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| 18th November 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Muscat, Oman - The quiet side of the Middle East Fair comment. |
| 17th November 2009 zizi | stares - From: Muscat, Oman - The quiet side of the Middle East "Unfortunately, our walk along the cornishe was hampered by the sheer amount of ogling stares Angela received. Some men even stopped just a short distance away to ogle even more." Look at how she is dressed and you wonder why they stare? Tourist have to keep in mind local standards of dress :-) |
| 17th November 2009 steven mchugh | sri lanka - From: Beruwala, Sri Lanka - A Tropical Paradise! just read your comments on beruwala. going in jan found them realy helpfull cheers |
| 10th October 2009 Luta | Visit Kosova - From: Tirana, Albania - Get in quick before everyone else does Hi there I just wanted to say this is a good article you have writen here. I am from Kosova, and would highly recommend that you visit, especially my city "Peja", located on the west side of the country. The capital Prishtina is also highly recommended. I would like to hear your views of Peja if you ever go..there is much to do and see, and i can recommend a few sites that might interest you. |
| 3rd October 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Helsinki, Finland - New Year's Eve Funnily enough I didn't know that! |
| 2nd October 2009 Pikeman | BTW did you... - From: Helsinki, Finland - New Year's Eve Did you BTW know that Suomenlinna (Finland's Castle) was once attacked by the English? It was year 1855 during the Crimean War when English fleet borbarded the fortress. |
| 2nd October 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Cairo, Egypt - The land of the Pharaohs Maybe there was a misunderstanding in my blog about Cairo - but I can assure you we did enjoy our time in the city, and going around the Pyramids on horseback was actually the highlight of the trip! Thanks for the comment. |
| 2nd October 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Bordeaux, France - 3 day tour of the Dordogne Cheers for the comments. We enjoyed Bordeaux even with my ineptitude at the language. It's somewhere we hope to retire to one day. |
| 2nd October 2009 Bev | I can better that. - From: Bordeaux, France - 3 day tour of the Dordogne Jason, We're planning a trip to the Bordeaux region for April/May next year, and just loved your blog - so funny, and well written, so congrats. I have to admit, I can better your faux pas. On our first trip to France I was heard to enquire of locals (on more than one occasion it must be admitted) "Parlez vous Francaise?" A wonderful Gallic shrug, "Oui, je parle". Like your wife, my husband thought it superb entertainment. Cheers |
| 25th September 2009 Carolyn Sallouma | your tour - From: Cairo, Egypt - The land of the Pharaohs Hi having read about your tour of Cairo and what you thought about it I felt I had to make a comment. I have been living in Cairo now for 5 years and work closely with my husband taking tours around our beautiful city. It is normal here to find that the taxi drivers want to take you to the papyrus factories, they feel you might be interested to see howit is made, there is no pressure to sell you anything, you missed a treat. We always take our guests around the pyramids either by horse or camel because we feel that you can experience the true majesty of the only surviving wonder by this way. I agree with you about the museum, but hopefully when the new one is completed it ill be more organised and more accessible to the growing number of tourists who visit. I hope that you will visit us again and that you took away with you not just the bad memories but the good ones too, and remember, not all Egyptian men leer, they just appreciate women. |
| 16th September 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Hong Kong - A World of Contrast! Thanks for telling us what the words actually said - it's good to know that they are actually our names, albeit in a roundabout way. Also, thanks for the comments about the photos. Glad you liked them. |
| 15th September 2009 Eric | Beautiful photos! - From: Hong Kong - A World of Contrast! kudos to the photographer, very well framed photos! regarding the Chinese calligraphy, since every Chinese character/glyph has its own meaning, I now attempt to provide the phonetics (in Hanyu Pinyin) and meaning to the characters. Here goes: from top to bottom- Jason: ji -> accumulate xin-> trust Angela: an-> peace/contentment zu-> ancestor/ancestorial na-> a female name but there's a pitfall. The Chinese characters only SOUND like Jason and Angela if pronounced in Cantonese... doesn't work that well for Mandarin :P |
| 5th August 2009 Harps for ever | Cork - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City My Mam was from Cork I lived and went to school there a couple of years and still call it "home". You cannot imagine how much one can miss a place so and just how much pleasure these photos can give one. Home for me was Sundays Well or Up near the Lough!! Im an exhile living in Italy which has it own beauty and obvioulsy the climate. I'd willingly take an umbrella and stroll along Patrick Street and I live in the sincere hope that I'll get home one more time.....I'd recommend Cork to anyone at any time and thank you for the photos |
| 4th August 2009 orgjb | Doughnut - From: Kota Kinabalu - Holiday in Borneo If I were her..I would take the doughnut and smack on somebody's face who dont understand what is "FREE". |
| 26th July 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Pristina, Kosovo - The Newest Country in the World Mayonnaise - don't get me started again! |
| 25th July 2009 Ashley | I hate mayonnaise too. - From: Pristina, Kosovo - The Newest Country in the World I just arrived in Pristina today, and I will be living here for 3 months while I have an internship at an NGO. I thought your blog was really funny and well written, and I haven't seen much of the city yet but your comments seem dead-on. The part about mayonnaise really scares me though, as it's been a life-long enemy of mine. I'm really happy thought I have a heads-up and now |
| 23rd July 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City Have you been on the distilled Murphys again! |
| 21st July 2009 peggy | trying to find maria from Cork - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City i know this is crazy but does anyone know of a woman called maria who a few years back worked in Nantucket Island for a summer?? She is still in her 20's.............I worked with her...please tell her to email me I want to say hi..............Peggy the pastry chef |
| 15th July 2009 Kur | Poland have greay history - From: Krakow - The Land of King Krak! And the Krakow is the best city in Europa :) |
| 10th July 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Pristina, Kosovo - The Newest Country in the World I'd agree, the Balkans are a friendly place. And you should go back to Kosovo, it would be interesting for you to see the changes that have happened there. |
| 9th July 2009 trommie conrad | my visit to pristina - From: Pristina, Kosovo - The Newest Country in the World i spent a year in pristina as an international police officer. i will never forget the way the people there treated me. i worked patrol and at the detention center. i met an albainian inmate named Arif Krachniski (aka) Muya. this guy was one of a kind. the stories he told me about the war was unbelievable. he also told me that they were albainians being held at the det. center for no reason. the courts wanted mony for their release, but they were poor people. so i went to see the president of the court (judge) and had a long talk with him. i explained the situation to him and he agreed to to visit the det.center. he talked to several prisoners and by the end of his visit 19 prisoners were released. Arif thanked me and asked me who me a question. he asked Who are you? i replied, just a police officer and he smiled and shook his head. his response to me was no. you are my friend. that meant the world to me. it felt so good and right to be able to help those people. i will never forget Arif and the people of Pristina. i hope to one day return there for a visit and to look up some old friends. |
| 3rd June 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Pristina, Kosovo - The Newest Country in the World Cheers Maddie. It was a very interesting place to see. |
| 2nd June 2009 Maddie | What am I getting in for...?1 - From: Pristina, Kosovo - The Newest Country in the World Great blog, nice work. I get to see kosovo for the first time this August, mostly the western countryside, and I'm looking forward to a land of real contrast. |
| 4th May 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Banjul, The Gambia - And more! Yeah, I'm sure you're right about my Nemesis and his wily ways. And glad you're enjoying reading about my trips to foreign places. |
| 3rd May 2009 AnnaAdventuring | - From: Banjul, The Gambia - And more! I have the feeling that your peace offering may turn your nemesis on the next unsuspecting tourist who happens across him! I really enjoyed reading your blog... you seem to stumble across the most entertaining characters on your trips! |
| 10th March 2009 sandy123 | - From: Cairo, Egypt - The land of the Pharaohs Egypt is one of the most preferable countries for me because of its nice weather and the huge amount of monuments that one can visit there. Like you i have been to Egypt a year ago and i enjoyed my time there. Since that visit my interest in reading about the mythology of ancient Egyptians grew. While searching i found numerous sites about this topic including http://egyptopia.com/Ancient+Egyptian+Religion+%26+Myths_30_100_3_15_920_en.html and i am in need of more sites to help me in my research about ancient Egyptian civilization. If you know any , please tell me |
| 22nd February 2009 Nemanja | yo - From: Belgrade, Serbia - Balkan Sights! Theese pics are wonderfull , i hope that u had a beautifull time in belgrade , and if u come again soon u must truy and experience our Night life in clubs ;-) Its a free country u can doo watever u want in limits of normal :D And something u missed OUR Girls are pretty 'n hot :)) . u truyed "cevapi" next time , find a place u can order "SARMA" u will love it :) salute from Belgrade and thx for saying the truth about our country unlike rubbish from tv and movies . Cya ! |
| 5th February 2009 Cessna152 | - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City Actually, I did enjoy Cork! |
| 4th February 2009 Mike | The English Market - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City Imagine leaving a fresh food market widely acknowledged by Rick Stein, amongst others as one of the finest in Europe because of the smell of raw meat being "unbearable." This comment of yours informed my reading of the rest of your review. |
| 3rd February 2009 max | pitty - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City pitty you didnt like Cork. Its great. |
| 21st January 2009 vin | Most Enjoyable - From: Dusseldorf, Germany - Better than you think! I enjoyed walking the streets of Dusseldorf with you. I have been there many times in the past and it was a pleasure revisiting with you. |
| 2nd January 2009 Cessna152 | - From: New York, USA - Sightseeing in the Snow Thanks, Lynn! |
| 1st January 2009 lynn yeo | so nice - From: New York, USA - Sightseeing in the Snow so nice, your pics and written entry! thanks! |
| 25th December 2008 incolor | Pity - From: Cork, Ireland - Eire's Second City Such a pity you didn't actually like Cork's beauty. Being a Corkonian, I could have shown you some parts of the city that no guidebook will mention that would have had you saying how beautiful a city it is. I'm glad you liked the people though. Maybe you'll come back again some day for a repeat visit. |
| 13th November 2008 Cessna152 | - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! Yeah, we did a lot in the short time we were there. Thanks for the comment and no, I'm not sure it was a woman with the chicken! |
| 13th November 2008 said | great job - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! i think you were not waisting your time while you were visiting morocco ,you've given almost the wright picture of the square of jamaa alfna. all in all your really did a great job ,nice pictures with clear comments exept for the one with (a woman with chichen) are you sure that's a woman |
| 25th September 2008 Joanne Jordan | safety - From: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Beauty & the Beast My experience in PP was a bit different as I worked there... There are safety issues and everyone has different levels of tolerance, so I think it's varies from person to person and it's important to figure out what you are comfortable with before going. But, again I agree a lot of other countries are similar, so I wouldn't say it was worse than other areas I visited. Again it depends a lot on luck and while I have to admit I had an unpleasant experience towards the end of my stay there, there's probably more chance of being in a car accident at home than something happening while there. |
| 29th August 2008 Cessna152 | - From: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Beauty & the Beast It's interesting you mention the safety aspect. We were warned about Phnom Penh by lots of people, including the taxi driver who picked us up from the airport. So we were expecting something a bit more dangerous than the other places we'd visited in that area (Bangkok, Vientiane, Hanoi, Siem Reap) but although it did have a very definite 'edge' to us the place was safe. True, there were the street kids (but no worse than anywhere else) and there were the beggars with stumps (again,, we'd experienced far worse in Delhi). But unlike you, perhaps, we never strayed (more or less) away from the beaten track. We also didn't go out after abour 10pm. So to a certain extent, we were cocooned from certain elements, although we were independent travellers. Thanks for the comment though. Regards Jason |
| 29th August 2008 Nomad | Phnom Penh - From: Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Beauty & the Beast It's strange you didn't tell everyone about the crime and saftey in Phnom Penh. You didn't say anything about all the street kids that will follow you around begging for money on Riverside. Nothing about the deformed people that stand outside the S-21 prison begging or the group thats stands by the entrances to the Russian market. I went to Phnom Penh for six days it was a night mare. I spent Two years in Iraq. I ran over 500+ missions there and felt safer than in Cambodia. Regards |
| 4th August 2008 Chum | Bohoma sthuthi(thanks) - From: Beruwala, Sri Lanka - A Tropical Paradise! It is very decent way of describing a trip to a foreign country. But did u only visit Beruwala? Why dont u come back again sumday to see the Kandy Perahara?(cerenmony for the Tooth of relic) or to visit Anuradhapura? Take care!! |
| 16th July 2008 halima | verry good - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! is verry good articl and a verry lovly story good job man halima |
| 16th July 2008 zakaria | - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! Koutoba Mosque it's koutobia Mosque but all what u did is amazimg mice job u really said everything about my city keep up |
| 4th March 2008 skc | 2 windmills - From: Amsterdam, Netherlands - Warning: Contains Adult Themes! There's a fairly accessible windmill east of Centraal Station that's not just a windmill but also an amazing brewery and a great spot in the summer to sit and have a beer. The 2nd is west of Centraal accesible by bus but not as exciting as the brewery one. |
| 28th February 2008 Cessna152 | - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! Thanks for the comments. Delhi next stop! |
| 27th February 2008 Xanthe | - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! Lovely photos, really captured the vibes, will stay tuned in to see what happens next. |
| 27th February 2008 Amy | ahhh, Marrakesh.... - From: Marrakech, Morocco - Let Me Be Your Guide! It`s been so long since we were there.... thanks for awaking the good memories! Hope you had a great trip! |
| 25th February 2008 dess | - From: Sofia, Bulgaria - Susprisingly Good! I am almost agree, but not exactly. Yes, we still have a lot of traffic, we do have an old buildings and lot of construction within the city. But it is one of the most interesting cities. WE have a lot of tourists and walking the main shopping street you'll hear more often a foreign speach than bulgarian. Lot of Japanies, Italians, Greeks, Americans, etc. And it is normal to see prists on the main street as there is the metropolis of the Bulgarian orthodox Church. There are lot of churches and chapals from Roman centiries, lot of old and entient buildings and rouins. I really like the capital. Also it is really expencive, not cheep at all, especially in the center. But it is not the most beautifil place in Bulgaria - it is just the heart. We have amazing mountain and sea resorts - brilliant for at any season. Also have a small towns in the heart of the mountains mostly with amazing athmosphere - like Melnik - one of the wine produsing places. Hope it will help you to figure out at least a little what kind of place is Bulgaria. We are very open and friendly people, well educated and ambutious, especially the young ones. |
| 21st February 2008 nevena | be more positive - From: Sofia, Bulgaria - Susprisingly Good! I read the trip of the I subject and Angela. I do agree with the comments above that Woman`s market is not the real face of Bulgaria, because there u will find hardly bulgarian. About the cheat of the taxi driver, i just want to say that on the airport there is organized group of people who try to cheat the landing forigners and Angela and him had met just a man from the group who sent them to the wrong taxi. There is official taxi station and u must read where it is, but it is of the taxis OK Supertrans. As a whole i liked the article, but i didn`t like this wanting to be superior as a person who may judge. It is like he came in Bulgaria with the idea to find smth not good, to criticize and i m sure that there are things in his country which are not so good also and if i go there i can criticize too. |
| 21st February 2008 martin | pretty much how it is - From: Sofia, Bulgaria - Susprisingly Good! traffic is getting pretty nasty these days- yes EXTRA caution with taxi cabs - believe me it is even worse in Romania ;) - best thing is maybe asking some random people how much it could possibly be the cost of your trip and then ask the drivers - seemed to work in Bucharest (Romania). Careful with pickpockets around the central train and bus station (one next to the other) lots of gypsies there and even on the public transport. low cost companies are already taking over (English guy a met last week was here for Saturday night only and his tickets was 21.5 GBP round trip!!) everything is growing more and more expensive ( EU is kicking in) the only thing that i would have to disagree is that the Women's market is the real Bulgaria...or maybe it is .. and i just dont want to accept that cuz im from around here... who knows.. open fruit/veggie market are quite common for sure but the women's market pretty much looks like a Turkish market in the Netherlands or something..:) quite of an review though! |
| 20th February 2008 Avi | almost true - From: Sofia, Bulgaria - Susprisingly Good! Yes, all that is true, but I don't agree that the real face of Bulgaria shows in the Women's Market, because a lot of turkish ang gypsy people work there:-)And the atmosphere is more like Turkey. |
