The Travel Addict

Yes, it is very true.
Music, whether it is rock, motown, classical, opera, reggae, and many others, can take you back to a certain moment in time where you may have been traveling or experiencing something, somewhere in the world.
In other words, you could be listening to a piece of music, and think, I remember this song when I was.......
Listening to these musicians and their music have caused me reflect and remember a travel experience from the past:
Pink Floyd
Santana
Dire Straits
AC/DC
Men at Work
Yanni
Abba
Simple Minds
Peter Gabriel
Eagles
Scorpions
Geoffrey Oryema
Murray Head
Heart
Listen in, and you will underatnd what I mean.
Then do it yourself. Start making a list

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Patttaya diehards will look at this title and say BS and to be honest my explanation for being there is somewhat lame.
My aim was to scuba dive around the islands of nearby Koh Khrok and Koh Larn. Not the best diving in the world, but decent enough to tempt me away from a 2-3 day layover in Bangkok.
The diving never happened because of a sinus infection, likely from the international flight into BKK Airport. Yep, the old "sinus infection excuse" but I did have to go to the hospital to get checked out.
Aside from that, I was able to venture out at night for a beer or two along Walking Street. My eyes nearly popped out of my head, when I encountered the wildest nightlife I have ever experienced. Hundreds of bars, cabarets of naughtiness, 24-hour nightclubs, live music, freelance ladies of the night, and even a Muay Thai boxing ring. You have to see it to believe it. Then you get sucked in to the electric atmosphere with the many tourists and ex-pats.
What was once a quiet fishing village is now the craziest party town on the planet. Check it out on You Tube or Google, you'll see what I mean.
I stayed 2 nights before I had to fly to somewhere a little saner and peaceful.
If risque activities offend you, then don't go there. For me, not much on this planet surprises me any more these days. However, I can look back on this trip and smile a little.
Pattaya is a city that ticks along like a well-oiled machine. Job opportunities and paying customers abound.
Go there, I dare you.

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Kat Medina is an entrepreneur, world traveler, public speaker, and author of the book "The Joys of Jet Lag."
Jet lag is a thing, and people who travel by plane for many hours through different time zones to reach their destination, can or will suffer from it.
It is not pleasurable, however, the art of dealing with it can help in other ways. For example, it can help us be tolerant, accepting, and understanding of people in foreign lands around the world. We will be guests in their country, a place that is likely to have different customs and way life from us.
As Kat describes her book, "How to use a traveler's mindset to not be an A-hole in daily life."
On a positive note, it is all educational, and will help us to respect our fellow human beings in the rest of the world.
Check out Kat's web site
www.katmedina.com
Get her book here:
https://tinyurl.com/p342c6ts

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Simon Yeats has 3 distinct sides to his life. His funny side, his serious side and his dark side. In each case, his experiences are unique.
Funny Side: Birth by Fire in his travel escapades around the world and then writing books to tell all. How to maybe avoid mistakes and survive.
Serious Side: Helping people walk again and bringing some back to life.
Dark Side: Facing death 10 times. Mental health issues. Kidnapping of son.
After an unbelievable life packed ful of incidences, he is lucky to be alive.
Hear about his escapades in Rio, Brazil.
Hoping he may settle down and chill out now. I need a rest just listening to him.
Check out his books on Amazon. Best enjoyed after a few beers.

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When Chris Donaldson left Belfast in 1979, his original plan was to ride to Australia, on his Moto Guzzi Le Mans bike. He never made it "down under" and ended up in Argentina nearly 2 years later.

He travelled through the Middle East, rode across the Sahara Desert and down to Cape Town, where he hitched a ride on a yacht race back to Europe. He then went to the USA and rode from Canada south through Central America and South America to Buenos Aires.

He recently published a book called 'Going the Wrong Way,' which is an Amazon best-seller.

He decided to finally complete the journey this year, 44 years after his return from South America and take the very same Moto Guzzi to Australia.
Crazy stuff but what a great achievement in life
For our USA and Canadian audience, please excuse the British/American accent and the Irish accent.
https://www.chrisdonaldson.world/
PS. Please excuse the accents (an Englishman and an Irishman)

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