tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post8428524708151824503..comments2024-03-29T04:08:44.616-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Storm's River - place of wavesMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-83115214284206525972017-10-20T20:28:49.608-04:002017-10-20T20:28:49.608-04:00Glorious photographs, Marie (and the Frenchman)......Glorious photographs, Marie (and the Frenchman)...the scene in the last one is particularly enticing. Where do you swim when you are in New York (city or state), Marie? I am always looking for open water in which to swim. Like South Africans, I am inclined in public to look people in the eye and greet them with a nod, smile and/or a voiced hello. The response is invariably positive (despite popular wisdom to the contrary regarding New Yorkers). Best wishes on the rest of your time in your South African home, Leslie Leslie in Oregonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-92106705026863026942017-10-20T15:54:03.237-04:002017-10-20T15:54:03.237-04:00Anyone who can say, Nou praat jy, is South African...Anyone who can say, Nou praat jy, is South African.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-2414986721318933072017-10-20T10:55:16.816-04:002017-10-20T10:55:16.816-04:00I am honored to be considered a South African for ...I am honored to be considered a South African for the purpose of this post. My heart certainly is there. :)Smoothmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17866977043552812061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-17292685708241602102017-10-20T06:56:22.185-04:002017-10-20T06:56:22.185-04:00I could go on, at length, but the blog comments is...I could go on, at length, but the blog comments is not the right place!<br />But the worst kind of tourist is not one who turns off self-awareness! The one who is unaware of difference (apart from having to SHOUT TO MAKE THEM UNDERSTAND) is the bane of international travel! Insert smiley face and let me catch the next train..dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-37033233457857749392017-10-20T06:08:25.577-04:002017-10-20T06:08:25.577-04:00V and I are aware that we are also tourists, but c...V and I are aware that we are also tourists, but coming from New York where the herd mentality is especially strong in places like the Brooklyn Bridge, or the average Manhattan sidewalk, the nature of what being a tourist means is an interesting philosophical question to us. It seems to imply a turning off a type of a certain self awareness, maybe because of being overwhelmed by the new?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-84060635841993978532017-10-19T21:30:09.708-04:002017-10-19T21:30:09.708-04:00Well, this traveller is also resentful of the &quo...Well, this traveller is also resentful of the "herding" tourists.I like the less-frequented places, even more so when locals are accepting of me.<br />Thank you for taking me en pillion.dinahmowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052642938090553088noreply@blogger.com