bobsreturn2004's VirtualTourist Home Page

I have been meaning to update this page for a long time, but a lot of stuff has happened since and not all of it very good.
Lets do a recap, I returned to the uk, hated it, had a feeling that i should never have left Canada and came back.Unfortunatly i had to work in Banff on a restricted visa.I have never been a big fan of Banff.To me Banffs mentality here is sex,stds,alcohol,drugs and arrogance, dont get me wrong its pretty here and i love the mountains, but its not a real town, its a resort town,faker than vegas and definatley dodgy.I work at the Springs, the arrogance and igronance here is very much apparent.infact one department is so full of arrogance that i could make a simple fortune.Be aware never trust a bellman espicially with a weird name.
throughout all this i have been stuck here, unable to move and with the only option of going home(which i really dont want to do), i feel like a prisoner, stuck serving a sentence in a job i really dont like.Dont get me wrong, the people i work with are very nice(with the exception of one or two)but i dont feel part of a team(this maybe due to the fact that aprt from myself and 2 others, the front desk is full of women),the only males are yes you guest it the bell desk and i would rather wear a skirt than have to listen to them.
Feeling isolated and alone my good friend from california came to see me, that was great leaving Banff for LA, what i had not counted on was feeling alone when i got back.Alcohol has always been my drug of choice, its like a companion and makes me feel better, it also brings out a very aggresive side of me, a side that i control until i drink to much and then bang out comes the anger.Anyway i drunk 4 beers and 1 bottle of vodka inside 4 hrs, it got messy, i did something i regretted and ended up ina situation i am in now.I have been sober for over 30 days, yet i still feel very lost and very confused.Like my head is just a jigsaw trying to fit everything together.Looking back i think all this started to happen the day my ex g/f left me, things have got gradually worse and worse since then and reached rock bottom that day.With the lack of support at work and so called friends not really helping, i contacted my ex and to be honest she has been the best support i have had, this maybe due to the fact that she is the only person who really knows who i am and actually showed me some affection, rather than use me, which a lot of people have done to be honest.
So here i am at 27, very lost, very lonely and very confused,all this happened because you left!

For those who dont know me Im Gareth,Im 23,I live in South Wales just outside Cardiff.What i do is unimportant, what i hope to do is have my own buisness or work in the travel industry.I also write some short stories when i have time.In my spare time as well as traveling(which i do once every 12 weeks,thats enough time round here), i play squash at least once a week,swim as often as i can and go to the gym.Ive stopped smoking so im eating food like its going out of fashion,favourite dish got to be Scampi,Chips and Salad.Favourite drink thats got to be Beer(Espicially the Finnish Beer Coff)and softdrink thats got to be coke.

Favourite Cities I have Visited
Dublin-People are just great,so friendly,so open.Lots to see and do
Budapest-Good up and coming city
Prague-Never have i seen a place so beautiful
Berlin-Thriving Economic city
Amsterdam-Dodgiest vibrant city in the world
Helsinki-So many good bars so many goregeous looking people
Talinn-One of the few places i want to visit again.
Edinburugh-Good atmosphere
cardiff-its where i live, its got to be good
Port Eynon-This place is the most relaxing place to go,its away from the city,near the beach and very calm.

On April 1st 2003 after nearly 4 years of dreaming i set about making my dream a reaility flying from Cardiff to Alicante for my 1st big trip on my own.To say i was crying is a understatement i couldnt believe that after 4 years my dream was about to come true.
However unlike then i paid 500 pounds for 2 weeks accomodation in a terrible hotel in benidorm and a return flight i never used(why didnt i try bmibaby??).the next mistake i made was rather than look for work stright away i decided to drink like a goldfish, going out every single night, even though drinks in spain are cheap 50 euros a night is a lot.After 7 weeks i was down to my last 400, i was offered a job in a small hotel in Benidorm, i turned it down and went to Alicante.
In Benidorm i had got to know lots of people,had had lots of laughs and made some great friends.I turned that in for a rather gloomy 2 days in Alicante,on day three i was mugged.i stayed one more day but couldnt even face walking down the road so i went home.Since then ive been abroard loads of times either on my own or with friends.It was something i needed to do because i wont let people stop me doing what i love.

1- Sahara Desert- i want to travel from Gibraltar,to Morroco,Western Sahara,Mauritania,mali,niger and Chad.However i need a good few years of travel before i attempt this(Similar to Michael Palins adventure).
2-India-I dont know what it is about India, But it looks so diffrent from The western world,its a chace to experience a diffrent Culture.
3-Antarticia-The only place left in the world,not destroyed by humans.
4-Great Barrier Reef-A chance to snorkel through one of the worlds greatest sea beds.
5-North Korea-One of the worlds most secret states,Must be a unique experience.
6-Grand Canyon-Just a chance to see the worlds greatest rift with not a sole around would be a awsome experience.
7-the Galpagos Islands-The one remaining place in the world where animals rule freely.
8-Easter Island-Just to see the heads.
9-The Great Wall Of China-I want to walk from begginign to end, just camping inbetween.
10-the Lost city of Peru

This is a picture of one of the most beautiful walks you can do in South Wales, Cosmonton Lakes.Be aware though its a old quarry and you should never ever swim there.Still on a nice day the scenery is absoloutley beautiful.Plus theres loads of great walks around.

10 things i like 10 Things I hate

Beer=Best Beer Guiness or Brains SA
Spaghettie =Tastes great any day of the weeek
Motor Sport =except when Schumacher wins but he retires soon
Travel =My first passion in life
Money =we all need it
Rugby=Football pah,In rugby thats where you get the men from the boys
Squash=one of my favourite past times
Swimming =Good for excercising
Movies =Ben Hur,Saving Private Ryan,American Beauty,Terminators,Aliens etc
Music =I have 900 cds.Favourite band at the moment U2