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lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 21:03 on 14th February 2010 has anyone done interesting things when traveling ? i was nearly bitten by a crocodile in Florida, fell down a mountain in holland, went mountaineering in the Maldives, went on an organised tiger hunt in Africa and did some sailing in the Sahara. |
cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 21:59 on 14th February 2010 I learned to tell tall stories in the himalayas!! lol |
Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 22:14 on 14th February 2010 And I tell short stories from between two sheets of paper! Lol |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:48 on 14th February 2010 My two claim to fames weren't while travelling but living here in rural Nevada, but I've been bitten by a rattle snake and a black widow spider. Was really, REALLY sick with the spider bite. |
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:51 on 14th February 2010 one of my claims to fame was that i had apint with bing crosby. |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:54 on 14th February 2010 On 14th February 2010 22:51, james prescott wrote:
Wow! I'm truly impressed. Would have loved to meet such an icon. |
James Prescott Posts: 25952 Joined: 11th Jan 2010 Location: UK | quotePosted at 22:56 on 14th February 2010 its true sue that was in 1966 |
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 07:42 on 15th February 2010 Michael - you sound just like me for getting into all sorts of scrapes! Good idea for a thread by the way. Sue - my friend got bitten by a poisonous spider in Devon would you believe! She was very sick afterwards. I hate spiders - make me shudder! George - bet that was a great experience. My husband went to the toilet with Tom Jones! His body guard tried to stop Terry but when you need to go, you need to go! That wasn't travelling though - Tom has a favourite pub he goes to when he is here which is local to us. As for travelling experiences - we got married in Oahu Hawaii nearly 15 years ago which was a wonderful experience. I saved my two youngest boys from drowning two years ago in Cornwall and on the same holiday my eldest dislocated his knee and we had to have an ambulance to Truro. On a visit to Crete about 20 years ago I got stuck at the airport after a strike standing up outside for 24 hours with my case, when I eventually got on the plane I was sat next to a little brat who made a nightmare of the journey home, I was flown to Luton instead of Birmingham, attacked by a swarm of bees as I got on the coach transfer to Birmingham, stuck in traffic jams for 4 hours and when I got to Birmingham the person who had come to pick me up was missing and I found him drunk in the bar!
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cathyml Posts: 23275 Joined: 25th Jan 2010 Location: South Africa | quotePosted at 10:18 on 15th February 2010 As a matter of interest Stephanie, do you still dare to travel? lol, maybe I will stay home any way and just dodge snakes, spiders and bees |
lancashirelove Posts: 1986 Joined: 18th Feb 2009 Location: UK | quotePosted at 18:45 on 15th February 2010 lol Steph, for those who didnt catch on, ALIGATORS, NOT CROCS LIVE IN FLORIDA. HOLLAND IS AS FLAT AS A PANCAKE. THE HIGHEST POINT IN THE MALDIVES IS ABOUT 2 METERS. AND TIGERS OF COURSE ARE NOT NATIVE TO AFRICA, AS FOR THE SAHARA, IT IS A DESERT.lol |