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Msg: #141 70 weeks ago, August 20th 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Cody and Terysa :)

You can ask as many ''dumb'' questions as you want Terysa. We even have a New to Independent Travel forum so those who are new to travel can ask these questions.

Tris1986

Tristan
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Msg: #142 70 weeks ago, August 21st 2008

Hi!

Just saying a quick hello whilst planning my trip to Central Amercia. Leaving in Late November..Back to Australia mid March...3 months and counting

Mell

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Msg: #143 70 weeks ago, August 22nd 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Tristan :)

chinaguy

alun li
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Msg: #144 69 weeks ago, August 25th 2008

I am a freshman in this forum , I found this web careless,and feel so good when I got there. <snip>

[Edited: 11:15 - Mell - Removed Promotion.]

Mell

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Msg: #145 69 weeks ago, August 25th 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Chinaguy. :)

You can put your offer to answer questions about China in the following forum but please do not include the email address. Email addresses can be exchanged via the private messaging system.

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Muczko

Adrie Bo
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Msg: #146 69 weeks ago, August 25th 2008

Hey guys!! You are my true inspirations!
I am Hungarian citizen, lived 1 year in London, 3 months in Switzerland (almost randomly!), did some serious traveling in Italy, Germany, Austria, some in Croatia, Slovakia, have been living in San Francisco for 6 years now and leaving in December to travel for a 1year in Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, India, Laos, maybe Iran/Yemen, maybe Morrocco, maybe South Africa or whatever comes) and will arrive back to Budapest where I am planning to stay longer. Eventually move someplace in Europe, maybe South Spain. My life is all about photography and eastern philosophy.
Thank you!
Hope to see you on the road!!!

Dekka

Declan Prendiville
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Msg: #147 69 weeks ago, August 26th 2008

Hey Fellow Travellers, Ive been blogging on here for over a year now but havent got around to introducing myself

Ive been travelling for the last 14 months now..Thailand,Laos,Vietnam,Cambodia,Malaysia,Singapore,Indonesia,Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, Japan an currently in Australia. I sadly had to go back to reality here in Sydney an get a job..so now ive settled for cpl months so if anyone has any travel questions feel free to send me a message.

Enjoy ur travels everyone,
Declan

Mell

Mell
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Msg: #148 69 weeks ago, August 26th 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Adrie and Declan :) Well, welcome to the TravelBlog forums anyway. Looks like you have both been around for a while. :)

Muczko

Adrie Bo
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Msg: #149 69 weeks ago, August 26th 2008

Tell me, Mel, how you keep up with all these postings?
You seem to spend lots of time here! Thank you for your help!

Mell

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Msg: #150 69 weeks ago, August 26th 2008

I dont really keep up with anything Adrie. I just hit the refresh button now and again when I am reading the news(or something else) on the internet or in between other things I am doing and post something on one(or a few) of the threads. :)

[Edited: 20:11 - Mell ]

Miss Hypie

Larisa
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Msg: #151 69 weeks ago, August 27th 2008

Hi everyone! My name is Larisa and I just joined TravelBlog : I'm 18 and will be traveling around the world with a friend of mine either in January or February. We plan on visiting about 6 countries in a period of 12-13 months. We have a very long list of countries we would LOVE to visit, but haven't narrowed it down yet (I think this is the most difficult decision!) lol.. Anyways I'm new at all of this so I'm not really sure if I know what to expect, but I'm sooo excited! If anyone has any advice for me, ANY at all, it would be greatly appriciated :) Or even a few stories to share would be nice! Thanks for your time and I look forward to hearing from you!

Larisa

Mell

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Msg: #152 69 weeks ago, August 27th 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Larisa and welcome to travelling. :)

There is a New to Independent Travel forum so post any questions you want to ask. Also there are forums for the individual continents so if you have questions about particular destinations.....

There are thousands of blogs on this site, so you wont be short of stories to read. :)

Miss Hypie

Larisa
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Msg: #153 69 weeks ago, August 27th 2008

Thanks Mell! Yeah this site is AWESOME! So much information & experiences I've been reading about. I'm so excited to get started on my journey! : )

cdzap

Christine Zapisocki
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Msg: #154 68 weeks ago, August 30th 2008

Greetings to all,

I'm another newbie to this forum. I joined because I'm starting to plan a trip to Morocco next year. It's been a few years since I've traveled and to be frank I'm getting a little overwhelmed by the mass amount of information out there. Makes sense to me to talk to others that have planned trips to the same place.

First question I have is about the forum. I've read the terms and guidelines for the forum and would like some clarification on posting url's and/or contact numbers. I noticed in some places their deleted and in others their not. If I'm looking for recommendations for agents, tour guides, airlines etc. is it better to get people to email me or is there a particular forum it's allowed in.

Cheers,

Zap

Mell

Mell
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Msg: #155 68 weeks ago, August 30th 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Zap :)

The trouble with a question such as the one you want to ask is that it will attract a lot of spammers and touts. Many of them are not well known and may not be reputable. We snip and delete spam because there is a lot of it and it becomes a nuisance to genuine travellers who are here to talk and ask about travel.

To find reputable agents be careful about who you accept advise from. Genuine travellers often have a number of promotion free blogs that detail their personal travel experience. These would be the people who can give you good advise. Some new members are also well travelled and dont yet have blogs but many are also touts and spammers. When we suspect that a post is spam we delete it and sometimes delete the account of the person who posted it. We usually give genuine travellers the benefit of the doubt and allow their recommendations. Some that have not yet been deleted or snipped are ones we have not yet checked and may be spammers.

Another way to find reputable agents is to use the ones recommended in books like the Lonely Planet guide.

We snip all email addresses and phone numbers from forum posts. This is to prevent spammers from gathering and using them. You can exchange these via the private messaging system.

Mel

nicc

nicole chan
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Msg: #156 68 weeks ago, September 4th 2008

hey there, intend for a 14d trekking trip to Mt Everest base camp next yr, any recomm on cheapest way to get there? best mth to trv? nicc

Mell

Mell
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Msg: #157 68 weeks ago, September 4th 2008

Welcome to TravelBlog Nicole. :)

I dont know the answers to your questions, but if you post them in the Asia forum somebody else might.

ucbgirl

stacie nevares
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Msg: #158 68 weeks ago, September 5th 2008

Hi my name is Stacie
I live Ca and love to travel, but I do not get to travel that much due to work and no travel mate. I would love to travel more, I have been to Australia, Spain, Germany, Paris and Bahamas. I have taken a disney line cruise, which is what I love. About me, I work as analyst for a law enforcement agency, single 31 years old, with three doggies and I live about 20 miles from San Francisco. I am currently working on my MBA and looking for a new job or a different job.

cdzap

Christine Zapisocki
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Msg: #159 68 weeks ago, September 5th 2008

Hi Mell...

Thanks for the great explanation and advice. Both help a lot.

Cheers,

Christine

nqtrish

Patricia Berkley
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Msg: #160 68 weeks ago, September 5th 2008

After 25 years, the man and I are off to Europe next month, primarily to visit a daughter on a gap year Austrian exchange, but also to see the countries locked up behind the Iron Curtain on our previous visit. Have become addicted to reading the wonderful accounts of travellers posted on Travelblog and, if my meagre computer skills allow, I will attempt to keep the kids informed of the oldies' exploits in this way once we are OS.

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