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vapintar

Age:

Gender:

Female

If you must know:

I'm single

Travel status:

Traveling soon

Hometown:

Wherever I feel most at home, currently Bristol, UK

Currently in:

LA, the valley to be exact

Traveling Next:

NYC!!!

Favorite places I've been:

Fishers Restaurant, Bristol, UK. Some little bookstore on the high street in Freo, West. Australia. Funky's Bookstore in Chiang Mai (Funky is the cat). Mt. Coot-tha at 5am in Brisbane, OZ. Pfeifer Beach, Big Sur California. Montana De Oro, Central Coast California. Base Backpackers, Sydney Australia. San Luis Obispo, CA, my 2nd home! Some little park in Ealing, London. Christmas at 7b Tottenham Place, Clifton Village, Bristol!! Swimming in the Adriatic. A pub near the Carling Academy by the Angel tube stop, London. Pensione Maria Luisa, Postiano, Amalfi.

Places I want to go to:

Everywhere!! India, Angkor Wat, Guatemala, South America, Iceland, Japan, Uluru, Broome, Lebanon, Boston, Bali

About me:

That's an excellent question at this point. Well, over two years ago, which is hard for me to believe, I graduated from university in English. A little more than two and half years ago if you asked me what I'd be doing post uni, I would have said grad school, stable job, putting down roots, contemplating marriage,that sort of thing. Then I decided to spend a term studying abroad in Australia where for the first time I heard the terms "working holiday" and "round the world trip" and well that whole notion of putting down roots went out the window. Instead I went on my own round the world trip that took a little longer than expected, a year and a half and I'm just back from that adventure. The question on my mind most often is, "What next?"

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I'm fired up on:

Books and bookstores! Every country, probably every city I have gone to in my last year and a half of traveling I have made it a point to go into a bookstore and peruse the books. It was kind of a way of feeling more at home wherever I was, seeing what the people liked to read. And of course all those long train journeys, flights, and whatever other interesting methods of transport one may find themselves utilizing offers a good opportunity to read that Steinbeck novel they've been meaning to get to. Taking photos has become a passion because of travel. I'd like to learn a lot of things. The more I travel the more I want to know about and how to do, like the guitar, other languages, cooking, religion etc.

Tunes I rock out to:

Jem, Lily Allen, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Matt Costa, Amos Lee, Killers, Cranberries, Yael Naim, MGMT, Kings of Leon, and so so so so much more. I'd like to be introduced to music that isn't in English!! Any recommendations?

Travel style:

I tend to go it alone, but I will take companions wherever I can find. In the past I've opted for staying in one place and laying down some roots but I think on my next excursion I'll be on the move much more as I think I'd like to reap the benefits of no stability and just traveling where the whims, people and feelings take me. Whether I'm walking to the store, going to meet a friend for a drink, going anywhere you can pretty much guarantee I have a book and a journal. I do a lot more reading than writing sadly.

Quote:

The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till the other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.
Henry David Thoreau "Walden"

Sports I do:

Running, Volleyball, I can play basketball, I want to play soccer and learn to swim properly

Favorite artist(s):

I really enjoy chalk art

Favorite books:

The Way of the Peaceful Warrior, Breath, Brida, Waterland, The Awakening, Giants of the Earth, Blue Diary

Who I'd like to meet on my travels:

hmmm, anyone, an undercover agent? elvis?

I want to make a difference by:

Going to the places that scare me both literally and figuratively, learning to embrace the uncertainty of life and to never stop questioning.

Languages spoken, other than English:

teach me, teach me, teach me!!!

I felt the most immersed in a foreign culture when:

When I got off the plane in LA last June and was is in LAX baggage claim with hundreds of other people from all over the world trying to understand what the woman was saying in her thick accented English over the loud speaker. I definitely had been away from my "home" country for a while.

Why I travel:

For the people I meet and what I learn about myself and humanity along the way. Because there is nothing else I can imagine myself doing.

Ideal place to watch the sunrise:

With someone I care about anywhere in the world!

Ideal place to watch the sunset:

At a little piece of sand in Fremantle, Western Australia

Before I die I'd like to:

Be in a play (any play, I don't want to be discovered), write a book, be a teacher, take singing lessons, learn to salsa dance

Let's collaborate:

Like so many others out their I'm trying to find a way of making my love of travel into a way of putting food in my mouth and a roof over my head. But I mostly want to find a way to help others to travel, to take gap years, round the world trips, anything, to help people to know that traveling doesn't require all these impossible things like huge sums of money.

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by Queen_Girl | 2009/12/23

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by Viajero | 2009/04/26

I taught English,which was good solid work(I did private tutoring,as opposed to working in a school,which for me was better.)Also played music in local venues,such as cafes and night clubs.I've even done some tour guide work in a couple of places.(You would be surprised at how often by doing a little exploring,you can get to know a place better than most of the locals!) Amor y paz.

by TravelJeff (not verified) | 2008/07/28

Queenstown depressed me for many reasons. It was too much like the over-built, over-hyped mountain towns that you find littered throughout the world.

I was young and for whatever reason, expecting a different type of vibe than what I found. It was simply a matter of situation, as I would love to return to check it out today. Instead of meeting core groups of snow-riders, I was finding core groups of line hitters and pill poppers.

I still feel that towns like Whistler, Queenstown and Aspen are excellent examples that if you ever find a beautiful, under-developed spot that is ideal for various activities that you enjoy, you had better not tell anyone about it or it will soon be over-run with the very things that ruin the vibe.

Up next, Revolstoke's new multi billion dollar resort development!

by Melany | 2008/07/24

I studied in Birmingham, which was kind of a grundgy city, but I loved it anyway.

England is amazing. Pure and simple.

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By vapintar | Location: United States | 08/08/08 | Pics: 1

For several months here I have been so incredibly unsure of what it is I want. I mean in regards to pretty much everything. I spent my last few months in Australia constantly tossing around the idea of coming home early due to things really not going as planned. I'm glad I saw things out and think the...

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By vapintar | Location: United States | 07/17/08 | Pics: 1

I've never really written a blog. I've been sort of an anti-blogger. I just get so fed up with seeing people's dramatic self-proclamations splattered all over the internet for so many to see. It appears attention crazed and self-absorbed and too often just way too emotional and personal for just anyone...

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