When you travel in Africa

[CourierDriver]

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[CourierDriver]

Originally Posted By: 01_celica_gt
Originally Posted By: 29662
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
Don't plan on going there this late in life.

Visiting some third world countries should be mandatory education. It helps open your eyes on certain issues and puts things in perspective. We take way too many things for granted here in the US.


10---4 on that..

So very true. I know people who have never left the U.S. and most just don't have a clue about the outside world. So thankful my parents always loved to travel and explore new places and passed that on to us.


Very true I have been here since I was 12 from a third world country, I feel as if I'm more proud to be an American then some I have met here, trust me in the US we have it wayyyyyyyyyy better and we definetly are given an opportunity to succeed if we want to, third world countries? Forget about it, your gonna only make it big, if your family was almost already there or there already.

 

[OneEyeJack]

I lived and worked in Africa for 5 years and would not trade that experience for anything.

 

[andrewg]

Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: andrewg
I don't think a person needs to travel abroad to have a complete perspective of the world nor understand how the U.S. and other prosperous nations...are fortunate.

That's what I thought, too, until I traveled to Africa and Asia. It's one thing to learn it from a book or see it on TV. It's a completely different ball of wax to actually experience it first hand. And poverty aside, some of these countries have a lot of beautiful historical places too see, too.


Oh I'm sure they do. I'd enjoy seeing much of the world....beyond the internet/TV. But my main point was that some folks assume that if you haven't traveled the globe extensively, then you don't grasp how fortunate those of us that live in the U.S. (and other prosperous nations) have it. But also, the U.S. has much to offer in terms of travel enlightenment. You just need to get off the well traveled parts and get into the smaller communities.

 

[97tbird]

Originally Posted By: andrewg
I have no desire to see regions/cultures that don't interest me. Undeveloped, backward, or poor nations generally don't top my list.

LOL! That's a great perspective.

 

[andrewg]

Originally Posted By: 97tbird
Originally Posted By: andrewg
I have no desire to see regions/cultures that don't interest me. Undeveloped, backward, or poor nations generally don't top my list.

LOL! That's a great perspective.

Well....it's the truth and exactly how I feel about it.
Why should I go visit a place where the culture doesn't interest me? Why should anybody? I have enough cultures to choose from right here. Who goes on vacations to get informed about poor nations? Join the Peace Corps. I go to have fun. Fun can mean many things to different people, and that's great. But for me, if I was to go to a nation where the people are very poor and I'd have to be on the look-out for thieves etc......that's depressing. Now IF I had an overriding purpose to visit such a nation other than purely as a vacation....then ok, fine.

 

[hattaresguy]

I love traveling, while the US has much to offer the world is a big and very interesting place.

 

[29662]

Originally Posted By: 01_celica_gt
Originally Posted By: 29662
Originally Posted By: Quattro Pete
Originally Posted By: ddrumman2004
Don't plan on going there this late in life.

Visiting some third world countries should be mandatory education. It helps open your eyes on certain issues and puts things in perspective. We take way too many things for granted here in the US.



So very true. I know people who have never left the U.S. and most just don't have a clue about the outside world. So thankful my parents always loved to travel and explore new places and passed that on to us.


Very true I have been here since I was 12 from a third world country, I feel as if I'm more proud to be an American then some I have met here, trust me in the US we have it wayyyyyyyyyy better and we definetly are given an opportunity to succeed if we want to, third world countries? Forget about it, your gonna only make it big, if your family was almost already there or there already.


My parents are from a third world communist country. And I agree, People who have come here from places like that are generally more appreciative of the U.S. than MANY who who were born here. My parents also instilled that love and admiration in us.

Thanks mom and dad.

 

[CourierDriver]

My experience in China, Japan, and the Philippines over all,,I will take America.................

 

[29662]

Originally Posted By: CourierDriver
My experience in China, Japan, and the Philippines over all,,I will take America.................


+1000. I love to travel, it just makes me appreciate the U.S. that much more. But if I hit the lotto I might be looking at one of those private islands in the Caribbean.lol...