View Full Version : most exotic place your traveled too....and yet felt like you were at home
tim duncan
12-09-2008, 07:22 AM
exotic places....
tokyo was crowded, alaska was too cold, vegas is not exotic to me....( just stay at the california hotel in vegas and you feel like you are still in hawaii), mexico...to much poverty...texas...too many "cowboys"..etc...i can go on and on....so i guess it is okinawa. for me....
when i went to oki....i understood why my grandma..liked hawaiii so much....she was born in oki.......
i also understood why my wife chose to live in oki....
do you want to visit naha airport in hawaii...just fly into hilo airport.....same smell and vibe...:)
hankypanky
12-09-2008, 07:23 AM
My Toilet:D
Yeah, definitely OKinawa, cause it is home, but I'm a city boy as well as a country boy so I've visited places like Tokyo, Seoul, NYC, Chicago and LA and I could imagine calling them home for a while, but I'd always return to good old Okinawa.
Crazysix
12-09-2008, 07:42 AM
Rhodes greece and Palma De MAllorca
thistle
12-09-2008, 07:48 AM
A little Island in Greece, Reunion Island, and Bali.
socalheart
12-09-2008, 08:03 AM
I suppose it depends on one's definition of exotic. The "felt like home" part is the tough part of the question. I'd have to say KOWLOON, HONG KONG. I think Bangkok was exotic, but it didn't seem like home. Even though Vietnam is exotic, and I have family there, it didn't feel as homey either. Hong Kong has all the amenities of home and friendly people for the most part.
Crazysix
12-09-2008, 08:06 AM
I suppose it depends on one's definition of exotic. The "felt like home" part is the tough part of the question. I'd have to say KOWLOON, HONG KONG. I think Bangkok was exotic, but it didn't seem like home. Even though Vietnam is exotic, and I have family there, it didn't feel as homey either. Hong Kong has all the amenities of home and friendly people for the most part.
whatever soc you meant to say Compton Ca:thumbup1:
js9234
12-09-2008, 08:54 AM
Belize.. Belize city is beautiful. I have a friend that owns 300 acres there and I can visit anytime I want. He's in the process of building a house there. I love that place... Guatemala is a really cool place too. Tikal Gutemala was beautiful and people were friendly.
Old Timer
12-09-2008, 08:56 AM
Oahu or Okinawa only for me. Same vibe. My choice.
DJ Tak
12-09-2008, 09:02 AM
Fallujah. Reminded me just like NYC (home for me) in the summer. Hot, smells like trash and there were people shooting at you.
Crazysix
12-09-2008, 09:07 AM
Fallujah. Reminded me just like NYC (home for me) in the summer. Hot, smells like trash and there were people shooting at you.
and they shoot at taxi drivers LMAO
Crazysix
12-09-2008, 09:08 AM
A little Island in Greece, Reunion Island, and Bali.
and Volos greece
tim duncan
12-13-2008, 04:41 AM
isnt it intresting that we all post on this forum and have such diverse experiences.....
its so great to go to a place thousand of miles away and still feel like home......
takeo if you are in the us military keep the faith....i appreciate your work.....and am thankful of your efforts....
really appreaciated your comment...old timer....really isnt hawaii so like okinawa...same vibe, but across the ocean..thousands of miles away and yet feels the same? i was so at home in oki.....like i am at the california hotel in vegas.....
i now want to go to kowloon, guatamala, beleize, and greece.....so many great places to see and experience.....in this world....yeah......:)
hjcpmeek
12-16-2008, 01:07 PM
Belize.. Belize city is beautiful. I have a friend that owns 300 acres there and I can visit anytime I want. He's in the process of building a house there. I love that place... Guatemala is a really cool place too. Tikal Gutemala was beautiful and people were friendly.
I love it there... wish I had land or the access to it!
js9234
12-16-2008, 02:35 PM
I love it there... wish I had land or the access to it!
My buddy called me last week and he just got back from there working on his land. Can't wait to go visit again. He DRIVES back and forth from Texas to Belize in a F-550 and hauls his equipment and stuff down there to finish building his house.
Oki alumni
12-24-2008, 08:35 PM
Shannon Ireland...rotten rainy weather, with some of the greenest scenery, and friendliest people I've ever met. Next would probably be Greece...so many "familiar places", even if the people don't "seem" overly friendly. OVERALL? Hawaii...now a part of the U.S.A., but it's called "the Hawai'ian Mode", and I first thought people were setting me up to take advantage of me later. Couldn't be farther from the truth. Just over-all, super-nice, outgoing and friendly to the stranger type people. Given the time, and more battery juice, and I could throw in a dozen MORE places. People tend to WANT to be good to their "neighbours"!!!
-Oki Alumni:old:
Fire4Effect
12-27-2008, 03:06 AM
Rhodes greece and Palma De MAllorca
+1 for Palma. Also Benidorm, Spain and Soudha Bay, Crete. <3
js9234
12-27-2008, 07:41 AM
Isn't Guatemala kinda VIOLENT these days??
Probably no worse than it's always been. I was scared to drive there the first time I went because I heard a lot of bad things about it but once we got there it was a different story. The only place we didn't go to because of violence was the Honduras. We actually turned around at the border as a suggestion by the border agents. We were trying to go to Colombia but the border agents and a Rice Farmer we stayed with for a couple of days said it was a terrible time for Americans to be going through there. Some Americans were shot or kidnapped a few days prior. I haven't been there in 9 yrs but my buddy drives through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize every few months. I'm saving up so I can go in the summer of 2010.
Jrocka83
12-27-2008, 09:26 AM
exotic places....
tokyo was crowded, alaska was too cold, vegas is not exotic to me....( just stay at the california hotel in vegas and you feel like you are still in hawaii), mexico...to much poverty...texas...too many "cowboys"..etc...i can go on and on....so i guess it is okinawa. for me....
when i went to oki....i understood why my grandma..liked hawaiii so much....she was born in oki.......
i also understood why my wife chose to live in oki....
do you want to visit naha airport in hawaii...just fly into hilo airport.....same smell and vibe...:)
Dude are you serious, this island is nothing like Hawaii. OMG, I would love to be on the Big island right now. There is no Aloha here.
tim duncan
01-06-2009, 03:59 AM
j rocka,
only visited oki, so i just got a snapshot, the vibe just seemed similiar to me....
its not all aloha in honolulu either.....it is a big city afterall....but the big island...yeah i agree, there is more aloha on the outer islands.....
hilo on the big island, is a small sleepy city...where the people line up at 1700 to eat at the biggest buffet..at the naniloa hotel...(all you can drink bud light too...if i rember correctly)... the locals also clear out by 1900..they get up early in hilo ...yeah....
guyjin....you must be talking about the big island...cant go more south than that......in the states...
deepsleep
01-20-2009, 07:35 AM
Yeah, definitely OKinawa, cause it is home, but I'm a city boy as well as a country boy so I've visited places like Tokyo, Seoul, NYC, Chicago and LA and I could imagine calling them home for a while, but I'd always return to good old Okinawa.
My name is Ryu and I'm bitter till this day that you took that screen name.....
deepsleep
01-20-2009, 07:38 AM
hilo on the big island, is a small sleepy city...where the people line up at 1700 to eat at the biggest buffet..at the naniloa hotel...(all you can drink bud light too...if i rember correctly)... the locals also clear out by 1900..they get up early in hilo ...yeah....
I'm hoping to move and go to school in Hilo after this summer! I'm super excited!:thumbup:
My name is Ryu and I'm bitter till this day that you took that screen name.....
Sorry Ryu, I didn't mean to steal your name. Actually I don't even like dragon's particularly. I just shortened my old (what I thought was a clever play on words, but too damn long) name - Ryukyuchina. I'm considering changing it again to something like WTF or Mental or something. We'll see....
deepsleep
01-20-2009, 08:39 AM
Sorry Ryu, I didn't mean to steal your name. Actually I don't even like dragon's particularly. I just shortened my old (what I thought was a clever play on words, but too damn long) name - Ryukyuchina. I'm considering changing it again to something like WTF or Mental or something. We'll see....
Haha, I'm just messing around, no worries. I don't have a particular interest in dragons but dragons represent strength and wisdom so... Its a pretty sweet name doncha think??? :thumbup:
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