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 Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #1 46 days ago, October 19th 2009 | On Saturday in a cafe in Munich, I saw a German girl with a diamond in her teeth. I havent seen teeth jewelery, since I was in Mexico. Maybe that is where this girl got the inspiration for this. | I have changed how I dress and look as a result of travelling. I have adopted a low maintainence but what I hope is an attractive look, as a result of travelling. I even adopted this look, for when I am not travelling. It involves no clothes ironing, and no hairdressers.  Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #2 46 days ago, October 19th 2009 | What I grew to love about travelling was how simple it makes your life. After a while I really appreciated the fact that I only had one or two changes of clothes and possible things to wear - we waste so much time choosing!!! and although I've never been really immaculate in my dress anyway, I liked the fact that I stopped worrying about how I looked and had better things to think about. | Since then I've adopted much more of a relaxed attitude to life generally. I've never really enjoyed shopping or understood what people see in it, and now I have the confidence not to do it! I only buy clothes when I really need them, and I really don't care that much how I look. I hardly have any shoes, and in summer as long as it's warm enough, I just live in flip flops/thongs, because they're easy and I feel relaxed walking around in them. I don't feel like I need to 'have' a lot of stuff and would rather spend my time doing other things than thinking about clothes. Also I wear my hair down a lot more. Until recently I had really long hair like yours Mell, only messier as it's curly - when I was travelling I took to wearing it down most of the time, even in the heat, because I just felt more relaxed that way, and I've kept that habit. I've always struggled anyway and never managed to look 'tidy' like other people, and now I've embraced how I naturally am, more, instead of comparing myself unfavourably against other women. It's a real relief!  I'm interested to know as well how other travellers perceive other travellers depending on where they are? eg when I was in India, most travellers looked a bit of a mess like me, but when I arrived in Thailand, I saw a lot of travellers who looked a lot more 'polished' - and loads more women travellers wearing white clothes! How do they keep them clean????!!! I realised in my first week of travelling that it was a mistake to have brought anything white at all!  generationk Gen Post Count: 57 Msg: #3 46 days ago, October 19th 2009 | definitely...i used to dress like a normal new york city hood: baggy pants, baseball cap, basketball sneakers and either an oversized shirt or hoodie. | since i started traveling abroad and living in tokyo and montreal, my style shifted more towards what I guess could be called refined. there are still remnants of my nyc style (i still love wearing baseball caps) but my overall style has definitely changed. Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #4 45 days ago, October 20th 2009 |  I'm interested to know as well how other travellers perceive other travellers depending on where they are? I dont think I saw any polished ones. Some looked neat and tidy, but in a very causal way, while some looked ecentric. Others looked sporty. India had a high percentage of ecentric ones, while Kyrgyzstan had a high percentage of sporty looking ones. In Europe I have seen some wear summer dresses and things like that. How do they keep them clean????!!! I asked a couple who dressed like that, how they manage to look so clean after a month of travelling in Thailand. They said, the clothes they were wearing were new. Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #5 45 days ago, October 20th 2009 | lol | Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #6 45 days ago, October 20th 2009 | What you are wearing in your profile pic Debbie, looks a bit like what I am wearing right now. I wear those types of clothes on most days. In my profile pic is what I wear when I am going someplace like into the city or away for a weekend. | Debtravel Debbie Post Count: 212 Msg: #7 45 days ago, October 20th 2009 | At the risk of turning this into a girly thread, I'd been thinking that your hair looks really nice in your pic, Mell! Couldn't see it in all its glory in your other pictures. | Yes, thought I'd have a change of profile pic. That one was actually taken in your very own Ireland where I was recently on holiday - hmm, trying to remember where exactly that was now, we took a road trip all round, pretty much following the coast road all the way. That castle I'm standing outside, - may have been somewhere north of Ennis? There are SO many castles in Ireland!!! We had a challenge to see if we could drive for an hour without seeing one and it wasn't possible! Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #8 45 days ago, October 20th 2009 | There are SO many castles in Ireland!!! We had a challenge to see if we could drive for an hour without seeing one and it wasn't possible! Ireland used to be a very unruly place, where people had to live in castles for protection. Thankfully, it has become safer in the last one or two thousand years. Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #9 43 days ago, October 22nd 2009 | Looks like this traveller has adapted to the local fashions in Goa, somewhat. | [Edited: 09:32 - Mell ] nimmysnv Namrata Jamdar Post Count: 5 Msg: #10 43 days ago, October 22nd 2009 | Hi, | Well, Mell and Debbie you both are looking good in your dresses, I do think that atleast for once you should adopt a fashion of different places where you travelling as, it just let you experience something different which is more fascinating. Thanks!! Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #11 43 days ago, October 22nd 2009 | Well, Mell and Debbie you both are looking good in your dresses,..Thank you Namrata. :) I do think that atleast for once you should adopt a fashion of different places where you travelling...But, wouldnt we look a little silly if we wear the local clothes, when we are foreigners? [Edited: 14:46 - Mell ]  Vinovat Sudarynya Jonathan Campion Post Count: 714 Msg: #12 43 days ago, October 22nd 2009 | It isn't silly if it's the locals that make you wear them! | Mell Mell Post Count: 14163 Msg: #13 43 days ago, October 22nd 2009 | It isn't silly if it's the locals that make you wear them!Here is a photo of me and some others wearing the dress code that was imposed on us, by the law and some locals. Number of Users: 5 | Number of Posts: 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
