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Name: Lauren City, Country: Lancashire, England Sent: 9.43 PM - 11/29 2001 Hi Ramon (when you can get back on here again!) Yes, you were mentioned in the newspaper 'The Mirror' here yesterday, that's how I found your site. I know you've been to the UK before, but if you get any more UK offers and you want to visit Lancashire (north west), I've submitted my address for you! I know you've been to Manchester already, but have you ever visited Blackpool? It's great....soooo tacky! I could take you there! :-) Anyway, take care and have fun!
PS I'm addicted to this site already! Name: Jo en Hilde City, Country: Werchter-Belgie Sent: 7.56 PM - 11/29 2001 Hey, Raymonke, you' re very much wellcome next year, juli, for the most wonderfull music happening on earth - ROCK WERCHTER! As we live only minutes away from it, you must be tempted if happen to be in the neighberhood? Anyway, we envy you...take care...! City, Country: Luton. England Sent: 5.54 PM - 11/29 2001 Only just looked at your website for the first time as you say it was published in an English newspaper. Funny you coming from Zwolle, quite a nice surprise. I come from Wijthmen (between Zwolle and Heino)and have lived in England for about 27 years now. If you are ever coming this way again pop in anytime but please give us notice. Work commitments ect. good luck in Africa and especially the internet site of it. My daughter is in Dar-es-Salaam and has her own business there, doing safari's ect. she travelled all over Africa for a year on a budget and has not come back to earth yet. The people wherever she went were so friendly and helpful and apparently the hostels were great fun. Her diary is a book in itself and I am very envious of what she has done. As I have great admiration of what you are doing. All the best! The Redsimba's family! Name: Mili City, Country: London, UK Sent: 2.29 PM - 11/29 2001 Been reading ur v. interesting reports...and just reached Northern Ireland so far....about the GIFT...its interesting to know what people like to pass on..or how people think.. I would love to do what you're doing....its a brilliant idea and a very original way of "seeing the world" ...i wish you all the very best..and hope achieve what you set out to! cheers Name: Michael Dwyer City, Country: Houston, Texas, USA Sent: 1.15 PM - 11/29 2001 You are a fascinating and adventurous young man! I think you spark interest in your wanderings because it touches what many people would realy like to do: just fly free by the seat of their pants. Anyway, my questions is this: What are you doing with all the neat gifts people are giving you? You must have a magical backpack. Taking tips from Santa Claus? Enjoy yourself! RAMON: The gifts that people give me, are ALWAYS forwarded to my next hosts. My backpack is to fully packed for any other things than my clothing. Taking trips from Santa Claus? Mmm? Why didn't I get that idea myself. I'll sent him an email... Name: Lauren City, Country: Lancashire, England Sent: 12.56 PM - 11/29 2001 Hi Ramon! Well done with your travels so far, you're so lucky!
Lauren xxx Name: Alana City, Country: Charlottetown, Canada Sent: 12.42 PM - 11/29 2001 WOW!! You are so brave. It really is an amazing thing that you are doing, I wish I have the courage to do so. I was told about this site by friends of mine that you met along the way, Jeff Radke and Erin Collins. It brought tears to my eyes to see their faces in your pictures. Thank you so much and good luck in your travels. Be Safe!! Name: SANNE City, Country: GARMINGE,DRENTE Sent: 12.33 PM - 11/29 2001 WAUW IT'S GREAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING......... I WISH YOU ALL THE LUCK AND LOTS OF FUN !!!!!! HOPE YOU GET TO SEE ALL THE BEAUTIFULL PLACES IN AUSTRALIA AND AFRICA.AND EVERYWHERE... AND IT WOULD BE COOL TO MEET YOU ONE DAY SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD....... Name: Rianne City, Country: Netherlands Sent: 10.01 AM - 11/29 2001 Just wanna say HI! Lots of kisses from your sister-in-law and of course from your big brother and your nephews. Name: Aziz City, Country: Ankara Sent: 9.07 AM - 11/29 2001 Hi Ramon, good luck in your fantastic travel... take care Name: fam Vermeer City, Country: Netherlands Sent: 8.44 AM - 11/29 2001 We wish you all the luck in the world!!! Have a save journey. Lots of love fam Vermeer Name: ROHAYA City, Country: SINGAPORE Sent: 7.56 AM - 11/29 2001 JUST WANT TO TELL U THAT YOUR IDEA OF TRAVELLING IS FANTASTIC.ALL THE BEST TO U AND MAY U HAVE A SAFE JOURNEY ALWAYS. Name: Ivo City, Country: Melbourne, Australia Sent: 6.29 AM - 11/29 2001 Read about your trip in a free paper in Australia. Pretty interesting trip to do. Left my address details so come by to visit! Name: MJ City, Country: denver, us Sent: 12.36 AM - 11/29 2001 heya, what happened to the US "Locations". They're missing, unless it's my browser... MJ Name: Dimitar City, Country: Vancouver Sent: 11.42 PM - 11/28 2001 Great idea.I wish to be in your shoes.Take care! Name: Nickie City, Country: Preston, UK Sent: 9.54 PM - 11/28 2001 Hi there, Ramon. Good luck on your travels. I'm really impressed with your website - loads of interesting information. I have also sent you a personal message, I hope you answer it soon. Name: donna City, Country: london Sent: 8.43 PM - 11/28 2001 hiya, sound like you have a great time!!, keep up the good work gezza!!.......have fun!!!!!!!! lots lovexxxxx Name: Ida City, Country: London,UK Sent: 4.48 PM - 11/28 2001 Really interesting reading when I am pretending to work! Good Luck Name: Toni Gallagher City, Country: Cornwall, New York United States Sent: 3.55 PM - 11/28 2001 Ramon -- Would love it if you stayed for a day in our home. I am 33 years old & married to an Irishman, picked him right off of the farm, in fact. I read about your travels to Ireland & you certainly enjoyed yourself. We live in a small town called Cornwall, in beautiful Upstate New York & you are more than welcome in our home whenever your time allows you. Have a great journey, & a safe one & hope to see you soon. Name: Krissy City, Country: london living, kiwi born Sent: 2.37 PM - 11/28 2001 Great to hear that you are doing so well with your journey. You are doing something that everybody wishes they could do. Enjoy! Take care. Name: Michelle Horwood City, Country: London, England Sent: 1.40 PM - 11/28 2001 Read your little story in the 'Metro' this morning - very inspiring and there should be more of it!! You'll be travelling for the rest of your life on all the invites - have notified all of my friends about your site - so maybe they will offer accomm with them!! Lucky you. Happy trails and be safe ALWAYS Name: Charlotte Townsend City, Country: London, England Sent: 11.09 AM - 11/28 2001 Although I am now living in London, I spent 28 years in South Africa.......Most of that was spent in Durban.Such a great place!! I hope you enjoyed your visit there. Good luck with the rest of your travels. Name: Brian City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 8.29 AM - 11/28 2001 Hi Tom
Thanks for your message, I appreciate what you said. Within a week, you should see the reports from Ramon about me, so you can decide. My cooking is not great, but not too bad. I'm still alive, you know! :-) I'd be curious to know what you have to say, after reading the reports. I just hope, for professional courtesy reasons, that Ramon does not publish the one photo, at least, not without doctoring it a little... Brian
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Well, he's come and he's gone. Ramon stayed with me for Monday and Tuesday nights, 26 and 27 November. He is so far behind in reporting, due to the primitive nature of the Wild Coast where he was just before entering KwaZulu Natal, that he spent all day yesterday progressing with reports and plans for his Joburg and Spain visits. I don't want to put a long message here, but it's too late... Ramon does not want me to write about how good his project is, or how nice he is. (There are enough people doing that already.) So I will have to leave out some facts. Apart from his friendliness, honesty, and kindness, Ramon is also a man with a vision. He is living his dream, something that most of us do not know how to do. Before he gets a chance to say anything (!!!), I'll tell you some things. He does not like apricots in chicken stew! In fact, he was concerned about what I might dish up last night, so he suggested that we go out for supper. Ramon, I'm sorry that I scared you with my cooking. (it's not that bad, really...) Seriously though, anyone who is considering inviting Ramon to stay for a day can rest in peace. He makes his bed in the morning, he eats almost anything, he is a person in whose company you feel completely at ease. And, contrary to many concerns, he is not a serial killer, rapist, or thief. Ramon is an honest, compassionate, and respectful person. You could easily make close friends with him. At my request, he told me some things about me that I did not know, and gave intelligent advice on improving my life. Ramon, I am truly grateful for this, you have been noted as one of my most respected people. I am proud that Ramon selected my invitation, and I am honoured to have the opportunity to meet him. With any luck, we will get together again after the project is over. Who knows, maybe we can arrange a get-together of some of Ramon's supporters from all over the world to launch his next project... Ramon, I wish you all the best in your travels. May you meet interesting people, and make close friends along the way. Merci beacoup, et a bientot! Brian
I am very impressed by your travelling and I would have some informations about a similar project that our artist Miroslav Mandic had performed in Europe from 1991/2001 by walking every day and making with his steps the "Rose of wandering",an art project that is finished just few years ago.He is 52 at this time ,so it has suprised me that you are very young and still doing this!?Maybe you could answer me as I had left my invitation for you.Thanks! Name: Erwan City, Country: Netherlands Sent: 5.36 PM - 11/27 2001 Hey Ramon, I just took al lool at all the letmestay stuff we can buy now... I wondered, do the profits of this stuff go back into the project or don't you make any profit at all ? Name: Erwan City, Country: Netherlands Sent: 5.36 PM - 11/27 2001 Hey Ramon, I just took al lool at all the letmestay stuff we cab buy now... I wondered, do the profits of this stuff go back into the project or don't you make any profit at all ? Name: Karen City, Country: London, UK Sent: 4.49 PM - 11/27 2001 Hmmm...Christmas eve...he is going to Spain on the 10th, he might hang around there, although it would be cool for him to do something exciting. If he is in spain and makes sure he is close to the border, then I am sure there are gonna be some friends from Zwolle who will jump in a car or a bus to sing Christmas carols with him! Name: Munk Sent: 4.22 PM - 11/27 2001 Ramon already started to hint at where he would be around Christmas... We're now taking bets! Where will Ramon be on Christmas eve? Name: Sylvia City, Country: Scotland Sent: 3.51 PM - 11/27 2001 Ramon
Take care of yourself Ramon. Regards as always, Sylvia Name: Karen City, Country: London, UK Sent: 3.19 PM - 11/27 2001 Hope you feel better soon Ramon, it is difficult having to go on when you are not feeling very well. Take care! Name: Evie City, Country: Riga, Latvia Sent: 2.27 PM - 11/27 2001 What a superb idea is to travel like you do!!! And what I like at most, is your tolerance to different people and different cultures around you. Some day within five years you can come to Latvia too, but you better do it in summer, o.k. Name: Journo Jim City, Country: Dublin, Ireland Sent: 11.48 AM - 11/26 2001 Ramon! Well done on the 200 days! Are you going to keep going over Christmas, or will you take a day or two off to go home and see your family? I can see from below that the one and only amazing Jack Sheremetoff has extended an intitation to you to visit Baikal. God, you have to do it! As you know I was there earlier this year myself, and it was Jack who looked after me the entire time I was there. Ask him to take you to Arshan, and to Khuzir on the island in the middle of Baikal. Truly amazing, though perhaps you might need to get sponsorship from Russian railways to go to Irkutsk on the Trans-Siberian train. Anyway, well done on getting this far, and have fun in Spain. All the best, Jim RAMON: No, I won't go home for a few days during Christmas, but I do know where I will be and what will happen. But I don't know where I'd be on my birthday, December 20. We'll see. About visiting Siberia? Where should I start? In the east or the west ? And would you know a railway sponsor? Maybe I'll get there through Alaska, :-) Name: Jack Sheremetoff City, Country: Russia Sent: 4.28 PM - 11/25 2001 Greetings from Siberia! Let me expand the area and invite you to stay-for-a-day in Irkutsk, a nice city located close to an astonishing lake Baikal!
To Brian & Sylvia: Thanks for your comments. I appreciate you for them. I would definitely want to take you up on your kind offer, Brian, if I ever get to Durban. But perhaps I should first wait to see how hospitable you are to Ramon when he visits you. Eh? Tom
Ramon,
Today was a fun day of shooting at the Brooklyn Heights promenade. I tried to watch some of your video interviews but would be unable to. Would you consider being filmed when you come to New York City? Let me know . . . I am jealous that you are going to Spain! It is every ex-pat's dream. You should read a book "Driving over Lemons" while you are there--brilliant! Good Luck, Joao Paglione RAMON: Joao, if you ever bump into my friends, ask them how I 'Drive Over Oranges'. In February '00 three friends and I drove the long distance from Holland to Madrid and Barcelona in a very old grumpy Peugeot 305. And boy, that story is already worth a book... Name: carinus City, Country: stellenbosch, south africa Sent: 7.24 AM - 11/24 2001 Hei Ramon - the place is East London is found at http://www.nikinana.co.za/ - not at the URL u posted. Fix the link please, for the benefit of the owner. Good luck, Carinus
Dawn... Perhaps I am being "thick" but I do not get the meaning of your post and the URL you give only adds to the mystery. If you are trying to explain or defend your initial attempt to bill Ramon for internet access (which kind of defeats the entire object!) you will have to be less cryptic. Name: Dawn (faker) City, Country: Coffee Bay, SA Sent: 12.53 AM - 11/24 2001 “Okay, I’ll give you credits for four beers,” Dawn said and I was a little bit disappointed. I am not such a freeloader, who wants its drinks and meals for free. I am a guest and I am invited here. http://www.nationalampoon.com/dutch/dutch5.html RAMON: Ha... ha... ? Just found out that Dawn could never have posted this, it's been done by a joker in the US. The IP-address is known. Name: Sylvia (past host) City, Country: Scotland Sent: 9.15 PM - 11/23 2001 Message for Tom of Temecula. What a lovely message you posted on this board! My family were fortunate enough to have Ramon for a day back in July and within minutes of meeting him, it felt as though we had known him for a long time. What you see is what you get, as he is 'just himself'. He is a very warm, friendly, individual and immediately you feel perfectly at ease and comfortable in his company. You instantly feel a great fondness for him and also feel very protective towards him. We wished Ramon could have stayed for much longer, as I am sure that his other hosts felt the same, but knew it wasn't possible as it would then take him 10 years to complete his travels! You are right in thinking that he comes from a very loving family. I have been in contact with Ramon's parents and they are very warm and caring, just as you thought, and they should be very proud of their son's unique project. Lots of love to Ramon and we wish you a safe exciting adventure. xx Name: Sabadoobee City, Country: 1000 entries Sent: 3.49 PM - 11/23 2001 I think this in itself is a milestone for your project. Well done from Birmingham, AL. RAMON: Unfortunately my messageboard has already started its second generation a long time ago. It can only allow 999 postings. Every new posting will erase the first one on the last page. Don't worry, a backup is made for future use... Name: Brian City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 1.53 PM - 11/23 2001 Tom Huntington in California, this is for you. I have read between the lines in your message. You seem like a wonderful person. If you are ever in South Africa, please look me up. I'd really like to meet you, and show you a small part of this incredible country we have, and that Ramon is experiencing. Regards Brian
City, Country: Table View, South Africa Sent: 11.54 AM - 11/23 2001 I must admit, I am also addicted to -> LetMeStayForaDay.com :-) Beautiful message Tom, I agree with you totally. I cannot wait for the reports from Spain. I want to visit S. next year, and will be great to get a sneak preview. Ramon -> Congratulations ! 200 days! LOVE&LIGHT Name: Tom Huntington City, Country: Temecula Sent: 6.17 AM - 11/23 2001 Dear Ramon, I Love You! I just got your post for Nov. 8 to 12th. I’m glad you’re getting us back up to date with your travels. On Nov. 9th you wrote: “The other guests in the house complimented me with my great success and the way that I handle interviews as just another daily thing. And that is strange to hear, every time, because I am just myself and I got to do what I got to do” You don’t realize what an inspiration you are. It’s not just because you are doing something that many of us would also like to do. It’s not just because you had a creative idea and you are MAKING IT HAPPEN so successfully. It’s not just because you are dedicated to your goals and you consistently devote the time to getting your reports out and meeting with reporters and coordinating with your support crew, etc. etc. etc. (i.e. that you “do the work” that helps make your project happen) …… It IS all those things that are inspiring (at least for me), but maybe what is even more inspiring, is that you ARE “just yourself” and that comes out clear and authentically in your reports and even in the obvious fun and care shown through your photos. You don’t realize that so many people are not “just themselves.” Many people (maybe even most people) don’t even know “who they are” much less feel comfortable and at ease “just being themselves.” Many of us grew up in families and environments where we were not ACCEPTED and LOVED for being ourselves, for “being who we are.” Many (maybe even most) of us grew up in families where we were ridiculed or punished (some of us in very subtle ways and some of us in very gross ways) for “being real” and authentic, and we learned how to pretend in order to survive and get some semblance of love and acceptance (or at least less abuse). We learned how to adopt or play a role, usually at very young ages, so that by the time we got to be teenagers and young adults, we had become very divorced from our “real selves.” For those reasons, your authenticity and obvious acceptance of yourself is so refreshing and inspiring. It is actually very unusual. I imagine you must have had very loving, accepting parents (or at least above average in the love and acceptance realm). I know you don’t need any advice to just keep being yourself and keep doing what you gotta do, but PLEASE KEEP DOING IT. It is inspiring and if you do nothing else in your life other than be an example to others for them to “just be themselves” you will have led a great and worthy life. Thanks for sharing your life and “just being yourself” with us! Tom from Temecula, California Name: Micky D City, Country: America Sent: 4.47 AM - 11/23 2001 First it was ostrich, and now it is lambneck. This is getting worse by the minute. McDonalds (where's the beef?) RAMON: What a pity Micky D, that you don't seem to open yourself up to other cultures or something else than McDonald's food. Be careful, it characterises you and foreigners will even charactarise all the Americans like you. But if you love Mac-food so much, I can pass you on to this this site. Enjoy the meal... Name: Joan City, Country: USA Sent: 3.48 AM - 11/23 2001 Hello Everyone, Happy Thanksgiving to the USA, and to the world. Ramon, thanks for the updates. Many of us have been wondering where and how you are. Believe it or not, you and your travels have become a part of our daily lives. We miss you!! I log on from work, I log on from home, looking for your daily reports. Keep safe, have fun. Hope you get caught up soon, but I am sure it's a bit of a relief in a sense also for you, to be away from the computer for a bit. But the catching up will take some time. We are patient, just don't get stressed out over not being able to write reports daily, we understand. (But we sure do miss them! :-) You have become a part of our daily routine now, at least for me.) Take care, best regards,
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