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Looking Back On… The Trips of My Childhood
Looking Back On...
- Looking Back On… World Cup in Brazil, 2014
- Looking Back On… Studying Abroad in London
- Looking Back On… Backpacking in Europe, 2015
- Looking Back On… Russia’s Two Capitals
- Looking Back On… The Trips of My Childhood
- Looking Back On…. Honeymoon in Mongolia
- Looking Back On… 10th Anniversary on an African Safari
- Looking Back On… American Southwest Road Trip
- Looking Back On… Backpacking Europe in 2005
- Looking Back On… Trekking in Nepal in 2008
From now until things get better, I’ll be writing this series to look back on stuff in the past that I’ve never written about here on Prince of Travel, whether it was trips that took place before I started the blog, funny anecdotes from my journeys over the years, “small wins” that helped me develop my keen eye for killer deals, or anything else that shaped who I am as a traveller today.
In this installment, I’m looking back on some of the trips we took as a family back when I was a young boy, which instilled within me a lifelong curiosity about the world at large.
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Looking Back On...
- Looking Back On… World Cup in Brazil, 2014
- Looking Back On… Studying Abroad in London
- Looking Back On… Backpacking in Europe, 2015
- Looking Back On… Russia’s Two Capitals
- Looking Back On… The Trips of My Childhood
- Looking Back On…. Honeymoon in Mongolia
- Looking Back On… 10th Anniversary on an African Safari
- Looking Back On… American Southwest Road Trip
- Looking Back On… Backpacking Europe in 2005
- Looking Back On… Trekking in Nepal in 2008
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hi Ricky
I have been following your blog for years? and thank you for sharing your childhood stories and pictures of how you became such a travel bug. This is my first post. U are right, I am age 59 and I did not have such travel experiences growing up, and so i seek to have it with / for my own family. After so many years of disneyland / disneyworld, we have done Europe 4 x in past 5 years, so travel opens our minds to what is possible in life and in the world… and like you my adult children now will have those memories for life… there is not a week when one of them say remember ? or that incident?
Keep up the good blog.
Tom
Awesome article, I have to credit my father for my love of travel. He worked for a telecommunications company which dealt with airlines and always managed to get freebie tickets. I too recall many a trip to the Airport praying for a standby ticket out from Kuala Lumpur to the world. One year we were traveling back to KL from TO and coincidentally Indira Ghandi was assasinated that week which meant a cross continent air search for standby tickets home. It was a nightmare for my Dad but I fondly recall flying via Schipol, eating bratwurst for the first time and wasting time at an open air museum which had a marble carving of a Satyr complete with a very erect phallus. All eye opening for a young 10 year old. By the way, I do recall those KLM couloring books and the first time I had a mousse inflight! Thanks for a trip down memory lane. I was supposed to go to Mozambique this year but that got cancelled with the pandemic. I’m looking forward to a return journey and my very own dhow sail trip there.
I feel like I’m an older Ricky having travelled to many of the same places. My dad worked with the airlines so every year we got $150 for any international flight except it was standby. So I remember the times waiting at the airports early morning hoping that someone missed their flight or that is wasn’t over booked. We never had to split up. All 3 of us got on everytime! ~~ memories.
Great article. Seems that you were a passport baby. Born in Vancouver and didn’t come back until college.
Actually, I’m pretty sure I was a passport mistake. 😉
Same thing crossed my mind as I read it.
aw that’s a nice family story! You were a cute kid!
Small thing: molding and moulding are a little different
my bad. sorry.
You were correct in using moulding, Ricky.
Following taken from “writing explained.org”
Is it mold or mould? Mold and mouldare alternative spellings of the same word, which can refer to fungus or a container for molten liquid as a noun, or the act of shaping something as a verb.
Americans use mold, but the British use mould