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RAMON: Sorry Wendy for making you feel that I meant it personally to you, but I felt rather welcome at your place, just like I reported about it. My remarks about my health and certain disencouragements a guest where more of a global view. Name: Joan City, Country: USA Sent: 2.50 AM - 8/3 2002 Well, I have been following Ramon from Day 1, and should he arrive at my home, I would still have tons of questions I think. So I am not sure what else one would expect. ?? One welcomes a world "internet traveler" in to their home, and just says "Hi, how are ya? Here's your room and bed, let me know when you leave!" ? I think the inquires and inquisitiveness comes with the "job". It is only "natural" that each host would be full of questions I would think. That being said Ramon, I can certainly understand your weiriness and impatience at times with the same old bloody questions over and over again. "Understand" in the sense I have not been in the situation, I can only "guess" your feelings. But I think you need to think of yourself as a corporate executive who meets with clients one on one when given the opportunity. The corporate/company message is clear in emails and out on the web site, but when one on one, it's a whole different perspective. "Clients" (hosts) will ask about the vision, where we have been, where we are going. It's the one on one, personal contact, personal conversation that is important. Not what they have read. I don't think you will be able to get away from that Ramon. You are a "foreign" guest, invited via the internet, and your hosts are only going to natually want to engage in what seems to you as repetitive conversation. To you, it is the same old record. To them, it is a brand new day/evening of having Ramon in their home. Cheers,
I rather have questions that are related with my travels as an overview, like how I experienced South Africa as a country, in stead of questions of 'so, where have you all been' or 'have you been to the US yet?'. I hope you understand this view.
Hi Ramon! Just take some time for yourself, think about waht your idea was meant to be and what it is right now and if this is still your dream. Think of what you can do that your situation becomes your dream. I´m sure you´re going to make your way!!! Name: Cynthia City, Country: Denver, USA Sent: 4.49 PM - 8/2 2002 Ditto, you need time to reflect, get some Ramon-time in. Name: Marc City, Country: Dresden, Germany Sent: 4.48 PM - 8/2 2002 What is people are to lazy to read that email that arrives just a few days before Ramon actually is standing on their door step? How long would the document be? And isn't all the information already available on this website? The front page answers mosts questions and the Frequently Asked Questions top it all up. Any better ideas for Ramon? Name: Jennifer City, Country: Portland, USA Sent: 4.39 PM - 8/2 2002 Hi Ramon, I think that you ought to draft an email with a short history of your travels and your basic information, age etc.. You could send the same email to each host before arriving. In this email you could also list the reasons you are travelling and the point of the website. Maybe this way you could skip explaining these things each time. Name: Andrea City, Country: Milano - Italy Sent: 4.28 PM - 8/2 2002 hi Ramon i read your message on 2 august i would likle to tell you that i subscribed for let you stay to me not for have my photo on your site but because i like your idea and then i am used to let stay friends at my home. So please don't be paranoic: you travel too much !!! :-)) Andrea Name: Max City, Country: Leucadia, California Sent: 4.25 PM - 8/2 2002 Hi Ramon, Maybe this is just the price of successfully traveling for free?? :) But I think John (below) had a great suggestion: email your hosts a little bio, link to your website, background info, pics, etc. (like you no doubt do for your radio / TV hosts). If that's not convenient, maybe a little photo album / scrap book (with captions?) that maybe your support team could put together for you? And I think John's idea about setting people's expectations about your need for time to do you reports etc. is also a good one. After all, you *are* working (for that newspaper back home), not just wandering! Lastly, Evie's right on too: get some time for yourself -- even if it's just a day or two. I can't imagine being "on stage" 24-hours-a-day 7-days-a-week like you've been doing without going completely bonkers. Time for a well-deserved rest. And yes, I'm a little selfish in saying all this because I really enjoy reading your reports and seeing your photos. It's my daily early morning vicarious mini-vacation :) Best regards, - Max
City, Country: Portland, USA Sent: 3.07 PM - 8/2 2002 Ramon,
Best wishes and good travels,
Ramon, hoi alweer, hi again. All I can say is that if I were you, I would by now absolutely NEED some time totally alone, just to recapture _me_ in all of this. I know you're a very outgoing person who loves people very much, but still. Consider finding somebody to sponsor a week for you to be alone in a tent or something. Or (I'm serious) find a monestary and take a silent retreat for a weekend or even a week. Your feelings are all normal! You just need to touch base with your inner self for awhile, and you will be fine. Evie, wishing you well
Hi Ramon! I suppose I'll put my hand up as one of those hosts who hadn't read all you reports as closely as she should have! I have although this week gone back and read most of the reports for the last 6 weeks or so! (The computer pools have been quiet at uni so I have been able to do some secret browsing!) Your reports are just wonderful! I love the way you describe the people you meet and the places you have been. You are very witty and I love the humour! I will miss the detail you give them as you 'slacken them off', but I do understand! I hope your back is better soon! take care, Fiona
Ramon... I know your back pain and I hope you are feeling better soon. Enjoy Australia, it is a wonderful place! Name: joan City, Country: ipswich england Sent: 11.09 AM - 8/1 2002 Hi Ramon I am one of those little old people (70 yrs), who you mention occasionally. Although I have a few aches and pains and my memory is far from what it was,my mind still feels the same as anyone half that age. Im only teasing you Ramon. I came across your site, on the internet somewhere, a couple of months after you started and was very interested, thought it was a wonderful idea. I read those then my computer gave up. I was without it a long time. It was May this year before I got back to you and I have had all these months to catch up on your travels. I have read every line since then and am right up to date. I still have to go back to look through all those photos though. I thoroughly enjoy reading all your stories. It is good to have something on the net to get really interested in. I also enjoy reading all those messages on the message boards. Thank you Ramone and everyone else Good Luck Joan Name: Hardik Patel City, Country: Chennai (aka Madras) India Sent: 1.08 PM - 7/31 2002 Hey Ramon, its great to see what you are doing right now. You act as an inspiration to people like me to do something in life which is exciting. Way to go Ramon. By the way, can you lemme know as to when you are gonna come to India. While you are in India, please feel free to accept my invitation which I sent you a couple of months back. Hope you have a splendid journey ahead of you. Looking forward to meeting you. Regards,
Hi Ramon
Well done on chirping in the comedy show. No matter what the comedians say, they love a mild heckler. It gives them material. And you, being a visitor, were the ideal material for a good comedian. I do the same thing here, coz I'm originally from Cape Town. South Africans not from Cape Town are jealous of the place, so they poke fun at us. When a comedian askes if there is anyone from out of town, I tell them, and they raise the roof. So well done, you did well. Happy trails, and it seems you might get a bit of time to go to Taz after all. Hope you do. Hamba kahle Brian
I finally got Ramon to Triple M this morning for his radio gig! It was fantastic sharing an evening with Ramon, even if we didn't convert him to AFL! Best of luck with your Adventures Ramon and if you ever do head back to Adelaide and need a place to sleep, please ask! I'll make sure we ditch the sofa bed though- sorry for the bar in the back! And for everyone else, Ramon is the perfect houseguest!
Fiona
City, Country: Adelaide, South Australia Sent: 5.40 AM - 7/28 2002 Ramon arrived safely in Adelaide on Friday. Enjoyed a night out being the centre of attention at the Comedy Club where he gave as good as he got! (He was the main topic of one comedian who didn't know Ramon was sitting front centre!) After a late night night he returned to the backpackers hostel for a good (?) nights sleep. I met Ramon next morning at the Beehive Corner in Adelaide, went for a stroll along North Terrace before returning home to local suburb Rostrevor for lunch and a nap. Ramon had brought the good weather again so we all went for a walk to the local Morialta Falls (where his Adelaide pic was taken). Unfortunately the fine weather disappeared over night and it has rained off and on since! Off to new hosts today in good spirits, ready for the media attention coming through the week. Name: Allen City, Country: Santa Cruz, California Sent: 8.44 PM - 7/27 2002 I do miss the friendly souls of Australia. Wonderful people. What a great idea you had in doing what you are doing. When do you think you'll start your journey through the United States? Hope you have a year or so. Take care and be safe.
About Pat Welsh's comments that what Ramon is doing is nothing new: I think it's true that many people have hitchhiked around or whatever, but has anyone else ever shared their adventures with so many people AS THEY HAPPEN the way Ramon is doing? Some people have traveled and written a book, or given a few media interviews (such as a guy from some European country who is now swimming the entire length of the Mississippi River.) But what is unique about Ramon's adventures is all the stories and pictures of real people far away from us all that we can enjoy very soon after they happen via his photos especially, week after week. Sometimes I get annoyed with Ramon for some reason but this adventure is not all about just him; it's about all the people and places he encounters and then SHARES WITH THE WORLD right away. It's community building on a grand scale. But you're right that many travelers have experienced goodwill from their hosts throughout history. We ought to ask Bedouins to share some of their folklore with us about hospitality from strangers. I bet they have a lot of stories about it. Enjoy the journey, everyone.
Hi Ramon - wow you really are seeing a lot of this world , who have thought it - I remember seeing your name in our paper all that time before you set off , now look at you ??? You are also showing the world that there are a lot of good people in the this world of ours - ...keep up the good work - Hugs Coralie Name: Alexandra City, Country: Adelaide, Australia Sent: 2.45 PM - 7/26 2002 Hoi! I am a huge fan of Dutch people :) I think this site is really cool! A friend from Holland recently back packjed around Australia. perhaps we could catch up? Doei! Alexandra :) Name: Pat Welsh City, Country: Australia Sent: 12.36 AM - 7/26 2002 Well done lad hope you are going well on your travles although what you are doing is nothing new, ask any CB user who as travled they did the same and stay with radio friends I .y self have had ofers to stay in different parts of the world , keep it up i think it s great, Pat Name: Gus Campbell City, Country: Australia Sent: 11.50 AM - 7/25 2002 Hi Ramon, I see you are nearly in Adelaide, the home of Australias best wines, best women (arguably) and the dryest state in the dryest continent in the world. Sounds inviting doesn't it especially if you love nice big round juicy morsels in your mouth (i'm talking about grapes of course). I look forward to having you to stay for a day if you make it to the Adelaide Hills Ramon, i will endeavour to get you to wherever you need/want to go with as much media coverage as you require while you stay in South Australia. Kind Regards Gus Campbell Name: Vanessa and Darrell Nattrass City, Country: BOULDER Sent: 10.39 AM - 7/24 2002 The offer to come and Stay in Boulder is, of course, still open. Don't miss the Goldfields, you'll regret it!! Have sent you an email with info. on FREE TRAIN TRIP TO BOULDER. Adelaide can wait. Plenty of transport from the Goldfields over to the East. COME SEE THE GOLDMINING CAPITAL OF THE WORLD!! Vannessa and Darrell Nattrass. METROPOLE HOTEL, Name: Greg James City, Country: (Now) Perth, Australia Sent: 9.47 AM - 7/24 2002 Just dropped Ramon at Perth bus station to set off to Adelaide. He's in for a long three day journey, and so he'll be looking forward to a nice massage when he arrives. Ladies...? I think he might be a bit hungry too! Disclaimer: I was forced by Ramon to write this message.
Farewell Ramon -Hope your trip to Adelaide is full of adventure for you. It looks as though you will be leaving in the rain :( Did you have a guinness or two when typing your Denmark report mate #;-) Can you alter my web page address to http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~kcbrown/ Thanks for the link to the Yorkshire Posts too. Anyone from Yorkshire out there should take a look at the link. A great place to visit. Have a safe journey. Maureen, Kevin and Bella. Name: Greg James City, Country: Pemberton, Western Australia Sent: 2.44 AM - 7/24 2002 I guess because Ramon stayedwithusforfivedays.com, there was quite a collection of stories to tell. But because he was also taking a break (or wasitbecausehedidn’tlikeus.com? or ishejustalazybum.com?), not all of those made it into his reports. Let me fill in some of the details a little… The cute little girl with red hair? That’s Josiene, our beautiful daughter. If any Hollywood producer, advertising agency executive, or world class fashion magazine editor is reading this post and wishes for a Nicole Kidman child double, ‘face of …’ star, or downright sassy lady-of-the-world, then giveusabellrightnow!.com. By the way, she is great at collecting chicken eggs. The little boy with the killer smile? That’s Jasper, our son-of-mischief-and-fun-and-cuteness. Ditto above, except he’s still learning to collect the eggs… The rooster? The rooster was an illegal immigrant who escaped from out of the neighbour’s chookyard. And we ALL KNOW WHAT WE AUSTRALIANS THINK OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, don’t we! In his own yard, other bigger roosters were giving him a hard time, so he became kingofthekids on the outside, terrorizing the chickens up and down the back laneway, leaping into their cages for a casual rape, and waking up Jasper at 5:30am by cock-a-doodle-dooing outside his window, neverminding what would happen when there was a full moon. The clincher was when he attacked our poor old bantam rooster in the middle of our lawn, who is well past his prime, but living out his days in a life of idle luxury in our chook pen. The bantam (‘Pake’ is his name) was nearly pecked to death, except that Minke came out of the back door of our house just in time. Enough became enough! Our other neighbour (Murray, as featured in one of the photos) had been hanging around for weeks waiting for his chance, hanging out his shed window with a ‘wind shooter’ (in Dutchlish), um, air rifle. Then, whilst Minke was out and only Ramon was home, he snuck through the gate in the side fence between our homes, slunk down our yard commando-style (through all the duck-poo), and POW! The Rooster was an ex-Rooster. He was first transferred to a bucket in Murrays’ shed, and now resides in the forest on the other side of the road. Suchislifeinthecountry.com! Ramon didn’t get the chance to take the obligatory photos. The train? Pemberton received some unwelcome bad publicity a couple of weeks ago when Australia’s Public Liability Insurance crisis finally caught up with the town’s steam train and tram (amongst others) and the State newspaper ran a negative story on it. Things looked grim, but the owner, who is a train buff, at great personal expense, has managed to broker another deal that will allow him to operate again! Joy, joy, the weekend morning ‘toot-tooting’ and romantic coal-smoke drifting across town as the train puffs out of town is back again, much to Jasper’s delight! The rest of the state of WA thinks it’s great too – the paper ran a small follow-up article. So, Pemberton is NOT dying – it’s a great little place, so comeandvisitusinPemberton.com! The cat? Ramon and Siepie had a bit of a relationship going on. Siepie went into Ramon’s room each night and went to sleep on his bed. When he didn’t come (he was working on his reports), and so she came out to get him. One night, THREE TIMES!!! Then we didn’t see either of them until about 10am next morning. Check out the love in their eyes in the photos! Siepie is now missing Ramon terribly. The first night after he left, she sat on top of the fridge all night and just stayed there. She missed her bedtime companion. Minke has finally managed to coax her down. Letmewashyourdishesforaday.com. It wasn’t all fun and games for Ramon – we did finally manage to drag him off his computer and wash a few dishes. He even carted a wheelbarrowload of gravel for me! Still, I guess he did have a pretty cushy time. He even informs me he is a master chef, although most of his guests never get to see it or know about it … oops, sorry Ramon, did I just sell you out?????!!!!! I’m sure there are a few more tid-bits, but I’ll leaveitatthatfornow.com Cheers!
Ramon, I know the days in Pemberton must have been relaxing. Especially since you stayed with a Dutch family. I just read in the forum that you will be taking a break in Holland again after leaving Australia. I'm anxious to discover what part of the world you'll open our eyes to next.
Hi Ramon! My names Danielle and I just wanted to let you know I think what you're doing is so cool!! My mom always follows where you go on your website. We just registered our house for when you come to Canada! We're also friends with Karin and Tom Spence, who's house you just stayed in while you were in Australia! Name: Maureen City, Country: Denmark, WA Sent: 2.43 PM - 7/22 2002 
Hi Ramon, It was great having you stay with us. We wish you could have stayed a little longer though. Hope all goes well with the rest of your journey. Keep smiling. Maureen and Kevin. Name: Brian City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 6.21 AM - 7/22 2002 Hi Ramon, Joan, and Emma, and everyone... Joan, thanks for your comment. Have you heard that world class Ozzie comedian Kevin Bloody Wilson go on about how people sound so different? It is worth a listen, if you can handle a bit of dirty humour. Emma, thanks for your comments as well. Ramon is indeed a wonderful person, and the more people that can tell the world that thru their own experiences, the better for Ramon, and untimately the better for all of us. Ramon, if you need a break, then ask to stay another night. You don't have to be shy, we understand, it's incredibly hard work you are doing. One more thing, Bret from California says hi to everyone. He is happy that the forum is still there. Speaking of which, I'm off to see what's new there... Sala kahle to all Brian
City, Country: USA Sent: 1.29 AM - 7/21 2002 Brian,
I know what you mean about accents. I love hearing various accents from different countries, that is why I was anxious to hear Ramon's voice. My mother is British, so I am obviously quite familiar with that accent since I visit Britain often. Aussies I hear often with the stars in TV and movies. South Africans less often. However, I am a car racing fan, and watch Thomas Schecter, South African, in the IRL (Indy Racing League), and have even chatted with him at the Indy 500. I have also been fortunate to visit Brazil and loved hearing the Brazilian Portuguese language (a truly Romance sounding language, much softer on the ears than Spanish I believe), and I loved their accents when speaking in English. As I am sure is true in many countries, there are accents and dialects in the USA. Sometimes I have trouble understanding the "Southerners" (Southeast USA) accent when speaking English. I grew up in New Jersey, USA, which has a distinct accent in the Southern part of the state. Then I lived in Boston, Massachusetts for several years, which has a whole different accent. People in Boston jokingly made fun of my New "Joisey" accent! Hmmph! :-) I now have a mixed mongrel accent, living in the Southwestern USA. Cultures, languages and accents are interesting!! I love the world we live in - 'cause it's the only one we have! :-) Peace to all on Earth, someday, I pray! Keep on truckin' Ramon! Regards And Hugs to all, Joan [] [] [] Yüklə 1,59 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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