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jefeelloco
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| I spent 2 weeks in Norway/Sweden/Denmark my senior year of high school. I have been chasing beautiful women around the world ever since... |
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mcsam
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No. I've been travelling since I was 18. Mainly holidays or business (not teaching).
My list: Spain, France, USA (twice), Cuba, Bahamas, Egypt (3 times), Tunisia, Portugal, Belize, Greece.
Teaching: China, Vietnam, U.A.E. |
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gaijinalways
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Hmm, as an American, yes geography and less vacation time definitely limits the possibilities of travel for many of us when you're living stateside.
Myself, went to Canada and Mexico earlier, first big trip abroad at 32, still out there. In contrast, my older sister by the time she finished university had visited England, lived in France for a year (and traveled all over Europe, my parents still have the bills to prove it  ), and she lived in Egypt for a year and half.
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| And if my memory serves me correctly, Central America is part of North America too. Clear down to Panama. |
No, Central America is that, Central America. That is why there are only three countries in N. America.
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| Maybe instead of counting countries to judge how much a person has traveled, how about mileage. |
Good point, I have definitely racked up a few miles, and a few countries as well, but I still haven't hit all of Western Europe, never mind the Eastern part![/quote] |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I certainly wasn't ever taught that there was a Central American continent--and yes, I do know that "continents" are debatable.
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Guy Courchesne
Joined: 10 Mar 2003
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Location: Mexico City
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| denise wrote: |
Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I certainly wasn't ever taught that there was a Central American continent--and yes, I do know that "continents" are debatable.
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Same here. Central America is simply a political or regional division...technically part of the North American continent. But in the end, do any of us here teach geography anyway?
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MO39
Joined: 28 Jan 2004
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Location: El ombligo de la Rep�blica Mexicana
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| Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 5:08 pm Post subject: |
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| Guy Courchesne wrote: |
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Well, we'll just have to agree to disagree. I certainly wasn't ever taught that there was a Central American continent--and yes, I do know that "continents" are debatable.
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Same here. Central America is simply a political or regional division...technically part of the North American continent. But in the end, do any of us here teach geography anyway?
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I don't teach geography but I've found that an atlas is a great teaching tool with students of all ages and levels of English! |
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jammish
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| Christ, no. If Wuhan had been my first destination in Asia, I would have got straight back on the plane and never come back. It was only cos I knew there were some seriously good places in Asia that I stuck it out. |
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2 over lee
Joined: 07 Sep 2004
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Location: www.specialbrewman.blogspot.com
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guy's map looks ok to me with one exception!!!! That would be Australasia, not just Australia.
For me my first trip 'abroad' was to Australia for 6 months of work - then to Tianjin which I only lasted two months in, after that Dalian which I loved.
Funny when you compare NZers (Aussies too) and Brits for experience of foreign cultures at about age 22 - you realise how different we are. I didn;t make my third foreign country, Thailand, until I was 24.
I hope making it to good old Colombia can make up for my sheltered early life?  |
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Justin Trullinger
Joined: 28 Jan 2005
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Location: Seoul, South Korea and Myanmar for a bit
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| That would be Australasia, not just Australia. |
Depends on where you learned it, and where they made the map.
Continents are highly debatable- people in many places aren't taught a distinction between North America and South America. (Seems strange to the yanks, but in Europe, "America" is generally considered a continent.)
Fun to debate with students and colleagues alike. So- how many continents are there in the world? (According to the education where you grew up)
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2 over lee
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No, Australia is the name of a country.
The continent is either referred to as Australasia or Oceania. |
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Justin Trullinger
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No, Australia is the name of a country.
The continent is either referred to as Australasia or Oceania |
It's a little hard to take an absolute view of geography, IMO.
I'm happy to accept your name of the continent. Nonetheless, where I went to school, the continent was taught, and named on maps, as Australia, the same as the country. According to a geography text I have in my library here, published 1994, Australia is the only country which is also a continent. Isn't that neat?
I'm not saying this is right or wrong- which would be meaningless in any case. Geographical labels and distinctions are political constructs, and are going to vary according to where you're looking at them from.
To insist on a "right" answer in terms of what a world feature is called will probably lead to a lot on interesting arguments, but never any consensus.
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Julieanne
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| The only way I could afford to travel abroad was to teach at the same time. |
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denise
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
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Location: finally home-ish
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| The only way I could afford to travel abroad was to teach at the same time. |
Very true.  When I finally make it back to the US and find a teaching job there, my traveling days may come to a screeching halt. Not that I got into this job just to travel, but international living is kinda built into the career.
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Takahiwai
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Location: Libya
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I emigrated to New Zealand when I was three and have been on the move on and off since then. Nothing like a long sea journey to give you a lifelong sense of wanderlust  |
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ecocks
Joined: 06 Nov 2007
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Location: Gdansk, Poland
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 10:06 am Post subject: Let's see |
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I lived for 2 years in Cuba when I was 8-10 years old, then spent a summer traveling in Europe when I was 16 (about 7-8 EE countries), Canada four or five times, Mexico three or four times, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Ireland twice and England three more times. THEN I decided to try to live in Europe a few years and see what happened.
That added Poland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic to my list. Still building the list of experiences! |
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