The Doers, The Watchers and The Wanderers.

elephant ride. - Elephants in Thailand do not work in the lumbering industry because it is banned several years ago. They became redundant. Please help to feed them when you are vacationing in Thailand.
Thailand
April 24, 2008 7:37pm CST
You may or may not know that Travelers are made up of different categories. This discussion could help you to identify the people you meet in your sojourn. To quote Ben Groundwater of the Sydney Morning Herald. The Doers, arrive with expectations: they line up at the museums to see the important pieces, take the open-topped bus tour around the city to get their bearings, climb all the things that are there to be climbed, see all the things that are supposed to be seen, and, if they do all that, walk away thinking "mission accomplished". The Watchers, on the other hand, prefer a less mapped out experience. They're the kind of traveler who could 'spend a whole afternoon in one cafe, sipping coffee after coffee or beer after beer, chatting to people, and watching the city's life go by'. The Wanderers, are those with no fixed ideas on what to do, or where to go. There is no real purpose for traveling, it's just another place in which to do what they want to do at home - hang out, get drunk, and lie in the sun. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Now, which category do you belong or are you some what a little of the three?
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maximax8
@maximax8 (31053)
• United Kingdom
25 Apr 08
That is a very interesting opinion printed in an Australian newspaper. I would say that I am a Doer 80%, Watcher 2% and a Wanderer 18%. I go overseas with a clear idea of where I want to go and what I want to see. I more at a fast pace seeing as much as I can in the time I am in one destination before I move to the next place that I am visiting. I tend to walk around and get the sort of transport that the locals use. I really enjoy meeting the local people and seeing the native wildlife. I love to climb a hill or a mountain and enjoy a beautiful view. I like to go to a museum and an art gallery in a city that I go to. I adore seeing palm fringed beaches where swim out to the reef or take a boat out there for some snorkeling. I would hate to sit around doing nothing in particular and I have to go off exploring. When I was in Belize I went caving and climbing Mayan ruins. I snorkeled with nurse sharks and sting rays.
financialindepent
@financialindepent (58)
• Thailand
26 Apr 08
cave temple. - Lord Buddha sits inside the cave temple. It faces the Mae Kok river in Chiangrai, north Thailand.
For a moment, I thought you are Aussie, naa, you are British. Your breakdown into%, shows you are very confident of your self and I am sure in life, too. Meeting the locals is to see first-hand how your money benefits local people and communities. A supplementary income enables a better quality of life in small villages and a chance to share their culture, history and lifestyle with the outside world. I will be puttin up a blog on home stay in Thailand in the Travels. Hope you will visit the blog. Tks.