Anonymous wrote:The UK. There's just something about it. I fit in there more than I have anywhere else back here. The Brits' greater tendency towards sardonic humor, a slight preference or at least greater acceptance of introversion, the geography, the rambling, the parks, the gardens, the walks, the literary history.

Anonymous wrote:Hawaii. Coming back to mainland is like coming back to hell.

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Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been there? Experienced the dusty savannah crowded with amazing wildlife? The hot African sun and the heat at twilight?

Just sayin.....

People definitely get bitten by the African bug.

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Anonymous wrote:For me, it is east Africa. The draw to go back is so strong. If i never went anywhere else in the world again, but there, I'd be content. It is like the dust and permeated every cell in my body.

That is monumentally pretentious.

I expect you'd have a bit of fun absorbing the dust when so many people around you are desperate to escape it and everything else which goes with living there.

Yes, not only have I spend considerable time in Kenya, Lamu Island etc but also in South Africa - Cape town,Johannesburg and Durban.

And I saw the extraordinary poverty - babies living on mattresses in the streets and shanty towns, while rich white folks eat extravagant meals right next to them. But maybe you were too busy looking at the dust.

Anonymous wrote:Have you ever been there? Experienced the dusty savannah crowded with amazing wildlife? The hot African sun and the heat at twilight?

Just sayin.....

People definitely get bitten by the African bug.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For me, it is east Africa. The draw to go back is so strong. If i never went anywhere else in the world again, but there, I'd be content. It is like the dust and permeated every cell in my body.

That is monumentally pretentious.

I expect you'd have a bit of fun absorbing the dust when so many people around you are desperate to escape it and everything else which goes with living there.

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Anonymous wrote:I truly enjoy every place I travel, but I have a special affinity for London and the Cotswolds. The last time I was there on business and my bff tagged along, and she commented that perhaps I lived there in another life because she's never seen me more alive than when I'm there (and she's known me since grade school).

Anytime I'm somewhere on the ocean I wonder what it would be like to retire there. The ocean feeds my soul in a way I can't even begin to describe.

After reading this thread, I want to go to Ireland. Would kids (elementary thru high school) enjoy Ireland?

I've never been to the UK so know nothing of anything really, but I just google image searched the Cotswolds and it looks so cute!

Anonymous wrote:I truly enjoy every place I travel, but I have a special affinity for London and the Cotswolds. The last time I was there on business and my bff tagged along, and she commented that perhaps I lived there in another life because she's never seen me more alive than when I'm there (and she's known me since grade school).

Anytime I'm somewhere on the ocean I wonder what it would be like to retire there. The ocean feeds my soul in a way I can't even begin to describe.

After reading this thread, I want to go to Ireland. Would kids (elementary thru high school) enjoy Ireland?