hunwagner's VirtualTourist Home Page
| Page Views: 25,728 | A few words about myself... by hunwagner - last update: Aug 1, 2009 |
| I've done this a lot - sailing by Pelni in Maluku |
I was born in 1972 in Budapest, Hungary.
I still call it my home, but beautiful as the city may be, I love to get out of it.
Fortunately I have travel-happy parents who took me with them all over Central and Western Europe when I was a kid, leaving me to travel more exotic parts of the world on my own later.
After shorter trips to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, I started making longer journeys in Asia, where I have spent some nine years in total. Over half of that time was spent in Indonesia, especially in the remoter regions of Maluku, Kalimantan and West Papua. In fact I moved to Indonesia for a year in mid-2007.
I have also travelled around parts of Africa and the South Pacific.
All my travels were/are of the independent, backpacking style.
I always travel on a relatively low budget, and prefer spending longer time in a country, and getting off the beaten track there, to rushing around the highlights of more countries within the same time-frame.
My main interests are wildlife, ethnic cultures, mountains and languages, though I like historical sites, too.
Things I don't care too much about include nightlife, beach resorts, diving and busy, modern cities.
Instead of boring you further with my bio, I try and give some more impressions of my travels by listing my favourite places below (strictly in alphabetical order only).
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|  | 10 of My Favourite Countries |
10 of My Favourite Regions Cordillera (Philippines) East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia) India's North-EastKarakoram (Pakistan) Maluku (Indonesia) New Caledonia ("France") Papua (Indonesia) Taiwan ("China") Yunnan (China) Vietnam's North-West | | |
| | 10 of My Favourite Cities Asmara (Eritrea) Cairo (Egypt) Hanoi (Vietnam) Isfahan (Iran) Kathmandu (Nepal) Kyoto (Japan) Penang (Malaysia) Sanaa (Yemen) SingaporeVilnius (Lithuania) |
10 of My Favourite Historical Sites Angkor (Cambodia)
Ani (Turkey)
Choga Zambil (Iran)
Dunhuang (China)
Karnak (Egypt)
Konark (India)
Lalibela (Ethiopia)
Petra (Jordan)
Prambanan (Indonesia)
Taxila (Pakistan) | | |
| | 10 of My Favourite Small Islands |
10 of My Favourite National Parks Bale Mountains (Ethiopia)
Bardia (Nepal)
Danum Valley (Malaysia)
Khao Yai (Thailand)
Kirishima-Yaku (Japan)
Manas (India-Bhutan)
Mount Kenya (Kenya)
Sagarmata (Nepal)
South Luangwa (Zambia)
Ujung Kulon (Indonesia) | | |
| | 10 of My Favourite Journeys Aitepe to Maprik (Papua New Guinea, by hiking & hitching)
Georgian Military Highway (Russia to Georgia, by bus)
Jiri to Everest & Hile (Nepal, by hiking)
Karakoram Highway (China to Pakistan, by bus)
Kashmir to Ladakh & Himachal (India, by bus & truck)
Muang Sing to the Mekong (Laos, by hiking)
Northland (New Zealand, by hitching)
South-West Maluku (Indonesia, by cargo boats)
Tobolsk to the Mansi (Russia, by riverboats)
Wamena to the Korowai (Indonesian New Guinea, by hiking) |
 Comments for hunwagner | | | | |
jumpingnorman Sun Jun 14, 2009 10:11 UTC
Very exciting travels you've had! Enjoyed reading your homepage, jumpingnorman of Arizona :) | kikalena Tue Nov 25, 2008 20:07 UTC
How impressive your travels are! I also loved tekking in Ladakh and Nepal, must have a closer look at your pages soon. happy travels and all the best!Marzena | travelnurse21 Tue May 6, 2008 11:05 UTC
Your travels sound fascinating! Egypt is also my favorite country because of it's lovely people and wonderful culture. And I also plan on exploring Philippines in depthly very soon so I think I'll be re-visiting your page for tips =) | museberry Tue Dec 25, 2007 07:49 UTC
How envious I am of your travel success!... perhaps we'll bump into one another during our travels someday.. off for Honduras for a few weeks for the holidays! Very happy ones to you too! |
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