Which of these cities from across the world have you visited?

didn't we just do this???

Haven't we seen enough of this survey already?

I thought this seemed familiar!

I take it this is the English Canadian survey? Where's Montreal? (No, I haven't been there either...)

I'll just list them all for fun:
I live in Vancouver. I have visited Victoria, Seattle, Portland, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Whitehorse, Dawson City, Anchorage, Seoul, Bangkok, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Jakarta, Yogya, Denpaser, Bombay, Delhi, Agra, Varanasi, Katmandu, London, and Leeds.

Beijing, London, LA, New York, Paris, Sydney, Toronto & Tokyo

This looks very similar to another one??

Yeah, why the duplicate surveys?

NYC (home), SF, LA, Bejing, Moscow, Paris, Tokyo

Berlin, Dublin, London, NYC and Paris.

If you count driving-through-as-fast-as-you-can and switching-planes-without-leaving-the-airport, I have been to London and New York.

Sadly, only Toronto, L.A., NYC, and, San Francisco. I would like to travel more though.

Wow! You've been to a lot of places! I would LOVE too travel that much.

Well, you should do it then! It isn't that hard. I took a 4 month trip around the world when I was working for minimum wage. It cost $10,000. I saved $200 from each pay cheque for a year, and established $5000 line of credit on my visa card. I actually reccommend saving more and doing less on credit, but I have no regrets. It took 2 years to pay off the debt. I was making more money then.

The other places are up and down the west coast of North America, Anchorage to San Diego, that's really cheap. I don't drive, but I have friends who do. Road trips can be a lot of fun. I reccommend traveling no more than 500 km a day, and the driver has to stop any time someone wants to. "Hey! Look at that lake! Isn't it beautiful? Let's stop!"

My parents have always been enthusiastic travellers, and they always encouraged me to travel. Oh, and I also reccommend "Lonley Planet" travel guide books.

I'm leaving next year for an over land journey from The Netherlands through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan and India to South-East Asia.
I hope I can stay away for at least 1 year.

Do you have any tips for me?

I can't drive and no one will take me. As soon as I graduate though...

I have a tip for you....come to my house!!!!!

Overland? That sounds potentially brutal! I took a 30 hour bus trip from Varanasi to Katmandu. The bus was packed (including the roof) with people and livestock, and there was no glass in the windows. Although it was an interesting experience, and makes a great story, I would recommend you avoid that type of transportation.

I can't over stress the importance of making friends with the locals as you are traveling. If you are staying somewhere for a few days, you will probably meet some locals, take them out for breakfast, or buy them a few beers. They will look after you. Not only does it make for a more pleasant traveling experience, but it is well worth the cost. When I was traveling, I would often run into other travelers repeatedly along the way. The ones who treat the locals like servants who are beneath them, are always the ones who get robbed, ripped off, raped etc. (I'm making a generalization of course) Learning to speak some of the local language is good too. I found that I really had to get off the beaten path to find someone who didn't speak English, but people always appreciate any attempt to converse in the local tongue.

Pack light. You can always pick stuff up cheap along the way. You can also ship stuff home if your pack starts getting too heavy with souvenirs etc. One thing I recommend is a pocket calculator. It makes it easier to get used to new currencies when you arrive in a new country. Do conversions for the first couple of days, then when you have a good idea what things should cost, you can do without.

I found that a good system for me, in terms of accommodations was to stay in cheapies during the week, and then splash out in a nice hotel for the weekend. When you're on the road for a long time, you start to feel pretty grubby. It is a nice little luxury to be able to have a hot bath, air conditioning and some room service.

Eat lots of yoghurt and drink acidophilus milk for about a month before you leave. I found that this helped me deal with the different bacteria one encounters when traveling. I fared much better than my companions who didn't follow that regimen. Be very careful of what you eat and drink. Drink lots of bottled water, you don't want to get dehydrated. The guide books can give you specific advice on health concerns. Oh, and don't do what I did, and get all your shots at the last minute. I got to sit on a plane for 20 hours after getting a shot in the ass. Not comfortable.

Try getting as many of the visas as possible, in advance. This avoids waiting around while you are trying to keep moving. Plan an itinerary, but keep it flexible.

Well, I've probably droned on long enough...if you have any specific questions, I'll be happy to respond.

Thanx! But maybe we can better talk about this privately, so we don't take too much space here.
Could you please send me your e-mail address to mvos@telfort.nl?

I will keep that in mind!!

London, Toronto and New York