job that would send me to different offices to do training, I'd spend 2-3 weeks there, come back for a week or so and then off again. You have no idea how many interesting foods I was given once the baby bump started to show, I must have eaten dozens of things in Asia to guarentee a "strong son".. interestly enough, I have a boy who at 9 is my height.

Eventually I'd like to go back and actually see them, rather than work 12 hour days and see offices/hotel/airport/business dinners.

 

[Tuffoldhen]

I've traveled to Italy and Greece.

I liked Italy and the Alps were breathtaking. I loved Greece, nice people along the Ionian Sea coast line, food is wonderful and I would love to go back.

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

We have a Harley so "before kids" we toured when I had a BUTT of steal !!!
We took a trip down to Tennessee and loved it ...spent a couple days touring around ...visited the Blue Ridge Mountains..Smokey Mountains .Harley people Rock down south...everytime we stopped for photo's a bike would pull over and take our group photo....and then take a photo for there album...
Also been to Lake George alot in New York state ...an Americade...
and my last ride down that way hubby surprized me by going through all the states on the east coast...extended vacation....and then I had children ....
Also been through Washington and Oregon State a couple times driving down from British Columbia ...two beautiful States ...
Been to every Province except Newfoundland and one of the Territories
My dream is to go to Scotland and France ...Hubbies dream is to Fly and Ride Europe...

Hubby and his Buddies toured more of the states again before children mostly ...

 

[ruth]

I travel for a living as a self-employed corporate trainer/seminar conductor. I've been all over the U.S. including Hawaii and Alaska. Also been to other countries for work as well as vacation (using those frequent flyer miles).

Outside of U.S.

Canada, Quebec
London (twice)
Paris
Venice (3 times - it gets my vote for "favorite" simply because no traffic, no rush, just sit in St. Mark's Square all evening and enjoy the $14 cups of coffee and listen to the three orchestras take turns playing)
Pisa
Florence
Rome
Switzerland
Mexico, Cancun & Cozumel

In every town (US or Foreign) that I visit, I always try to visit and stay in the area that the locals stay in. Eat at the little local places and try the local cuisine and shop the boutiques. I NEVER go to the mall or eat at the chain restaurants. In foreign countries you can't really experience the local flavor if you don't get out of the tourist areas. I'm always amazed, when visiting foreign countries, at the number of Americans that are packed in the McDonalds.

 

[Emzyyy]

nowhere.....

I wanna go scuba diving in Australlia, and rock climbing in the Himalayas, and go running on the Great Wall of China, and fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, and hiking in South America, and EVERYTHING! and I'm so jealous of you people!!!