What country are your favorite country to visit for a vacation/leisure traveles?

No, tumble, you're demented for thinking you have to pay 5k for a "reputable" boat. That's absurd. Do you buy everything out of a brochure?

Come on!

Why are you going on about flights to Ecuador? What does that have to do with a tour to the Galapagos? Or are you trying to refute my assertion that you can spend six months in S America off 5-7k?

Oh, backpacking vagabond. So that's the problem. Thanks for clearing that up.

Lucky for the rest of us that travel isn't restricted to whether or not we're willing to drop 5-7k on a tour of some islands.

Oh, sorry, not travel. "wandering". To tick off "bucketlists". Got it.

Poor tumble.

Yawn. Don't you have another alias to post under, id?

You're not even being interesting any more.

Actually no, that was just my second time saying goodbye :) Talk about reading comprehension skills ;)

Just wanted to set the record straight.

LOL. And yet you just can't quite grasp the stupidity of pulling out some random list of places to question someone's traveling.

Amazing.

"Nope, never said I've been anywhere near 200 countries.

And look, more deflection from your previous posts being pointedly knocked down.

If you're genuinely curious how I travel, I seriously suggest trying your own backpacking trip sometime. Forget your hotels or 5000 dollar tours and go grab a bunk in a hostel. Or if the idea of the typical backpacker so disgusts you (since you deem that it's incomprehensible for me to travel with others) maybe you'd like couchsurfing. Really get involved with the locals and all that jazz. Save you a lot of money, too.

And I'm going to do all the typical stuff in Hong Kong. They have a zipline yet? If not, maybe the bungee in Macau will suffice.

Damn, that just discounted my entire trip, didn't it? Doh!"

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Christ, you are going to have some typical time in Hong Kong with that backpack of yours. And yes, that little side trip to Macao makes a lot of sense...hope you have some money to take part in the only activity that goes on there.

By the way, I've done plenty of hostel backpacking, but I at least know when that type of travel makes sense and when it doesn't. BTW, I think most of us would be interested in the wonderful time you are going to have on your $1K trip to the Galapagos and with your backpack in Hong Kong....maybe you can try the Outer Territories?

letsrun is for fools wrote:

Actually no, that was just my second time saying goodbye :) Talk about reading comprehension skills ;)

Just wanted to set the record straight.

so you're just as bad at math as you are at reading.

I'd quote your three previous replies that said you were leaving, I don't want to goad you into coming back a fourth/fifth/whatever time.

You really are an amazing naive wannabe. First off, I said nothing about "reputable" boats....I said REPUTABLE tours. Let me try to educate you on trips to the Galapagos. Most good (reputable) tours fly you to the Islands....do you realize how far offshore the Islands are? Sure, you can boat it, but why would you spend half your trip sitting on a boat???? Finally, Do you have a clue about the limited visitor permit system that Ecuador uses?

Tumbleldweed wrote:

Christ, you are going to have some typical time in Hong Kong with that backpack of yours. And yes, that little side trip to Macao makes a lot of sense...hope you have some money to take part in the only activity that goes on there.

By the way, I've done plenty of hostel backpacking, but I at least know when that type of travel makes sense and when it doesn't. BTW, I think most of us would be interested in the wonderful time you are going to have on your $1K trip to the Galapagos and with your backpack in Hong Kong....maybe you can try the Outer Territories?

Yeah, it can get quite expensive walking around taking in the sites. I'm sure that ferry ride is going to cost me half of my trip's budget, too, right?

Wow, reading comprehension failure again. Where did I say a trip to the Galapagos would cost 1k?

Copy and paste, bud. Or ignore this post like you have every other post when I've decimated your idiotic drivel.

Tumbleldweed wrote:

You really are an amazing naive wannabe. First off, I said nothing about "reputable" boats....I said REPUTABLE tours. Let me try to educate you on trips to the Galapagos. Most good (reputable) tours fly you to the Islands....do you realize how far offshore the Islands are? Sure, you can boat it, but why would you spend half your trip sitting on a boat???? Finally, Do you have a clue about the limited visitor permit system that Ecuador uses?

No, bud, here's where your ignorance comes into play.

The boats are the TOUR. You CAN book said tours from the Galapagos. You can also include a flight if you like, but you don't have to.

You do NOT have to book them from the mainland.

How's that for an education? Glad I'm teaching you so much today.

Don't worry, I'll quote them for you:

letsrun is for fools wrote:

And with that, I'm done. I'm not wasting any more time here.

letsrun is for fools wrote:

And I'm not playing the "you can't read." "No YOU can't read!" "No YOU CAN'T READ" game since I'm over the age of 15. We'll just have to agree to disagree. I am perfectly happy with my comprehension skills and will now put them to better use than arguing with a troll.

letsrun is for fools wrote:

I hope you find some kindness and love at some point in your travels. You clearly need it. Goodbye.

So I guess you could technically say I only said goodbye ONCE. But I'll give you the first quote as well since I made it clear I wasn't coming back here.

The second one simply said I would put my comprehension skills to better use than arguing with you, but I never said I would stop doing it. The two are not mutually exclusive.

How's that for reading comprehension?

If I was going to spend six months in Central or South America, yes I could live on around $5K and live quite well, thank you. But, for that amount of money, I wouldn't be doing much more than sitting around on a hammock with an Imperial in hand. What sense would it make to sit around for 6 months? Now, if you want to visit those historical sites (yes, they were here in the 15th century) it's going to cost quite a bit more. Any other thoughts are pure ignorance and naivity, of which you seem to have enough for all of us.

Country club wannabe wrote:

Yawn. Don't you have another alias to post under, id?

You're not even being interesting any more.

Nope, only the one user name, been on LR for a long time.

Since you won't answer, I accept that you can't - and offer this to all other posters as further proof of the fact that you are a liar.

I may be boring, but at least I have a life and don't need to make one up for an internet message board.

Care to accept the challenge yet?

Lol, looks like you were goaded anyway, letsrun is for fools (on the ball with that one, eh?).

Another failure on your part.

And look how intellectually dishonest you're being in an attempt to not be shown up. Again.

Your exact quote was "and will now put them to better use than arguing with a troll."

Your use of the phrase "will now" is a statement that such activity will cease and will not occur again in the future.

Maybe be more careful use of your language would keep you out of the binds.

As it now stands, I'm wondering how many more times I can get you to respond to this thread...

Country club wannabe wrote:

Maybe be more careful use of your language would keep you out of the binds.

My best sentence yet.

GenericID wrote:

Nope, only the one user name, been on LR for a long time.

Since you won't answer, I accept that you can't - and offer this to all other posters as further proof of the fact that you are a liar.

I may be boring, but at least I have a life and don't need to make one up for an internet message board.

Care to accept the challenge yet?

Are you still here?

You've ceased to be relevant. I won't reply to your drivel any longer because it's too boring.

"Wow, reading comprehension failure again. Where did I say a trip to the Galapagos would cost 1k?"

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cut and pasted for your use,

"No, bud, sorry to burst YOUR bubble, but it can be done for 1/5 of that, if not less if you show up and get a boat from the Galapagos itself."

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Your quote, fool. Last time I calculated, 1/5 of $5,000 was $1,000. So would you now like to change your story?

Apparently you still don't understand that the typical tour is a flight to/from Guayaquil/Islands and then boarding a boat travel to the various islands. Typically, you can stay on a boat or get a room in an island hotel. If you have one of the larger (e.g. NG Tours) boats, you might be ok sleeping on it, but you are going to pay top end for those larger/better ships.

Tumbleldweed wrote:

If I was going to spend six months in Central or South America, yes I could live on around $5K and live quite well, thank you. But, for that amount of money, I wouldn't be doing much more than sitting around on a hammock with an Imperial in hand. What sense would it make to sit around for 6 months? Now, if you want to visit those historical sites (yes, they were here in the 15th century) it's going to cost quite a bit more. Any other thoughts are pure ignorance and naivity, of which you seem to have enough for all of us.

Just goes to show how limited your imagination is and how ignorant you are of backpacking.

And that's fine. No worries there. Absolutely no need to limit yourself in regards to budget on a holiday if you don't need to.

But it can be done and certainly is done by thousands of backpackers every year. You say you've stayed in hostels and whatnot and maybe you have, but your comments regarding money strongly suggest that you've never actually gone backpacking (especially your early quotes about "backpacking in the Western US).

And again, that's fine. But to disparage someone else's travel because they choose to budget their money in such a way as to maximize their trip rather than their comfort...well, that's just the antithesis of the travel that you were so vehemently extolling earlier.

As I've said all along, you're just one blunder after another. Essentially you're a joke. You can't refute any I say and when I refute everything you say you immediately switch topics and take another blind stab at it.

It's been one big facepalm after another with you and the rest of the trolls here.

I still stand on top, steadfast in my knowledge, experience, and, if I'm frank, utter brilliance.

I won't reply to your drivel any longer because it's too boring.

I bet you will.

As it stands, you are a proven liar and a fantasist who is so desperate to impress people on an internet message board that he gets out of bed at 3 a.m. in order to give the impression that he isn't living in the US!

You aren't even a very good troll. How pathetic is that?

Tumbleldweed wrote:

"Wow, reading comprehension failure again. Where did I say a trip to the Galapagos would cost 1k?"

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cut and pasted for your use,

"No, bud, sorry to burst YOUR bubble, but it can be done for 1/5 of that, if not less if you show up and get a boat from the Galapagos itself."

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Your quote, fool. Last time I calculated, 1/5 of $5,000 was $1,000. So would you now like to change your story?

Apparently you still don't understand that the typical tour is a flight to/from Guayaquil/Islands and then boarding a boat travel to the various islands. Typically, you can stay on a boat or get a room in an island hotel. If you have one of the larger (e.g. NG Tours) boats, you might be ok sleeping on it, but you are going to pay top end for those larger/better ships.

No, I'd like you to read a little more closely.

Pay special attention to the parts about BOAT FROM the GALAPAGOS.

Got it now??! Ha!!

Apparently YOU Don't understand that you can BOOK A TOUR From Puerto Aroya.

Do you understand that now? Do you? Shall I repeat it?

You can book a tour FROM the Galapagos!

Why do you fail so often and with such aplomb? Is it as fun for you to fail as it is for me to point out your failing?

Turning in. Wannabe got confused and lost in his stories, so it seems. He was a hoot, wasn't he? Later.