clears throat

i remember travelling though greece in 1999 and writing “greece is fucked” in wet concrete in athens

those bloody tossers

I didn’t love Bali. That’s the only country I’ve visited.

Paapua New Guinea
Malaysia
England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
USA
Iceland
France
Germany
Holland
Italy
New Zeland
Belgum
Victoria

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t love Bali. That’s the only country I’ve visited.

was talking to someone who visited bali recently

he was walking around high on mushrooms climbed over some barbed wire and fell into a an open pit were bodies were thrown

OK, I’d better make some form of comment.

Least favourite – PNG. I only ever worked in Port Moresby, but it was the only place I have ever traveled where even, driving down the street, you didn’t feel quite safe. I’ve been there on three or four occasions and never enjoyed the experience.

I could safely walk down the streets of Phom Pheng, or go for a run, and not have an issue, Port Moresby though, I wouldn’t even think about it.

Niue – very small, good seafood, busted arse.
Tonga – wouldn’t mind going back.
Vanuatu – outer islands are great! One particular outer island, was there a bit over two days and saw one person actually doing some physical work. Has volcanoes and French wine.
Kiribati – interesting.
Tanzania – too many warthogs, beer’s drinkable.
Solomon Islands – very interesting, but violence simmers.
Papua New Guinea – hmmmmm.
Viet Nam – love the place, good food except for freshwater turtles, baby chickens in eggs, and lawnmower frog. Excellent beer.
Singapore – anal retentive.
Indonesia – has volcanoes and good tucker.
Maldives – like Vanuatu, the outer islands, no tourists, are great.
Fiji – meh!

in france there was some chick who went ape shit when i lightly touched a pin on a map on the wall in the syndicat d’initiative

that was a few years ago, paris has become a little friendlier since the late 90s

wookiemeister said:

was talking to someone who visited bali recently

he was walking around high on mushrooms climbed over some barbed wire and fell into a an open pit were bodies were thrown

Wha? Bodies aren’t ‘thrown’ anywhere. They are neatly buried until a cremation can be afforded, then dug up and burned with all due ceremony. There is one village in the mountains where open burial used to be common, but that was on platforms, not in a hole. I suggest that said someone was drugfucked.

turkey was one of the best places though the bus system has a few shortcomings

we had been dropped off in the darkness on the highway just outside pergamum

i had begged the sig other to allow me to carry her rucksack (women in general have no sense of balance and coupled with rough ground and darkness)

i was talking to this turkish army conscript as we walked into town and he turned around hearing something, she had gone down heavily, twisting her ankle.

in syria i had locked her in the room in a place called the spring flower hotel to stop people just walking in whilst i was literallly just a few meters away (the door was dodgy and any real force could have knocked off its hinges in the event of an emergency). unknown to me people had been banging on the door whilst i was away (thinking it was the toilet). when i returned she was in tears and blamed me.

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t love Bali. That’s the only country I’ve visited.

You need me there as guide, DA. Show you Bali away from Kuta-Sanur.

>>Least favourite – PNG. I only ever worked in Port Moresby, but it was the only place I have ever traveled where even, driving down the street, you didn’t feel quite safe. I’ve been there on three or four occasions and never enjoyed the experience.

It’s a terrible place now Sebeen, I worked ther for a year in 1970, on Friday nights you could go to the Yaucht Club and get pissecd and walk home(guite a few miles) and fell perfectly safe but the weather is shit, I was ther a couple of years ago and it is a filty unsafe hole now.

I worked in the USA in 1973 and it was an throughly enjoyable experience, the people were very welcoming but if I couldn’t live in Australia I’d live in London it’s a terrific place just dripping with historical ambience plus they play all the sports that I follow and they don’t take themselves too seriously.

Geoff D said:

wookiemeister said:

was talking to someone who visited bali recently

he was walking around high on mushrooms climbed over some barbed wire and fell into a an open pit were bodies were thrown

Wha? Bodies aren’t ‘thrown’ anywhere. They are neatly buried until a cremation can be afforded, then dug up and burned with all due ceremony. There is one village in the mountains where open burial used to be common, but that was on platforms, not in a hole. I suggest that said someone was drugfucked.

he was quite adamant that the bodies were at the bottom of this pit on the beach

drugfucked likely

i give this travel story an 8/10 for imagination

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Least favourite – PNG. I only ever worked in Port Moresby, but it was the only place I have ever traveled where even, driving down the street, you didn’t feel quite safe. I’ve been there on three or four occasions and never enjoyed the experience.

It’s a terrible place now Sebeen, I worked ther for a year in 1970, on Friday nights you could go to the Yaucht Club and get pissecd and walk home(guite a few miles) and fell perfectly safe but the weather is shit, I was ther a couple of years ago and it is a filty unsafe hole now.

I worked in the USA in 1973 and it was an throughly enjoyable experience, the people were very welcoming but if I couldn’t live in Australia I’d live in London it’s a terrific place just dripping with historical ambience plus they play all the sports that I follow and they don’t take themselves too seriously.

central london perhaps – forget sprawling suburbs

i would say anywhere between marble arch and the tower of london would be acceptable but forget the rest to live in.

did you know the royal exchange is the oldest part of london (roman remains) so i read when i visited there

if i were to live in london i would live in the old knights templar hangout – very atmospheric

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Least favourite – PNG. I only ever worked in Port Moresby, but it was the only place I have ever traveled where even, driving down the street, you didn’t feel quite safe. I’ve been there on three or four occasions and never enjoyed the experience.

It’s a terrible place now Sebeen, I worked ther for a year in 1970, on Friday nights you could go to the Yaucht Club and get pissecd and walk home(guite a few miles) and fell perfectly safe but the weather is shit, I was ther a couple of years ago and it is a filty unsafe hole now.

I worked in the USA in 1973 and it was an throughly enjoyable experience, the people were very welcoming but if I couldn’t live in Australia I’d live in London it’s a terrific place just dripping with historical ambience plus they play all the sports that I follow and they don’t take themselves too seriously.

central london perhaps – forget sprawling suburbs

i would say anywhere between marble arch and the tower of london would be acceptable but forget the rest to live in.

did you know the royal exchange is the oldest part of london (roman remains) so i read when i visited there

if i were to live in london i would live in the old knights templar hangout – very atmospheric

in santorini some priest went nuts when he saw me climbing around on the top of the monastry. i had carefully moved myself around on top of one of those famous blue domed buildings – the ledge is about a few feet wide but its a long drop if you fall off. i was returning to encourage someone else to make the journey when he saw me. (i thought it was some abandoned building).

>turkey was one of the best places though the bus system has a few shortcomings

You’re kidding, right? Everyone travels by bus in Turkey. It’s a great system.

> but if I couldn’t live in Australia I’d live in London it’s a terrific place

In 2000 I took SWMBO on a bit of a tour and London was the first stop…at her insistence since I really don’t like the place.

We landed after the 20 odd hour plane flight and I treated her to a black cab ride to the hotel. We pulled up at the front door and the local druggie came ambling over looking for a handout. The cab driver turned around and drolly stated, “welcome to London”.

>>central london perhaps

Not at all, Bayswater is a melting pot, a wonderful diversity of Arabs West Indians French Spanish Germans Baltics and increasingly people from what used to be the Eastern Bolck and of course your local poms and it’s a brisk 30 minute walk through beautiful parks to central London.
It’s a wonderfuly culturally diverse part of the world and everyone gets on just fine.

sibeen said:

>turkey was one of the best places though the bus system has a few shortcomings

You’re kidding, right? Everyone travels by bus in Turkey. It’s a great system.

yes normally BUT

the bus to pergamum doesn’t go directly to the bus station in pergamum, you might or might not find some kind of connection bus that might or might not come – the fellah who lived in pergamum didn’t think it is was coming so took off on foot.

when you are on trip dragging around some wounded travel companion gets wearing

Peak Warming Man said:

>>central london perhaps

Not at all, Bayswater is a melting pot, a wonderful diversity of Arabs West Indians French Spanish Germans Baltics and increasingly people from what used to be the Eastern Bolck and of course your local poms and it’s a brisk 30 minute walk through beautiful parks to central London.
It’s a wonderfuly culturally diverse part of the world and everyone gets on just fine.

well i’d include hyde park because marble arch is next to it

temple gets locked up of a night – no riff raff wander the streets of a night there i think.

i prefer north of the river anyway

Norway always sticks in my mind as somewhere with spectacular scenery. I stayed once in a small town called Odda which overlooks a fjord. In the middle of the fjord was an island where there was an electrolytic refining plant owned by Rio Tinto, which is how I came to be there. Despite the refinery, it was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen. When I was there it was still daylight way into the night and I remember sitting at the window gazing out at the scenery while listening to Hamlet on the television.

The drive in to Odda was interesting. The roads along the edges of the fjords are just wide enough to allow two cars to pass. You soon get used to driving in the middle of the road until something comes towards you, at which time you move over. Tunnels add to the excitement. We had the misfortune of having the American Car Club travelling in the opposite direction. Scandinavians are obsessed with American Cars. Or maybe it is expat Americans. I dunno, but Stockholm is the same. At around 6pm they all come out and start doing laps around the city. But I digress.

Here is a picture of Odda. This doesn’t really do it justice.

The nearest I have been to going overseas was to Molloy island at high tide.

It was a nice place, but is a severe bushfire in waiting.

sibeen said:

>turkey was one of the best places though the bus system has a few shortcomings

You’re kidding, right? Everyone travels by bus in Turkey. It’s a great system.

We travel a lot of Turkey on a bus tour, but the Ankara-Istanbul trip at the end was by train as too many people die on that highway. Only four people died on the night we trained back to Istanbul. Then spent the following day watching Princess Diana’s funeral in the departure lounge of Istanbul airport. Flew into London just as it all finished. Quietest day ever on the tube. Disturbingly quiet…

And to answer the OP

Australia
New Zealand
England
France
Spain
Morroco
Andorra
Switerland
Germany
Belgium
Austria
Netherlands
Denmark
Sweden
Norway
Finland
Estonia
Singapore
Malaysia
Thailand (for about 30sec(jumped a fence in Northern Malaysia that had signs saying “jump this fence and get shot”(or similar)))
Indonesia (Bali)

They were all interesting, but it is always nice to come home.

Similarly,

Australia
New Guinea (in the late 1970s – some family members were working on a property about 60 miles out of Lae. Stayed with them for a couple of weeks)
Thailand
Hong Kong
Macau
Bali
Chile
Peru
Ecuador – including the Galapagos Islands
Fiji
Canada

Stealth said:

They were all interesting, but it is always nice to come home.

+1

I suppose I’d better put mine down, since I started the thread.

Italy – overrated, especially the wine and food – (work)

France – see above – (work)

Denmark – loved it (work)

Germany – loved it (work)

Turkey – loved it (work)

England – loved it (work)

Hong Kong – loved it (work)

China – loved it (work)

Vietnam – loved it (work)

Cambodia – average (work)

PNG – hated it (work)

Fiji – average (work) – been there on holidays since with the kids (still average)

Japan – loved it (work)

New Zealand – loved it (work)

USA – loved it (work)

Eire – loved it (work) – been since on holidays and it’s the grouse.

Northern Ireland – shithole (work) and holidays

I’m sure I’ve missed a few in the above, but there’s no place like home :)

New Zealand
Fiji
Japan
Taiwan
Hong Kong
China
Malaysia
Thailand
Indonesia
Bangladesh
Pakistan
India
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Qatar
Iran
Philippines
United Arab Emirates
Sudan
Egypt
Algeria
Morocco
Nigeria
Turkey
Greece
Spain
Tenerife
Azerbaijan
France
United Kingdom
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Iceland
Caribbean
USA
Canada

I like Australia.

Geoff D said:

Divine Angel said:

I didn’t love Bali. That’s the only country I’ve visited.

You need me there as guide, DA. Show you Bali away from Kuta-Sanur.

That would be nice :)
Don’t get me wrong, Bali was nice, but I was well over it by the time we left. Plus, Mr Mutant was sick for the last three days so we couldn’t go further than a few metres from a loo… I spent much of those last three days in the hotel pool while he watched :(

NZ – tops
Hong Kong – dirty, and noisy and smelly, but pretty
Taiwan -dirty, and noisy and smelly, but tops people
New Caledonia – tops
Vanuatu – tops

thats it for me ..

never been to america, but i’ve met plenty of americans through work, and never yet met a real life one I didn’t like…

I’ve worked in about 25 countries. There’s only one I would never go back to, Saudi Arabia.

pommiejohn said:

I’ve worked

arn’t you a photographer?

Dropbear said:

pommiejohn said:

I’ve worked

arn’t you a photographer?

My foreign work was as a tech. So it was real work, unlike photography :)

I’ve been overseas.. to Tasmania.. ;)

when you’re born in Australia, the desire to go see lesser countries and less well off people isn’t that strong to be honest

Dropbear said:

when you’re born in Australia, the desire to go see lesser countries and less well off people isn’t that strong to be honest

Agreed. Mr Mutant and his mum don’t see it that way. They take holidays to do stuff like volunteer work and to get off the beaten track. I take holidays to not do anything! This is why I want a cruise and he doesn’t :)

I’ve been everywhere..

man

A quick summary:

USA: San Diego, nice , laid back, friendly. Los Angles: Like Brisbane without the charm

Denmark. Expensive ( even on London wages) cool, liked it.

Germany, always, but always had a good time. Can’t understand why people think Germans are dull or stuffy.

Beirut: ( Mid 90s) Party town, tons of nightlife… until the Israelis started bombing it again ( I had to make a hasty retreat to the airport)

Tel Aviv: Another party town, people are f***in’ rude though.

Saudi: Where do I start? Medeival heirachy, resented foreign worker while needing them at the same time. Treated us like….

Cairo. Noisy, smelly madhouse… loved it :)

The USA – pretty much the same mix as Australia – but louder and more of them

Europe – pretty much the same mix as Australia – but fewer clothes and more of them

Africa – pretty much the same mix as Australia – but just a part of Australia that has a lot of tourists to keep them going (like Surfers Paradise)

Asia – pretty much the same mix as Australia but heap heaps more of them

South America – fun fun fun fun fun fun fun, but deadly

Alaska – cold, dark – then light eventually..

Tasmania – very different to Australia.

Ukraine – Drunk – so pretty much like Australia..

>>I’ve been everywhere..

man

Wollongong?

Dropbear said:

never been to america, but i’ve met plenty of americans through work, and never yet met a real life one I didn’t like…

Yeah, but they are the sane ones that have left the “Good Old US of A” to escape the Loonies back home.,,

bob(from black rock) said:

Dropbear said:

never been to america, but i’ve met plenty of americans through work, and never yet met a real life one I didn’t like…

Yeah, but they are the sane ones that have left the “Good Old US of A” to escape the Loonies back home.,,

i think so, yes, these were mainly it professionals.. so not a lot of southern rednecks in that bunch

I want to go to the Gangnam area of Seoul.

Best tourism video ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0

>It’s a wonderfuly culturally diverse part of the world

i.e., just like the other “multicultural” neighbourhoods that are increasingly replacing traditional regional demographics in major Western cities.

Cosmopolitanism gets a bit drab when it’s everywhere.

Probably only three other places I’d seriously consider living apart from Australia:

a) Somewhere in Scandinavia, in the countryside
b) New Zealand, in the countryside
c) Scotland, in the countryside

Scotland in the countryside would be grouse.

Peak Warming Man said:

Scotland in the countryside would be grouse.

I’ve never eaten grouse. It’s supposed to be delicious.

TRADITIONAL ROAST GROUSE

4 young grouse Knob of butter

Glass dry white wine

300ml game or chicken stock

Sprig of thyme

Salt and black pepper

1. Lightly cover the breasts with butter, and season inside and out.

2. Put into searing hot oven (240 degrees centigrade/gas mark 9) for about 15 minutes. You want rare meat, not bloody. The breasts should be fairly firm. Leave to rest while you make the gravy.

3. Pour off excess fat from the oven tray, then put over a high heat. Add the wine, stirring until all the alcohol has burnt off and the liquid is reduced by half.

4. Add the stock, thyme, salt and pepper and reduce again until deeply flavoured. Strain into a warm jug, along with any of the juices released from the resting grouse.

For the bread sauce

½ large white loaf, a couple of days old

1 onion

6 cloves

500ml milk

2 bay leaves

100ml double cream

1. Cut crusts off bread, then tear into bits and blitz in food processor.

2. Peel onion, cut in half, stud with cloves and put in saucepan with the milk, bay leaves, salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, then take off heat and let it stand for 30 minutes.

3. Remove bay leaves and onion, add the breadcrumbs and bring gently back to the boil. Simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

4. Pour in cream, then bring back to the boil and whisk.

For fried breadcrumbs, just fry some crumbs in butter until crisp. Drain on a piece of kitchen roll, then season.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1210688/TOM-PARKER-BOWLES-Why-taste-grouse-just-keeps-getting-better-right-autumn.html#ixzz27LVjvKxs

it’s like chicken with a grousey aftertaste.

scotland countryside would be ungrouse in the middle of winter.

>scotland countryside would be ungrouse in the middle of winter

It would be delightful. I’m a great fan of proper winters with lots of snow.

i would just like to say

grousey, grouse, grouse

that is all

Riding a winter snow lion in Scotland:

Well that’s one way to freeze your tits off.

Bubble Car said:

Probably only three other places I’d seriously consider living apart from Australia:

a) Somewhere in Scandinavia, in the countryside
b) New Zealand, in the countryside
c) Scotland, in the countryside

a) I hope you like mozzies.
c) I hope you like mozzies

Bubble Car said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Scotland in the countryside would be grouse.

I’ve never eaten grouse. It’s supposed to be delicious.

If it’s anything like pheasant, very strong flavour and tough if it’s not hung well.

So you need a well hung grouse then

Bubble Car said:

Probably only three other places I’d seriously consider living apart from Australia:

a) Somewhere in Scandinavia, in the countryside
b) New Zealand, in the countryside
c) Scotland, in the countryside

Och mon!

Every fuckin city looks the same.

pommiejohn said:

tough if it’s not hung well.

Like Saddam.

id love a few acres in NZ.. would be lovely

United States: Call me racist, but I found the white (Anglos) insecure with no sense of humour. The Navajo, who I worked closely with for 3 months were pretty cool though, who could deal out and take shit from you and buy you a beer afterwards. I am in no hurry to go back to visit “white” America.

Germany: Mad bastards. Australia is a nanny state compared to Germany. If you want to do something stupid and kill yourself, go ahead. I didn’t speak the language, but nobody cared and they were smart enough to understand what I wanted when I pointed at stuff.

Borneo: I felt like a stranger in a strange land and never felt comfortable despite going back a couple of times. Can’t drink the water, can’t speak the language, can’t understand the religion, and don’t understand the people. I was the only “white” in the city of many thousands and every time I went outside I was the centre of attention. I am in no hurry to go back.

New Zealand: People are very friendly and speak a close dialect of English so you can communicate easily with them. They all have a cousin in Australia and can’t do enough to help you out.

Japan: Reminds me of a KFC kitchen – friendly, welcoming, safe, and spotlessly clean. (Just don’t look under the microwave at the several years of built-up grime) You could feel safe walking down deserted alleyways late at night, and all you need to do is look lost and a local will come up to you and offer assistance. Definitely on the top of my “must go back one day” list. Nowhere near as expensive as it is made out to be, it was actally cheaper than a holiday in Sydney.

Dropbear said:

id love a few acres in NZ.. would be lovely

if ur into sheep

Ian said:

Dropbear said:

id love a few acres in NZ.. would be lovely

if ur into sheep

im into lamb

>>Australia is a nanny state compared to Germany.

Neddles, who was born and bred in Germany, prefers Australia for pretty well the opposite. As she put it, in Germany everyone has and knows their place, and it’s attempting to go against that that causes lots of tut-tutting and social ostracism. Australia is a much, much more free place IHO.

>Japan: Reminds me of a KFC kitchen – friendly, welcoming, safe, and spotlessly clean. (Just don’t look under the microwave at the several years of built-up grime) You could feel safe walking down deserted alleyways late at night, and all you need to do is look lost and a local will come up to you and offer assistance. Definitely on the top of my “must go back one day” list. Nowhere near as expensive as it is made out to be, it was actally cheaper than a holiday in Sydney.

Probably depends upon where you go. I’ve worked in Tokyo on four occasions and found it to be quite expensive, with the saving grace being that I was on the comapny account so didn’t really mind the cost.

Absolutely loved the place and would go back anytime.

Japan Pud?

Dropbear said:

Japan Pud?

Only if its in a neko host club….

I just wanna try the carrot Kit Kat again. A friend brought one back- WEIRD.

They’re not like us you know, their brians work differently and they can’t see at night and they bombed Darwin.

Peak Warming Man said:

They’re not like us you know, their brians work differently and they can’t see at night and they bombed Darwin.

not a lot of brians in japan.

Not enough Taco Bells in Adelaide.

capercaillie is grouse.

i thought you liked the idea of new england mr car. but i have heard they have spoiled new Hampshire with mitt romney placards.

That’s it, Roz!

Another convert to the “bring back the grouse” campaign.

You seem to have travelled to lots of countries for work Sibeen. I wouldn’t have expected that as an electrical engineer. Did you work for a large multinational at the time?

capercaillie, I had to google that, and it’s led me to a Scottish Celtic band. Having a listen now, and quite enjoying it.

Witty, I ended up being the Tech Manager of a British based company for Australia. This was after that company had brought my business from under me (OK, I sold for the feelthy lucre). This made me the de-facto Tech Manager for Asia / Pacific, so if the shit hit the fan I was often called upon.

Before that I was one of the owners / directors of a service and consulting company. Sometimes jobs just came up out of the blue. I had one where I got a phone call from a reasonably large company who were having problems in China. “Can you get on a plane tomorrow” was his question :)

sibeen said:

capercaillie, I had to google that, and it’s led me to a Scottish Celtic band. Having a listen now, and quite enjoying it.

capercaillie is one of my favourite bands to listen to..specially love the balck domnhall. i have no idea what i am singing as i mumble along. but it feels right.

SM, have never heard of them, but I’m listening to a few of the tracks now and loving it.

sibeen said:

I’m listening to a few of the tracks now and loving it.

Try the Saw Doctors, if you haven’t already. Same music, much more fun.

I Eusta Lover

Is probably their best known but not really typical of the rest of their stuff.

sibeen said:

SM, have never heard of them, but I’m listening to a few of the tracks now and loving it.

but I’m listening to a few of the tracks now and loving it.
—
i must have picked up on them maybe 10 years ago. they were part of my 2004 tour of scotland soundtrack after i bought a few more cds.. along with the texas band old blind dogs and dougie maclean.

along with the texas band old blind dogs

i bought their Cd in a petrol station on skye.

>>

Oh ye Scots, working men, ye’ve gone crazy, I fear
Every day ye maun hae yer but beef and yer beer
Little ken ye I noo, though ye’ll soon come tae learn
That yer natural food is but tatties and herrin’
Tatties and herrin’, tatties and herrin’
Yer natural food is but tatties and herrin’

Wi’ a pound in the week ye maun fair be content
Ye’ve aye got ten shillings for claes and for rent
Twa and six tae pit by gin ye need to be sparin’
Aye, and seven and sixpence for tatties and herrin’
Tatties and herrin’, tatties and herrin’
Aye, seven and sixpence for tatties and herrin’

When the harbor o’ refuge was first thought about
Aberdeen and Stanehive, they were fair pitten oot
Fan they heard that the convicts were gettin’ best farin’
O’ guid Buchan tatties and Peterhead herrin’
Tatties and herrin’, tatties and herrin’
O’ guid Buchan tatties and Peterhead herrin’

Fan the queen’s wantin’ men tae gang fecht wi’ her foes
It’s nae tae the roast beef devourers she goes
But awa’ tae the north amongst the brave and the darin’
Tae the lads that were brocht up on tatties and herrin’
Tatties and herrin’, tatties and herrin’
Tae the lads that were brocht up on tatties and herrin’

Tatties and herrin’, tatties and herrin’
Tae the lads that were brocht up on tatties and herrin’

Rule, trying to download now, my connection is really flaky this evening.

Anything like Dropkick Murphy’s?

sibeen said:

Anything like Dropkick Murphy’s?

FIIK

Philistine!

i like the saw doctors.
have you listened to the imagineers? i admit that the imagineers are influencing my masters work. even though i first found the term imagineer through anthrolpologist paul basu’s book highland homecomings..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap6avp5U2v4

+ nods enthusiastically +

Both good bands, from the small samples I have seen so far.

Australia – meh
Kweenzland – totally heart it

in out family we play a little game… It’s the first to get a country for each letter of the alphabet…

The rules are pretty simple, you have to spend at least a night in the country, country names are as per the list of Sovereign States detailed on Wiki and country of birth doesn’t count

my current list is:

A – Austria
B – Belgium
C – Canada
D –
E –
F – France
G – Germany
H –
I – Italy
J –
K –
L –
M – Maldives
N – New Zealand
O –
P – Philippines
Q –
R – Russian Federation
S – South Africa
T – Thailand
U – United States of America
V – Vanuatu
W – No ‘W’ countries
X – No ‘X’ countries
Y –
Z -

A – Austria,
B – Belgium
C –
D – Denmark
E – Estonia
F – France
G – Germany
H – Holland (a bit dodgy)
I –Indonesia
J –
K –
L – Luxembourg (Jan 2013)
M – Morocco
N – New Zealand
O –
P – Portugal
Q –
R –
S – Sweden
T – Turkey
U – UAE (Jan 2013)
V –
W – No ‘W’ countries (Wake Island, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank, Western Sahara according to http://www.listofcountriesoftheworld.com/)
X – No ‘X’ countries
Y –
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A brand new report forecasts that holiday retail sales will be up this year, growing at a quicker rate than the 10 year typical. But that is not as quickly as was seen in the prior two years. A payday loan can help you pay for your holiday shopping. If you need help with your expenses whenever you go shopping, you should try availing a payday loan to help you with your financial crisis. I’m sure that you will be doing your holiday shopping before the year ends.

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