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Originally Posted by paul2008  Hi Jonhep,
how did you get all over the world? When I was a student I planned on taking a few years to travel the world but the only way to do it these days seems to be to do a student exchange and I never had the money for an airfare, although I did host a couple of Spannish students on an ISPF exchange for a month or so, I think they taught me a lot about life.
These days pharmacy is a difficult and expensive skill to transfer, unless you train in Europe I suppose 
paul08 |
Once upon a time a Prime Minister from Huddersfield decided that he could protect the pound by limiting the amount of money you could take out of the country to £50. A generation were amazed to discover that you could actually get out of the country for only £50.
Several changes in government later I met a couple half way up the Amazon who were still traveling on the original £50. They had taken a job in small a local museum translating the notices on the exhibits into English. I had a look around the museum - I've no idea what the Portuguese notices said but the English notice by a small stick shaped object said "Small stick shaped object"
When our boat arrived at the next town they negotiated the price of a hotel room down from 2p - I went to stay at the posh hotel for 50p.
Once I reached Leticia I found out that my flight out had been cancelled that week and that I couldn't exchange my remaining travellers check.
A fellow traveller from Peru that I'd met on the boat arranged for me to stay on a floating house in the male quarters. Courtesy of a very generous lady called Elizabeth - She earned her living from breeding fighting cocks.
Another traveller - Eustace - I'd met on the boat - he was staying at the local whore house - and was very happy with the new girl - a 12 year old Brazilian " with not too many hairs" introduced me to some of the characters in Leticia.
They all had great stories to tell - Paul was a baker and part time farmer - he made some great cakes from home grown illicit ingredients. Anyway he'd spent a couple of years in Leticia growing a rather valuable crop and had taken the boat down to Belem in order to sell the crop and make a big profit
Unfortunately he'd tripped off the gangplank while descending from the boat and his harvest floated away on the current - so he'd returned to try again.
Which is all just a long way of saying that if you want to travel - just put your boots on and go.
Jeff