joe7f

Hi everyone,

It occurred to me about a few months back that I never posted an introduction thread. Sure this is 999 posts later than most people but what the heck

My name is Joe (or Joey), and I have been traveling for since 2001. When I was ready to undertake my first solo backpacking trip I typed various budget traveler keywords such as hostel, railpass, passport, and forum.

I came to this off beat site and found a community of travel geeks to ask about whether or not I should bring an MP3 player with me and to see what hostels were recommended. I took the advice and got one and now have specific travel memories tied to certain songs (great suggestion guys!). I was ready to do my tour of Western Europe while other people were traveling to far off scary places like Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine, the Baltics

When I returned and was missing the traveling, I hopped on to read and share my experience, shortly thereafter I got an opportunity to go back within a month. I decided I would venture outside of my comfort zone and visit Budapest. A month later I was working full time and missing traveling even more, but now my travel horizon was quite a bit further. Backpacking didn't have to stop at the old Iron Curtain, maybe Asia, South America, even Africa is possible.

Since then, I snuck out for a 12 day trip to Japan...a place I never thought I would ever go....and a place I probably would not have gone would it not have been for Travel Punk. I had my first Tpunk meetup in my own hometown, crossed into for the first time and went camping with the Tdot girls and Kevin. So while I came here for tips, I stayed for the welcoming tightknit community and I am very thankful I did.



--Joey

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lauren313

Come on Joey, you just wanted to make a meaningful post to commemorate your 1000th post!!

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expatben

uhhh...welcome to TPunk Joey! Y'know, I never posted an introduction either.

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I have been to: Canada, USA, Iceland, Britain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Poland, Germany, Sardinia, Switzerland, China, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay and Morocco.

Do to list: [color=blue][color=black] Australia, New Zealand, Austria India and Bolivia.

[color=blue][i][font=Verdana][color=black]"I'm just another stranger lookin' for the promised land"

lost in texas

Welcome Joey! It's good to have you around.

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"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."
-- FDR

Esterina

And so are we !

Welcome aboard and happy 1000th !

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people are people

simply_angelic

Um, welcome....?

haha 1 year later

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~Laura
GO CANADA!!!!

If you walk backwards, you'll find out that you can go forward and people won't know if you're coming or going.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
-James Dean

Countries I've Visited: Austria, Botswana, Canada, Costa Rica, Democratic Republic of the Congo, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy. Malawi, Mexico, Portugal, Rwanda, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, USA, UK, Vatican City, Zambia

Rozza

My mum says i'm the coolest kid in school

and i agree with lauren, you just wanted to do a fancy 1000th post post, without seeming like you've done a 1000th post post, good job.

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Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the tops of mountains, but to improve the man.
- Walter Bonatti, Italian climber.

Past Trip Albums:
Norway '05 Album

"'Kings. What a good idea.'Whoever had created humanity had left in a major design flaw. It was its tenedency to bend at the knees."
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marc873

Welcome to the boards, you should def. spend more time here!!!heehee
Congrats on #1000

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LiveFreeorDie

We're glad to have you (even if you do stubbornly insist on believing USF is a real football power.... )

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freespiritz

yeah, happy 1000th and welcome to the boards. Glad to have been the one to initiate you into the world of real-life tpunkery.

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pinknic38

haha nice to meet you and happy 1000th. :D

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joe7f

Okay you two both got me

Actually I have been on since December of 2005 but I was joey7f back then I ended up losing my password along the way.

Haha, we still have a shot at 11-1 man...BCS #10 right now we are looking at and at large bid even if Rutgers wins out

Thanks everyone, you all rock.

--Joey

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Countries visited: USA, Netherlands, Norway, France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain (and Gibraltar), Italy, Belgium, Hungary, Austria, Ireland, UK, Japan, Canada , Portugal, Czech Republic, Poland, Andorra, Croatia, Montenegro

Next up: Mongolia, China

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