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| When I tell people I'm going travelling for another year I'm usually asked why? Well I can tell you that I'm not, like many Backpackers, on any great life-changing quest or exercise of self discovery, at 32 I pretty much know my strengths and limitations, don�t know where I�m going in life or where I�ll end up but quite frankly, I�m happy with that. So the only answers I can give is that it�s fun, simple as that. I guess like alot people, I want to escape from my little boxed world and bounce around the world like I've had a doble dose of whatever zebedee had, until I�m finally caught by the great Dictator called Money and thrown into my little box again. I�ve manage to escape my '9 to 5' world on two previous occations, so the great Money Dictator is keeping a close eye on me, it has put many temptations in my way, but I�ve resisted and the savings account is getting stronger. Before long I can use it as a tool to bust the lock on the, �DO NOT LEAVE,� door of my little boxed world and run for freedom, for a limited time of course, into the worlds big adventure playground. |
| ABOUT US |
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| MARK MAGILL |
| You may have heard that every Scotsman lives in a castle. Here's mine. |
| Eglinton Castle |
| Funniest travelling moment: It happened in Indonesia, in the jungles around Bukit Lawang. It was the early morning of the second day of a group trek; I was in the middle of showering in a nearby waterfall when I heard a commotion in the camp. I got dressed and went to investigate. The group had gathered around a young male Orang-utan. Desperate to get a good photo I moved to the front of the group and approached the youngster. Our guide warned me not to get too close. He explained that if the Orang-utan got a hold of my camera, he would take it into the tree canopy, pull it apart and throw it back at me. Well, not one to heed advice too often, I continued to edge closer to him. The young Orang-utan, as warned, swung forward grabbing not my camera, but my privates. The rest of the group thought this was hilarious, but I was worried that he might pull them off, climb to the canopy of the trees, pull them apart and throw them back at me. Luckily he was gentle and I pulled his hand away, I held that hand for a few seconds and when I looked into his eyes I am convinced he had self-awareness beyond a basic level. He was just letting me know that he was the boss in this Jungle. I guess there aren�t too many people in the world that can say they have been felt up by a young male Orang-utan. Actually I�m not sure that�s such a great boast now I think about it. |
| Quote: 'I'd like to be as good as my dog thinks I am.' |
| Quote: �Don�t look before you leap or you might never leap.� |
| Quote: 'Somewhere in Texas a village has lost it�s idiot.� |
| The Culprit |
| CHRIS FLANAGAN |
| Is this the voice of the people or just another drunken backpacker? |
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