VirtualTourist Member xuessium
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"Ask yourself not of footsteps you had taken; but of footsteps you will take. Ask yourself not of journeys you had ventured; but of journeys you will venture."
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Travelling is a curious little thing. It utters no joyous words and takes no breath and yet it manages to take your breath away and makes you utter words of joy.
Walk the beaten path, walk the unbeaten path, whose to say what's right and what's enjoyable. Follow your heart and walk the path you want. My passion is photography, and travelling is a wonderful side-dish that goes along with it. There had been many a great moments, like the lingering taste of freshly brewed coffee; your senses awakened, your fatigue robbed and your soul soothened.
Flying above the clouds and the midnight sun over Grimsey (Iceland) was pure delight. For that moment, it was only myself and the sun as the world burst into flames. (And I meant it literally - I was the only passenger) A fabric of stars exhausting their might above my head at Low Head (Tasmania) and Cradle Mountains (Tasmania) only served to remind (one)self how small we are in the Universe. Licking ice cream in the cold, facing the mystery that was Stonehenge (The United Kingdoms), licked my cold conscience. Sunset atop Borobudor (Indonesia) reaffirmed the fragility of life as the cycle of life echoed itself in the cycle of day and night. Pure delight and amazement (and fear) gripped me as shoals of fishes and squids swam around me off the Gilis (Lombok), accompanied by the occasional turtles. And I watched the sky died away in bright ambers on my bus trip from Yulara to Alice Springs (Australia), and witnessed darkness slowly crept up upon the dying day and finally killed it off in one swift stroke.
Life, doesn't get any better than this.
Sharing tips from my travels, hopefully more unorthodox than orthodox. To see more photos from my travels (from late 2002), please do access my personal website: IMPREXXUESSNISM
Drop me a comment if you think any of my pages has been useful. Thanks!
Cheers to all and safe travelling!
ADDENDUM: Please feel free to browse my brother DARKRAY's and sister JAZWONDERING's VT webpages too. |
|  | WHAT'S NEW?Nil UPDATEDIMPREXXION: MELBOURNEWORKING ONIMPREXXION: ICELANDIMPREXXION: REYKJAVIKIMPREXXION: AKUREYRIFEATURED PAGES FOR MAYIMPREXXION: HAINAN ISLAND(please click above link to bring you directly to pages)..."One of the southern-most provinces of PR China, Hainan or Yazhou (its old name) has always captured imagination as the "Jewel of the South Sea". In dynasties gone by, Chinese emperors had used this island to exile political prisoners (though with its beautiful beaches, I am not sure where the catch was). Today, the island has been keenly promoted as "Hawaii Of The Orient"....though this remains to be seen if the drive would be successful. What is true is that tourism is already rooted here, evident by the 2 recent "Miss World" pageants taking place in Sanya. This is an island in transition, pretty rooted in the past at places, and skipping full throttle into the future at others"... |
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|  | GREAT BRITAINLondon Cambridge Kew Gardens, Wimbledon, Oxford, Canterbury, Dover, Ely, Windsor, Salisbury, Stonehenge, Bath & Bristol THE NETHERLANDS Amsterdam Hilversum Sluis ICELANDReykjavik Akureyri Dalvik Grimsey Heimaey Myvatn Husavik BELGIUMBrussels & ZaventemBruggeWaterloo, Bastogne, Bouillon, Rochehaut & Knokke-HeistLUXEMBOURGEsch-sur-sureFRANCESedan GREECEAthensSantoriniNaxos, Delos & MykonosSWITZERLANDZurich Lucerne Interlaken & Grindelwald LIECHTENSTEINVaduz & Malbun ( This location not found on VT) SLOVENIALjubljanaSkofja Loka, Lanisce, Lakes Bled (Bled) & Bohinj (Ribcev Laz), Predjama, Vipava, Skocjan Caves, Branik, Otocec, Stanjel, Piran, Portoroz & Secovlje |
AIRLINES I HAVE FLOWN WITH Adria Airways [JP] * Aegean Airlines [A3] * Air Iceland (Flugfelag Islands) [NY] * ANA [NH] * Ansett Australia [AN] * Australian Airlines [AO] * Berjaya Air [J8] * British Airways [BA] * Cathay Pacific [CX] * China Eastern [MU] * China Southern [CZ] * Dragonair [KA] * Eagle Air (Flugfelagio Ernir) * Emirates [EK] * Finnair [AY] * Garuda Indonesia [GA] * Gulf Air [GF] * Icelandair [FI] * Japan Airlines [JA] * Kookaburra Air * Lao Airlines [QV] * Malaysian Airlines [MH] * QANTAS [QF] * QANTASLink [QF] * SAS Scandinavian Airlines [SK] * Silkair [MI] * Singapore Airlines [SQ] * Swiss International Airlines [LX] * Thai Air Asia [FD] * Thai Airways [TG] * Tiger Airways [TR] |
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agapotravel Sun May 4, 2008 01:07 UTC Hi Xuess!! Did you move??? We haven't talked in forever. I hope you're doing well! :-) | madmatg Wed Apr 30, 2008 06:51 UTC thanks a bunch for your answer on the forums, i'm looking around at your LP page now, great to get to know you! :) | virtualling Tue Apr 29, 2008 16:48 UTC Keep up the wonderful travel pages! Smiles from Austin, TX :D | tremendopunto Thu Apr 24, 2008 16:12 UTC Yay, thanks mate - the wonderful SPAM from OZ did arrive....what a neat sunny place that is!!!! |
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