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Last Login:
Mar 14, 2010

Member Since:
Aug 22, 2008

Interests:
Hiking, History, Reading, Swimming, Travel---of Course, Wine Tasting, Writing

Occupation:
Consulting Microbiologist semi retired

Company:
I have my own company

I travel because:
work, fun and I want to see the world.

Never travel without:
A suit case on wheels

I wish they invented:
Scottie's transporter

Travel inconveniences I could do without:
Hauling lugguage.

Linda R.

As a small child, living in a small town near Seattle, I traveled by reading books and dreaming about the exotic places people lived. Places like China, Indonesia, France, Turkey, Greece, and so forth. These places sounded wonderful. I became a scientist and still longed to travel. One of my best friends in college was from Ankara, Turkey. Little did I know that one day I would have a job where I could roam the globe at will, meet so many people, have a tailor in Bangkok, have a favorite art store in Suzhou and friends scattered everywhere. What was fun was meeting real people and finding out that Indonesians thought that I grew up in the exotic place.......people are the same everywhere. Eventually one becomes a citizen of the world where no place feels truly foreign.

Travel Scorecard

Countries See cities
Linda has been to 652 cities and 36 countries and counting...
Worldly: is a globetrotter
Danger: lives on the edge
Roughing it: doesn't mind roughing it
Shrewdness: fits in with the locals
Off the beaten track: seeks out new experiences
Depth of Knowledge: has written a book's worth
Overall TravelCred score:
3324
Updates on Linda's World!
Linda's Friends!
Mandi
Hiking, Horseback riding, Culture, Temples...
 
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Mark
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Anne
Wandering, Writing, Photography, Camping, Hiking...
 
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Nadia
Writing travel reviews...
 
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Holly
Wakeboarding, Traveling, Planning where to travel...
 
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Kate
Photography, Hiking, Canyoning, Rafting, Reading...
 
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