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Carolinian TUG Member Posts: 5681 From: North Carolina Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-26-2004 15:59 Tuggers seem to travel far and wide. What is the most exotic placed youhave ever travelled to? IP: Logged
Pat H TUG Member Posts: 3419 From: Penn. Owner-Melia Playa-CostaRica, Sandcastle-Cape Cod,Mayan Palace, Apple Valley-Ohio, FF Patriot's Place-Wmsbg, Dikhololo-SA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-26-2004 16:11 What's your definition of exotic? ------------------ Pat IP: Logged
Fern Modena TUG Member Posts: 7601 From: Southern Nevada Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-26-2004 17:09 Las Vegas? East LA? Palermo? Barcelona? Issy les Moulineaux? Depends what your description of "Exotic" is. All were wonderful in their own way. Fern ------------------ Fern Modena ŠMy words are my own, please don't use them without my permission. IP: Logged
Carolinian TUG Member Posts: 5681 From: North Carolina Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-26-2004 19:50 I would define exotic as being somewhere off the beaten path of tourism. IP: Logged
MillerNet TUG Member Posts: 421 From: Harrisonburg, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2001	posted 09-26-2004 20:06 Mumbai (Bombay), India Sark, Channel Islands (English) ------------------ Kathy IP: Logged
camachinist TUG Member Posts: 1412 From: Kerman, CA Registered: Feb 2004	posted 09-26-2004 20:33 For me, it was Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe, on safari. Also stayed at Victoria Falls and visited Livingstone, Zambia. In total, I spent 3 weeks in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia. Saw many elephants Held barf bag for friend who got malaria Watched scorpions crawl underfoot as we ate dinner. Then there was the trip to Ukraine and Russia.... talk about learning to trust one's friends Probably pretty pedestrian, by TUG standards, but were adventures for me... Pat [This message has been edited by camachinist (edited 09-26-2004).] IP: Logged
Mimi in CA TUG Member Posts: 455 From: El Cerrito, CA USA Owner: Imperial of Waikiki, Dikhololo, Mt. Amanzi, Golden Shores at Playa de Oro, Puerta Vallerta Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-26-2004 20:48 Kruger Nat'l Park in South Africa, Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, on the Amazon from Iquitos Peru to Leticia Columbia and back, Chitwan Nat'l Park in Nepal. We are going to Fiji next month for 2 weeks - one week is a timeshare exchange. ------------------ Mimi IP: Logged
Cat Moderator TUG Volunteer Posts: 3260 From: Now in sunny Florida! Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-27-2004 07:40 Marrakesh. ------------------ --Cat IP: Logged
jellson TUG Member Posts: 535 From: Montréal, Canada Registered: Mar 2003	posted 09-27-2004 10:09 Negros Occidental, Philippines The DMZ in the Koreas Qufu, China (and the whole Shandong Province) ------------------ Writing & Editing IP: Logged
KevinRS TUG Member Posts: 202 From: Roselle, IL -WVC Lake Placid, Royal Reef Resort, Sudwala Lodge , Lake Condos at Big Sky, Pines at Meadow Ridge, Morritts Tortuga, Divi Little Bay Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-27-2004 10:44 Kota Kinabalu Brunei Harbin, Shenyang and many other cities in China Montevideo, Uruguay Cairo, Aswan, Luxor Egypt to name a few ------------------ Wisdom doesn't always come with age.... sometimes age comes alone. IP: Logged
copper TUG Member Posts: 222 From: Terrace Lakes, Idaho Registered: Dec 2003	posted 09-27-2004 10:45 WestPac courtesy of FMF and it was all inclusive paid for by my Uncle. [This message has been edited by copper (edited 09-27-2004).] IP: Logged
Keitht TUG Member Posts: 1182 From: Gloucester, England, Own at Plas Talgarth Wales Registered: Feb 2003	posted 09-27-2004 12:42 The Gambia in west Africa. 6 hours due south of the UK and a world away in culture. Most of the people speak English as it was a British colony, but that is the only common link. ------------------ Regards Keith IP: Logged
Sandy TUG Member Posts: 604 From: Pittsburgh, PA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-27-2004 13:16 On an educational trip: Havana, Cuba Saigon, Vietnam Kaaga Kamma Park, South Africa Barloventa, Brazil Masai Mara National Park, Kenya And various other locales on a Semester at Sea program, 100 circumnavigating the globe on a ship/campus. ------------------ *Sandy* IP: Logged
Marina_K TUG Member Posts: 6170 From: Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-27-2004 16:18 Songkla & Phuket when the only "tourists" you would find were hippies & druggies. My favourite trip was to Broome, the Bungle Bungle, Darwin, Kakadu & Alice. IP: Logged
KauaiMark TUG Volunteer Posts: 1729 From: San Jose, Calif. aka: Silicon Valley Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-27-2004 17:11 Sun lit walk in the birch and fern forest near Provoo, Finland during mid summer about 10:00pm. ..Mark [This message has been edited by KauaiMark (edited 09-27-2004).] IP: Logged
retailman TUG Member Posts: 479 From: DENHAM SPRINGS LA USA Registered: Nov 2001	posted 09-27-2004 19:10 Several years ago we went to Greek ruins of Ephesus in Kusadasi Turkey. ------------------ john m jones [This message has been edited by retailman (edited 09-27-2004).] [This message has been edited by retailman (edited 09-27-2004).] IP: Logged
Faith TUG Member Posts: 560 From: Houston - Owner at Mountainside at SilverCreek, CO and The Phoenix Resort in Taupo, New Zealand Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-28-2004 09:11 Safari in South Africa, Chiang Mai in Thailand, Ephesus in Turkey, and my favorite - Petra and the Dead Sea in Jordan. Faith edited to add: Oman and United Arab Emirates - where you can go from a 7-star hotel to desert areas where Bedouins live in just a few hours. [This message has been edited by Faith (edited 09-29-2004).] IP: Logged
gmarine TUG Member Posts: 1061 From: long island,ny Village at St James Club,Antigua Renaissance Aruba Westgate VV, Registered: Mar 2002	posted 09-28-2004 11:20 Tahiti, Moorea and Bora Bora in the South Pacific. IP: Logged
KarenK TUG Member Posts: 979 From: Tonawanda, NY USA; own Villa del Mar, Pto. Vallarta; VCI & Royal Caribbean; Pelican, St Maarten; Swallowtail, Hilton Head; Oberstaufen, Germany. Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-28-2004 11:27 A town in Chiapas where no photos were allowed. The Indians have a "Catholic" church which spooked me. Indian women were near the altar on their knees chanting in their native language. No pews, saints' statures were lined up on the floor against the wall, and an eery smell of pine boughs and candles. IP: Logged
Carolinian TUG Member Posts: 5681 From: North Carolina Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-28-2004 14:44 For myself, in Africa - Botswana, Swaziland, and Morrocco - and in Europe - Moldova, Bosnia, and Albania. If I had stopped rather than just passing through on the train, it would have been the internationally unrecognized statelet of Trans-Dinistria, which is in rebellion against Moldova. I was able to see parts of it from the train and I did get a fistfull of souvenir Trans-Dinistrian roubles from someone in my train compartment for a few dollars. I am told that the train I took is now discontinued because in the latest round of their spat with Moldova, the Trans-Dinistrians have blocked the tracks with big chunks of concrete. IP: Logged
cgeidl TUG Member Posts: 727 From: Suisun City CA USA Registered: Jul 2001	posted 09-28-2004 18:33 A camel ride in the Sahara then to the city of Fez walled in medina. Like going back 5 centuries in an hour. IP: Logged
GinGin TUG Member Posts: 8680 From: Registered: Apr 2002	posted 09-28-2004 19:00 Anna Ruby Falls - Unicoi State Park - Helen, Georgia I honestly believe it's one of God's most beautiful creations in the world. It's absolutely magical in it's beauty, not only the two falls coming together themselves, but also the magical walk to the falls along the running creek. I look for the magic in my travels and Anna Ruby is one of the reasons we bought a timeshare in Helen (plus tubing on and the beauty of the Chattahoochie River). ------------------ www.picturetrail.com password:gingin (see 15 timeshares we've visited, please lighten screen before viewing) IP: Logged
Jerry TUG Member Posts: 175 From: Anaheim, CA U.S.A. Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-28-2004 20:57 I've been to a lot of off the beaten path places, but in my mind the most exotic place I have ever been to is Zanzibar. They do have a good number of tourists there, but not many Americans and the people are a mixture of African, Arab, and Indian (a very unique and facinating combination of cultures and people). Nepal also has a good number of tourists, and also has what I would consider to be a very exotic feeling to it (expecially in Kathmandu). Both of these places were so different from anything I had ever seen or experienced before. To me an exotic destination is a place that is very foreign or unfamilar from what we are used to seing, and also a place that is captivating, exiciting, enticing and possibly even somewhat strange and something very beautiful at the same time. Someone earlier in this post suggested "I would define exotic as being somewhere off the beaten path of tourism." The two places I have been to off the beaten path that had the least number of tourists were Albania, and Moldova followed by Antarctica in 1997 (before the big influx of recent tourism hit). Although all of these places were very interesting and Antarctica certaintly was one of the most beautiful and serene places I have ever seen, none of these places seem to fit the image of what I think of as exotic. The continents of Asia, and most of Africa; and the Mid-Eastern parts of the world are more exotic in my mind then Western cultures. I don't think being exotic has anything to do with the number of tourists, or it has to be a place off the beaten path it's just any place that is very very different. That's my opinion, and I'm sure that everyplace in the world can be considered exotic to someone. Isn't is great that most parts of the world are so different. Jerry IP: Logged
alchook TUG Member Posts: 72 From: Platteville, Wi Registered: Jul 2002	posted 09-29-2004 09:00 Bhutan was probably the most exotic place I ever visited. Most of the places Ive traveled to leave me wishing I had been there 40 years ago. Bhutan was a bit like the way things were 40 years ago. The schools are taught in English, so its possible to talk to a lot of the locals, especially the younger ones. Children are unafraid to approach you, but rather than ask for money or trinkets they enthusiastically ask you to take their pictures. I remember one family asking me to have lunch with them. And traveling there is expensive enough to keep the place from being over run by the $5 a night backpacking crowd. IP: Logged
KHolleger TUG Member Posts: 2799 From: Pennsylvania Registered: Dec 2000	posted 09-29-2004 12:18 A jungle in Brazil. ------------------ Kathy Holleger Vacation Photos: Bermuda May 2003 South Africa March 2003 Seatime Thanksgiving 2002 Shawnee Village August 2002 Williamsburg May June 2002 IP: Logged

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