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| 6th November 2009 unknown | A response... - From: ...Of such immense size Hi Yvonne Sorry for the ridiculously late reply but I don't check my travelblog much these days. I hope any info I give isn't too late. Unfortunately I didn't stumble across any decent places to eat while in Belarus. They were mainly old soviet style serveries which weren't very good. However in Minsk I went to a nice cafe/restaurant on the main street. I can't remember what it was called but it seemed in that main area there were plenty of places to try. As far as telling people why I was there, I just told them the truth, I was curious to see it and I am the type of traveller who will go anywhere. I didn't say anything about being part of the old soviet bloc as I didn't know how people felt about it. I think if you're going there out of curiosity, that's your best excuse. If there's anything I can't stress enough, it's to familiarise yourself with some Russian. Honestly, the language barrier was the most strenuous part of trip. Anyway I hope this helps if it's not too late and I hope you have a great trip |
| 23rd September 2009 Yvonne | A question... - From: ...Of such immense size So where can you eat, where there will be good traditional Belorussian/Russian food? I also wish to know what exactly you said to everyone who asked you why you came to their country. I am going soon and don't want to offend anyone. Thanks for your time and your report. |
| 27th June 2009 ras | kool - From: Gotta love Bali!! I love bali more than any other place, here you can get druck and almost naked, have sex in your hired car on road side, I wish I can live there and have a living, bali is life, its sexy, intoxicating, pure, fresh, naked, lovely, wet, drunk, dancing, rocking, relaxing, ...... |
| 1st April 2009 unknown | Wrong facts - From: ...Of such immense size Hi Alex. Thanks for your feedback.. I wouldn't like to think I was givng the wrong information as I usually try and get it pretty right but in the midst of the hustle and bustle of travel there's always chances of getting things wrong.. Can you tell me what I got wrong so we can all know?? |
| 29th March 2009 Alex | Isn't it a strange report....hmmmm - From: ...Of such immense size I have just checked a couple of facts related to Minsk in the net. I was really surprised, that many facts the author gave in the report appeared to be totally wrong. Isn't it a strange report....hmmmm |
| 27th February 2009 Newt | Estonia - From: Estonia got medieval on my ass Had the great fortune of getting to go to Estonia for a military training event. Fell head over heels in love with the place and it's people. Very affordable. Being there was like stepping back in time. Would recommend anyone spend some time in Tallinn, Narva, and Paldiski...while in Paldiski ensure you take mosquito repellant, we almost got eaten alive. Definitely a country I'd love to go visit again. |
| 28th January 2009 unknown | Explanation for Die Belgrader - From: The other side First of all, why are you calling me an American? I'm NOT American, I'm Australian, so I have no idea what its like to carry an American Passport or anything about the righteous/mesianic/judgemental genetics that Americans apparently have and I don't have Tivo! Secondly I never asked anyone to "explain" themselves to me. When I travel I like to educate myself on things and I wanted to find out more about the Siege of Sarajevo. The Bosnians were happy to tell me all about it but I didn't want to just have stories and opinions from one side. I was interested to hear a few things from Serbians also. I do this to avoid having "biased, pretentious and unchecked ideas of the right or wrong that has to be pre-applied on that place/people". I think that opinions and experiences from locals are far more interesting than anything that could be read in a history book. That is the connection. If you had bothered to read my previous blog from Bosnia, then you would've seen that. I wasn't out to insult anyone or push for anymore detail than anyone was willing to give and I didn't intrusively harass people for anything. I always tread lightly with these types of matters as I understand they are sensitive issues. I admit that the way I wrote about it being a problem to not get information may not have been the best way to put it but I wasn't hassling people like a journalist or anything. I don't have any relation to the event I just have an interest in history. I think the main reason people were sending me so much hate mail is because of the less than flattering view I gave the city. Perhaps I was comparing too much or maybe it was because I wasn't in the best mood when I wrote the blog. I again admit is probably was a little harsh and I can fully understand why locals would be upset. However I'm still not going to change my opinion and say I liked the place. So sorry all Serbians find me offensive but this is travelblog, a place where a traveler can write their opinions and their experiences of travel. If you don't like it, don't read it. Just out of curiosity Die Belgrader, you say you're both a native Belgrader and a shitty American citizen, where is it you live? So that's it, I don't feel I need to explain myself any further. |
| 10th January 2009 Die Belgrader | Think , Mr. Nomad ... think! - From: The other side Well, in the best intention and hope, Dear Mr. Nomad that this comment from a native of Belgrade, who also happen to be a fellow, shitty american citizen (you know how it is - carrying the US passport around the world in this century) , will not be deleted, I will take a freedom to remin you on something. When you come in to the completely foreign country, which you do not have any social, cultural or blood ties with, and all that with a thoroughly peculiar (or, it may come from the righteous/mesianic/judgemental genetics most americans are born with) biased, pretentious and unchecked ideas of the right or wrong that has to be pre-applied on that place/people, putting them all in the default position to "explain" themselve to you ... well, then you could hardly avoid being call the unfortunate names! Since you already went in that direction, can you please explain to the respected readers of this post what is the relation between Serbian and Bosnian Muslim history in Sarajevo with your Belgrade travel post? Do you have some personal agenda to take care of? Are you married (or girlfriended by) to a Bosnian Muslim? Are you somebody involved professionaly (NGO?) with a politics in the Balkans? Is the 90 % muslim albanian quasi-state of Kosovo next cross you will try to crussify the christan Serbs on? Please explain yourself, we are eagerly waiting for your answer. PS: Please don't go to Greece and try to "explore" the "other side" of Greek - Macedonian issue. It just wouldn't be healthy. You are an American ... stick to your TIVO!!! |
| 3rd January 2009 Aamer | Lovely photos of Burj Al Arab - From: Modern, efficient but still traditional I am linking you to my blog at http://gkatavalon.blogspot.com |
| 24th October 2008 Tracy | Its All True, Have Been There Too - From: ...Of such immense size However, luckly my husband is Belorussian, so it was not has bad as Camo's visit, I am orginally from New Zealand but have lived in Oz for last twenty years. I have now been to Belarus probably 5 or 6 times now... and still its an interesting place to visit...my advice to any one considering a visit is to definitely learn a little russian especially how to pronounce the alphabet to string the letters together ...communication if only basic will at least get better assistance from the locals...I really enjoyed reading this blog...Happy Travels |
| 30th September 2008 Priit | - From: Estonia got medieval on my ass The guy who talked about phone company card is very wrong. I'm Estonian and they are very cheap here. He is wrong about the public phones also. True, most of Estonian are using cellphones now, but still.. You can get a public phone card with 1-2 Euros, so i don't see how is that a ripoff. Hope you liked Estonia! Peace! |
| 21st July 2008 sandra | uau! que saudade!!! - From: Saudades do Brasil! Great pics. I see you guys had a wonderful time. I miss Brazil and my family soooo much. God bless. |
| 9th March 2008 unknown | Thanks - From: Extra effort rewarded! Hello Usama. Thank you for your kind words about my photos. I am afraid I never got to your beautiful beaches because I wasn't there for a long time. Good to hear about the women in your country, the taxi driver must have been exaggerating. I really enjoyed Oman and hope to return one day. |
| 9th March 2008 usama | interesting - From: Extra effort rewarded! Salam Alikom Cam my name is Usama from Oman, I was searching the web looking for some photos of Bahla fort, I found your photos in Google and guess what these photos are the best photos of Oman's forts! thank you for all the nice words about Oman and its people, it would be great if you added something about Oman beaches as we are blessed with the cleanest and most beautiful beaches on the planet. by the way, in Oman women are also "free' (what we pay for them is a gift that is used for buying gold clothes ) half of the working force in Oman are women, they own businesses and drive cars and they are head of minisrties, ambassadors, CEOs in big companies :) |
| 5th March 2008 Nancy | Bird in the hand - From: Short but sweet We have several amazing pictures of birds in Moscow last summer who crawled up my husband's legs and begged for food. Your cute picture reminded us of that day which was so much fun! |
| 26th February 2008 Sam | back home? - From: Into the holy land. Just read your parents title. You are back in Oz? How long for? You've travelling again soon? Email me mate and fill me in! |
| 24th January 2008 mum and dad | so glad you're home - From: Into the holy land. What a wonderful blog to finish with, great story, great photo's as always. You gave us both the most wonderful surprise by arriving home early but of course we are now in adelaide visiting den & bev as well as dad going to the cricket. A trip we had planned before we knew you would be home so we have a few more days before we can really spend a lot more time with you talking about all your future plans, something we both look forward to. |
| 23rd January 2008 Franco | - From: Into the holy land. Wow, great reporting and photos. Thanks a load. |
| 22nd January 2008 Sam | Catching up. - From: Saudades do Brasil! Hey mate, just catching up on your blog! Looks like you had a fab time! You still back in England, or have you headed off again. Don't forget us poor folk back in Olney! Keep in contact my friend. |
| 7th January 2008 Carla | :) - From: Saudades do Brasil! Wow, i loved this one baby! Although ist not hard to figure out why (lol), i have to say it reminded me of some things i had forgoten about this place :) Anyway, i'm glad you liked it! I jus have one more thing to say: 1 or 2 bottles of guaraná?? You almost got us out of it! hahaha Looking foward to the next one... miss u, xoxo. |
| 7th January 2008 steffen | Nice one - From: Saudades do Brasil! Love the leap of faith shot, just superb. And of course the fact that you were 'rescued' by a taxi driver, of all persons... |
| 7th January 2008 unknown | Hey there - From: The other side Well thanks for actually putting your email and name now Ivan, well done. The reason I deleted your last comment is because you just abused me for no reason. Real men dont just abuse people for no reason. I get all sorts of comments of abuse but at least they have a reason unlike you. Just now in your comment you said "In my humble opinion you are a fag" but why? you havent asked me anything or disagreed with anything in my blog. Stop wasting my time and if you're going to take the time in writing to me, make it worth while otherwise I will just delete the comment again. |
| 5th January 2008 Ivan | My humble opinion..... - From: The other side In my humble opinion you are a fag....Too Harsh?...Well any real man would respond and stand up to himself instead of just deleting the comment. That is, unless of course, I am speaking the truth..... |
| 22nd December 2007 Matt | its NOT eastern europe - From: It's official... I'm in EASTERN europe Somehow I just came up to your journal and as I'm a latvian myself it's pretty interesting to glance over your stuff. I like that you felt kinda the same as I did there. It's sorta cool feeling to know that I'm not the only one. Yes, Riga at the very moment is one of the crappiest cities out there, everyone seems to rave about the place but I just can't see any significance. It's just the place as anywhere else. I mean, the Old Town and this art nouveau thing is awesome but it's definitely not enough to call it a great city. Basically, the place has some sorta potential but at the moment they don't seem to use it. Look at Tallinn. Or Vilnius. Both pretty great places compared to Riga, although Riga is the biggest one. Tallinn and Vilnius have their own pretty cool and neat downtown, I can't find anything like that in Riga though. Well, I believe- someday, hopefully, itll be a great place worth visiting. That's about it. I left Riga not so long ago. I can't stand it there. I was too depressed to carry on there. Now I'm happy again though, you see! About that eastern europe comment... You're right man, but it's culturally ,NOT GEOGRAPHICALLY eastern europe.!! You can ask any lecturer in any part of the world and he will tell you that it's northern europe, because of the location. Eastern europe starts from Poland. Even Lithuania lawfully counts as northern europe. Yes, Latvia at the moment CULTURALLY is eastern europe, owing to the long lasting occupation from the east which brought in anything from that part of the world. Nowadays only Estonia seems to fight these influences off so yeah, I can't say anything. So you can say culturally but definitely not geographically! Have you heard about the livs? Didn't you know they were of finno-ugric branch? They're indigenous here and are as much northerners as finns and latvians. We're all the same and we've always been and will always be a part of the north not east. As long as you keep mentioning this eastern europe thing, this will never fade. But you don't want it, right? Well, hehe that's about it. Hope you having a good time wherever you are, keep it up. cheers! |
| 20th November 2007 anonymous | - From: Cidade Maravilhosa Hey my "camarao" friend!!! great text, great pictures.. congratulations!!! i dont know for the other people, but for me, a brazilian who is leaving abroad is so sad to read this and dont be there to apreciate everything =/ i miss the sun so much! our people and all this beautiful things u are seeing there.. and even with problems and everything i have to tell u that if i could change a place to live for the rest of my life, no doubt it would be brazil.. i know u have already seen a lot but trust me.. Brazil is huge and u have a lot to see! I wish i could be there with u and carla, unfortunately i cant... but someday we will and i hope we will see together a match in maracana together like we did here in berlin in the olympia stadion! huhuhhu =) miss u guys a lot!! have lots of fun in Brazil!!! Liebe Grüße aus Berlin! |
| 6th November 2007 Johan | Great stuff - From: Cidade Maravilhosa I liked your blog a lot. What more can you want from life? Being with a great girl in a stunning place like Rio..... |
| 5th November 2007 Dad | Great Blog again. - From: Cidade Maravilhosa Hi Cam a great read, again you have excelled the pixs are a great part of your blogs BUT you should listen to Carla when you are out and about especially with taking pictures. look forward to the next Blod. Dad |
| 3rd November 2007 j | cool blog - From: Cidade Maravilhosa cool blog, keep up the good work |
| 7th October 2007 Irene | great photos much than I saw - From: Beauty beyond expectation hi...I have just finished the trip in Sweden. You did great photos take whatever algle or light. Those of them were so vivid and help me keep it tight of memories in my mind. Thanks. |
| 24th September 2007 Stephen Paul | Great Post! - From: Putting the Ice back into Iceland Nice, I was forced to rate some! :) Iceland is my most favorite place that I have never visited. *sigh- someday..... Lucky You!! |
| 18th September 2007 Carla | - From: Putting the Ice back into Iceland Danm, its hard to compete against a lagoon full of icebergs! Anyway, we have caipirinhas and 'beach babes', we should win ;) Miss u, don't forget my Raffellos and Kit Kats :D |
| 18th September 2007 Dad | Amazing - From: Putting the Ice back into Iceland The concrete church looks all the world like the space schuttle all be it a concrete verson of it, another brilliant blog Cam i hope the next time you go to Iceland we are with you Love Dad |
| 4th July 2007 Marise | very good (muito bom - portuguese language Brasil) - From: A country of so much history eu gostei muito de seus comentários sobre a Polônia, pois minha viagem para lá foi inesquecível também. A sensação que eu senti foi muito parecida com os comentarios feitos por você. Conte-me mais sobre isso! Now in English: I really liked what you wrote about Poland, because my trip there was unforgetable too. The sensation I felt was very similar to what you mentioned. Tell me more about this! My email: marisexb@hotmail.com Best wishes and good luck! Marise |
| 4th July 2007 Dad | Good memories - From: What's the craic boy? Hi Cam you obviously have great memories of Berlin and it is always hard to say goodbye , BUT with our wonderful technology we have theses days it helps to ease the pain look on the bright side look at all the places you can stay for free when in there Countrys. Love Dad |
| 3rd July 2007 johnnybones | - From: What's the craic boy? That bus driver might have had a few too many Guinesses him/herself!!! That picture will be on those FWDs into people's inboxes for many years to come, what a classic! |
| 24th May 2007 Mum & Dad | Good to see you - From: Back to school So great to talk with you again last night. It's good to finally see all the places & people you've told us about. Enjoy your last week of school & speak again soon. Love Mum & Dad |
| 24th May 2007 ian miller | - From: Back to school camo. Keep them coming. Ruth has just got her first laptop and is stoked fiddling around with e-mails etc . Pity you could not stay in Deutschland with all that bier |
| 24th April 2007 erisa | wonderful description - From: Where am I? hello... im albanian, my name is erisa. u way to describe, to see albania is soo funny.. :)) albania is a very contradictiv country.. there is everything, the poor ,the rich.. all together. where i am ?? try to go in albania in summer time, go at the sea ( sud) u will love it. goodbuy.. |
| 24th April 2007 boss | hidy hoe mofo - From: The cost of filling in a few days word mofo seems you havin fun visting all these wierd and wonderfull places if any goverment would let me vist there country i would come say hi (you blow up half your nieghbourhood and nobody trusts you) but allas i cant as long as you are getting drunk and laid im sure all will keep well hopefully you i will be seeing you in namibia for quad biking and restling 200kg sharks onto the beach keep it real daddio sweet |
| 24th April 2007 matt | good times - From: ...And metal for all!!! word mofo its your old boss here just remebering old times and saying hi and gee it seems my last stock take was good loads of captain morgan left any ideas mister sweet check ya for this years download peace |
| 19th April 2007 unknown | Hello ANONYMOUS - From: Sir? You Want It? Sir? One Dollar? Yes, Sir?!?!? I'm sorry you feel that way ANONYMOUS. I write about my experiences, the things I see and the people I meet. I can't recall writing anything "offensive and repulsive" maybe you could enlighten me on that eh?. I find it so funny that you choose to write about your disgust in me and hide behind the name ANONYMOUS! Maybe if you feel so strongly you should have some guts and send me a private message with your name and email so I know who I am disgusting. I'm very sorry my stories don't appeal to you but if you don't like it, don't read it. This is a blog for my family, friends and myself, not for the gutless, opinionated casual reader who thinks they know all about me because they read "some of my blogs" You don't know me one bit (thankfully) and I don't intend to please everybody. Once again, if you don't like it? Don't read it! Have a good day ANONYMOUS |
| 18th April 2007 Emma | The cops are my friends - From: The other side They are great, thankyou. A little long-winded but great people every one of them. Even the guy who wasn't a cop, he was soooooooooooo friendly... |
| 18th April 2007 anonymous | Your Writing - From: Sir? You Want It? Sir? One Dollar? Yes, Sir?!?!? I read some of your blogs. A person's writing tells a lot about the person. Your style of writing, tone and content are offensive and repulsive. You came out ignorant and very arrogant. With your travel experience, you should have already acquired a better perspective in life, the world we live in and understanding of different culture.........I'm sorry to have come across a person like you. |
| 13th April 2007 Dad | - From: Ancient times.. Even today Are, Cam Reading about your time in Athens took me down memory lane when we were there for the 2004 Para's. It is a great city with all those things we have read about through out our life. Looking at all your pictures is what we have in our pix album BUT I must talk about one pix and that is of the ouzo bar when we were there we had several ouzos I hope you sampled the product which of course is made on site? As usual Cam another great Blog |
| 13th April 2007 ian miller | languages - From: Ancient times.. Even today Camo. Expect a full blog in flawless Kraut (oops, sorry, Deutsch) in the near future |
| 12th April 2007 unknown | Ouzo?? - From: Ancient times.. Even today Of course my friend!!! When in Rome... or Athens as was the case lol |
| 12th April 2007 johnnybones | - From: Ancient times.. Even today did you hit up any of that ouzo wall?!!! |
| 12th April 2007 Bev | With Thanks - From: Where am I? Hi Cam - Many thanks for placing our home email address on your Blogs once again and for continuing to take us along for the ride on your travels. Have to admit I had doubts over your statements about Albanian head shakes and nods in reverse. I firstly checked to make sure you weren't writing on 1st April and then googled to a Lonely Planet site before I believed you. What a great question for a trivia night. Love Bev & Den |
| 8th April 2007 Dad | Concrete Bunkers - From: Where am I? Hi Cam the bunkers reminded me, when we were in Egypt you remember all the mushroom type bunkers there the difference with the ones in Egypt was that they are still in use. Another brilliant Blog again I remember Ian M----- saying that your writing about places and people was so descriptive it almost places you there when one reads your blogs. Love Dad and Mum |
| 30th March 2007 unknown | OK OK! - From: The other side Thank you for pointing that out dear! How are the cops in Bulgaria by the way?? lol |
