Conflict/military regions & memorials
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NomadKeith
RTWBarefoot
replying to @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie i've no idea what's going on with my t-shirt btw. #pttravel
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q1 Most places have some history of conflict but have you ever travelled somewhere that is actively in conflict? Do you know if anywhere you've travelled has been under occupation?
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie #pttravel A1: back in 1994 I travelled across Europe to visit a penpal. In Belgrade.
While that part of Yugoslavia wasn't in conflict at the time, there were a large number of UN-branded lorries along the railway line, and I knew the front line was * over there somewhere *.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A1: My mother nicknamed me 'Che Guevara' because in her eyes I have a habit of doing this; I have never been to an active warzone - she just still thinks the world is at it was in 1983 ...
BPackersGuide
A1 Not to a conflict zone directly, because I think it's important to avoid that. But I went to the JSA in South Korea, to Myanmar and Ukraine #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A1: I did visit Burkina Faso three weeks after a coup that overthew the long-standing dictator ...
RTWBarefoot
RT @BPackersGuide: A1 Not to a conflict zone directly, because I think it's important to avoid that. But I went to the JSA in South Korea,…
aok_NW
A1 #pttravel I haven't & don't think I'd want to encounter it. I'm not sure how I would handle the idea of waking up in the morning & finding out the army took over overnight.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @BPackersGuide
@BPackersGuide oh i forgot about Ukraine!
#pttravel A1: I visited Ukraine not long after the crisis in early 2014. Maidan Square was still full of pillboxes and soldiers and *lots* of grafitti / memorials. Strangely I don't have any pics to hand of it!
JKatzaman
A1 The only place I was at while in conflict was when stationed in the Philippines. Thirty months of travel restrictions weren't pretty, but at least we left a year before anyone knew Mount Pinatubo was a volcano. #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @aok_NW: A1 #pttravel I haven't & don't think I'd want to encounter it. I'm not sure how I would handle the idea of waking up in the mo…
kate_frankie
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot I thought you were being cool. I see people doing longer on one side & feel like I couldn't pull that casual chic off well #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A1: back in 1994 I travelled across Europe to visit a penpal. In Belgrade.
While that part of Yug…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A1: My mother nicknamed me 'Che Guevara' because in her eyes I have a habit of doing this; I have…
kate_frankie
RT @BPackersGuide: A1 Not to a conflict zone directly, because I think it's important to avoid that. But I went to the JSA in South Korea,…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @BPackersGuide oh i forgot about Ukraine!
#pttravel A1: I visited Ukraine not long after the crisis in early 2014. Maidan…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie I'm wearing a black pair of short lyrca leggings, ostensibly to keep my running leggings up. I think they themselves have risen up, merged with my bum-bag, and the whole thing has become a three-piece-mess.
#pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A1: I did visit Burkina Faso three weeks after a coup that overthew the long-standing dictator ...…
SaveMyanmarPeo2
RT @BPackersGuide: A1 Not to a conflict zone directly, because I think it's important to avoid that. But I went to the JSA in South Korea,…
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A1 #pttravel I haven't & don't think I'd want to encounter it. I'm not sure how I would handle the idea of waking up in the mo…
RTWBarefoot
RT @JKatzaman: A1 The only place I was at while in conflict was when stationed in the Philippines. Thirty months of travel restrictions wer…
kate_frankie
RT @JKatzaman: A1 The only place I was at while in conflict was when stationed in the Philippines. Thirty months of travel restrictions wer…
5to9traveller
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A1: Can’t say I have at all tbh. There are places I wish I had visited before conflict had occurred and changed its landscape and people like Syria #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @NomadKeith @NomadKeith i have no idea how Saudi Arabia was in 1991? #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @5to9traveller: @kate_frankie A1: Can’t say I have at all tbh. There are places I wish I had visited before conflict had occurred and ch…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @5to9traveller @5to9traveller @kate_frankie yeh. I nearly went to Syria in 2010 with my friend but we decided we couldn't spare the time needed at that point so we went to Italy instead. [She's fond of ancient stuff] #pttravel
Morology RTWBarefoot
replying to @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie [have you ever known me to be cool?!] #pttravel
kate_frankie
replying to @5to9traveller @5to9traveller Yes, Syria from what I've heard from colleagues was once a great place to travel. Sad to think of the destruction of the conflict #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @5to9traveller @kate_frankie yeh. I nearly went to Syria in 2010 with my friend but we decided we couldn't spare the time…
vickyinglis13
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie Currently on my way to RAF Brize Norton in south Oxfordshire. Bags are packed + passport is ready to board the Falklands Airbridge flight later tonight #PTTravel
BPackersGuide
replying to @5to9traveller @5to9traveller @kate_frankie I've met someone who backpacked in Syria in the early 90s. He said it is heartbreaking to see the destroyed monuments #PTTravel
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q2 Have you ever been to a place controlled by military where photographs are not allowed? If not, would you travel to such an area & why/why not?
RTWBarefoot
replying to @vickyinglis13 @vickyinglis13 @kate_frankie how big is that plane? I've always wondered. I always imagined it like a troop carrier flight with little sense of 'amenities'. #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @BPackersGuide: @5to9traveller @kate_frankie I've met someone who backpacked in Syria in the early 90s. He said it is heartbreaking to s…
vickyinglis13
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie I did parkrun yesterday for the first time in over two years. A very leisurely run around the woods, followed by coffee + cake #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A2: ... I mean, probably? I know my taxi driver warned me about some areas when I was on the road in Jordan down the Dead Sea on the way to Petra from Amman.
RTWBarefoot
replying to @vickyinglis13 @vickyinglis13 @kate_frankie Oh, cool, glad you enjoyed it. My parkrun was also very leisurely, I didn't push, I just did a calm and casual run. It was my slowest ever run, but also my best. :) #pttravel
5to9traveller
RT @kate_frankie: @5to9traveller Yes, Syria from what I've heard from colleagues was once a great place to travel. Sad to think of the dest…
vickyinglis13
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Not sure yet. I'm stuffing myself with a domino's pizza, just in case there's not any food for a while #PTTravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A2: I've crossed quite a few international borders like that, in all fairness.
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
A1 I have been to any places in active conflict and for work that would not be allowed. Personally, I wouldn't go into those countries or close by. I do wonder what would happen if conflict broke out while on a trip.
I was in Fiji during a coup in 2006