Amazing Story

[Dave]

I have friend, (to protect his identity we will call him Scott) who was traveling in Africa last year, he met someone in Morocco and became friends with and corresponded with via email after they parted ways.

Scott was then in Singapore 2 months ago and went to an internet cafe and checked his hotmail and other net stuff. He left the cafe, and then this friend who he met in Morocco just happened to be in Singapore and happened to walk into this net cafe and just happened to use the SAME computer that Scott had just used.

Well this friend saw Scott’s hotmail login name still entered in the hotmail login page – imagine his surprise when he saw this. He then emailed Scott and they hooked up in Singapore!!

Travel sometimes is a very very small world.

~ Dave
dave@pon.net

[Doug Shephard]

Hi On Boards,
Scariest and most surreal experience:

Riding down the Amazon on a tiny boat in the middle of the night, where the only source of light is a flashlight the “captain” has–well, that and the lightning crashing around us. Oh, and there was one flickering light bulb in the back of the boat. We were rocking all over the place and regularly getting the motor stuck in vegetation, turning a two hour ride into something much longer.

The impenetrable darkness and violent storms around us were pretty frightening, but I knew it was time to be scared when all the locals on the boat pulled the life jackets from the roof and put them on, leaving enough for each of the rest of us to share with another person. My friend and I clung to the shared vest and just sat praying we wouldn’t die. If all that wasn’t enough, I had also been ill before we got on the boat, thrown up over side, and drank so much water to rehydrate myself that I ended up having to pee in a bottle so that I wouldn’t explode before we reached our seemingly impossible-to-reach destination. It’s definitely one of those experience that I look back on and think, “Wow, did that really happen?”

[Doug Shephard]

Hi there,
How you going, “Life can be pretty surreal at times. And travel is no exception to the rule”.

We seem to have some of our strangest experiences when we are on the road. Some of them are completely out of our control and we just have to hang on and enjoy the ride. While others have been completely our own doing. A momentary lapse of reason if you will. Either way, they make for some fun stories around the campfire. What is your thrilling travel story please do share it.
Best Regards!!!!!

[sarasmile]

Isn’t that known as serendipity?? When I was in Port Douglas, Australia, I stayed in this tiny little hostel. This place was literally in the middle of nowhere. I ended up bunking with a girl who lived about a 20 minute drive from my house. Until you travel, you truly don’t realize how small the planet actually is.

[TravelBetty]

thats a pretty cool story.. I guess it is a small world

[Lex87]

I ran into my cousin last year when I was skiing up at Cooper Mountain in Colorado. We live a few states apart; it’s not terribly impressive I know but it was a pretty nice coincidence.

Cheers,
Lexy

[paulasandieg]

Yes, i think it sounds like serendipity.

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