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14erjohn
| Name: | John |
| Hometown: | Conifer, Colorado, USA |
| Location: | Conifer, Colorado, USA |
| Website: | www.flickr.com/photos/14erjoh… |
| Join Date: | November 16, 2011 |
| Contributions: | 14erjohn has written about 121 places, shared 3,865 photos, left 920 comments, and smiled 2,612 times. |
| Interested in: | meeting new people, meeting other people to travel with, showing people around my hometown, sharing travel tips and blogs |
Travel Plans
Amsterdam, NetherlandsMay 17, 2012 – May 19, 2012
Amsterdam-Istanbul in 2 months: May 16-July 17.
Dates for each segment are approximate, leaving it open...
Kicking off the trip with a couple days in Amsterdam! When I'm ready to get moving, I'll hop the train for Belgium.
GermanyMay 19, 2012 – May 20, 2012
Amsterdam-Istanbul in 2 months: May 16-July 17. Dates for each segment are approximate, leaving it open...
Passing through Germany on the train from Luxembourg to Switzerland. Looks like I will overnight somewhere in Germany, maybe Karlsruhe.
LuxembourgMay 19, 2012 – May 19, 2012
Amsterdam-Istanbul in 2 months: May 16-July 17. Dates for each segment are approximate, leaving it open...
Passing through Luxembourg on the train from Belgium to Germany, tagging this country for the first time.
Countries I've Traveled To
Antigua And Barbuda, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, United States Virgin Islands, Vietnam
Languages Spoken
English, some German, a little bit of Spanish, and I'm currently working on learning some Croatian. I can say "thank you" in many languages - that and a smile usually works! I can count to 10 in Finnish and Vietnamese... I generally try to learn at least greetings and thank yous for every country I visit!
Interests
I climbed all 55 of Colorado's 14ers in a 10 year period, was a volunteer firefighter for 7 years, play guitar (~25 years) and drums (1 year!). Love collecting musical instruments from around the world, especially drums! Live, authentic local music is my favorite thing, anywhere in the world!
Books you might find in my backpack
Fingerprints of the Gods, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, Carlos Casteneda, Post Office
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Grateful Dead, Phish, Azam Ali, Afion, System of a Down, Rush, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Queen, Pierre Bensusan, Michael Hedges, Sun Kil Moon, Tool, Ween, George Harrison, Amadou & Mariam, Balkan Beat Box, Black Crowes, Boston, Kaki King, Madame Piano, Niyaz, Paul McCartney & Wings, Pavle Aksentijevic, Queens of the Stone Age, Sanja Ilic & Balkanika, Slobodan Trkulja & Balkanopolis, Mark Kozelek, Teodulija, Vas, Vieux Farka Toure, Rachid Taha
Most Memorable Travel Experience
Getting searched by Serb border guards while crossing over from Bosnia, drum circles in Marrakech, meeting the young guy at Lolei, Cambodia and seeing their English school. Can't decide which is most memorable! But so far, Cambodia is the country that has really blown me away, completely... The people are beautiful, open, curious, friendly, honest... The country has been ravaged by war and its aftermath, and decimated by the horrific Khmer Rouge regime. But they still find a way to stay happy and keep smiling - just amazing!
Profile
Redefining my life - less corporate nonsense, more world travel. Interested in teaching ESL as a means to keep traveling. From Rock Island, Illinois, US... living in the Denver area currently. I would love to show anyone around Denver and especially Colorado's beautiful mountains!
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14erjohn's Travel Blogs
Feb 17, 2012 – Jul 18, 2012
Flying to Amsterdam on May 16, 2012... flying back from Istanbul on July 17.
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Feb 03, 2012 – Feb 13, 2012
I've been doing so much solo travel in the last year, decided it was time to go somewhere with Kelly. A cruise seemed like a g…
Oct 27, 2011 – Jan 30, 2012
Short trip to Curacao with a side trip to Suriname in order to tag South America.
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