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You pass through places and places pass through you
But you carry 'em with you on the soles of your travellin' shoes
---The Be Good Tanyas, "The Littlest Birds Sing the Prettiest Songs"
Hello! I'm a very frequent traveler to points all over the developing and developed world, for both business and pleasure. It's a long slog, but I've finally gotten a few vacation pages built--just a fraction of the trips I've actually taken, so I'll keep working. Some of my business travel shots are on the "Where's Julie This Month?" travelogue on my Delaware page, and you can meet my late dog Ray and follow his travels too on "Where's Ray?". If you'd like to get the benefit of my experience regarding air travel, health, and dealing with money overseas, please check the "Travelmad's Travel Tips" album below.
I've lived in many places: the NJ shore, Ithaca (NY), Carmel Valley (CA), Washington DC, Moscow, Almaty and Taraz (Kazakhstan), Philadelphia (PA), and Wilmington and Hockessin (DE). I can help out with advice and information on any of these, and I'll do my best for the many other places I've visited. Go ahead, ask me something!
Quite a few people have asked me what kind of a job I have that takes me to all these places, so I may as well explain it right here. I work in asset management as an emerging markets equity analyst. What that means is that I am responsible for identifying companies in developing countries that my fund can invest in. Then I analyze their financial and business prospects to decide whether the shares will be a good place to put our clients' money. So I do a lot of traveling to these countries to speak with the company managements, tour their facilities, and so on. I am responsible for a number of regions (India and Pakistan, Africa, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, Central Europe, and Turkey) and I also cover mining and paper companies in Brazil, Chile, Peru, and Mexico. It is really the most amazing job I can think of for a person that loves to travel--not only do I get to go to these places for work, I also get a massive amount of frequent flyer miles. Now I just need the time off to use them!
Badges & Stats
- 678 Reviews
- 668 Photos
- 208,364PageViews
- 41 Countries
- 74 Cities
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Latest Activity
- Replied to tsokoholic's Travel New York City Forum Forum Question "Travelling from NYC to Delaware"
- Commented on aadil's Profile Page
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updated their Personal Page "Travelmad's Travel Tips: Air Travel"
- Posted in Miscellaneous Forum "Bangkok flood rant"
- updated a Prague Travel Page "Prague...Too Pretty To Be Real?"
- Wrote a Review Comfy but small... in Copenhagen Hotels
- Uploaded a Photo to "Manyeleti Game Reserve"
Top 10 Pages
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Lisbon
Intro, 33 reviews, 26 photos
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Marrakesh
Intro, 24 reviews, 24 photos
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Doha
Intro, 25 reviews, 23 photos
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Beirut
Intro, 18 reviews, 25 photos
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Cape Town
Intro, 18 reviews, 21 photos, 1 travelogue
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Galápagos Islands
Intro, 6 reviews, 33 photos, 5 travelogues
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Udaipur
Intro, 12 reviews, 20 photos, 2 travelogues
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Russia
Intro, 15 reviews, 16 photos
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Vietnam
Intro, 17 reviews, 13 photos
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Mumbai
Intro, 20 reviews, 10 photos, 1 travelogue
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- Paris Hotels
- 26453 Reviews - 51424 Photos
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- 19440 Reviews - 30016 Photos
- Dubai Hotels
- 2620 Reviews - 5854 Photos
- Orlando Hotels
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- Singapore Hotels
- 4985 Reviews - 9745 Photos
- Goa Hotels
- 2306 Reviews - 3668 Photos
- Las Vegas Hotels
- 9739 Reviews - 15989 Photos
- Kuala Lumpur Hotels
- 7023 Reviews - 12521 Photos
- Sharm El Sheikh Hotels
- 1500 Reviews - 2275 Photos
- London Hotels
- 26474 Reviews - 43584 Photos
- Cancún Hotels
- 2472 Reviews - 3744 Photos
- Punta Cana Hotels
- 458 Reviews - 937 Photos
- Manila Hotels
- 2094 Reviews - 3970 Photos
- Bangkok Hotels
- 11696 Reviews - 20845 Photos
- Playa del Carmen Hotels
- 851 Reviews - 1561 Photos

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Comments (244)
you carry 'em (places) with you on the soles of your travellin shoes....love that phrase :) HAVE A WONDERFUL 2012!
Chicago in your future? Trying to plan our trip to Europe in April/May. Flying into London and hotels booked in Paris and Rome, but nothing definite after that.
Hope you are enjoying the holidays! Started packing for India last night. Am so excited that my dollar is going to get me a lot more rupees than last year. :-)) Happy New Year to you and Keith! Will catch up with you - hopefully - in April.
Absolutely not... if someone is going to ask a stupid/incomplete question... hahaha!!
Thanks a lot Julie. How have you been doing? We gotta have a VT meet sometime soon!
how has it been?
All is well here. Thanks for thinking of me and dad.
Thank you so much hope to see you in Accra next Year
Wishing you a very Happy Birthday, Julie!!! Great pages you've made!!! May all your travel dreams come true!!!
If I only had a job like yours, i would never be home. For us travelers, it's only a dream and we get to different places through your eyes. Every now and then we get lucky to follow your footsteps by chance. So much to see, so little time....
cheers tommy x
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