expatben

Someone asks you to list your achievements and you list countries you have seen
Someone asks you to ist your ambitions and you list countries you want to go to
You can order beer in more then 3 langauges
You can ask for the toilet in more then 3 langauges
You're either traveling or saving to travel
You have a favourite packback

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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"

TheJake

You get frusterated with "normal" people
Every month or more you just HAVE to get away
You live out of your backpack perpetually

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goyincognito

You start every story with "When I was in <insert random country you've been to here>"
Every story you hear reminds you of <insert random country you've been to here>
the phrase "<insert random country you've been to here>" actually applies to you and has more than one answer

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omisan

You're asked for ID and you reach into your "secret" zippered pocket to reach for your passport. Even when buying beer at the corner market.

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¿Donde esta Omid? Omi-san wa doko desuka? Ou est Omid? Wo ist Omid?

Find out @ http://omidabroad.blogspot.com

agriadam

You forget what it's like to be ID'd

You sometime's sleep on the floor with only a sleep sheet cause your used to crappy hostel beds

you can say toilet, exit, ticket and beer in more than 3 languages

You can't stand you friends at home anymore

you get depressed think about how long you have till the next time you can get out of this country..... or out of this town

You try to convince your boss to start international business just so you can travel and he says okay....Go do it... and now you've been working nonstop with suppliers in Germany holland and denmark for the pst week just so that you can go over their (yeah that one's kind of specific )

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“Life is too short to spend it doing something you don't like... if your passion is selling surfboards by the sea, then that is where you should be.”
-My Dad

"Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once."
-Anthony Bourdain

“If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea what popular Turkish music is like.”
-Bill Bryson

"The older I get the less likely I feel I will ever figure my life out... I think that might be okay though"
-Me

Qwardian

Your dirty bathroom at home looks clean enough to east off.

you get excited when you hear english.

seeing your someone with your flag is like seeing your long lost twin brother or sister.

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Europe is back on baby!

damnrepoman

You know your a traveller when...

you and your laundry take a shower together...

you have more plug adapters then electronic devices...

you spend time scoping out the train station/airport for outlets to plug into to charge your mp3 player...

when you have designated "travel" clothes...

you have an REI platnum credit card...

Rozza

when you get a tear in your eye telling stories

when you have designated set 'smart clothes'

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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."
- Terry Prachett

LostFarmboy

Sleeping in the same bed every night just seems wrong

You feel lonely when you're not sharing a room with at least 5 other people.

Being able to order a meal or ask for directions in English feels like you're cheating

Any meal over $6 seems VERY expensive (only works if you've been travelling in cheap countries i guess)

You're worried about starting a relationship with someone because you know that you will be leaving the country sometime in the not too distant future to go travelling again. (this one might just be me)

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TheJake

when you're at home you think of ways to get rid of things like cell phones and cars.

You refuse to even consider dating someone who hasn't traveled at least as much as you.

your parents call you a travelling liberal hippy.

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TheJake

your idea of living richly is opening a hostel somewhere and barely making ends meet.

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agriadam

Amen Amen I love them all
especially the LFB's "You feel lonely when you're not sharing a room with at least 5 other people."

and drm's "you and your laundry take a shower together..."

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“Life is too short to spend it doing something you don't like... if your passion is selling surfboards by the sea, then that is where you should be.”
-My Dad

"Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once."
-Anthony Bourdain

“If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea what popular Turkish music is like.”
-Bill Bryson

"The older I get the less likely I feel I will ever figure my life out... I think that might be okay though"
-Me

worldwidemike

A hush falls over you at the sight of a world map or globe, and you are irresistably drawn towards it, and stare at it for a long time without saying anything, emotions flickering through you inside -- sad...happy...proud...longing...determination...lo nging...

worldwidemike

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"Life is not measured in the number of breaths we take, but by the places that take our breath away..."

SuDz

When people are taking a "packaged vacation" it doesn't seem right.

When you can't imagine going to a new place and not talk with the locals as much as those you came with.

You go away and don't come back with the tourist souveneirs.

SuDZ

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SuDZ > We recycle our scummyness.
SuDZ > Thats just plain good for the environment.
Rozza > lol
Rozza > yeah
Rozza > that should be your sig

Jen05

- your friends begin to brace themselves before you even open your mouth, at the chance they might be hearing yet another trip story

- you could start your own travel agency with all the advice you can give about traveling

- you spend way too much time on travelpunk, trying to figure out your next trip, even though you're broke and have no time in the future

- this is probably just a Canadian one, but you know the flags that practically every Canadian backpacker has? Well, sometimes at my university, I'll spot a flag on a bag and instinct will tell me to go introduce myself, start a conversation, but then I realize that I'm in university, they're just trying to get to their next class, and it might be kind of creepy! (Maybe that's just me...)

TheJake

you contemplate stealing a sweet world map from borders just cause it is beautiful.

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LostFarmboy

When you watch a movie you find yourself saying "I've been there" all the time. (eg. The Bourne Supremacy, i was saying it all the way through that movie)

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agriadam

hahaha been their

are you talking about the old world style map with the brown water and look old style but is up to date? cause that one is awesome

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My Flickr Stream

“Life is too short to spend it doing something you don't like... if your passion is selling surfboards by the sea, then that is where you should be.”
-My Dad

"Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once."
-Anthony Bourdain

“If you can imagine a man having a vasectomy without anesthetic to the sound of frantic sitar-playing, you will have some idea what popular Turkish music is like.”
-Bill Bryson

"The older I get the less likely I feel I will ever figure my life out... I think that might be okay though"
-Me

TheJake

heck yeah I am adam. That map is sick like ill and i want it bad.

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ED Larry

when your good at doing laundry in a sink...

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