Name: Rita
City, Country: Den Haag- Nederland
Sent: 4.23 PM - 2/22 2002
Dear Ramon-Fantastic that you and Irena are lovers I hope you will be together for ever ! Do not let her go , so keep in touch with her when you are on the move .
I wish you both lot's of luck !
Name: Simon Darling
City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Sent: 3.10 PM - 2/22 2002
Ramon, i hope you realise you are a revolution and inspiration for millions of your generation.
i LOVE the concept of reaching out to the world and letting it come back with generosity.
You write wonderfully empathetically. You will inspire many many with a book when you're ready.
Name: Petra Sabjan
City, Country: Velika Gorica, Croatia
Sent: 1.26 PM - 2/22 2002
I just wanted to wish you a safe trip to Australia.
Enjoy yourself and have a great time.
And take care, off course.
Name: donatella
City, Country: milano, italy
Sent: 8.03 PM - 2/21 2002
hello ramon! it's great to read that you got reloaded and you' re starting a new adventure. in a certain way, you're starting it on the 25th, the day of my birthday.. it's senseless, but I wish it could bring you further luck, if possible! now I go back to my book ("diritto penitenziario".. it sounds like "the law in italian jails"..). enjoy your days at home before leaving!! I'm looking forward to read some news about your "odissea".
my best wishes,
ciao, donatella
Name: Connie
City, Country: USA
Sent: 2.52 AM - 2/20 2002
Ramon,
So happy to hear you will be traveling again. Australia is an excellent choice. Wonderful country and people. I'm sure you will had loads of hosts. Looking forward to your reports and pictures. Wishing you all the best and be safe. Peace.
Name: Coralie
City, Country: England
Sent: 8.46 PM - 2/14 2002
Hi Ramon
wowow Australia !! my Dave lived in Perth before he met me all those many moons ago .....I really look forward to seeing where you are going .....what great memoirs for your book/film!
take care......ps we have a new grandson now ...named Bradley ......3 weeks old !
((Hugs))
Coralie
Name: Annemarie
City, Country: zwolle, The Netherlands
Sent: 11.54 AM - 2/14 2002
Hey ramon
Finally going to OZ!! Great to hear that, I'll be leaving to go too but not until the second of august. I'll send you some more places to stay at in south australia though!
Hope to talk to you before you leave!
Name: Brian
City, Country: Durban, South Africa
Sent: 6.41 AM - 2/14 2002
Hi Ramon
It's really great to hear that you are going to move again. Excellent news indeed. I hope the Oz folk are going to be as hospitable as the South Africans were. And, when they try to get you to support them in rugby, cricket, or anything else, please remember that SA is the only country to support. And the Stormers is the Super 12 team! :-)
Keep strong, Ramon, and don't let the likes of Deidre in Ireland get to you. People that talk like that are possibly jealous that they didn't think of the idea before you did.
You are laerning about life in a way that most of us have no clue about. We just plod along, and you are making the most of it.
Keep strong, and always remember Irena, she seems to be your soulmate. I truly hope that your romance lives long, you deserve a lady like Irena.
To quote John Lennon (I hope I get this right!), "Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.". So long you actually do something, and don't just plan to do it, you are living. I wonder if Deidre understands this...
Keep strong, Ramon, and your loyal fans will keep supporting you.
Hamba kahle
Brian
Name: MJ
City, Country: Denver
Sent: 7.21 PM - 2/12 2002
Hi RS, glad you're still going to continue, but whatever you decide, it'll be the right choice. It's your life, your project and you're the one who decides if it continues or not. TV shows can go off the air, but you always have the memories and fantastic reruns. PS, yes, the site looks great!
Name: abass diop
City, Country: Dakar
Sent: 2.19 PM - 2/12 2002
I hold you in high esteem and I appreciate the way you move on.I suggest you to keep on organizing your projects and I hope your desires to be realized.Everything will be all right just be courageous!
Name: Michel
City, Country: Quebec
Sent: 8.04 PM - 2/11 2002
A small note. Your idea is equivalent to the Pet Rock, several years ago. Someone made millions selling rocks. Gloriously simple and highly effective, Brilliant. Congratulations.
Name: Acadia
City, Country: maine, USA
Sent: 1.45 AM - 2/11 2002
Wow, Deirdre, pretty harsh.
Who said Ramon gave up his journey? All indications thus far have pointed toward a restart of his travelling fairly soon. I'm sure the whole thing did not quite go as Ramon and his team thought it would and they are spending time rethinking some aspects of the project. (a bit of speculation there) If his log kept you interested, then how could it have possibly been a waste of time?
If for any reason Ramon does not go back on the road, then I still thank him for sharing his wonderful experiences on the web site.
RAMON:
History continues: I just don't seem to be able to go along with the Irish... HAHA!
But, thanks, Acadia, you are writing the right thing. Maybe Deidre is also one of those who complain at the TV-stations when her much loved TV-show is off-air for a season. She'll be telling all those TV-producers to GROW UP, because it isn't fair.
And, fortunately I still have a life next to traveling around through this website. And I just don't feel like writing about it that much - at the moment.
But things are progressing. My backup team and me are working on different plans so I can hit the road again. But this time a bit better.
Professional surfers may notice some changes in the website lately (everything is in PHP) and there will be some more to come.
Become a member of the mailinglist to stay up to date with the latest information, because I feel there is a mailing coming up very soon...
Name: Deirdre
City, Country: Ireland
Sent: 12.48 PM - 2/10 2002
RamonYou lasted 8 months, had an easy ride satying in hotels and such. Now you give up so easily, call yourself a backpacker. I am so sorry i followed your trip , it has wasted so much of my time and energy. You said you were going to travel for 4 years. Wake up and smell the coffee, get a job like the rest of us and GROW UP!!
Name: Andy White
City, Country: Bournemouth, England
Sent: 8.22 PM - 2/8 2002
Missing reading of your adventures. But remember that in life many things catch the eye and few things catch the heart. Follow your heart and if Irena fills your heart with joy then make the time for her as it will be worth it! Looking forward to reading more of your reports soon!
Take care,
Andy
Name: Sylvia
City, Country: Scotland
Sent: 7.59 PM - 2/7 2002
Hi Ramon
When are you planning to get going again and where will it be? Is your romance still going strong?
Good Luck!
Sylvia
RAMON:
I will be going on my leave again very soon, it all depends on a sponsor that will get me 'there'.
The romance is going great, Irena is a great lady.
You can expect a new update on the mailinglist next week.
Name: Bret
City, Country: CA,USA
Sent: 9.06 PM - 2/3 2002
Ramon, Thanks for revealing Mister Iran to us. It seems some of us are always coming to say sorry for the sheer stupidity of fellow countrymen. It is probably this same ignorance that has gotten us in the situation that we're in. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to your continued travels.
Name: Sharlini
City, Country: Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia
Sent: 5.35 PM - 2/1 2002
Hey Ramon!
How's it going? It would be really cool if you could visit this part of the world, especially during Chinese New Year (Feb 12 & 13). You'd be brought to open houses and you'd be stuffed with lots of food! Malaysia is all about food! =)
Sharlini
Name: Martine
City, Country: The Netherlands
Sent: 1.03 AM - 1/31 2002
Ramon, congratulations with winning the DutchBloggies 2002 with the "Best Initiative of the Year"! Keep up the good work!
Name: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
City, Country: Axis of evil, Iran
Sent: 11.29 PM - 1/30 2002
Ramon please visit us. We feed you lamb stew.
We have many visitors coming from America soon.
RAMON:
Strange how Americans make fun of themselves. Mister from Iran, strange how you surf on a connection of Cox Communications, based in Atlanta, Georgia (US), not??? An e-mail has been sent out to them about your action...
Name: Brian
City, Country: Durban, South Africa
Sent: 5.56 AM - 1/29 2002
Hi Ramon
Just in case you thought we'd given up on you, we haven't. Your loyal and faithful fans still check up on your web page, not as often, but we still do visit.
There must be some thoughts going through your mind about whether or not your lovely lady will accompany you in chapter two of the Letmestayforaday.com adventure. And you say that you're going half way around the world? Indonesia? Oz? Malaysia? Singapore? Hmmmm...
This will understandably be a huge decision, so we don't mind if you need some time to work it out. It's almost like having a family, I s'pose. You have to consider all involved before you just decide to go somewhere.
Quality takes time, and all of us, fans, followers, back-up, sponsors, and you, all appreciate a good quality project. So, we are happy to wait.
I'll be watching carefully...
sala kahle
Brian
RAMON:
Don't worry, Brian, I will be on the road very soon. And of course, without Irena, because it's LetMEstayforaday and I just can't create myself a family and travel. This is a great project that I will finish anyway.
Fortunately Irena and I go along very very good and also she has her ambitions. While she does her things, I'll do mine and we'll keep very close contact. Wherever I might go, she might come over for a break... :-)
Name: Marc
City, Country: Barcelona Spain
Sent: 1.57 PM - 1/27 2002
Hi Ramon!how are you?
today i have seen your web on Tv and i decided to visit your web.I thing that your travell is amazing, have you ben i barcelona?I hope it will like you, the people is very fun and the weather is really good!!!
I hope you will visit Gaudi's houses, the sagrada familia and Macba
I Wish you the best!!good luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Name: Helena El Masri
City, Country: UK
Sent: 4.53 PM - 1/26 2002
Hi Ramon,
As promissed now and then I check on your progress and I was very happy to learn you are in love.
Follow your heart always and you will be happy!
Helena
Name: MJ
City, Country: Denver
Sent: 7.21 AM - 1/25 2002
Hi Ramon! Glad to see you are still kickin' it. I am fantastically happy for you. I hope your next leg of your trip will be as or even more successful as the first and that all your dreams come true.
MJ
Name: Erwan
City, Country: Netherlands
Sent: 8.09 PM - 1/24 2002
Do u guys think Ramon should continue his travels where they stopped (Spain) or somewhere else ?
If somewehe else, where would you want him to go ? (most likely this should have to be some yet unvisited European country)
RAMON:
Honestly I can say that I had a very difficult time in Spain. The media>invitations-process didn't work out like in the other countries I've visited. But I can always go back and continue a southern Europe tour.
At this moment I am planning to get out of Europe again and make a long flight half around the world. But where? I don't know yet. But sponsors can tell me...
Name: Liam
City, Country: United Kingdom
Sent: 1.34 PM - 1/24 2002
Ramon,
You have proven your point with your journey to date. I appreciate the stresses you must have been through and perhaps you sould remould the project to simply visit each remaining country using a selection of the the submitted addresses (dare I say for more than one day!). You will still be the first to navigate the globe through this media and you might even hold on to your sanity
Name: alex cain
City, Country: milledgeville georgia USA
Sent: 7.31 AM - 1/20 2002
So many places, so much time. You should at least put a big toe in the U.S. before you end this.
Name: James
City, Country: Arnold, CA
Sent: 6.41 AM - 1/20 2002
Enjoyed Ramon alternates writing about the Christmas in Barcelona, but more about the view of Ramon from the outside. A different perspective. We learn about you Ramon from your writing, but we now have some inside ideas about you from your friends. Thanks. Thanks also for the continued sunset photos. the reflection in the windows was a nice twist on the theme.
James
Name: Jeanine
City, Country: Grahamstown, South Africa
Sent: 2.22 PM - 1/19 2002
Well ... glad to see you visit your own site during your break! :-) Geesh Ramon and the dutch site is also taking a break, there's absolutely nothing for me to do! :-) So .... I just hang around in empty space :-) How are you doing, enjoying your break back home in the company of family and friends and of course the beautiful Irena? I'm so happy for you, just what you needed ... have biiiiig fun, you of all people deserve that.
Go well ... and am looking forward to continue being your biggest fan :-)
Name: Jeanine
City, Country: Grahamstown, South Africa
Sent: 9.58 PM - 1/18 2002
So .... Ramon is taking a break and found love too with a gorgeous lady ... what do we do in the mean time? Any suggestions? Or have all the Ramon followers taken a break too? :-)
RAMON:
Go ahead, Jeanine! You deserve a break too... You even had me visiting your place in SA! :-)
Name: Munk
City, Country: Zwolle
Sent: 1.48 PM - 1/16 2002
Hi Dorion,
No, Ramon has not given up, that's for sure. And last year is only sixteen days ago, by the way. He's having a well-earned period of rest and relaxation after hurrying from place to place for seven months. I was at his place only yesterday, and believe me, he needed a break to continue the LetMeStayForADay adventure the way he wants to: enthousiastic, optimistic and making the most of it for not only himself, but most of all the people worldwide who read his daily reports. In short: Ramon has certainly not given up, he's reloading for the second part of his journeys.
RAMON:
Thanks Munk, for the clearification. Dorion, please know I have the latest news about LetMeStayForADay.com posted on the frontpage of this website and I keep people up to date through the mailinglist.
Name: Dorion Ozykowski
City, Country: Rainy River,Ontario,Canada
Sent: 12.30 PM - 1/16 2002
Was wonderin'whether Ramon has given up?Nothin'posted,since LAST year,and I get the feelin'that he's homesick,and no longer wants to continue.Am i right??
Name: Henk
City, Country: Zwolle
Sent: 9.58 AM - 1/15 2002
Nice, so will Zwolle be a famous place in the World!!!
Name: miranda
City, Country: china wuhan
Sent: 9.18 AM - 1/12 2002
well i am a high school student now,so i can't offer u a free trip to my city.but if u come here,i will be ur tour guide.and i want to do the same thing as u one day.
Name: Marjolein
City, Country: Holland
Sent: 9.09 PM - 1/11 2002
I just discovered this site today and I totally loved the entire concept!
Ramon, you are what we in Holland call een kei. A rock (of course you know what it means just translating for the rest of the people on the post) keep going with the flow and updating the site. Good luck with your travels! Groetjes! Marjolein
Name: Zoki
City, Country: Yugoslavia (USA now)
Sent: 10.49 AM - 1/11 2002
Oh how wonderful Christmas you had. I am glad you fell in love with her. Love is what makes us happy and what keeps this world moving.
See ya around
Zoran
Name: Connie
City, Country: USA
Sent: 1.57 AM - 1/10 2002
Ramon,
Way to go. Glad to hear you are so happy & in love. Enjoy your R&R and I look forward to reading some updates from time to time. Take care and all the best for a wonderful, happy, healthy 2002!!!
Name: kyongmi Chong
City, Country: Korea
Sent: 1.51 PM - 1/9 2002
Hi.Ramon
Your christmas stories are so moving:)
Have a good relax and Keeping going,,
Name: Allen
City, Country: San Jose, California, USA
Sent: 3.46 AM - 1/9 2002
When do you plan on doing the States, more precisely, the West Coast?
Name: donatella gazzoni
City, Country: milan, italy
Sent: 10.17 PM - 1/8 2002
Hi Ramon, at last I've read your latest news, and I've known that you're givin' up this adventure for a few time. Although I ain't one of your "personal friends", but I'd like to say that you've taken the right decision (this is just my opinion..): of course, following by the web someone who's trippin' around in such a particular conditions is interesting, and you become curious and curious (as you were watchin' a film, or something like that). But, above all, this is YOUR life and nobody could be disappointed because you decide about it (it's only up to you). I've followed your experience so far as you were a kind of "younger brother" (I'm 26, so we're almost the same age), and I'll keep on givin' a glance at this site now & then. I hope to find some news about you, but mostly I wish you good luck (with your newborn "love affair" - hope you've found your twin soul - and with your life!!). Relax and enjoy the moment. My best wishes and greetings!! CIAO, Donatella
Name: annemarie tissen
City, Country: alford, schotland
Sent: 7.19 PM - 1/8 2002
Irena, lucky girl!!
Take care for the both of you.
Annemarie
Name: Karen
City, Country: London
Sent: 12.12 PM - 1/8 2002
Ramon, I think you made the right decision to take some time off and reflect on all that has happened in the last 7,5 months. Good luck with your new love and I will definetely be checking your site every now and then to see what you are up to!
Name: Laurens
City, Country: Utrecht, The Netherlands
Sent: 11.40 AM - 1/8 2002
Hi Ramon!
I enjoyed reading your daily reports very much and I will sure miss them. But I hope you will have a great time back home. And I think I can speak for all of us if I say we all hope to hear from you soon again!
Name: L.S.O.M.
City, Country: Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
Sent: 9.23 AM - 1/8 2002
Ramon dear,
Its 2002! It takes 2 to make any relationship a success and one a failure. May the 9 fruits of that spirit be with you too. Bless you young man.
RAMON:
Hi LSOM. From the beginning I have problems understanding you, but this time I tried to get some help. Unfortunately the lady at my local fruitshop also didn't know anything about 9 spirits fruits, so the just gave me a pineapple. I hope that might help out too....
Name: Brian
City, Country: Durban, South Africa
Sent: 7.02 AM - 1/8 2002
Back again...
True friends are hard to find. I've just read the Christmas reports, and, well, there is a reflection of true friendship.
When Ramon was on the phone to his friends while he was at my place, I could see that these people were special to him. From the last few reports, this has become incredibly clear.
Ramon, you and your backup team are the epitome of friendship. It always pleases me to see people in the company of those dear to them.
Friendship: A relationship of mutual love, trust, and respect.
Brian
Name: Brian
City, Country: Durban, South Africa
Sent: 6.19 AM - 1/8 2002
Hi Ramon
Mmmmmm, free, what was it you said at my place? (Just kidding with you!) :-)
Congrats, mate! You are one ahead of me. It is great to see that you have met someone special, and I really hope that all works out nicely for you two.
Remember, you are the most important person in your life, and if this romance moves into something serious enough, then you may have to call it on your project. Do what is best for you, and don't break her heart just to continue.
Life is a mysterious thing that bowls curved balls all the time. A good man is one who can adapt to his changing environment and accept those curved balls at a moment's notice.
All the best, Ramon, we are all behind you.
Brian
Name: Sieto van der Heide
City, Country: Leeuwarden, Nehterlands
Sent: 2.17 PM - 1/7 2002
Hello Ramon,
Great to see you're taking a vacation. I think everybody sees you flying around the world thinking it's an 'all-time-holiday' thing, but I can imagine you need a break too, once in a while.
I'll look forward to the time when you do start traveling again, but until then; enjoy your time off!
Sieto van der Heide, aka 'var' in #letmestayforaday
Name: toeli
City, Country: los angeles
Sent: 7.40 AM - 1/7 2002
heard about you on npr. good story. coming to la anytime soon?
Name: Journo Jim
City, Country: Rostrevor, Northern Ireland
Sent: 8.10 PM - 1/5 2002
To Ramon (and all your online buddies),
Happy holidays and a wonderful New Year.
Ramon, you were my second favourite house guest in 2001 (after my daughter!) and I look forward to catching up with you somewhere in 2002. Good to hear that you're in love too. It may be difficult to resume travelling with l'amour in your heart, but it is good for you. I'm hoping all works out well! You are the Guardian's net personality of the year, by the way. It was announced in today's paper.
Catch you later, Jim.
Name: donatella
City, Country: milan, italy
Sent: 7.25 PM - 1/5 2002
hi ramon! first of all.. HAPPY NEW YEAR! I haven't been looking at your website lately (I'm quite busy whit an exam at university.. when will it finish at all?..) and now I was surfing and I read this marvellous news: you've found someone to share your experience with! of course, I wish you all the best for your story, I think it'll give you new (precious!) energies and make more enjoyable your trip. have fun!! CIAO, donatella
Name: Sylvia (ex-host)
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