I'll tell you a short summary of my life...
Ok, I was born in New Brunswick (Fredericton), but I was too young to know what it was like, because my family decided to Move to Central Ontario(Muskoka), and than from there, at the start of High school, my mom won some Trip at the grocery store she shopped at, and got a Jeep, she sold the Jeep, and we bought a Motor Home. My family decided to go travel around Canada and the USA. So we went up though North Ontario, all across West Canada over to Victoria, BC, than headed down to the USA. Down into California Arizona etc... mainly all of the West and Central USA.(Note my family had taken little trips to the South West before), and I believe I've been in 30+ states in the US. Than, I lived in Southern California for about 2.5 years, until I (myself) took an exchange program to Belgium, and lived there for a year. I travelled about Belgium and Europe going to England, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg and Belgium. Than came back here where my family now lives in New Brunswick again... I have been in all provinces I believe except for Newfoundland (have to verify that though). Unfortunatly though I have yet to see our Territories, but I'm sure I'll get there someday...

Points north...Kitwanga, BC (lovely town with lovely people, not just because the lion's share happens to be related to me)

Points east...Halifax (another lovely town).

Eastward to... Brighton, UK.

Southward to... Auckland, New Zealand.

North as far as Kitwanga as well. How did this happen? My dad decided to drive us (mom, myself, and brothers) for some unfathomable reason from Terrace (where we lived at the time) to... well, nowhere. On the way we passed through Kitwanga.

East as far as Meech Lake, Quebec. There's actually a picture of me in the family archives next to the Meech Lake sign. That's within Canada - East as far as (internationally) London, England. Once.

edited for correction: I was quite south of Cairo which is around 30degreesN.

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Born CFB Petawawa, then moved to a series of Bases. CFB Edmonton, CFB Calgary, CFB Cold Lake, CFB Suffield, CFB Wainwright, CFS Falconbridge, Inuvik, Sudbury, Calgary, London (Ontario), and finally here in Windsor (Ontario). Whew! The longest time was here in Windsor. Nearly 13 years now.

US: Hawaii, and a bunch of the border states, mostly when I was pretty young.

Elsewhere: Germany, Italy (where I will be again in May!), Turkey, Greece.

As far south as Florida, Daytona Beach. Didn't swim though. There's things in the ocean that can eat you. And of course all points between Detroit and Orlando Fla. on the I-75.

East? Warshington D.C. I suppose, I think it's east of Kaybec city which I've been to also.

That's on this continent. When I wasn't incontinent, and in Jolly Olde, my furthest east was probably Perth, Scotland....and probably furthest north, too, Unless Thompson Manitoba sits on a more northerly line of latitude.

I tend to give Thompson much latitude. And you should too.

I've been to Vancouver and Victoria, and as far up the Fraser Valley as a few miles west of Matsqui.

Beautiful country.

I toured northern Wales, too, and did the tourist thing in London England. And took in "The Tempest" at Stratford Upon Avon in England. Of course, it wasn't as good as watching the Scottish play at Stratford Ontario.

West; Not too far. Wrigley Field to see my beloved Dodgers play the Cubs.

South; Cape Canaveral, Florida

North; Aberdeen, Scotland.

"Could you direct me to 'the dungeon'?"

I've wanted to travel all over the world since I knew there was a world. But things just kept getting in the way, and now I'm starting to realize that I probably will never see all those places, outside my imagination when I read about them.

North - Salluit in Nunavik (Northern Quebec), and Kuujjuak - West - somewhere on the West coast - Vancouver, or San Francisco? Not sure which is further west. South - probably Mexico. East: obviously somewhere in Europe - perhaps Strasbourg and adjoining Germany? Or Puglia, in Southeastern Italy, very close to Greece? North in Europe Amsterdam - South in Europe the tip of Calabria. I've been just about everywhere in Italy, but not to Sicily or Sardinia.

In between Calgary and Toronto I've lived in England, Scotland, Vancouver, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Amsterdam, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Cyprus, Switzerland and India. And vacationed...geeze, I can hardly count all the places.

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Rebecca, that is far from certain. Lots of people travel more when they are older and their children are raised. There are ways of travelling (study and volunteer programmes, etc.) that don't cost a lot.

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As for this:

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(as all normal right thinking people should be).

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Right.

Oldgoat? The trouble with normal is it keeps getting worse.

As far as where I've lived goes: born and lifted in LondonOnt(1972). Highschool, I was more of a "drop-in" -- from time to time. Art school. "He was a sensitive child." Very restless. Walking along the river. Not too much to speak of -- did spend a day getting hosed with Mike Watt and Ed fROMOHIO of fIREHOSE. Seeds of rebellion planted? "I've had it!!" Left in 92 for Jerusalem and all points east, lived in the OldCity, ArabEast Jerusalem on the Via Delorosa for eight months, (spent time in the Negev with the Bedu) then Cairo (just in time for the terrible earthquake) then Amman Jordon, and Damascus Syria. My original intention was to make a land journey East, by foot. Brief career as camel trader. Back to Canada after an absense of fifteen months. Beginning of "wildyears." Moved to Montreal with my first love K*** (now an award winning composer and Juilliard graduate/soprano in NYC) Moved to Vancouver, British Colombia, in '94. Then Victoria, then Clayoquot Sound On a (very) small island, as an "oysterfarmer". Back to Oscar Street in Victoria. Rabble-rousing continues. More "trouble". Makes getaway by joining travelling Mexican circus, "StarrBrothersCircus". Camel experience put to use: becomes caretaker of "Jarlo". Two humps. Jarlo puts foot through my beautifulest guitar and refuses to move. I begin to cry (sort of: that noise "uhHUH, uhHUH" that sounds not unlike laughter) and then I laugh, and then I really LAUGH!!

End of rabble-rousing. Salt Spring Island. "Are we there, yet?" "Yes we are." Spends year of (relative) peace and quiet (finally) on Salt Spring. Bought house on Salt Spring. Letter from Lawyer (LfL). Rents house to Bloated tourists/week. Back to LondonOnt as "slumlord", prodigal son, caretaker, kayak maker. Returns briefly to Island home winter '02. Buys tugboat, begins plans to tow Salt Spring further north away from toxic mouth of the Fraser.

Suffers world's first yoga-induced heart attack July 2003.

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Normal, right thinking.
Right.

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But I am normal. I AM normal

i am NORMALLLL!!

YES, ... I am, dammit!

I was there 85 to 87. It probably changed a bit between those time periods. I guess you know they closed down the armed forces station. We weren't supposed to know what went on there. Funny how so many of them spoke Russian though.

Been to Vancouver, Victoria (and points too many to mention in BC), lived in Calgary for a while, moved back to Manitoba, then moved to Ottawa. All that moving around took about 8 years. In that time I saw most of Saskatchewan (while job hunting) and Manitoba. Been to Churchill and have seen polar bears roam the streets there. Been to Dryden, ON (really not to disappointed to not be working there). In high school, a group of us went to England, France, Austria, Germany and Switzerland. That was cool, though I'd recommend you go in summer, not spring. I've been to California - Los Angeles and Annaheim. A few summers ago I toured the Dakotas, which despite the heat of August, and the Sturgis bike rally, was a lot of fun. Who knew the Dakotas could be so much fun? Lots of wild west history there. Saw real wild mustangs (my favorite part of the trip if number of pictures mean anything). I've been on a school exchange to Quebec. High school age - we went there to school, they came to Manitoba for school. It was interesting. Saw La Pocatiere (spelling?) and Quebec City and Montreal as well as rural life where I was. And if it counts, I've been to Phoenix and Minnesota, though only the airports.

I still want to go to the east coast of Canada. Maybe someday I'll take a holiday there. I want to see the whole country before I depart this earth. And I still have places in the US I wanna see.

Oh yeah, fogot to add, I now reside in Edmonton. This will be (hopefully) the LAST big move I make in my lifetime.

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Visited:
Much of S.Korea (DMZ to Cheju Do)
Hong Kong (pre chinese gov)
Shen Zhen China
North Eastern Taiwan
Barbados

Canada: By Bike:
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia
By Car:
Yukon, NWT, Newfoundland

USA: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Hawaii(Maui).

"I've Been Everywhere" Recorded by Hank Snow

I was totin' my pack
Along the dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi
With a high and canvas covered load
"If you're going to Winnemucca, Mack
With me you can ride."
So I climbed into the cab
And then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road
With so much dust and sand
And I said,
"Listen, Bud I've traveled every road in this here land."
(Chorus)
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.
Been to Reno, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,
Buffalo, Toronto, Winslow, Sarasota,
Wichita, Tulsa, Ottawa, Oklahoma,
Tampa, Panama, Mattawa, La Paloma,
Bangor, Baltimore, Salvador, Amarillo,
Tocopilla, Barranquilla, and Padilla, I'm a killer.
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.

Boston, Charleston, Dayton, Louisiana,
Washington, Houston, Kingston, Texarkana,
Monterey, Ferriday, Santa Fe, Tallapoosa
Glen Rock, Black Rock, Little Rock, Oskaloosa,
Tennessee, Hennessey, Chicopee, Spirit Lake,
Grand Lake, Devil's Lake, Crater Lake, for Pete's sake;
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.

Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville, Ombabika,
Shefferville, Jacksonville, Waterville, Costa Rica,Pittsfield, Springfield, Bakersfield, Shreveport, Hackensack, Cadillac, Fond Du Lac, Davenport, Idaho, Jellicoe, Argentina, Diamontina,
Pasadena, Catalina, see what I mean, sir;

I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere.

Pittsburgh, Parkersburg, Gravellburg, Colorado,
Ellensburg, Rexburg, Vicksburg, Eldorado,
Larrimore, Atmore, Haverstraw, Chattanika,
Chaska, Nebraska, Alaska, Opelika,
Baraboo, Waterloo, Kalamazoo, Kansas City,
Sioux City, Cedar City, Dodge City, what a pity; I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
'Cross the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel, I've had my share, man
["I know some place you haven't been."]
[I've been everywhere."]

Or as my friend Shorty would say:

"I've square-danced twice in towns you haven't even heard of."

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Lived in Regina all my life and still do, except for an ill-advised 15 mos where my parents moved us to Calgary. We came back to Regina.

Up until just before my 31st birthday, I had travelled to the west coast as a kid, and the northern US states like Washington, the Dakotas, around the Great Lakes. I'd never been east of Thunder Bay (went to visit relatives in Sioux Lookout, Ont). There was one little trip up north in Manitoba to a little place called Leaf Rapids. A hell-trip. 25 hours on a bus to see an ungrateful bastard who promptly dumped me. Bleah! But the scenery was nice...

Also trips to Calgary and Edmonton. And Roblin, Manitoba, for a wedding in my ex's family.

Anyway, just as I was turning 31, I found myself hanging with this blond guy, who took me to Cannes for my birthday. Seriously. Best prezzie I ever got. Sadly, I was 2 mos preggers and could not drink wine, but we took a rental car and took a day trip to Monaco and up and down the coast, and had a fabulous time. (He was doing a multimedia trade show, and just happened to have frequent flyer points for my ticket -- we like free travel!!)

A couple of months later, we decided to use more points and go somewhere warm... Unfortunately, they would not let us use them to go to most of the holiday islands we'd heard of, so we took what we could get and wound up going to Trinidad, and from there to Tobago.

Then I quit my day job, and more travel ensued.

Road trips to BC's interior, through Banff and the Rockies, and all over rural southern Sask, especially around Davidson.

I've been to Ottawa and Toronto, on research and busman's holidays... I've done archival research in Beijing (in the basement of the People's Museum of the Republic on Tiannanmen Square), Hong Kong, and Taipei (travelling with a 12 mo old baby on that journey), but made time for some exploring as well. A few months later, we went back to France, mainly in Cannes (another trade show) and Nice and drove into northern Italy.

In and around this there were trips to Vancouver, Red Deer and Montreal to visit the blond guy's sisters.

Then in the fall, we went to Santa Fe, New Mexico, via Albuquerque (sp?) to see the blond guy's brother.

After that was a trip to Mazatlan, which was okay, but we wouldn't return.

Also been to LA, San Diego and surrounding area. And I've been to Frederickton, NB, for a national indie filmmaker's convention, representing Sask filmmakers.

Born in LA. Lived in Italy, Spain (Majorca), Switzerland, DC, Ottawa, Muskoka, LA, and Toronto.

Visited a bunch of places, Japan the most exotic. Pittsburgh the least.

I've been on precisely two vacations in my life. One to the dominican republic, which I did not much enjoy, and the other to visit a buddy in new orleans, which I did enjoy quite a lot.

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Hey, this sounds supiciously like that great McLean and McLean song "I've seen P***c Hair, Man"

Galloway, B.C.
Jaffray, B.C.
Crowsnest, B.C.
Michel, B.C.
Vancouver, B.C.
Burnaby, B.C.
Calgary
Cranbrook, B.C.
Edmonton
Golden, B.C.
Cross Lake, Manitoba
Grande Cache, Alberta
Buffalo Narrows, Sask.
Humboldt, Saskatchewan
Onion Lake, Sask.
Lloydminster, Sask.
Grenfell, Sask.
Lamont, Alberta
New Aiyansh, B.C.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
Fort Smith, NWT

Travelled from coast to coast including Nfld, but not yet the Yukon. I've walked, hitchhiked, driven, flew, taken the bus and train.

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Westernmost point: tofino
East: munich, or wherever legoland in denmark is (i'm not quite sure)
north: slave lake, AB and Glasgow, Scotland
south: quixaya, guatemala

But Ill try..

North: Inverness, Scotland
South: Equador
East(this is the problem): China(Shianghi)
West: Vancouver

Places:
All provinces but NFLD ( )
US, San Fran and New York were only places of importance to visit that I have been in the US.
Europe: GB (all but Northern Ireland), France, Spain, Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Ireland, and Czech Rep.
Latin America: Mexico, Guatamala, Hondurous, Belize, Panama, Equador
Asia: China, Japan (doesnt really count though as I was only there for a night or two).

Lived:
Burlington Ontario... A sheltered world requires extra travelling.

Where I want to go:
India, South East Asia (Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Veitnam), China again (this time a bit "free'er" travel I hope), Latin America (specifically more archeological sites/return to many the ones i visited while fairly young... Aztec, Olmec, Mayan, Incan and all the other smaller denominations), Egypt, Greece/Turkey (ancient greek stuff on the Ionian coast), Ethiopia (though haven't had too much experience in that sort of travel... would be very interesting), and Italy (which I am going to over march break hurray!)... and would have liked to see Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan.. maybe a bit in the future or when I got a bit more nerve.

My main goal is to take in more of history and the culture of the places. And to avoid tour buses/resort crowds as much as possible.

If anyone here has travelled outside of these places when in a place like Mexico and suddenly run into these crowds of people you will appreciate my anti-"yuppie" sentiment.

travelled with my parents around ontario, east to PEI and west to banff. and to barbados and florida. went to jamaica in high school to do scuba off coral reefs.

took 6 weeks in the summer of 1995 and went to san fran and vancouver by train through the US ... took 6 months after my MA and went around the world via chicago, san fran, LA, taiwan, hong kong, manila, then the train from hong kong to beijing, through mongolia to moscow and st petersburg. rested in helsinki, then down through the baltic states, krakow, berlin, geneve, konstanz, barcelona, bruges, london, NYC and home. i've lived in germany (bonn, berlin) for a year, and in london, england for 3 years. venice is the best place that i took a "city break" in whilst i lived in london.