SallyM's VirtualTourist Home Page
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My first trip abroad was back in 1984, when I finally persuaded my parents to be a bit more adventurous with the family holiday than going to East Anglia again. My user photo shows me on this first adventure across the Channel.
Until recently my travels have mainly been in Europe (I have visited most countries except for the Baltic and Scandinavia) and North Africa, apart from a trip to Pakistan for a friend's wedding, but in 2007 I took a trip along the Silk Road from China to Uzbekistan, via Kyrgyzstan and in January 2009 I visited the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela.
I have also been exploring parts of the UK that I had not visited before, including Edinburgh, Newcastle, Cardiff, Belfast, Swansea, Cambridge, Liverpool, Bristol and Halesworth. There are lots of places that are not thought of as tourist destinations as such, where there are still things worth seeing. Even Wolverhampton has its points.
My favourite country for a holiday is Italy, but my best ever trip was a tour of Albania. |
|  | My kind of travel I travel for two reasons:
1. Travelling to see as much of a new part of the world as I can; or
2. Going somewhere on a holiday to relax. I prefer pottering around or doing a tea-shop or cafe crawl to lying on a beach.
I love Italy because it is a great place for combining the two. You can stay somewhere like Taormina or Sorrento, which are excellent pottering places, and combine it with sightseeing in Syracuse or Pompeii. |
|  | Top Places for Pottering My top pottering places are currently:
1. Taormina, Sicily 2. Hay-on-Wye, Wales 3. Rhodes Town, Island of Rhodes (see my new travelogue). 4. Bourton-on-the Water, England 5. Sorrento, Italy 6. Whitby, England 7. Bratislava, Slovakia |
| Sunset over the river Orinoco |
|  | Travelling Problems I'm not actually good traveller. I don't mean that I suffer from travel sickness, but I hate the preparation and packing, and the hassle at the airport. I usually arrive at my destination swearing that I will never venture more than 30 miles from home ever again. A good meal usually sorts this out when I arrive at my destination, and I thoroughly enjoy myself.
Returning home, I usually find I am exhausted and unable to function properly for a day or two, irrespective of the length of the journey. |
|  | Travel Plans So far this year we have been to the Orinoco Delta in Venezuela, Tobermory on the Isle of Mull and Yagodina in Bulgaria.
Our longer term travel plans include Siberia, New Zealand and Japan. There is a theme to these travels, but only those who were children in the UK in the early 1970s are likely to be able to work it out! |
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tafa2009 Tue Oct 27, 2009 19:48 UTC what a nice homepage ! you are very welcome ! greetings from Taff | Donna_in_India Tue Aug 25, 2009 06:01 UTC Hi Sally - you're the featured member so I thought I'd stop by and say hi! Love your motto - I also love the anticipation! | mustertal Tue Jul 28, 2009 21:37 UTC Hi Sally, nice page, did you know we are having a VT meet in Bettys cafe soon ? | StumpTim Wed Jul 22, 2009 19:38 UTC hello Sally - I love Italy too - where is the picture taken that's your VT cover picture? |
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