[EternalVigilance]

That all sounds very interesting.

Maybe that's what I need to do. I've traveled in all of the lower 48, but have never been outside the borders, ever.

Maybe I need to get out more.

Now if I was just independently wealthy...

[Central Scrutiniser]

Well, I had the great fortune of being an airline employee for 14 years, I went to over 40 countries and enjoyed the hell out of it. I retired with bennies, but the only foreign places my airline flies to is Canada, Mexico and Costa Rica. I fly mostly free on them, but the days of $30 flights to Hawaii are long gone. But I make lots more money now and can afford 2 asia trips a year. I did Cambodia in November and enjoyed every minute of it. Its a great world, you have to see it, Asia is very, very different to the first time traveller! But Thailand is heaven on earth, Phuket or Koh Samui are places I long to live at, dirt cheap, beautiful as heck and full of happy people and great food. You can get a ticket to Bangkok pretty cheap (under $700) if you look hard enough, and from there, you can take a train, or a bus or fly to paradise.