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I was born and raised in [[California]], ([[Bay Area]]) and moved to [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] to attend college. Met my wife and never moved back…. | I was born and raised in [[California]], ([[Bay Area]]) and moved to [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]] to attend college. Met my wife and never moved back…. | ||
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Places: Countries, States, Cities, and Regions I love to visit or would love to visit. | Places: Countries, States, Cities, and Regions I love to visit or would love to visit. | ||
| − | (These are also areas I will try to contribute | + | (These are also areas I will try to contribute Articles to.) |
| − | [[California]] – the Golden State | + | '''In the [[United States of America | US]]''' |
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| + | [[Image:us-ca-sanfran-goldengate.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right|Golden Gate Bridge from Marin County with San Francisco in background]] | ||
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| + | '''[[California]]''' – the Golden State | ||
*[[Bay Area]] – Home Sweet Home | *[[Bay Area]] – Home Sweet Home | ||
| − | *[[California Delta]] – Very hard area to photograph but very fascinating landscape | + | *[[California Delta]] – a.k.a the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta - Very hard area to photograph but a very fascinating landscape full of levees (most of the area is 15 feet above sea level with some areas below sea level) , draw bridges, walnut grooves, and vineyards. |
| − | *[[Half Moon Bay]] – Beach and surf city | + | *[[Half Moon Bay]] – Beach and surf city. Fun to explore Highway 92 and the Highway 1 (a.k.a the Pacific Coast Highway.) |
*[[Menlo Park]] – Not Menlo Park in NJ | *[[Menlo Park]] – Not Menlo Park in NJ | ||
*[[Mountain View (California)]] | *[[Mountain View (California)]] | ||
| − | *[[Palo Alto]] – a.k.a. Shallow Alto cause of the high yuppie and student populations, | + | *[[Palo Alto]] – a.k.a. "Shallow Alto" cause of the high yuppie and student populations, but still a neat city to explore. |
| − | *[[San Francisco]] – | + | *[[San Francisco]] – love "the City" even though it can be a huge tourist trap. |
*[[San Jose (California)]] | *[[San Jose (California)]] | ||
| − | + | '''[[Hawaii]]''' – Aloha! Also scoffing at you [[Cape Cod]] beaches!! | |
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*[[Big Island (Hawaii)]] | *[[Big Island (Hawaii)]] | ||
*[[Kauai]] | *[[Kauai]] | ||
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*[[Oahu]] | *[[Oahu]] | ||
| − | [[Massachusetts]] – Pahk the Cah in the Yahd (Yes some people REALLY speak that way.) | + | [[Image: shirley-ma-oldmeetinghouse.jpg|thumbnail|350px|right| First Parish |
| + | Meeting House on the Common, Shirley, MA]] | ||
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| + | '''[[Massachusetts]]''' – Pahk the Cah in the Yahd (Yes some people REALLY speak that way.) | ||
*[[Cape Cod]] | *[[Cape Cod]] | ||
*[[Boston]] | *[[Boston]] | ||
*[[Greater Boston]] | *[[Greater Boston]] | ||
* [[MetroWest]] | * [[MetroWest]] | ||
| − | *[[Framingham]] | + | *[[Framingham]] – The reason Framingham is the largest "town" in MA is because they refuse to change the designation to city! |
*[[Natick]] | *[[Natick]] | ||
*[[Newton]] and surrounding villages | *[[Newton]] and surrounding villages | ||
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*[[Yarmouth (Massachusetts)]] | *[[Yarmouth (Massachusetts)]] | ||
| − | [[Nevada]] | + | '''[[Nevada]]''' |
*[[Las Vegas]] – There is more to do in Vegas than just gamble. (No really there is.) | *[[Las Vegas]] – There is more to do in Vegas than just gamble. (No really there is.) | ||
| − | [[Oregon]] – Pronounced like Organ NOT Oro-Gone like the Chowdah-heads say :-) | + | '''[[Oregon]]''' – Pronounced like Organ NOT Oro-Gone like the Chowdah-heads say :-) |
| − | *[[Portland (Oregon)]] | + | *[[Portland (Oregon) | Portland]] |
| − | [[ | + | '''[[Washington (state) | Washington]]''' & the [[Pacific Northwest (United States of America)]] |
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*[[Vancouver (Washington)]] | *[[Vancouver (Washington)]] | ||
*[[Seattle]] | *[[Seattle]] | ||
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| + | '''[[United States National Parks]]''' – I have a buddy whose mission is to see all the [http://www.nps.gov NPS] parks by 2010. I hope to join him on some of those adventures. | ||
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| + | '''The [[Caribbean]] & the North Atlantic – Scoff at you [[Cape Cod]] beaches!! Yes the water really is that blue, the sand that white, and heat that hot!''' | ||
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| + | *[[Aruba]] (2006) | ||
| + | *[[Bahamas]] ([[Grand Bahama]]) (2007) | ||
| + | *[[Curacao]] (2007) | ||
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| + | ''Future Caribbean Trips on the Radar – Going to *try* to see 1 to 3 islands a year.'' | ||
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| + | *[[Bermuda]] | ||
| + | *[[Puerto Rico]] | ||
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| + | *[[Anguilla]] | ||
| + | *[[Antigua and Barbuda]] | ||
| + | *[[Barbados]] | ||
| + | *[[Bonaire]] | ||
| + | *[[Cayman Islands]] | ||
| + | *[[Cuba]] | ||
| + | *[[Dominica]] | ||
| + | *[[Dominican Republic]] | ||
| + | *[[Grenada]] | ||
| + | *[[Jamaica]] | ||
| + | *[[Martinique]] | ||
| + | *[[Montserrat]] | ||
| + | *[[Netherlands Antilles]] – [[Saba]] | ||
| + | *[[St Barthelemy]] | ||
| + | *[[Saint Lucia]] | ||
| + | *[[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] | ||
| + | *[[Saint Martin]] - 1 island, 2 countries! Want to see both sides - the French north Saint Martin & the Dutch south [[Sint Maarten]] | ||
| + | *[[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines]] | ||
| + | *[[Trinidad and Tobago]] | ||
| + | *Virgin Islands – US [[Virgin Islands]] – St. Thomas, St. John's & St. Croix. & the [[British Virgin Islands]] | ||
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| + | '''North Atlantic''' | ||
| + | *'''Islands in the Commonwealth of the [[Bahamas]]''' | ||
| + | ::Abaco | ||
| + | ::Acklins | ||
| + | ::Andros | ||
| + | ::Berry Islands | ||
| + | :: [[Bimini]] | ||
| + | ::Cat Island | ||
| + | ::Crooked Island | ||
| + | ::Eleuthera | ||
| + | :: [[Exuma]] | ||
| + | :: [[Grand Bahama]] | ||
| + | ::Inagua | ||
| + | ::Long Island | ||
| + | ::Mayaguana | ||
| + | ::New Providence | ||
| + | ::Ragged Island | ||
| + | ::Rum Cay | ||
| + | ::San Salvador | ||
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| + | *[[Turks and Caicos Islands]] | ||
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| + | '''The [[Caribbean]] side of – [[Central America|Central]] & [[South America]] – Joining in on the laughter of [[Cape Cod]] beaches :-)''' | ||
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| + | *[[Mexico]] ([[Yucatan Peninsula]] ([[Cancun]]) | ||
| + | *[[Belize]] | ||
| + | *[[Costa Rica]] | ||
| + | *[[Honduras]] | ||
| + | *[[Panama]] | ||
| + | *[[Venezuela]] | ||
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| + | '''The regions of the South Pacific [[http://wikitravel.org/en/Oceania Oceania]] – Yep - Scoffing at the [[Cape Cod]] beaches as well!!''' | ||
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| + | *[[American Samoa]] | ||
| + | *[[Australia]] | ||
| + | *[[Cook Islands]] | ||
| + | *[[Federated States of Micronesia]] | ||
| + | *[[French Polynesia]] ([[Tahiti]]) | ||
| + | *[[Guam]] | ||
| + | *[[Fiji]] | ||
| + | *[[Marshall Islands]] | ||
| + | *[[New Zealand]] | ||
| + | *[[Papua New Guinea]] | ||
| + | *[[Samoa]] | ||
| + | *[[Solomon Islands]] | ||
| + | *[[Tonga]] | ||
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| + | '''The countries of [[Mediterranean Europe]] – Also Scoffing at the [[Cape Cod]] beaches as well!!''' | ||
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| + | *[[Cyprus]] | ||
| + | *[[Greece]] | ||
| + | *[[Italy]] | ||
| + | *[[Malta]] | ||
| + | *[[Monaco]] | ||
| + | *[[Portugal]] | ||
| + | *[[Spain]] | ||
| + | *[[Turkey]] | ||
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| + | '''I can get the wife to brave it – [[East Asia]] & [[Southeast Asia]]''' | ||
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| + | *[[China]] ([[Hong Kong]]) | ||
| + | *[[Japan]] | ||
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| + | *[[Indonesia]] ([[Bali]]) | ||
| + | *[[Malaysia]] | ||
| + | *[[Philippines]] ([[Manila]]) | ||
| + | *[[Singapore]] | ||
| + | *[[Thailand]] | ||
| + | *[[Vietnam]] | ||
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| + | [[Canada]], [[Mexico]], [[Central America | Central]], & [[South America]] as well as ([[Europe]] are on the radar too!) | ||
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| + | ''(So many places, so little time and money :-)'' | ||
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| + | ==Docent== | ||
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| + | {{Babel-5|en|es-1|el-0|zh-0|ja-0}} | ||
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| + | What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? (Tri-lingual) 2 languages? (Bi-lingual) 1 language? (AMERICAN :-) | ||
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| + | I volunteered to be a docent for the [[Bay Area]], [[Cape Cod]], & [[Caribbean]] (Areas where I have spent or plan to spend significant amounts of my life!) | ||
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| + | '''Please feel free to contact me by email''' by using the "E-mail this user" link in the toolbox to the left. '''Include "Wikitravel" in the subject line or I'm likely to chuck it as spam or junk :-) | ||
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| + | In the mean time here are some helpful ''Wiki Links:'' | ||
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| + | *[http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Wiki_markup Wiki Markup] – The basics of the Wiki Markup Language | ||
| + | *[http://wikitravel.org/en/Wikitravel:Graffiti_wall Graffiti Wall] – Practice your Wiki Markup | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:37, 5 February 2011
[edit] Dohnutman's Wiki – About Me
I was born and raised in California, (Bay Area) and moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend college. Met my wife and never moved back….
[edit] Travel Interests
Places: Countries, States, Cities, and Regions I love to visit or would love to visit. (These are also areas I will try to contribute Articles to.)
In the US
California – the Golden State
- Bay Area – Home Sweet Home
- California Delta – a.k.a the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta - Very hard area to photograph but a very fascinating landscape full of levees (most of the area is 15 feet above sea level with some areas below sea level) , draw bridges, walnut grooves, and vineyards.
- Half Moon Bay – Beach and surf city. Fun to explore Highway 92 and the Highway 1 (a.k.a the Pacific Coast Highway.)
- Menlo Park – Not Menlo Park in NJ
- Mountain View (California)
- Palo Alto – a.k.a. "Shallow Alto" cause of the high yuppie and student populations, but still a neat city to explore.
- San Francisco – love "the City" even though it can be a huge tourist trap.
- San Jose (California)
Hawaii – Aloha! Also scoffing at you Cape Cod beaches!!
Massachusetts – Pahk the Cah in the Yahd (Yes some people REALLY speak that way.)
- Cape Cod
- Boston
- Greater Boston
- MetroWest
- Framingham – The reason Framingham is the largest "town" in MA is because they refuse to change the designation to city!
- Natick
- Newton and surrounding villages
- Central Massachusetts
- Shirley
- Yarmouth (Massachusetts)
- Las Vegas – There is more to do in Vegas than just gamble. (No really there is.)
Oregon – Pronounced like Organ NOT Oro-Gone like the Chowdah-heads say :-)
Washington & the Pacific Northwest (United States of America)
United States National Parks – I have a buddy whose mission is to see all the NPS parks by 2010. I hope to join him on some of those adventures.
The Caribbean & the North Atlantic – Scoff at you Cape Cod beaches!! Yes the water really is that blue, the sand that white, and heat that hot!
- Aruba (2006)
- Bahamas (Grand Bahama) (2007)
- Curacao (2007)
Future Caribbean Trips on the Radar – Going to *try* to see 1 to 3 islands a year.
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Bonaire
- Cayman Islands
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Grenada
- Jamaica
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Netherlands Antilles – Saba
- St Barthelemy
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Martin - 1 island, 2 countries! Want to see both sides - the French north Saint Martin & the Dutch south Sint Maarten
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Virgin Islands – US Virgin Islands – St. Thomas, St. John's & St. Croix. & the British Virgin Islands
North Atlantic
- Islands in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas
- Abaco
- Acklins
- Andros
- Berry Islands
- Bimini
- Cat Island
- Crooked Island
- Eleuthera
- Exuma
- Grand Bahama
- Inagua
- Long Island
- Mayaguana
- New Providence
- Ragged Island
- Rum Cay
- San Salvador
The Caribbean side of – Central & South America – Joining in on the laughter of Cape Cod beaches :-)
The regions of the South Pacific [Oceania] – Yep - Scoffing at the Cape Cod beaches as well!!
- American Samoa
- Australia
- Cook Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- French Polynesia (Tahiti)
- Guam
- Fiji
- Marshall Islands
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Samoa
- Solomon Islands
- Tonga
The countries of Mediterranean Europe – Also Scoffing at the Cape Cod beaches as well!!
I can get the wife to brave it – East Asia & Southeast Asia
Canada, Mexico, Central, & South America as well as (Europe are on the radar too!)
(So many places, so little time and money :-)
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What do you call someone who speaks 3 languages? (Tri-lingual) 2 languages? (Bi-lingual) 1 language? (AMERICAN :-)
I volunteered to be a docent for the Bay Area, Cape Cod, & Caribbean (Areas where I have spent or plan to spend significant amounts of my life!)
Please feel free to contact me by email by using the "E-mail this user" link in the toolbox to the left. Include "Wikitravel" in the subject line or I'm likely to chuck it as spam or junk :-)
In the mean time here are some helpful Wiki Links:
- Wiki Markup – The basics of the Wiki Markup Language
- Graffiti Wall – Practice your Wiki Markup
