back to lurking n' looking

well...
bpguru is history(though I've heard talk of a reincarnation), meddler is well, still meddling and there are others you might remember as you see them come up. There are quite a few that have been on here for years, including me.

I would say that Cambodia and region are well worth a visit, I thoroughly enjoyed a 5 week trip there a few years ago. I too have fashioned my trips based on those tidbits I've picked up here. I decided on Cambodia and Laos as I kept hearing them mentioned on LP, they kept coming up on lists of favorites.

Congratulations on your business ventures and good luck on your lurking and travels.

You'll notice that this place (TT as a whole) is not what it once was. BPGuru has been allowed back, off the top of my head I can't remember which incarnation he is using this time but he's easy to pick. canayjun, living and meddler are still here, I think PJ might pop in sometimes.

Addendum - it is likely that BPGuru's latest incarnation is Resurgam.

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Reliure, that's a great post, and I'll be watching with interest as your travel plans unfold.

Hey, I drank in and at Rick Steves Shows for 13 years b4 getting off the dime.

If you don't know a destination of your own,
Better to sleep on the floor, than ice cold bed. Go absorb Tailand.

Have everything dirict deposted and hit the road.

They have yoga classes in all parts of the world.

As an alternative to South-East Asia you might consider having a look at southern Africa (Namibia, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique and possibly even Zimbabwe). November is, of course, early summer here and the time that you can really enjoy the game reserves, the beaches, the mountains, the variety of cultures, the vinyards, the wide open spaces. And the sunshine.
Hope to see you on the Africa Branch of TT.

There's always the South Pacific .... anywhere in the South Pacific.

sooo interesting. thks for the hello people yes i say to africa. i had a few school friends from lesotho here in montreal. they were excellent stdts and thats why they were here, having won scholarships back home to get edjuh-mah-cated overseas.

thks for the hello's. i recognize your names too -Rudik, Watsoff, and Chapatigirl! ann d? no but then its not as if i was that deep into the Thorns.

hey Watsoff - my pretty and ambitious french speaking niece just left for the south pacific yesterday! and its her b'day today (20). she's gone there for english immersion and travel fun. if thats where we go fine. for now i will hear about her adventures. in here family she is breaking the mold a bit by flying off but everyone rallied round her. we had a big family to-do last sat'y night. tears and cards all around. lucky kid , knows she's loved. the kind of person that may not even care so much for travel as she has so much to live for at home. it will be interesting to hear how she likes the road.

We had a a great winter in SEA last year this time. Started in Hong Kong then over to Hanoi in northern Vietnam. Traveled down through Vietnam to Saigon (with some diversions) then up through the Mekong Delta to Cambodia. North through Cambodia to Laos then into northern Thailand. Down through Thailand ending the trip with some beach time in Phuket then back to Bangkok and home. Took 2.5 months but we were moving at a fair clip. 3-4 months would be even better. Fabulous trip. There are no doubt some trip reports for you to ponder lurking on this forum somewhere. Just search "living".

Nothing quite like daydreaming. I just taped a big map of South America to the wall here. Nearly a year away from take-off but time to move from dreaming to plotting and planning :)

East coast Canadians are always welcome back. Now if we could just get rid of the blue rinse old ladies from the West coast things would really be looking up.