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I love everything there is about Travel.  Exploring new destinations whether they are in the mountains, cities, islands, touristy areas, vacation hotspots, you name it and if I've never been there, I want to go.  Most of all my hobbies are related to travel.  Photography, exploration and adventure are high on my list.  I collect postcards, magnets, and business cards of restaurants I eat at. 

I've covered most major metropolitan areas and a good number of National Parks in the US, and am slowly branching out to the rest of the World.  The international destinations are still somewhat spotty but I try to plan at least a trip every year to somewhere outside the Continental US & Canada.  Before starting to work, there wasn't too much to talk about so I will only include trips since 1994.

bullet05/2007 China - Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Beijing...
bullet03/2007 China - Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yangshuo, Guilin
bullet10/2006 Central Europe - Czech Republic, Hungary, Netherlands
bullet08/2006 China - Shanghai, Chengdu, Leshan, Emeishan, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Yu Long Xue Shan, Kunming
bullet07/2006 Hawaii - Honolulu, Kailua, Maui
bullet06/2006 Brazil & Argentina - Sao Paulo, Curitiba, Buenos Aires
bullet03/2006 Thailand & Vietnam - Bangkok, Hanoi, Halong Bay, Pattaya
bullet01/2006 Brazil - Curitiba, Rio de Janeiro, Iguazu Falls (Argentina & Brazil), Ilha do Mel (Honey Island)
bullet09/2005 Sri Lanka & India - Colombo, Pinawela, Dambulla, Sigiriya, Polonnaruwa, Kandy, Nuwara Eliya, Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi, Mathura, Agra, Bharatpur, Jaipur, Lonavla
bullet05/2004 Mediterranean Cruise - Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Austria
bullet04/2004 Beijing, China
bullet05/2003 New Zealand & Sydney, Australia
bullet07/2002 Thailand & Cambodia
bullet11/2001 Italy - Milan, Verona, Venice, Florence, Siena, Tuscany, Pisa
bullet07/2001 London, England & Canary Islands, Spain
bullet06/2001 Peru - Cusco, Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, Puno
bullet05/2001 Frankfurt, Germany
bullet01/2001 Paris, France
bullet12/2000 Maui, Hawaii
bullet12/1999 Taipei, Taiwan
bullet08/1999 East Africa - Kenya, Tanzania, Mt. Kilimanjaro, Serengeti, Ngorongoro, Nairobi
bullet12/1998 Copper Canyon & Chihuahua, Mexico
bullet08/1998 China - Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan, Nanjing, Xian, Wuxi
bullet12/1997 Costa Rica - Alejuela, Arenal, Jaco Beach, Miguel Antonio, San Jose
bullet05/1997 SouthEast Asia - Singapore & Malaysia & Brunei & Hong Kong
bullet02/1997 London, England
bullet12/1996 Jamaica - Ochos Rios, Kingston
bullet03/1995 Acapulco, Mexico
bullet07/1994 Taiwan & Hawaii

43 Countries that I have visited in Alphabetical Order:

bulletArgentina
bulletAustralia
bulletAustria
bulletBahamas
bulletBrazil
bulletBrunei
bulletCambodia
bulletCanada
bulletCanary Islands~
bulletChina
bulletCosta Rica
bulletCzech Republic
bulletEngland
bulletFrance
bulletGermany
bulletGreece
bulletHong Kong^
bulletHungary
bulletIndia
bulletItaly
bulletJamaica
bulletJapan*
bulletKenya
bulletMacau^
bulletMalaysia
bulletMexico
bulletMonaco
bulletNetherlands
bulletNew Zealand
bulletParaguay**
bulletPeru
bulletSaudi Arabia**
bulletSingapore
bulletSlovakia***
bulletSpain
bulletSri Lanka
bulletTaiwan^
bulletTanzania
bulletThailand
bulletTurkey
bulletUnited States of America
bulletVatican City
bulletVietnam
* Doesn't really count as I never left the airport but including for now as I've been here at least 12 times
** Spent 8 hours at both of these airports
*** Spent a few hours rolling through on a train
^ Technically part of China but I make the distinction not for political reasons but because I think it is different from China
~ Technically owned by Spain but again, I think it is quite different so I make the distinction

44 Airlines that I have flown (Country in which they are based):

bulletAmerica West Airlines (USA)
bulletAmerican Airlines (USA)
bulletContinental Airlines (USA)
bulletDelta Airlines (USA)
bullet  Song (Delta)
bulletNorthwest Airlines (USA)
bulletTrans World Airlines (USA)*
bulletUnited Airlines (USA)
bullet  Atlantic Coast Airlines (United)
bullet  Ted (United)
bullet  United Express (United)
bullet  Wisconsin Air (United)
bulletUS Air (USA)*
bulletUS Airways (USA)
bulletAlaska Airlines (USA)
bulletApple Vacations (USA)
bulletHawaiian Airlines (USA)
bulletMidwest Express (USA)
bulletSouthwest Airlines (USA)

 

bulletAir Canada (Canada)
bulletAir Canada Jazz (Canada)
bulletAir China (China)
bulletAir France (France)
bulletAir New Zealand (New Zealand)
bulletAir Sahara (India)
bulletAlitalia (Italy)
bulletAll Nippon Airways (Japan)
bulletAustrian Airlines (Austria)
bulletBankok Airways (Thailand)
bulletCanadian Airlines (Canada)*
bulletChina Airlines (Taiwan)
bulletChina Eastern Airlines (China)
bulletCzech Airlines (Czech Republic)
bulletGol (Brazil)
bulletIberia Airlines (Spain)
bulletJet Airways (India)
bulletKLM (Netherlands)
bulletLufthansa (Germany)
bulletMalaysian Airlines (Malaysia)
bulletSaudi Arabian Airlines (SA)
bulletTAM (Brazil)
bulletTans (Peru)
bulletThai Airways (Thailand)
bulletVarig (Brazil)
* No longer in existence

Here is a short-list of destinations I have not visited that are high on my "to-go" list:

bulletEgypt
bulletJapan, Korea
bulletRussia and all of the -stans
bulletGalapagos Islands, Ecuador
bulletSweden, Norway, Finland
bulletChile, Easter Island
bulletSouth Africa
bulletSpain, Portugal, Morrocco
bulletChina - Silk Road, Tibet, Mongolia
bulletGreek Islands
bulletVietnam, Laos, Burma
bulletIceland

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