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Some random thoughts... 

3/4/2013

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I  have recently been in the USA and Canada on a Namibian Tourism Roadshow. If you are expecting some deep and profound insights on the travel industry and my observations of trends - think again. Here is a collection of thoughts (and a stunning view of Vancouver) - Wilna 


Some random observations from my three weeks of travel ....

  • All USA airports smell of Cinnabon restaurants. Nauseating sweet....
  • The city with the most vagrants... old, young and all sexes...?  SEATTLE. Man... more than any city I have been to. And they all talk to themselves.
  • The city with the most pizza slice shops per block...? VANCOUVER.  At least two per city block if not three. More than burger places or coffee shops!
  • Most polite drivers...? Vancouver. They let you into traffic the moment you indicate... or even before you think of indicating!
  • And pedestrians don't jaywalk in Vancouver! On a cold and wet Saturday morning in downtown Vancouver, with zero traffic... everybody waits in the rain and don't cross unless the little man is lit! Unbelievable!
  • One struggles to find a coffee shop where you can get a cup of coffee in a ceramic mug. Most of my coffee consumption was in a paper cup, sucking through a plastic cover!
  • Las Vegas has slot machines right at the boarding gates, taking every possible opportunity to relieve you of your money. 


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Christmas Wishes to you!

12/19/2012

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May this year end on a good note for you, with meaningful conversations and raucous laughter with friends!

I wish you a 2013 filled with health, wisdom and kindness!
Wilna 

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Don't take life too seriously!

6/12/2012

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Teachings to live by

  • Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me for the path is narrow.. In fact, just piss off and leave me alone.  
  • Always remember you're unique. Just like everyone else.  
  • Never test the depth of the water with both feet…  
  • If you think nobody cares whether you're alive or dead, try missing a couple of mortgage payments.  
  • Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.  
  • If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.  
  • Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.  
  • If you lend someone  $ 20 and never see that person again, it was probably well worth it.  
  • If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything. 
  • Some days you are the dog, some days you are the tree.  
  • Good judgment comes from bad experience ... and most of that comes from bad judgment.  
  • A closed mouth gathers no foot.  
  • There are two excellent theories for arguing with women. Neither one works.  
  • Generally speaking, you aren't learning much when your lips are moving.  
  • Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.  
  • Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night. 


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The world we live in!

5/24/2012

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Travel humour...

9/29/2011

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I coudn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area, so I went to the lost luggage office and told the woman there that my bags never showed up. She smiled reassuringly and told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and that I was in good hands.

"Now," she asked me, "Has your plane arrived yet?"
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