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Name: Menno City, Country: Beaumaris VIC Australia Sent: 11.29 AM - 9/5 2002 Hey Ramon, We crossed paths between Europe and Australia! I just returned from Holland this morning, only to find that I can't read your post-Tassie reports at the moment. Bugger.... Anyway, I reckon you must be happy now to be able to "recharge your batteries" for a while, after all those travels, faces, life stories and having to adapt in your daily role as guest. No place like home.... I have a deep respect for what you achieved and the way you achieved it, *your* way! And I am glad to be part of that little community that helped make it possible. Regards,
Menno "The way to stay sane is to be crazy now and then...." 
Name: Ron from Dutch On-Line City, Country: Sydney Sent: 10.44 AM - 9/5 2002 Ramon,
Thanks for visiting Oz I think raising $675 for the make a wish foundation is a good amount Hope you enjoyed the whole country Sally from Make a wish in Sydney send your info on the the Dutch Make a wish foundation The charity night was nice and relaxing But do come back we have so many bitterballen, frikandellen en Grolsch beer left over. Have a safe trip home From Ron Ellen Bradley and all those nice people at the Let me stay for a day charity night PS Did you leave the Novotel mini bar on your last night as is or will I get a bill haha as you would say .......Its Good Night from Sydney ..........
Name: Perth Sales - McCaffertys & Greyhound Pioneer City, Country: Perth, Australia Sent: 8.57 AM - 9/5 2002 Hi Ramon, Firstly, I must say how saddened I was to hear about this 'airforce' character and what occured with your web page. Secondly, ditto for what Brian B - North Carolina says. I hope your Charity night was a success. The kids at 'Make A Wish' will no doubt be wishing for more 'stars' like Ramon. "when you wish upon a star..." Safe journeys on your way home. By the time you get home you will probably need a holiday. Nice to have met you and maybe we will meet again someday. Kind Regards
Hi Ramon, All the best for your coming journeys!
Hey Dude. Sorry Some Di**Head Fu**ed Your Site Up. Hope Your Up Soon. Safe Travels...
At the moment I am about to board the plane from Sydney to Hong Kong and to arrive in The Netherlands again on Friday. See ya back on the real website soon. ;-) Ramon
Name: ToolkiT City, Country: Australia Sent: 2.06 AM - 9/5 2002 To Airforce, who posted below: With friends like that who needs enemies? :/
If you are a man you expose your identity and face the concequeses of you actions... you really put Ramon in a shitty situation by your wanna be hacking...
Name: Jo Neller City, Country: Erina, NSW, Australia Sent: 11.54 PM - 9/4 2002 Ramon
Have a safe trip home. Thank you for your support and advice when you stayed at my place. I have given Graham the flick. He was definately not worth the trouble. I have been going out with a lovely gentleman for 5 days. His name is Gary. He treats me well and with respect. It has taken four since my divorce and I'm really happy. Thank you once again. I hope all your dreams come true. I hope you and Irena can patch things up. Life is too short. Your living your dream and I have learnt alot from your stay. My motto in life now is to be happy and live life to the fullest. Hopefully we can catch up in the future. I'm going to Europe next year. Thanks again. Have a safe trip. Jo
Name: stefan purucker City, Country: vienna, austria Sent: 10.43 PM - 9/4 2002 well, you have been here already, i guess. so it´s hard to invite you again. but we look at your route. keep on going. a brilliant idea, but how do you feel meeting all these people every day? how many families have you met? wish you all the best! RAMON: Hey Stefan, lots of questions, less time right now. I have only stayed one day in Austria until now, so I will certainly come back there again ... one day...
Name: Aila Karppinen City, Country: Sweden Sent: 7.32 PM - 9/4 2002 Hi Ramon!Thank You for your ansver,it was nice to here from You?Are You still in Australia??My favorite place on Earth(one of favorites.)You are a wery speciall person,and brave, for doing what many people are dreaming about,to travel around our Beautiful Planet!Hope to here from You.God Bless on Your Journey!
Name: airforce City, Country: nowhere Sent: 7.18 PM - 9/4 2002 Hi Ramon ... I`m the ####### that is responsable for messing up you`re page ... All that i can say is that i am sorry .. I never got to "hacking" thinking that i would destroy one`s dream... All that i ever wanted to show you was that you`re server is vulnerable .. And if it wasn`t me .. it could of been someonelse who might of screw`d up the whole server .. I am trouly sorry for this shit .. All i wanted was to be friends .. G33z ...
Name: Fiona City, Country: Adelaide Sent: 2.33 PM - 9/4 2002 Hi Ramon! I just logged on to wish you a safe journey home! Happy travelling! Fiona, Wayne, Imogen and Jasper (report #400!)
Name: Nancy City, Country: Leiden,Netherlands Sent: 2.29 PM - 9/4 2002 Voor ramon, zodat je weer een beetje kunt wennen:O) Home sweet home- peter gabriel Met this girl called Josephine and took her up on my machine, We had a little fun, and now we got a little one. Had to get married, being chased out of town. Found ourselves a place to live, we put all our money down. Called it Home Sweet Home, Home Sweet Home, Eleven floors up in a tower block, happy just to have a home. I've gone and changed the lock on our home. Nothing really worked out right; things got broke, they stayed that way. None of our friends came round at night, little Sam got no place to play. "We've got to get out of here, Bill," she said, "I've been telling you all the while," When I came home from work that night, She'd jumped out the window with our child. From our Home Sweet Home, Home Sweet Home. Just a place to take a rest, just a place to make a nest. We call it home. When the insurance money came through, It seemed dirty, didn't know what to do. Took out the cash, went down to the casino, Down on the wheel on a double, And I won, yes I won, like I never won before. Bought myself a country house with an antique carved oak door. It was Home Sweet Home, Home Sweet Home. Just a place to lay our head, think of all the things we said About in our Home Sweet Home.
Name: Willem City, Country: Nimy-mons, Belgium Sent: 2.05 PM - 9/4 2002 Keep it up Ramon!!! Regards, Willem
Name: Brian B City, Country: Raleigh, NC Sent: 1.59 PM - 9/4 2002 Ramon, sorry about the internet troubles, hope they will be cleared up before you leave Australia. Good luck with letmestayforaday.com Charity Night. What a great way to give something back to the Australian people for helping you along in your travels. Just think, 16 months ago when you started your journey, did you ever dream it would come this far. I think you probably did. I don't know how long you can keep this up, but if you spend 6 months in all of the countries you have invites in, it would take you 35 years, haha (i realize you won't stay 6 months in each country). Good luck with the charity night and have a safe trip home. One bit of advice, try and finish up the Australian reports before you get to Zwolle (on the plane or something), because I have a feeling you won't feel like writing reports once you are back home (I don't blame you I wouldn't either, what with all that Grolsch beer you speak so fondly of). Thank you Ramon for opening our eyes to parts of the world that many of us will never see. good luck. Brian B
Name: Anne City, Country: Melbourne Australia Sent: 1.31 PM - 9/4 2002 I hope the memories of your time in Australia will stay with you always. Stay safe as you continue your travels.
Name: Sherry City, Country: Glebe Sent: 6.03 AM - 9/4 2002 Hey dude? How are your knee's? haha! Had lots of fun with you at the bar and Glebe Village Backpackers! Catch you on the flip side! Ciao Sherry:)
Name: Alexandra City, Country: Adelaide, Australia Sent: 2.48 PM - 9/2 2002 Wishing you all thebest for your travels back home!! Take care - Alex :):)
Name: Jamie City, Country: Naperville, IL USA Sent: 7.58 PM - 8/30 2002 Hi Ramon, how all is well with you.. ...just a quick note to Brian.. ...I am afraid I am not in your hometown, but here in the US. I should have been clearer when I said I was "currently in Durban", as I meant that is as far as I got reading Ramon's reports.
Name: Brian City, Country: Durban, South Africa Sent: 5.58 AM - 8/30 2002 Hi Ramon
Just a short note to wish you well with your party in Sydney. It's good that you are raising funds for charity. Hey, all the Sydney folk, you guys have to go! I don't want any excuses, you have to support Ramon in that party. Jamie, from Naperville, Il, I see that you are "currently in Durban". Is that in the reports, or physically? If physically, then welcome to my home. Perhaps we can get together for a drink. If in the reports, then happy reading! Sala kahle Brian
Name: Renee City, Country: Currently Delft, Netherlands Sent: 8.52 AM - 8/29 2002 Hoe gaat het! This is Renee from Ramons Brisbane & Mooloolaba stay (and we also ran into each other on Magnetic). Just thought I'd say hello from your own country Ramon! You know how I love the Dutch - well I kept in touch with a guy I met on Fraser Island 18mnths ago & he flew to London to see me when I got back from Canada. We've been a couple since and are very happy! :) He loves Aussie girls and I love Dutch guys so it's a great match, not to mention a lot more in common and he is the most wonderful boyfriend in the world :) So now I'm staying-for-a-month with him, and he will be with me in the UK in September for a week and we're working out beyond that, but he's been planning on living in Australia since I met him so hopefully we'll both end up there in about 2004. Meanwhile I'm trying to learn Dutch and it's rather difficult! Have also just learnt to ride a bike, been for a cruise up a canal and am eating lots of cheese. So I can now totally associate with you having to learn all new things in your travels as now I'm doing it all in your own country! Anyway wanted to wish you good luck returning back home and enjoy your break :) Doei.
Name: James City, Country: Arnold, California, USA Sent: 10.19 PM - 8/28 2002 Sorry, but I want to weigh in back with the comments on world awareness. There is an international newspaper printed in the US and many other countries called the Christian Science Monitor. Yes it does originate from a religious group, but 98% of its content is international news and comment. It is widely read. Take a look it has opened up my view of the world. Especially since it tries to focus and the people and the issues, not the sensationalism of the news. Continue on, keep em' flowing J
Name: Jamie City, Country: Naperville, IL, USA Sent: 5.31 PM - 8/28 2002 Ramon,
Safe Travels. Jamie
Name: Bart City, Country: Belgium Sent: 3.19 PM - 8/28 2002 The name of the Dutch guy who "discovered" New- Amsterdam (New York) was Peter Stuyvesant
Name: ... City, Country: ... Sent: 7.41 PM - 8/27 2002 Careful Robert, Manhattan was not "discovered" by the Dutch. Natives had been living there for countless generations. Some of the Dutch and the Puritans attempted to exterminate the Natives, and many were captured and sold as slaves. Not the prettiest chapter in American history. (Not trying to alienate anyone or start any arguments on the actions of people hundreds of years ago - I just don't like the "discovered" claims!) RAMON: Thanks ... But what is wrong with a simple name for you?
Name: Linda City, Country: Hobart, Tasmania Sent: 1.23 AM - 8/27 2002 I just noticed one of the comments in Ramon's report on his arrival in Melbourne. Thanks for sticking up for us Tasmanians, Hamish! Linda
Ramon
Its always great to see that you are doing well we keep checking and everythings running really smooth. Australia sounds and looks great from the pictures you you have taken. We also like the write ups on the day to day events. Your doing fantastic. Talk to you soon. lazystudent
Name: Craig & Lauren City, Country: Bendigo, Australia Sent: 9.08 AM - 8/26 2002 Ramon,
Lauren and I want to thank you for including us in what must be an amazing experience for you. It is truly astounding what a little hospitality from one person at a time can accomplish; and for someone to have the courage to take that leap of faith and make it work is fantastic. We wish you luck in the rest of your travels and hopefully one day we will get to Zwolle and visit you (if you are home that is...lol) Anyway, thank you again. You were the perfect houseguest and most welcome to stay if you are in Bendigo again. Good luck! Craig & Lauren
Name: Robert City, Country: Indiana, USA Sent: 2.54 AM - 8/26 2002 Ramon,
I was just thinking, New York City, ie., Manhattan, was discovered by a Dutchman. His name escapes me, at the moment, but you may know his name. Now, in NYC and in other US cities 50 years ago, we had pay toilets in hotels and other establishments. It, also, occurs to me that another Dutchman invented the "Limbo" to enter these pay toilets. Are you related to this guy?
Name: Acadia City, Country: Maine, USA Sent: 12.49 PM - 8/25 2002 Lew,
Aptly put.
Name: Lew Bretz City, Country: Elephant Pass Tasmania, OZ Sent: 3.49 AM - 8/25 2002 Hi Ramon, I'm glad you're caught up with your diary and that your minor storm over Tasmania got cleared up. For the group, though, or those who read about his night at Elephant Pass... there were a few misremembered details in Ramon's
But for any Americans I should clarify what I meant in reported comments on parochialism in the US and elsewhere. If Ramon didn't grasp it all, I may be the guilty party. I not only did the explaining in what was, for Ramon, a foreign language, I was also pouring his wine! I certainly admit that half of the US is indifferent to almost everything happening overseas that doesn't directly concern them. But it's arguable that almost everywhere else half the people, at least, aren't much different. Half of them, after all, have below average IQs and education levels. You can get through university, even, without having studied social issues in depth past age 16. And how much did any of us understand at 16? Although I don't speak Dutch, I've got enough language background to follow the news in several European languages from France to Russia. I've often detected the same parochialism in these European channels, which we can watch in Australia thanks to its ethnic media network, SBS. It's always interesting for me as an American to see how they handle US-related stories and which ones they find of interest. It often says more about them than about America. Even in an outward looking culture, which Holland has been for 5 or more centuries and Australia is since its British trading network ended, local stuff is what viewers generally want. I just now listened to Australia's ABC radio news this morning--the ABC is our equivalent of Britain's BBC or Canada's CBC--and nearly all its stories were irrelevant to anyone outside its minority listening audience--irrelevant even to most of Australia, to say nothing of the wider world. I'll save the list of stories in case Ramon, as a longtime student of journalism, is interested--they'd probably bore anyone else. But the list shows how, in today's complex world, we all tend to drastically scale down our attention span, and look for some connection between a story and our lives; if there's no obvious link, we don't have much patience for it and our minds move on. Media proprietors hate that. We are not their customers, we are their PRODUCT. The advertisers who want our attention are their real clients. I hope this wasn't too wordy, but looking back on it the topic it seems to warrant this much attention; maybe someone else could put it simpler without dumbing it down. And perhaps some others tracking Ramon have some views on this too? I know he's busy mulling over such stuff and hopefully he'll share his conclusions with us when they're "ripe". cheers and best of luck on your return trip Ramon,
Dear Ramon, How Vickie could think you are anything but a gentleman, I don't know. You certainly did not leave our house in a mess either! We cannot force others to do what WE want just for our own satisfaction. You happily joined in our family's activities and outings, but if you had declined through tiredness or a wish to update your travels we would have honoured that.....indeed your final day was just that ...catching up. To Ramon's mother...you can be proud of your son...he is a perfect guest. Enjoy your break back in Holland. All the best, Love Anne and the crew.
Name: Joan City, Country: USA Sent: 2.49 AM - 8/25 2002 Hi Ramon, I had to comment on your report of Aug 21 where you begin with "When I woke up this morning my hostess Linda had left a note in the kitchen with the instructions how I can survive for breakfast or lunch." I know this has happened to you at other host/hostess homes as well. I believe it is a testament to your web site, your integrity, your reporting expertise, your photos, etc. which allows people to not only let a "stranger" into their home, but to also leave him ALONE in their home when they go off to work. Amazing trust and faith in you. For people to leave you in their home, where your could "in theory" rip them off or invade their private things, mess with their possessions, etc. - but then again, you'd be easy to track down as your travels are not secret! :-) I just think it is really a testament to you and your idea and your web site that allows people who invite you, and allows you as well, to have an implicit trust in one another. Really refreshing. P.S. Loved the hermit crab races. But I think they could do a better job of painting those shells to match some F1, CART, IRL, NASCAR or AUSCAR cars! :-) How about a "Schumi" crab or a "Castroneves" crab or an "Andretti" crab or a "Gordon" crab or an "Earnhardt" crab? ;-) Just to name a few. (OK, I admit it, I am a car racing fan!) "Weather is here, wish you were beautiful!" :-)
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