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This user is a Floridian.
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This user is interested in Africa.
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I'm AHeneen and I am a fellow Wikitraveller! I live in the US state of Florida, hometown is Winter Haven, but I am going to school in Orlando. I can speak a fairly good amount of French, in which I will be minoring in. I have discovered that learning languages is very intriguing, and I would love to learn a little Russian, Arabic, Hebrew & Portuguese.

In 2006, I set 12 goals to accomplish in my life and of them, six are travel related: visit 40 countries, live abroad, climb a mountain at least 5000m (16,400ft), drive across the country (US...namely Florida to Alaska), attend the Olympic Games, and go on a mission/humanitarian trip to Africa. So essentially, I'm just a student with the "travel-bug" who hasn't been very many places, but really hopes to change that.

[edit] Where I've Been:

[edit] United States

• California(89-96, 98): lived in Thousand Oaks, been to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego, Barstow
• Arizona(96, 05): Tucson, Nogales and areas in between them.
• Ohio(96-98, 01): lived in Columbus, been to most of central OH from Sidney/Wapokaneta east to Sugarcreek and Cambridge down to Cincinnati and Marietta
• West Virginia(98): area near Parkersburg
• Florida(98-present): lived here over 10 years, been almost everywhere except the panhandle west of Panama City and the Keys
• New York(06): Manhattan
• I've driven through the following states: Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, & New Jersey

[edit] United Kingdom (1994)

• England: London, Windsor

[edit] Australia (2002)

• Queensland: Port Douglas, Cairns, Townsville, Charters Towers, Whitsunday Islands, Mackay, Rockhampton, Fraser Island, Brisbane, Surfers Paradise
• New South Wales: Byron Bay, Grafton, Sydney

[edit] Mexico (2005)

• Sonora: Nogales

[edit] Jamaica (2007)

• Montego Bay, Falmouth, Ocho Rios

[edit] France (1994 & 2007)

• Ile de France: Paris, Versailles

[edit] Where I want to go

I have quite a disdain for "touristy" or tourist-oriented places, so I am not interested in Western Europe (save France, since I know a bit of French) nor the Caribbean (although I did like Jamaica...away from the touristy places). I have a bit of an interest in the former Soviet Union, namely the Caucasus & Central Asia. I would also like to travel to historic places, albeit a bit more risqué for Americans, in the Middle East. Aside from that I loved Australia and will definitely return someday to explore it more. The top 25 nations I haven't been to which I would like to visit (somewhat in order of preference) are:

• Georgia
• Turkey
• Canada
• Russia
• Armenia/Nagorno-Karabakh
• Brazil
• Uzbekistan
• Argentina
• Egypt
• New Zealand
• Kazakhstan
• South Africa
• Israel
• Syria
• Iran
• Turkmenistan
• Afghanistan
• North Korea
• Kosovo
• United Arab Emirates
• Thailand
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Niger
• Bhutan

[edit] Dream Voyages

• Penultimate London to Cape Town Overland:
  • East—UK, France, Belgium, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Kurdistan, Turkey, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, South Africa, Lesotho, South Africa
  • West— United Kingdom, France, Andorra, Spain, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Togo, Benin, Niger, Nigeria or Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, R. Congo, D.R. Congo, Angola, Zambia, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho, South Africa.
• Turkey/Caucasus
  • Short: Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, & Nagorno-Karabakh.
  • Long: Circle the Black Sea—Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia(Dagestan), Armenia, & Nagorno-Karabakh.
• Central Asia
  • Short: Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, & Turkmenistan.
  • Long: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, northern Afghanistan (maybe), Uzbekistan, & Turkmenistan.
• Russia
  • Short: Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Vladimir, Trans-Siberian Railway (w/stops in Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Irkutsk), & Vladivostok.
  • Long: Russia & Baltic—Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, & Russia (same as above, plus Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky)
• South America
  • Short: Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, & Chile.
  • Long: Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, & Brazil.
• US/Canada:
  • Drive across the continent from Florida to Alaska, including Chicago, Badlands National Park, Yellowstone National Park, Calgary, Edmonton, Whitehorse, Dawson City, then "Roof of the World Highway" into Alaska, Fairbanks & surrounds, Dalton Highway, Denali National Park, Anchorage, Kenai Peninsula, Valdez, Skagway, Vancouver, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Denver, & New Orleans.
  • East Coast adventure, including Outer Banks, Washington, Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Maine, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, Newfoundland, Quebec City, Montreal,
  • Explore the Arctic regions, driving through: Arctic Alaska (Dalton Highway), Yukon (Dempster Highway), & Northwest Territories.
• Africa Overland
  • Short: Kenya to South Africa, [1] (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, & South Africa), plus Rwanda, Goma (DRC), the rest of S.Africa, & Lesotho.
  • The famous Cairo to Cape Town: Egypt, Sudan,Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, DRC, Tanzania & Zanzibar, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho.
  • And, Malaga to Douala Overland, [2]—Malaga, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, & Cameroon.
• Antarctica: Transantarctic Mtns, South Pole, maybe even trek from coast to pole...but certainly something more than just some cruise and 30 minutes on the beach to gasp at f*cking penguins.

[edit] Docent

I am the docent for Florida, Central Florida, Orlando, Melbourne (Florida), Polk County (Florida), Winter Haven, & Lakeland. While I am roughly familiar with most of Florida, I know little of South Florida (Miami, the Keys, Ft.Lauderdale, & West Palm Beach) and not much about the Panhandle west of Panama City.

[edit] Completed

• Dalton Highway-wrote 95% of this article
• Interstate 4-started the Routes Expedition
• Routeboxes:
  • , , , , , & through Florida
• Add/correct official tourism websites for all S.American countries (except Colombia, Venezuela, & Surimane which lack one)

[edit] To Do List

• Started a couple of things in my sandbox.
• Florida routboxes:
  • , , , , , , , US 441, US 301, US192 (maybe), US90, US 231, US29, US331, USUS319, US23(maybe); Florida's Turnpike
• Winter Haven
• Orlando -edited most sections, still need to finish the "history" sections, eventually need to separate Orlando-proper from areas traditionally considered "Orlando" and move the later into a Greater Orlando article
• Tampa - I've added much of the "get around" section, rest needs to be cleaned up
• Polk County (Florida)
• create Bartow, FL article
• contribute what little I know to Grafton (New South Wales) article

...and much more in the Central FL region!