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Real name: ROB
Hometown: Takoma Park, Maryland, USA
Current Location: Finksburg, Maryland, USA
Join Date: January 24, 2008
Contributions: hyenas has written about 9 places and shared 48 photos.
Interested in: meeting new people, meeting other people to travel with, showing people around my hometown, sharing travel tips and blogs, just browsing!
Future Travels/Dream Destinations
Countries I've Traveled To
Languages Spoken
ENGLISH, SPANISH, Thai, TUT (when someone is bothering me terribly asking me to buy something or get into their cab and I don't feel like arguing, I speak tut quickly and look befuddled, then they leave me alone) LOL! Pom Pasa Thai Nitnoy Kap.
Interests
Books you might find in my backpack
Music you might find me listening to while waiting for my plane
Most Memorable Travel Experience
Tikal, Guatemala and the Mayan pyramids, monkies, eating mini bananas, coconuts, "ginips" (have never seen them since but I'd love some), mangoes, papayas, etc. in Guatemala, Guatemala City architecture, Italy towns and any jungles in Central America, missing my plane in Thailand, being scammed and drugged in Bangkok, Travel naivety (all those women are really hookers?) Horse Packing across the Rocky mountains for 2 weeks...twice! Passo Stevlio snowskiing in the summer, Roatan, Honduras, running from the police in the US...Every trip is the most memorable... never forget one and I plan to add more exotic, strange destinations (as long as I can sneak it in)!


I enjoy discovering historical truths. One interesting book, "Lies your history teacher told you" would be a good start :o) ..King Tutankhamen in Egypt had cocaine in his system detected by Chromo-Gas Spectrometry from his tissues. The only place in the world cocaine grew was in the Bolivian mountains proving ample trade between S. America and Egypt before Columbus's grandparents were even born! That sort of stuff amazes me!

Other baffling (and fun) mysteries--Batteries and Iron dated hundreds of years they were supposed to exist, Islamic and Byzantine hand grenades, a gear driven clock/planetary calendar around 1BC found (long before gears, a round earth or knowledge of planets was re-realized).

There's one historical text I believe makes more sense than what we give credit "There is nothing new under the sun"! I take that for face value. I just wish I could be around "back then" to see how they used the technology they had.
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I'M GONNA BITE! ............I love eating people and meeting new foods (what)? I was in SE Asia in Feb, back againn 3/31-4/30! I met someone nice and I'll bring her here (farangs don't cut it anymore). I'm memorized by the MidEast! I'd love to go to Tehran! I love unplanned excursions (tend to be the most fun) away from tourist homogenized culture, tasting life as the locals do. I grew up a mile from Wash DC. I LOVE, different cultures, people and eating different foods (food?). I'm fearless! I'd love to move to a little corner abroad-detached from war & chaos. I long for a soul mate inspiring creativity and love for the short time we have on this earth.

I love Central America, any place with unusual, old jewelry (jewelry is the expression of locals), antiques, culture and tasty food (food)? I'd love to travel to the Mid East, Iran, Jordan, Madagascar,Cuba, S. America...
Anyplace with exotic foods (food?) strange things and exotic cultures (more different, the better) sound like a blast to me!

I'd love to retire and travel staying for long periods abroad. I'd love to invest in a business to enjoy a better lifestyle than just retirement alone, then help the poor in the world (dreams)!

I'm looking to make business connections in any country with old things and old looking things not normally found on the homogeneous United States (exporting)...everyone involved benefits from supplier to buyer, everyone's happy, everyone gets what they want!

This world is so big yet so small. This website is awesome! I have now been inspired to travel alone without fear. I keep hearing why NOT to go somewhere and i felt stuck until I learned there are tens of thousands of people at any given time from this website alone already at their destinations enjoying their little corners of the earth.

I HOPE TO SEE MANY OF YOU AMIDST OUR TRAVELS MAKING MEMORIES AND LAUGHING LIKE HYENAS!
kae16 says:
Thanks for the smile.
Posted on: Jun 08, 2008
nforkan says:
thanks for the smile
Posted on: May 01, 2008
faezeh says:
So you like to go to Iran?
I'm currently in Pakistan working on a project.
Happy to see my country is your dream destination
Posted on: Apr 28, 2008
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hyenas's Travel Blogs

Thailand 1st time in February! Going back in March!!!
Mar 31, 2008 - Apr 30, 2008
Thailand -› Bangkok, Thailand -› ...
Photo- How NOT to travel ALONE in a foreign country (who cares, you only die once)! LOL! Just in Thailand in Feb; going back on 3/1!!! Now I know the ropes, I think I'll venture out to other countries. I've TONS of memory, over 1000 songs and this time I'm going to have FUN (no work work, work)! I'd love to take a year off and play, eat good food, meet nice people..get married - wait, did I just say that? I'm damaged goods! Now my Muslim buddies want to come and travel SE Asia (LOL)
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THAILAND FEB 2008, NOW I HAVE TO GO BACK!
Feb 05, 2008 - Feb 14, 2008
I DID IT! My first solo trip out of the country and it was a BLAST! Now I know why people travel alone! No one to complain, do exactly what you want when you want, no one to spend your money on stupid stuff that will end up in the trash next year, anyway (I'm not a junk souvenir fan). Plenty of danger since I'm alone...great!
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hyenas's Travel Reviews

Very cheap "Sights & Attractions" in Tabiona, Utah, USA
Twice I want backpacking from the top mountain pass leading to Grandaddy Lake (you can google it). It's a one horse town (actually about 1000 horses b... (read more about Grandaddy Lake High Uinta Wilderness)
Expensive "Hotels & Accommodations" in Bangkok, Thailand
For 1400-1700Bht, it's a complete ripoff when you could stay at the Grace Hotel for less and have something closer to a perfect hotel there. Staff ... (read more about Swan Hotel Bangkok)
Average priced "Hotels & Accommodations" in Bangkok, Thailand
The price is 1400-1800Bht. I got a 1400 bt Room and it was EXCELLENT compared to some of the other hotels I visited. Sure about $40 US a night but wit... (read more about Grace Hotel)

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