do you have the same experience?

Hi dear Checa seems a rough ride and not pleasnt at all well it happened to me that we ( me and my director) were in other city (Karachi) for meetings with customers, and planning one night stay, but then our flight was delayed and we were stuck there, we end up spening 2 nights there and third day we want to get out of that city so we get flight of third city (islamabad), spend one night there and on 4th day come to our city (Lahore) By Road . But as i had company already so never met any person. other thing i am quite reserve while travelling take care

Sorry about that. I had this problem once, but I realized that it was a good thing that we did not get in contact with one another because something could have happended to that person, and if I formed an attachment to that person, I might have been in for a world of hurt.

I have never done this. I am glad that it worked out for you, meeting a complete stranger and sharing a hotel overnight is very brave. I don't know if I would of done that myself though.

Hi checapricorn, yes and i regret for that mistake, When i was travelling from Pune to gujrat, by bus. We were travelling off season thats why their were few passanger. so we had a chance to know eachother, we were talking on many topics, sharing sad and funny thing of our life.. our destination were different. It was when mobile were not common. so we just said that we will meet again but @ forgot to take any contact details.. @@bad.. and i still want to meet that person.. you wont beleive, i dont know her name.. but i can remember her face very clearly.. missed a very good friend

I don't have exactly the same thing that happened to you. What I remember was when I attended one seminar somewhere in Davao City. The seminar lasted for three days and we came to stay in the hotel for two nights. The guys was from Manila and we talked of meeting in Manila in the future. Unfortunately, we also parted ways on the third day without even leaving our names and contact number. So the thing is, when I came to visit Manila last year, we did not meet. (neildc @ red/89/1640)

Hi che, I am just maybe fortunate because my Trip from PI to US is just fine though I had some tough moments too, but I never spend a night with a complete stranger. Like you, I also traveled alone and is my first time to leave PI and enter US. I just have only one stop over, in Los Angeles, there I almost cried because the airport is so big and I'm having a hard time finding my next flight plus all the immigration checking which I spend hours on the line. It is really hard when you are traveling alone in a foreign land. I was just thankful I was able to manage to board for my next flight to New York on time. I don't know what will I do if like you flights are delayed or canceled? Filipinos are really brave

Bummer. I am only a 25 minute or so drive to the MSP Airport. I would have put ya up for a night free. And fed ya some great homegrown veggies. HAPPY POSTINGS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

This story reminded me of the Cuban i met when i was still working in GTMO... he like "deflected" from his country with other Cubans... we became good friends... eventhought he knows very little English... and i don't really speak Spanish... he was relocated to Costa Rica... and the bad thing was that i was not even able to say goodbye because his flight was rescheduled at an earlier time... i just hope that he is doing well with his life right now... since i know i will never see him again...

Hello checapricorn, I had a similar experiencelike this. I was in Tashkent alone while my boyfriend (my husband now) was working. I went out to the nearest shop and saw another fellow Malaysian. We looked at each other in disbelief. I never expected to see another Malaysian there though I know there might be many of them. We chatted for awhile but didn't even ask for a name or a contact number. I only knew that she was there, visiting her friends. We departed without knowing anything about each other. When I told my husband, the very first thing he asked me was where did she live which I couldn't answer. On the day of my departure to Malaysia, I met her again at the airport. I got to know that she is a lecturer from Sarawak (another state in Malaysia) and at least I had her name *smiles*

Hi Checapricorn, How frustrating for you both but wonderful that you did manage to communciate and spend the time you did together, sometimes in life we are supposed to only meet people for a brief time but they can be atched on out memory and we wish we had of exchanged numbers. I have met many people along the way but go with the fact that if we were supposed to have stayed in contact we would have exchanged numbers or destiny will have us bummping into each other at some other time and place and upon this second meeting would definitely exchange numbers. Ellie :D

Yeah things like that can happen. Before my flight for Malaysia last December, I had to wait at the domestic airport for the shuttle to take all passengers with flight transfers to the NAIA I. In the bus, I sat with this guy who was from Cebu. So I was relieved to have befriended someone who speaks the same dialect as I do. We were on the same flight. While paying for the terminal fee, he didn't have any change with him so he asked me if he could borrow 20 pesos and he'll just pay for it once we arrive at our destination. So I lent him 20 pesos. We had different seat numbers and I saw he was searching the crowd for me once we were at the passport checking counter. Unfortunately, I got stuck in the airport for 2 hours because immigration asked me for the work permit, which I no longer have with me because the Malaysian embassy in Manila took it. I couldn't have obtained a photocopy of it because the letter was sealed and I was instructed not to open it as only the peeps at the embassy are allowed to open it. So I didn't get that guy's number. At least it was only 20 pesos.

i haven't went to USA,i think i would go to someday,because a lot of my friends in there, i don't need the help of them,i must study english,then i can find a job in there.