Grand Adventures
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Bob_Bytchin
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Between the ages of 9 and 13, I lived about 200 yards from the "wall" near Coburg, Germany. One day our class took a tour to the town just inside E Germany, and I still remember how oppressive things were.
Samuari
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For six weeks in the summer of 1971, I hitched from Albuquerque to Buffalo, with stops along the way in St Louis, Washington Island, Battle Creek, and Windsor. Saw the inside of a couple of jails, some truly wild parties, and met some of the best folks imaginable. A grand adventure.
Linedrive
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To elaborate on my Japan adventure:
Their society is so much more polite and reserved than the US. People over there give your respect and it's not uncommon for complete strangers to help you out.
I climbed Mt. Fuji, which to the Japanese is like a sacred thing that they must all do during their lifetime. I saw an 80+ year old man hiking up the mountain with a milk crate tied to his back. Sitting on the milk crate was his old and disabled wife. This guy was ensuring she reached the summit before her life ended.
They love Americans. Every where we went there were groups that wanted their pictures taken with us. The kids all wore uniforms going to school.
They love their sports too, sumo and baseball. It was a good experience and I have often said I would go back. Now 19 years have passed since then, but maybe someday.
Their society is so much more polite and reserved than the US. People over there give your respect and it's not uncommon for complete strangers to help you out.
I climbed Mt. Fuji, which to the Japanese is like a sacred thing that they must all do during their lifetime. I saw an 80+ year old man hiking up the mountain with a milk crate tied to his back. Sitting on the milk crate was his old and disabled wife. This guy was ensuring she reached the summit before her life ended.
They love Americans. Every where we went there were groups that wanted their pictures taken with us. The kids all wore uniforms going to school.
They love their sports too, sumo and baseball. It was a good experience and I have often said I would go back. Now 19 years have passed since then, but maybe someday.
perks
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I lived in Nigeria for two years when I was a child. It was an amazing experience.
I saw a dead body floating in a river.
It's where I got my phobia for <the thing that must not be named>
It's where I got malaria.
was teargassed, shot at.
had a monkey named twinkle, a lizard named oscar.
went to school by tugboat.
Saw human beings living in houses made of plastic bags. Children with distended bellies from starvation and malnutrition.
God, there was so much. It was a lot for a 5 year old to experience.
I saw a dead body floating in a river.
It's where I got my phobia for <the thing that must not be named>
It's where I got malaria.
was teargassed, shot at.
had a monkey named twinkle, a lizard named oscar.
went to school by tugboat.
Saw human beings living in houses made of plastic bags. Children with distended bellies from starvation and malnutrition.
God, there was so much. It was a lot for a 5 year old to experience.
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I don't think I've really had any grand adventures until these last few months.
I'm not sure if that's sad or extremely lucky.
I'm not sure if that's sad or extremely lucky.
Dillinger
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Samuari said:
Now that sounds like quite an adventure. I drove cross country a couple times - unfortunately I was in a bit of a rush - but seeing the countryside that way is quite an experience - you realize how big it is - flying doesn't give nearly that type of perspective.
REDWAVE
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LA upheaval
Good question, Dillinger. The greatest adventure of my life would have to be the three days of the Los Angeles upheaval of 1992, April 29 to May 1. It was festival of liberation for the oppressed. For one brief but glorious moment on the second day, April 30, when the upheaval spread to several other cities, it seemed the revolution was going to happen right then and there. For those who may have forgotten, the upheaval was triggered by the outrageous racist verdicts in the trial of the four officers who savagely beat Rodney King and were caught on videotape doing so. They were acquitted despite irrefutable proof of their guilt, proving there is no justice in racist AmeriKKKa.
The experience of seeing the LAPD, who usually arrogantly bully and run roughshod over everyone in the inner city, running away and cowering in terror, was a profoundly liberating one. It convinced me that revolution in America is possible, and in the near future. The upheaval was an event of world-historic significance. I am honored to have participated in it.
Good question, Dillinger. The greatest adventure of my life would have to be the three days of the Los Angeles upheaval of 1992, April 29 to May 1. It was festival of liberation for the oppressed. For one brief but glorious moment on the second day, April 30, when the upheaval spread to several other cities, it seemed the revolution was going to happen right then and there. For those who may have forgotten, the upheaval was triggered by the outrageous racist verdicts in the trial of the four officers who savagely beat Rodney King and were caught on videotape doing so. They were acquitted despite irrefutable proof of their guilt, proving there is no justice in racist AmeriKKKa.
The experience of seeing the LAPD, who usually arrogantly bully and run roughshod over everyone in the inner city, running away and cowering in terror, was a profoundly liberating one. It convinced me that revolution in America is possible, and in the near future. The upheaval was an event of world-historic significance. I am honored to have participated in it.
