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adventureman · Joined: 18 Feb 2003

A few years ago, I might have said 'travel'. And not package tour style either, mind you. Traveling of the the down-and-dirty back-to-basics $4 guest house-staying, unwashed for a week, dope-smoking, street noodle-eating, backpack-lugging sort.

However, over the past few years my attitude towards this sort of travel has changed substantially. The novelty of superficially visiting a place only for a couple weeks, having the same mundane conversations with Paul the 24-year-old from Manchester, taking cold showers, sleeping in shittholes, getting eaten alive by mosquitoes, squatting while I take a dump, and claiming to be 'rugged' and 'adventurous' when I'm still visiting the same Goddam places and keeping the culture at just as much of an arms length as everyone else. Truth be told, these days I find intercourse with somebody of the opposite sex, and the pursuit of it, to be a far more interesting (and inexpensive) endeavor and a more fulfilling way to get my jollies.

How about you?

sojourner1 · Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:49 pm Post subject:

Comparing to apples to oranges here as the 2 aren't related unless you're a sex tourist.

Since I am not a sex tourist, I don't compare sex to travel.

I value travel experiences over sex as sex teaches you nothing, but a good feeling like a drug does.

To each their own.

Mosley · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Adventureman! Where ya bin?

Maybe you shoulda posted a third choice, like "a combination of the two." It's not uncommon for travellers to hook up w/the opposing gender while abroad(and no, I'm not talking about where a cash transaction is involved!).

As for the "roughing it" bit, if you're working in Korea, you should be able to pay a bit more so you can be comfortable while in Vietnam or Mongolia-a sort of middle ground between being on travels on $15/day and forking out heaps to stay at a Hilton.

brandonhill31 · Joined: 02 May 2007 Location: Daegu

yeah mosely, having sex with people you meet along the way is fun. maybe not the safest bet, but its good for your resume. ha

wonkavite62 · Joined: 17 Dec 2007 Location: Jeollanamdo, South Korea.

I have lived in several countries, including Korea, Japan, Turkey and Spain. If I say I prefer travel, then that means sex is less important, and for me it's confusing: I had some really good sexual experiences abroad.
But it also leaves out the question of romance.
I think it is really wonderful and sweet when two people meet up in a foreign country and fall in love. Moonlight, flowers, and sweet kisses under the stars. Sex, of course is included in the deal.
One reply to this topic spoke about how sex teaches you nothing, but the guy forgot to mention that being in a relationship with someone of the opposite sex( or in some cases the same sex), can actually teach you a great deal.
Meeting Beautiful women, or at any rate the right woman, can be so good.
So can friendship. I actually don't want to have to choose between sex and travel(why can't I have my cake and eat it? ) So I am voting for Love. I am sorry if that sounds too sentimental.

jazblanc77 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004

I'm trying to figure out how they are similar.

Hank the Iconoclast · Joined: 08 Oct 2007 Location: Busan

Sex with my girlfriend the first time beats traveling for me and I love traveling.

spirit2110 · Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:

Sex.

For the first time.

With someone special?

There's nothing like it.

Faunaki · Joined: 15 Jun 2007

Travel. Usually you can get sex anywhere, anytime. Travel usually involves planning and saving so it gives me something to think about it for a couple of months.

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:36 am Post subject:

This thread is soooooo mine. Laughing

I started travelling when I came to Korea five years ago, and haven't had sex in all this time. It does seem to be an either/or decision for me, travel as a substitute for sex?

I did Japan a half dozen times and she sure was beautiful and exotic but she wasn't very passionate and has expensive tastes.

I shacked up with Auckland for a month and she fit like a glove but she demanded a commitment if i was gonna stay and i wasn't ready to settle down so I took off.

I flirted with China and Thailand but got cold feet and things didn't fly.

I went back to my ex a couple of times, just for old times sake.

Mostly I went coast to coast with Korea, up and down and all over, getting to know and appreciate the underrated beaut, spicy and hard to handle sometimes, but cheap and easy to roll with, for now.

VanIslander · Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2007 2:43 am Post subject:

Faunaki · Joined: 15 Jun 2007

MrMr · Joined: 05 Sep 2006 Location: Korea

I enjoy both. The difference is that I don't always travel alone.

itaewonguy · Joined: 25 Mar 2003

im going with travel....
I guess you could say a different women is like seeing a breath taking sunrise in a far away land for the first time too.
but a womans body is a womans body..

how many Grand Canyons,Polar auroras, Colosseums are there?
sure then again how many 10's are there...

to many fantastic places to see..

so im going with traveling.. becuase the sites always bring a spiritual wonder and historical journey too...