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Do you mind being a tourist?

15 years ago, June 18th 2008 No: 21 Msg: #39122 Delete Edit

The Nomad
Camo

B Posts: 71

So people, is this forum turning into tourist bashing now? Marco are you superior to tourists and people on tours? Is that what you're saying?

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15 years ago, June 18th 2008 No: 22 Msg: #39124 Delete Edit

deleted_49612
deleted_49612

D Posts: 24.6K

It seems as long as I have been travelling, I have been hearing the difference between the two....

LOL
And now you will be hearing about it on every internet travel forum. :D

There are 3 threads going on this forum about this topic. One has disappeared down the queue but the other two are going strong. Sooner or later we will figure out who is better than who. 😉

I took a peek on another travel site today. They have the same discussion going. :D

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15 years ago, June 18th 2008 No: 23 Msg: #39158 Delete Edit

Marcoelitaliano
Marco Daprile

B Posts: 109

No Camo, it isn't that what I'm saying. I'm just trying to say that travelling on organized tours eliminates what travelling should be: the experience of discovering. More important yet: these people usually spoil my experience too by being in the wrong place at the wrong time (meaning when I'm there).
And I don't mix up two different concepts such as "tourist" and "people on organized tours". I've already stated in this same forum that I believe we are all tourists since we are all touring.
Hope nobody else is gonna feel offended by my words.

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15 years ago, June 19th 2008 No: 24 Msg: #39186 Delete Edit

Adventureb4dementia
Aarron & Michelle

N Posts: 5

travell because the world is an amazing place there is always something new and amazing just around the corner i don't think it matters how you get to that corner just be willing to go to it . If you are so concerned about fitting into a certain category of "traveller" either tourist or backpacker or grey nomad or whatever and then putting other peoples choice of travel style down then perhaps you have lost the original reason you first headed of out you front door and around that first corner.

to quote a tv ad JUST DO IT

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15 years ago, June 19th 2008 No: 25 Msg: #39209 Delete Edit

josworld
Johanna

B Posts: 151

Is the glass always "half-empty" with you Marco ?

....sorry, you've just lost your brownie points ;>

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15 years ago, June 19th 2008 No: 26 Msg: #39232 Delete Edit

John and Sylvia
John Wallace & Sylvia Bowman Wallace

B Posts: 908

You "Backpackers" don't know how good you have it! 😊

In MY day, when I came overland to Oz in 1969, there was no Lonely Planet guide book, no backpacker network, no blogs or traveller's websites or email or mobile phones. If you were lucky there was an aerogramme mail from a capital city or a telegram, if it was an emergency, where you paid by the letter and took 48 hours to deliver.

This argument has been going on for years. Read some of the travel books from the 19th century. There was a distinction even then between those who travelled on their own initiative and those who went on the "Grand Tour".

My advice is to get out there and enjoy - however you choose to travel - and ignore (that was not my first choice of words!) the snobs of either persuasion.

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15 years ago, June 19th 2008 No: 27 Msg: #39241 Delete Edit

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deleted_49612

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In MY day, when I came overland to Oz in 1969, there was no Lonely Planet guide book, no backpacker network, no blogs or traveller's websites or email or mobile phones. If you were lucky there was an aerogramme mail from a capital city or a telegram, if it was an emergency, where you paid by the letter and took 48 hours to deliver.

LOL - what a luxury tourist - here, this is hardship travelling to Oz!! ;-)

In 1803 we sailed out to sea
Out from the sweet town of Derry
For Australia bound if we didn't all drown
And the marks of our fetters we carried.

In the rusty iron chains we sighed for our wains
As our good wives we left in sorrow.
As the mainsails unfurled our curses we hurled
On the English and thoughts of tomorrow.

Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.

I cursed them to hell as our bow fought the swell.
Our ship danced like a moth in the firelights.
White horses rode high as the devil passed by
Taking souls to Hades by twilight.

Five weeks out to sea we were now forty-three
Our comrades we buried each morning.
In our own slime we were lost in a time.
Endless night without dawning.

Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.

Van Dieman's land is a hell for a man
To live out his life in slavery.
When the climate is raw and the gun makes the law.
Neither wind nor rain cares for bravery.

Twenty years have gone by and I've ended me bond
And comrades' ghosts are behind me.
A rebel I came and I'll die the same.
On the cold winds of night you will find me

Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.
Oh Oh Oh Oh I wish I was back home in Derry.

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15 years ago, June 19th 2008 No: 28 Msg: #39246 Delete Edit

The Nomad
Camo

B Posts: 71

Hey Marco..

All good mate, not offended. Just, shouldnt the travelling experience be what ever people choose for themselves and not what one person says it should be? Reply to this

15 years ago, June 19th 2008 No: 29 Msg: #39264 Delete Edit

Marcoelitaliano
Marco Daprile

B Posts: 109

Ok Camo (and rest of the world), let's sign a truce :-)
Of course everyone is free to choose his/her way of seeing new places, but also I feel free to criticize what I dislike. Reply to this