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I was born in the Philippines. While it's one of the poorest country in the world, it offers a great deal of beauty and in general the people are very warm and friendly.
We have so many nice beaches and weather is quite permissible if you plan which month you visit and where.
Just like Hawaii, it's very hot in the months of May to September. This is the same in Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Southern California and even Minnesota (I lived in these states with the exception of Texas but I stayed in Dallas for three months due to our business).
Anyways, people speak English, and would've become the 50th state before Hawaii but didn't get ratified when the US granted our independence.
With the dollar ratio, a thousand dollars a month can make you live very, very comfortably.
Just few highlights.
Posted this also on the blog, figured some are not posting there.
We have so many nice beaches and weather is quite permissible if you plan which month you visit and where.
Just like Hawaii, it's very hot in the months of May to September. This is the same in Nevada, Arizona, Texas and Southern California and even Minnesota (I lived in these states with the exception of Texas but I stayed in Dallas for three months due to our business).
Anyways, people speak English, and would've become the 50th state before Hawaii but didn't get ratified when the US granted our independence.
With the dollar ratio, a thousand dollars a month can make you live very, very comfortably.
Just few highlights.
Posted this also on the blog, figured some are not posting there.
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lindsyjones: I have traveled quite a lot. Have seen some beautiful as well as interesting places. Also some that makes you cringe to your stomach.
There are so many things that are worth remembering, the people, culture and general attitude in life
I am inviting anyone to share their thoughts about their place, and or places you've been and what struck you most.
This world is so huge and so diverse and I wish I can see all of those I'd wish to see before I die. I am hoping.
Note: www can of course provide any information if one wants to visit a place, that's not my point. Jaavisst mentioned about him living in Florida and visited both Nevada and California and quite disliked New York. I'm inspired by his thoughts to create a blog where we can all share our experiences.
Thanks all for reading and or participation if interested.
bouquet cheering
The southern Oregon coast is said to have the most beautiful beaches in the world. The forests and hills/mountains literally sweep down to the coastline, giving a multi-faceted wilderness area with few rivals. And the grooviest thing of all? I LIVE here!There are so many things that are worth remembering, the people, culture and general attitude in life
I am inviting anyone to share their thoughts about their place, and or places you've been and what struck you most.
This world is so huge and so diverse and I wish I can see all of those I'd wish to see before I die. I am hoping.
Note: www can of course provide any information if one wants to visit a place, that's not my point. Jaavisst mentioned about him living in Florida and visited both Nevada and California and quite disliked New York. I'm inspired by his thoughts to create a blog where we can all share our experiences.
Thanks all for reading and or participation if interested.
bouquet cheering
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rohaan: The southern Oregon coast is said to have the most beautiful beaches in the world. The forests and hills/mountains literally sweep down to the coastline, giving a multi-faceted wilderness area with few rivals. And the grooviest thing of all? I LIVE here!
Oh dear Rohaan yes indeed. My ex mother in law lives in Puyallup WA, and we drove to visit them many a times. As soon as we hit Ashland, Lassen Park it's just awesome. Most times we drove on Hwy 5, but in summer we preferred Hwy One (dubbed as one of the scenic road in the US) and stopped at those beaches you mentioned. I have pictures of my children swimming in the ocean there. Then the water spouts as high as perhaps quarter of a mile up. Beautiful Rohaan. 
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Great thread Lindsy, one that would take considerable time for me to even scratch the surface. I'm out cycling in beautiful watm springtime sun at the momenent, but may come back later to read some of the replies anf add my own.
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bodleing2: Great thread Lindsy, one that would take considerable time for me to even scratch the surface. I'm out cycling in beautiful watm springtime sun at the momenent, but may come back later to read some of the replies anf add my own.
Bid, you made my day. I've been to England twice and might visit again this coming September. Don't laugh at me, I loved shopping at Harrods. Hahaha. I was so privileged to become a member of IBM(International Business Management), in 1979, and had to attend special classes at St John College. A most wonderful experience., I'll try to post some pictures to that effect. Please do come back.
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lindsyjones: Oh dear Rohaan yes indeed. My ex mother in law lives in Puyallup WA, and we drove to visit them many a times. As soon as we hit Ashland, Lassen Park it's just awesome. Most times we drove on Hwy 5, but in summer we preferred Hwy One (dubbed as one of the scenic road in the US) and stopped at those beaches you mentioned. I have pictures of my children swimming in the ocean there. Then the water spouts as high as perhaps quarter of a mile up. Beautiful Rohaan.
Thanks lovie— we’re celebrating Earth Day/ Earth Week right now, and a shell and glass float foraging. Sand-castle building, dune-buggy riding, kite-flying,, bonfires, such a neat place to live…
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rohaan: Thanks lovie— we’re celebrating Earth Day/ Earth Week right now, and a shell and glass float foraging. Sand-castle building, dune-buggy riding, kite-flying,, bonfires, such a neat place to live…
Tes, I remember we stopped by at Paul Bunyan Park? There were free coffee for travelers Rohaan. I felt like in Queensland, Australia where (Kiama is the place) the government provides stove, electricity, comfortable and big wash rooms and rest rooms. Oregon is one beautiful place. Just too much rain. My daughter's best friend moved there from California and love it.
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That was me with Dr. Trafalgar one of the incredibly intelligent professor I ever met Bod.
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In keeping with the thread, an update on my cycle ride today.
Leaving my home its about half a mile to the town centre where the rivers Goytt and Thame meet to become the River Mersey. Picking up the Trans Pennine Trail, a coast to coast cycle path that runs alongside the Mersey almost all the way to Liverpool I head towards the leafy suburbs of 'trendy' Chorlton follwing the river.
Eventually I reach the pretty Fletcher Moss with it's amazingly diverse and beauful botanical gardens. There are still signs of the recent floods here from when the emergency floodgates were opened to take the pressure off the rapidly rising Mersey turning Fletcher Moss and surrounding golf courses into temporary deep lakes.
From here it's on to Chorlton Meadows and Sale Water Park. A quick cycle around the lake before my final stop for a bite to eat at the ever popular Chorlton Water Park. It's around this area that Ring Necked Parraqueets are to be found in large numbers. It's impossible not to notice their distinctive calls, and more often than not you hear them before you see them.
I'm sat by the lake at Chorlton Water Park now ready to head back. I'll go though the centre of Chorlton with its trendy bars and pavement cafes to join an old disused railway line that has been converted into a well used eight mile cycle/footpath through the suburbs of South Manchester, known as, The Fallowfield Loop, or 'Floop' as it's sometimes called.
I'll come off the Floop to go through the recently created Highfield Country Park, then I'm back in Stockport for a short ride on road taking me back home from the opposite direction I started from.
A good short ride taking in good a diverse scenery and almost all entirely off road.
Leaving my home its about half a mile to the town centre where the rivers Goytt and Thame meet to become the River Mersey. Picking up the Trans Pennine Trail, a coast to coast cycle path that runs alongside the Mersey almost all the way to Liverpool I head towards the leafy suburbs of 'trendy' Chorlton follwing the river.
Eventually I reach the pretty Fletcher Moss with it's amazingly diverse and beauful botanical gardens. There are still signs of the recent floods here from when the emergency floodgates were opened to take the pressure off the rapidly rising Mersey turning Fletcher Moss and surrounding golf courses into temporary deep lakes.
From here it's on to Chorlton Meadows and Sale Water Park. A quick cycle around the lake before my final stop for a bite to eat at the ever popular Chorlton Water Park. It's around this area that Ring Necked Parraqueets are to be found in large numbers. It's impossible not to notice their distinctive calls, and more often than not you hear them before you see them.
I'm sat by the lake at Chorlton Water Park now ready to head back. I'll go though the centre of Chorlton with its trendy bars and pavement cafes to join an old disused railway line that has been converted into a well used eight mile cycle/footpath through the suburbs of South Manchester, known as, The Fallowfield Loop, or 'Floop' as it's sometimes called.
I'll come off the Floop to go through the recently created Highfield Country Park, then I'm back in Stockport for a short ride on road taking me back home from the opposite direction I started from.
A good short ride taking in good a diverse scenery and almost all entirely off road.
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bodleing2: In keeping with the thread, an update on my cycle ride today.
Leaving my home its about half a mile to the town centre where the rivers Goytt and Thame meet to become the River Mersey. Picking up the Trans Pennine Trail, a coast to coast cycle path that runs alongside the Mersey almost all the way to Liverpool I head towards the leafy suburbs of 'trendy' Chorlton follwing the river.
Eventually I reach the pretty Fletcher Moss with it's amazingly diverse and beauful botanical gardens. There are still signs of the recent floods here from when the emergency floodgates were opened to take the pressure off the rapidly rising Mersey turning Fletcher Moss and surrounding golf courses into temporary deep lakes.
From here it's on to Chorlton Meadows and Sale Water Park. A quick cycle around the lake before my final stop for a bite to eat at the ever popular Chorlton Water Park. It's around this area that Ring Necked Parraqueets are to be found in large numbers. It's impossible not to notice their distinctive calls, and more often than not you hear them before you see them.
I'm sat by the lake at Chorlton Water Park now ready to head back. I'll go though the centre of Chorlton with its trendy bars and pavement cafes to join an old disused railway line that has been converted into a well used eight mile cycle/footpath through the suburbs of South Manchester, known as, The Fallowfield Loop, or 'Floop' as it's sometimes called.
I'll come off the Floop to go through the recently created Highfield Country Park, then I'm back in Stockport for a short ride on road taking me back home from the opposite direction I started from.
A good short ride taking in good a diverse scenery and almost all entirely off road.
WoBod, thanks. That's what I call a committed and full blown exercise. How long was it? I mean your ride in hours? I imagine how enjoyable that is.Leaving my home its about half a mile to the town centre where the rivers Goytt and Thame meet to become the River Mersey. Picking up the Trans Pennine Trail, a coast to coast cycle path that runs alongside the Mersey almost all the way to Liverpool I head towards the leafy suburbs of 'trendy' Chorlton follwing the river.
Eventually I reach the pretty Fletcher Moss with it's amazingly diverse and beauful botanical gardens. There are still signs of the recent floods here from when the emergency floodgates were opened to take the pressure off the rapidly rising Mersey turning Fletcher Moss and surrounding golf courses into temporary deep lakes.
From here it's on to Chorlton Meadows and Sale Water Park. A quick cycle around the lake before my final stop for a bite to eat at the ever popular Chorlton Water Park. It's around this area that Ring Necked Parraqueets are to be found in large numbers. It's impossible not to notice their distinctive calls, and more often than not you hear them before you see them.
I'm sat by the lake at Chorlton Water Park now ready to head back. I'll go though the centre of Chorlton with its trendy bars and pavement cafes to join an old disused railway line that has been converted into a well used eight mile cycle/footpath through the suburbs of South Manchester, known as, The Fallowfield Loop, or 'Floop' as it's sometimes called.
I'll come off the Floop to go through the recently created Highfield Country Park, then I'm back in Stockport for a short ride on road taking me back home from the opposite direction I started from.
A good short ride taking in good a diverse scenery and almost all entirely off road.
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Naxos and Paris.
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lindsyjones: WoBod, thanks. That's what I call a committed and full blown exercise. How long was it? I mean your ride in hours? I imagine how enjoyable that is.
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emmy1: Shiraz it took my breath away when I first saw it from the plane. The other that stays in my mind is trivandrum so beautiful and the locals so happy and friendly.
Thanks Emmy, that's in Iran. Never been there but I have been to France so many times. I love Rent, Jocelyn and Paris of course. I love also Vitre, Mon St Michelle, the Abby is quite an impressive structure. ------ This thread is Archived ------
Grandsiozzie: Naxos and Paris.
Wow G, I was going to Greexe with my ex from Australia. He was born there, migrated in Sydney when he was 15. We were talking about it. I saw the movie Mama Mia and of course it's beautiful. Well maybe one day I will go there. Who knows. Any story?
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bodleing2: 18 miles, 2hrs 48mins. Tomorrow should be longer if all goes to plan.
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To name a few that come to mind :
-- seeing my surname on a road 'via gal' along the Adriatic coast in Italy
-- seeing a statue of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin in freedom square in Kharkiv Ukraine
-- receiving a text message while sitting where the dead sea scrolls were discovered
-- swimming in the sea of Galilee
-- standing in Herculaneum and seeing mt Vesuvius about 4 miles away and observing that the volcano in 79 ad buried Herculanium in over 80 feet of ash and moved its coastline out about 1,600 feet into the gulf of Naples.
-- getting drunk on really good beer in Berlin Germany.
-- in the old college days and getting in a lot of off-shore drilling around corona del mar in southern california while sailing with some wealthy friends.
-- seeing my surname on a road 'via gal' along the Adriatic coast in Italy
-- seeing a statue of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin in freedom square in Kharkiv Ukraine
-- receiving a text message while sitting where the dead sea scrolls were discovered
-- swimming in the sea of Galilee
-- standing in Herculaneum and seeing mt Vesuvius about 4 miles away and observing that the volcano in 79 ad buried Herculanium in over 80 feet of ash and moved its coastline out about 1,600 feet into the gulf of Naples.
-- getting drunk on really good beer in Berlin Germany.
-- in the old college days and getting in a lot of off-shore drilling around corona del mar in southern california while sailing with some wealthy friends.
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galrads: To name a few that come to mind :
-- seeing my surname on a road 'via gal' along the Adriatic coast in Italy
-- seeing a statue of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin in freedom square in Kharkiv Ukraine
-- receiving a text message while sitting where the dead sea scrolls were discovered
-- swimming in the sea of Galilee
-- standing in Herculaneum and seeing mt Vesuvius about 4 miles away and observing that the volcano in 79 ad buried Herculanium in over 80 feet of ash and moved its coastline out about 1,600 feet into the gulf of Naples.
-- getting drunk on really good beer in Berlin Germany.
-- in the old college days and getting in a lot of off-shore drilling around corona del mar in southern california while sailing with some wealthy friends.
Wow Chris, I'm sure they are very memorable, specially at the Dead Sea -- seeing my surname on a road 'via gal' along the Adriatic coast in Italy
-- seeing a statue of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin in freedom square in Kharkiv Ukraine
-- receiving a text message while sitting where the dead sea scrolls were discovered
-- swimming in the sea of Galilee
-- standing in Herculaneum and seeing mt Vesuvius about 4 miles away and observing that the volcano in 79 ad buried Herculanium in over 80 feet of ash and moved its coastline out about 1,600 feet into the gulf of Naples.
-- getting drunk on really good beer in Berlin Germany.
-- in the old college days and getting in a lot of off-shore drilling around corona del mar in southern california while sailing with some wealthy friends.
Thanks for sharing and you can also add more highlights if you want.
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My first major adventure didn't go too well. It was the late sixties and I somehow found myself under armed guard for five days in Montreal airport with the threat of going to Quebec prison for 28 days. It didn't help when my friend who I was travelling with set the airport toilets on fire as a protest.....
After five days in the airport during the day and various hotels at night they finally decided to put us on a plane back to Manchester. How my friend, Roger got away with his antics, (torching the airport toilets was just one of them) I'll never know.
I remember the detective who was in charge of us saying to me as we were leaving, "in this job working for immigration, I see all sorts of people from all over the world," then pointing at Roger he added, "but I've never seen anyone like him before."...
Footnote... Roger remained a very good friend until he sadly past away earlier this year, but was an amazing character right to the end...
After five days in the airport during the day and various hotels at night they finally decided to put us on a plane back to Manchester. How my friend, Roger got away with his antics, (torching the airport toilets was just one of them) I'll never know.
I remember the detective who was in charge of us saying to me as we were leaving, "in this job working for immigration, I see all sorts of people from all over the world," then pointing at Roger he added, "but I've never seen anyone like him before."...
Footnote... Roger remained a very good friend until he sadly past away earlier this year, but was an amazing character right to the end...
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There are so many things that are worth remembering, the people, culture and general attitude in life
I am inviting anyone to share their thoughts about their place, and or places you've been and what struck you most.
This world is so huge and so diverse and I wish I can see all of those I'd wish to see before I die. I am hoping.
Note: www can of course provide any information if one wants to visit a place, that's not my point. Jaavisst mentioned about him living in Florida and visited both Nevada and California and quite disliked New York. I'm inspired by his thoughts to create a blog where we can all share our experiences.
Thanks all for reading and or participation if interested.
bouquet cheering