Travelling HARD
Hey people, I thought I'd start a discussion about travel as we don't seem to of ever had one in the forum's different incarnations since I've been around...
Has anyone been to Argentina? Decided to quit my job at christmas (I hate it) and go see Patagonia for a few months in the new year. Just wanted to know if anyone knows how easy it is to go walking/climbing in Patagonia? Maybe @vltk can help me out... I'm thinking of visiting Chile. Maybe some other South American tips if anyone has any? Just planning on booking a one way fligt to Buenos Aires but after that anything could happen!
Has anyone been to Argentina? Decided to quit my job at christmas (I hate it) and go see Patagonia for a few months in the new year. Just wanted to know if anyone knows how easy it is to go walking/climbing in Patagonia? Maybe @vltk can help me out... I'm thinking of visiting Chile. Maybe some other South American tips if anyone has any? Just planning on booking a one way fligt to Buenos Aires but after that anything could happen!
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I don't get the idea of travelling. I feel that if I liked a place enough to travel to it, I'd be better off staying there.
or these people who are travelling to Africa and seeing these incredible views and places, I dunno ... I wouldn't be able to go back to regular life after all that. Just drop me off there, cut my life off, I'm clearly meant to be in the amazing place.
I travel - but have long breaks in between my travel because I move to the spot I was interested in, pick up a job and live there for a time. I don't, however, consider it "cutting myself off". I'm an outsider, but I wake up, go to work, make new friends, learn a bit of a new language or a new culture, have a night life, get my sexy-sexy on, pay rent, (learn how to pay rent then pay rent) buy groceries, get into the music scene, find a music scene, check out shows, etc etc etc. I just do it in a new language, or broken language, or a new city/state. But I prefer to live there for a bit.
If you were looking for solid, specific, approval or appraisal - and if you cared for my ultimate and specific stance on the matter, rest assured, life and beauty are fleeting, Go and find your sand mandala.
I, too, have my own way of finding it. Less pictures - more dancing.
unless you want to be like your average American abroad (or Australian probably - we wouldn't be much better) and bark orders in English until you get a response.
I used my ipod - downloaded pictures of things and when I went out i would try to say as much as I could, "Where is this? " Can I have this please?" and then I'd point to the picture. "Please" and "Thank yous" always goes a long way when you're saying it in another language.
or you could really lean on technology and speak into your phone and have you phone speak for you.
Here's a HuffPost article on it
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/31/rainbow-mountains-china-danxia-landform_n_3683840.html
Zhangye Danxia Landform Geological Park
piss up
piss up
I'm sure they're used to it