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Name: Birgit City, Country: Champaign, Illinois, USA Sent: 7.55 PM - 5/2 2002 Sorry to hear that you don't much care for the people in the US. I just moved here from Germany in 1997, and I sometimes get upset the same way you do about the USA, their self-centered attitude, and their opinions of the rest of the world. I have listened to conversations like you have on that tour bus, and I do agree that the US needs to learn more about the rest of the world. I understand where you are coming from, but I am doing my best here to make all my new friends, neighbors, and relatives understand that there is a beautiful world out there that they need to know about. You are lucky enough to get to see some wonderful places, and meet great people personally. I work at a very large University here in Champaign, and if you would ever get to meet the people here, you would (hopefully) revise your opinion about the US, and actually realize what a wonderful place this is, with so many great and friendly people. Good luck, I did submit an invitation, and I hope I will get to meet you sometime in the future. Name: Bob City, Country: Naples, FL USA Sent: 6.28 PM - 5/2 2002 So glad to hear Great Keppel Island is still offering camping. I camped there back in 1981. What a fantastic time!! I will never forget those beautiful sunsets. The sun setting behind those coastal mountains, warm water lapping at my feet and cold beer in hand. Name: Marieke City, Country: Den Haag Sent: 5.33 PM - 5/2 2002 Yeah Man, congratulations. After a year, my jealousy has sort of eased and now I can say I am enjoying your stories. KIDDING!! I am still jealous:o) Sorry that you are celebrating your 1-year aniversary with a broken laptop:o( Name: Gerben Sent: 1.54 PM - 5/2 2002 Congrats Mones, One year. Who would have thought? We miss you! We're gonna have a few beers on your expense, if you don't mind... p.s. on account of the backuppers: thanx for the pat Bret
Ramon,
It has always been a CULTURE for celebration upon completing a year. I look at it differently, its not how far or fast you go but following the path conveying that positive message is a priority. Anyway, all the very best in your undertakings. Nothing is good, beautiful or truthful than FREEDOM. Name: Brian City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 7.05 AM - 5/2 2002 I'm back! I forgot to say something. Ramon, who cares if they call you a freeloader? Way back in England a few centuries ago, a famous man once wrote "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet." That was William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet (Act II, Scene 2, lines 43 and 44, the "balcony scene", to be precise). They can call you what they like, we know who you are, and we know that you are to be admired. It takes great courage to do this, and you are a role model to us all. Hamba kahle Brian
City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 6.57 AM - 5/2 2002 Hi all
Here I am! Yep, they've all said it Ramon, but I'll say it anyway. Well done, dude! You have achieved a huge amount in one year, and you can be incredibly proud of this. We salute you! My appologies for not getting on yesterday, circumstances just did not allow... Sorry to hear about your laptop. Hey, all those PC guys and dolls out there in Queensland, come on, offer to repair Ramon's laptop, and protect his reports. You'll get free coverage on this incredible website! Ramon, how about trying to get a CD writer, and then backing up each week's reports and posting the CD's home. Come on, postal authorities, you can sponsor that! Just a thought, use it, don't use it. Munk, you can have another beer for me as well, pleeeeeze! Thanks man! sala kahle Brian
City, Country: CA,USA Sent: 10.33 PM - 5/1 2002 Ramon
Let's not forget the BACKUP Crew! Give yourself a generous pat on the back. (Joan we need a symbol for that one) To as many years as you want to take this Ramon. CHEERS! Take care as always. Happy Trails. Sala kahle Bret
City, Country: Pisa Italy Sent: 9.04 PM - 5/1 2002 Hi Ramon
bye Daria Name: Renee City, Country: Germany Sent: 9.49 AM - 5/1 2002 hi Ramon, took me exactly a year to find out about your project. Just finished reading an artice about you in the german magazine Stern, on May 1st 2002, mayday in europe. couldnt wait to log on to your website and been reading it now for the last hour or so, very fascinating. From now on i will include the site in my daily reading. good luck for your further travels!!! Name: Munk Sent: 9.11 AM - 5/1 2002 Happy one year anniversary, Ramon. We drank one for you yesterdaynight/this morning. And totally missed the last train back home. Name: Peter Deveraux City, Country: Hervey Bay, Australia Sent: 8.28 AM - 5/1 2002 Hi Ramon, today I placed all three of your reports about Hervey Bay in a time capsule that will be opened in about 25 years. Let's hope "You Are Wronge" Resort has fallen into the ocean by then...LOL... Sorry about the flat tire... Keep smiling... Peter Name: Joan City, Country: USA Sent: 7.05 AM - 5/1 2002 Ramon,
I want to also congratulate you on the one year anniversary of your project, travels, adventures, etc. It's been a great experience for me and thousands of other readers all around the world. Very addictive and very educational. I am bummed when I don't receive an email update that there is a new report online, hahaha. I think you have incredible energy and patience and stamina to do what you do, being a "stranger in a strange land", being a guest at your hosts/hostesses homes, and then staying up late to write reports, not only for your site, but to answer emails, and write reports for your local newspapers. Indeed, a very hard job. And your pictures, always fabulous, are so great, especially since you accompany all with explanations. I know it will be some time before you get to the States, and once here, it could take a year or more to travel around. I look forward to it, and trust you will get to big cities, little cities, remote places, the "heartlands" (center of the country), farms, rich places, poor places, diverse places, etc. etc. It will be fun to read your reports, and probably educational for all - US citizens as well as the rest of your readers. I know from reading all your reports and following your travels this whole time that you are a very honest man, and I do appreciate that very much. I think your committment to this project is excellent, and I am glad you are still going! Again, congratulations on 1 year anniversary of "freeloading"! Hehehe! You're doing a great ambassador job. Best reagrds to you and all,
Congratulations on your one year, RS!!! I first read about you in wired.com last year and have been following ever since. Following your travels has been extremely pleasureable. I have learned more from you about the world than I ever could have in a book, or from the news (aside from traveling myself). In the process, I've learned about myself as well. I hope others have had this same experience. I respect how you have always maintained your sense of self and how you have not changed your opinions to those that might be easier for others to hear. Thank you for making your journey public and thanks for everything else. :) MJ Name: Dixie Amerongen City, Country: London, Ontario, Canada Sent: 1.57 AM - 5/1 2002 Dag Ramon I heard about your adventures from a co-worker today and then read the article about you in our local paper. What a fantastic adventure. I have travelled to Europe 4 times but that is nothing compared to your travels. The last time I was in Nederlands, I met someone who was travelling around the world but he had money coming from home to support him. To depend on other people like you're doing has to involve a lot of trust on your part and I'm sure you're learning that there are a lot of good people in the world despite some of the stupid things that have been happening in the world. If you're ever in Ontario, Canada, would love to meet you for a boreltje. My co-worker has already invited you to stay with him so I won't extend an invitation but would still love to meet you. Stay safe Dixie Name: Sandra & Alex City, Country: Tannum Sands, Australia Sent: 1.30 AM - 5/1 2002 Hi Ramon, hope the party at Great Keppel was all you wanted it to be, would have loved to be there. It was our pleasure to host you and you are a great ambassador for your generation and your country, All the best Sandra & Alex Name: J&J Stoppelenburg City, Country: Holland Sent: 11.50 PM - 4/30 2002 Hi Ramon, Congratulations with this first(?) year. We are very proud that you made it sofar. Thanks to all hosts, visiters and sponsors. In fact you made this site a succes and made the dream of Ramon came true. Be carefull and xxx Dad and Mum Name: Wendy Jervis and Colin Reynolds City, Country: Sheffield Sent: 11.35 PM - 4/30 2002 Congratulations on your first year Ramon, we both wish you continued success. How time has flown since you stayed a couple of nights with us! XXX
Hi Ramon, Congratulations on a great achievement, not only for you personally but by uniting so many people from all over the world who share in your experiences through your website. I think that all your hosts would agree that you have touched each and everyone's heart in a special way. Brian, Sylvia and Peter you agree not? Keep up the good work and we are looking forward in sharing the next year with you! Take care and well done :-) Name: Acadia City, Country: USA Sent: 10.09 PM - 4/30 2002 I do believe that Ramon has been to the US. If my memory serves me he did not have good things to say about where he was staying then, somewhere in the west? Please correct me if I'm wrong. Ramon's opinions do not differ that much from many eurpoeans I have been fortunate enough to know. He lets his bias show. Any why not? This is his site after all. I do have to say that I think we, as a people, are very self-centered, but not quite the brainless dolts portrayed in his log. Ramon may come to the US, then maybe not. We shall see what opportunities arise. If and when he does will his opinion of the citizens here change? Who knows? Hopefully it will become a bit more broad, at the very least. Name: Guy Leger City, Country: St-Anicet (Montreal) Québec Sent: 7.43 PM - 4/30 2002 Hi Ramon, it's always a pleasure to surf on your website. Thank you very much to let us travel with you! You are an example for all young people. Hope to see you in Montreal. French Canadian are so welcoming, friendly! When will you be in Quebec? let the good time roll... Guy Name: donatella City, Country: milan, italy Sent: 7.32 PM - 4/30 2002 hello ramon, hope you can read this wishing message. this has been your first year around the world, and I'd like to congratulate for your resolution. your trip becomes more and more interesting, and also this messageboard increases. I think you've already hit the mark (and such a mark!), you can be proud of what you've done. in this moment I'm in a hurry and I drop these lines in advance because tomorrow I won't use the pc. also a greet to all the supporters of this board, the "old" and the new ones. my best wishes - ciao! donatella Name: Dave Askren City, Country: Houston, TX USA Sent: 2.20 PM - 4/30 2002 Ramon... Happy Koninginnedag! ;-) Name: Michelle City, Country: Central Coast, NSW Australia Sent: 1.34 PM - 4/30 2002 Hoi Ramon, I've had an absolute ball following your travels on your website and must say you're an inspiraton to all have-been and wanna-be travellers alike. Would have loved to have met you when you were in Erina, but I unfortunately I let that chance go by... I am an Aussie girl of Dutch herritage and have visited family and friends in the Netherlands on many occasions. But what I miss most about living in Oz is meeting up with other Dutch people and the typical Dutch "gezelligheid" or hospitality. I know they're around, but they're so hard to find 'cos they assimilate so well!! I'd really like to get into contact with other cloggers whom live on or close to the Central Coast of New South Wales. I'm trying to organise a "borreltjes avond" (or "drinks night" for those non Dutch speakers) and am searching for ways to get expressions of interest from Dutchies in the area. I have placed an ad in the classifieds of the www.myseafm.com website as a way for them to contact me. I am hoping that this message to you may be a way of reaching some of those people whom may be interested in getting in touch with other like minded people on the Central Coast. I hope you don't mind me using your website to get the message across, and naturally, if this night gets off the ground, we'd love to have a guest appearance from you! But I guess that would mean back-tracking hey!!! In the mean time, I look forward to your next adventures. Stay cool, Michelle. Name: Brian City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 12.29 PM - 4/30 2002 Hi all
Without wanting to take sides, I must defend Ramon. It is quite normal for ones opinions on any matter to be based on what that person knows about that matter at the time. Ramon has travelled more extensively than most of his loyal supporters, and through this he has met more people than most of his supporters (myself included). It is only fair that he has the right to comment on what he has seen. Through my limited travels, I have also met some people who are a negative reflection on a particular country, city, or region (or even race, religion, etc). I have also formed conclusions on these places, cultures, etc based on what I have seen in the people that I have met. And, I have often been proven wrong! Perhaps the only Americans that Ramon has met have been in some way strange. Perhaps he has not met any Americans who are like Joan and Bret. Hopefully he will meet such people, including Joan and Bret specifically. After that, the facts available to him will be more balanced, more complete, and more representative of the USA. If Ramon still speaks negatively about America, then we can criticise. However, having met Ramon personally, I have full faith that he will be absolutely fair in whatever he says, obviously based on the information available to him at the time. But then, this is just my opinion, and perhaps I am wrong. No-one is perfect. Ramon, keep strong, and keep on bringing us that wonderful journalism that you have so far. May your second year in this immense project be even better than your first year. I will support you until the end! Kind regards, and hamba kahle Brian
Valerie(s. california): i noticed what Ramon said about US travellers too. but i don't think he feel ill about americans. perhaps(just perhaps)it reflects people's resentment to domination of world affairs by the US gov't. some wellcome it,others resent it. Name: ant lau City, Country: hong kong Sent: 9.54 AM - 4/30 2002 Joan(USA): i love Ramon's travelogues. i've been following them since he planned his project. i don't mean to blame him or say harsh things about him.i think everyones got depressed moments now and then. Ramon seems to be able to get over his quite easily. Name: Valerie City, Country: Southern California Sent: 7.03 AM - 4/30 2002 Well, your story has reached me here in Southern California! I read about you in the news paper today. Your story is such an amazing one, and I am extremely jealous I must say... I am so inspired by your courage and I commend you on your determination to get to the White House. (I honestly think that you'll make it there!) I am very sorry to read that you have such a poor vision of the U.S. but hopefully when you arrive here the people that you stay with will show you the true American spirit. I hope that you will make it to California, we have an insanely beautiful coastline! I would certainly love to see your take on California's beauty. My prayers will be with you for more safe travels, and good luck!!! ---Val--- Name: Valerie Sent: 6.41 AM - 4/30 2002 Name: Joan City, Country: USA Sent: 6.40 AM - 4/30 2002 ant.lau,
I would agree with you that perhaps Ramon was a bit insensitive to the folks visiting the resort, and was unduly "stressed" that there was not a party atmosphere while he was there. Had I been him (which I am not of course) I think I would have enjoyed a night to veg out quietly on this island paradise. Quiet dinner (though unfortunately it seems the food was not so good) and quiet night in my room. As for previous post which was removed, where someone commented on Ramon's observations of Americans on the bus, I will say that as a USA supporter of Ramon and his travels, and a long time supporter, be forwarned, he is very openly anti-"American", meaning anti-USA (not anti-North America or Anti-South America. Just anti-USA.) He clearly thinks we are all self centered and have no clue about the rest of the world. But that's, as his says "just his opinion". Sometime in his travels he will probably get to experience the USA and THEN he can make his opinions validated. Until then, he will probably be anti-America (USA). :-) But.....we still love to follow his travels. Read his diaries, there is not one good thing about USA. It's all negative whenever the topic arises. But, there are many of us still following and supporting his project, because we know that someday he will be here. And he may even get a stay at the White House. Who knows. I hope he gets that wish personally, it would be awesome! Regards, [] Joan Name: ant.lau City, Country: hong kong Sent: 6.01 AM - 4/30 2002 i understand people love the company of those of their own age. nothing wrong with that. but it would be kind of you if you hide your disgust towards old folks and teenage students instead of openly express it on your web site. Name: Brian City, Country: ?Durban, South Africa Sent: 6.09 AM - 4/29 2002 Hi Ramon
From an exhilirating flight and kart race to a depressed stay at a strange resort. Wow! Oh well, life must have bad things, in order for us to apreciate the good things! As for the flying, I can tell you that there is a law regarding drinking and flying. In SA, and I believe all over the world, there is a twelve hour bottle-to-throttle rule:- no booze within twelve hours of taking command of an aircraft. Since you were flying around midday, your pilot was probably clear. But hey, if he feels sick, it is better to land. He did the responsible thing. Sala kahle Brian
City, Country: Calgary Sent: 3.53 AM - 4/29 2002 Hey how goes it? Your travels remind me of when I was in Australia and had the pleasure of spending 4 months in Noosa. Is Steve's backpackers still there? Richard, Dylan and I have had a great winter skiing but are now sick of the snow. Dylan has mastered the blue runs so that makes us really happy. Hope you make it up to Darwin. I worked in Kakadu National Park for 6 months and you would love it. We read your travel plans often and hope youstay safe and healthy. Would love to see you in Calgary. Kathleen Name: Margaret City, Country: Minneapolis area Sent: 10.40 PM - 4/28 2002 Maybe April 25th wasn't your favorite day so far, but I just had to tell you that your best photo so far is found on that day's collection: a bright blue sunny sky plus water underneath. It's my new screen saver! Name: Johanna City, Country: Brisbane..Australia Sent: 2.24 PM - 4/28 2002 Wow...what an amazing experience you are having...if you ever feel like you have had enough...I will be only too happy to take over..hehe..I saw a story on Brisbane Extra about you and your travels..its taken me a while to find the site...i am bookmarking it and look forward to reading more about your travels....wishing you a safe trip,full of memorable experiences and most importantly ...may you make many friends...i am sure you have already. Name: Liz City, Country: Toowoomba, Aus Sent: 1.24 PM - 4/28 2002 G'day Ramon, Have been reading about your experiences around my home patch - South East Queensland - great to see Aus from your eyes! If you ever make it near Toowoomba, please feel free to stay with us! Regards Liz Name: Linda Mace City, Country: USA Sent: 12.47 PM - 4/28 2002 Ramon, surely you must buy souvenirs?? Mind you - you are a man - so I guess that it is totally possible. Have a great trip - hope you get to the White House. RAMON: Hi Linda, I have no money, so how can I buy souvenirs? Secondly, if I should buy souvenirs as I travel around the world, I would need an extra house whenever I get back? So I rather keep them where they are. Third: I am not a tourist... Name: Tan City, Country: Dallas Sent: 4.18 AM - 4/28 2002 Hi Ramon, FYI, your Project reached Dallas, I just read about it on the Dallas Morning News. I read your Barcelona reports, it's a great city to fall in love. Name: Joan City, Country: USA Sent: 3.26 AM - 4/28 2002 Hi All,
Ramon, I just spent my entire Saturday afternoon reading the last 5 reports, from April 19 to April 24th. Absolutely fabulous reporting and pictures. Again I commend you on your travels and sharing this fantastic idea and journey with the world. I have learned so much about places I have never known about, and probably won't visit in my lifetime. But your personal travels really bring a special touch to learning about the places, versus just reading about them in a book. And your hosts and the places you stay are really interesting. It's wonderful they agree to share their personal life with you as well. Again, thank you, thanks to your support team, and all your supporters. Also, thanks for the hyperlinks you include in your daily reports. Safe and happy travels, perhaps we'll meet if/when you get to the USA.
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