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Old May 19th, 2006 | 10:52 AM
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Friday Fun - add your travel philosophy here!

Wherever you go, there you are. Your luggage is another story.

Please feel free to add your own or plagiarized expressions!
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 11:13 AM
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Go native or don't go.
My version of "When in Rome..."

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Old May 19th, 2006 | 11:37 AM
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When the going gets tough, the tough get going (I know, lame attempt)
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 11:54 AM
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Anywhwere is walking distance if you've got the time!

and my fave....

"Without new experiences, something inside of us sleeps. The sleeper must awaken." -- Frank Herbert

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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:02 PM
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My two rules of travel:

1. Hotels should have names, not numbers (Roman Numerals excluded).

2. There are 2 kinds of restaurant in the world--the kind where you look down to read the menu and the kind where you look up. You can look up for a lunch menu, but never dinner.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:07 PM
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"I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference."

... and more recently:
"Look before you leap."
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:15 PM
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My lifelong motto, instilled by my amazing mom:

Go wherever you can, whenever you can.

You can make more money; you can't make more time.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:18 PM
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The rewards of the journey far outweigh the risk of leaving the harbor.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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i've posted this before...
explore, and explore. make yourself neccessary and the world will give you bread.
i definitely use this for all aspects of my life. for me, it's just about reaching out, extending yourself, making sure you show up for the life that is meant for you.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:44 PM
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A road of 1,000 miles begins with... a cash advance!
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 12:53 PM
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'When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable'
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 01:08 PM
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So few summer days, and so many ball parks.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 01:16 PM
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There is another way to go through life besides being drug through it kicking and screaming.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 02:22 PM
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If life hands you a lemon, make lemonade... or better yet, limoncello!!
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 03:26 PM
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I don't live to travel. I travel to live.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 03:29 PM
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My favorite, only take half of what you think you will need and budget twice as much as you think you will spend.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 03:34 PM
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I'll spend all day in the great outdoors......as long as I can spend all night in the great indoors!

I made that up a long time ago after an awful night sleeping in a tent. It will never happen again.

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Old May 19th, 2006 | 03:41 PM
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Sleep with the windows open and soak in some of the culture!!!

Bring a journal or notebook and take notes of your wonderful experiences, names of towns you pass, restauarants, people you meet.

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Old May 19th, 2006 | 03:55 PM
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Take nothing but pictures: leave nothing but footprints.
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Old May 19th, 2006 | 03:56 PM
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There is no such thing as bad weather only bad clothes.
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