Hell no, but there were lots of high tech stuff in the dumpsters. People buy a TV, use it for a year, then throw it away there. Or at least did at the time.
OK, here goes Mongolia China Taiwan Hong Kong Singapore Japan India South Korea The Seychelles Thailand Brazil Venezuela Jamaica The Bahamas Mexico Canada England France Germany Switzerland Turkmenistan South Africa Kenya Israel Palestine Jordan Bahrain Gresham Mongolia was the most exotic, India was the most different, Turkmenistan was the weiderest
Mexico Egypt (Cairo, Luxor) Jordan Iraq (all over, but mostly Baghdad) Israel (Jerusalem) England ( one day stop over) Holland (Amsterdam for a week...hee hee)
Flew in a propeller airplane to Hawaii, 10 hour trip. Twice. Flew to Tokyo in a propeller plane, lived there 3 years. Sailed back on a ship. Been to Canadian lakes many times, lived months with an outhouse and a well, no plumbing or electricity. Been to Tijuana twice. Van broke down there and stuck with the natives for days. Can't speak Spanish.
Got to Mombasa on a train from Nairobi. 13 hours. The bathroom car is a small area with a hole in the floor. The train starts and stops every 10 minutes or so. As you can imagine, the bathroom car's floor was not a model of cleanliness. I was just around everywhere but Antarctica and Australia. Africa is my favorite place to visit.
Lived: Japan, Korea Visited: China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Togo, Ghana, Nigeria, Canada, Mexico, Belize
What I constructed was a fascinating new pointing language. I communicated by pointing at the thing I was talking about, or pointing toward the direction of the thing, or pointing the way I wanted them to go. Of course, I never knew whether this was the guy who was going to kill me for my money. It was great down there.
A week in Canada - Victoria Two weeks in Scotland - Edinburgh, Oban, Isle of Mull A summer in Syria - Damascus, Aleppo 3 weeks (total) in Netherlands - Amsterdam, Haarlem 4 days in England - Lewes A summer in Morocco - Casablanca, Marrakesh, Ifrane, Fez, Alisa, Tangier, Chefchouan, Tetouan A week in Spain - Granada, Barcelona A week in France - Nice, Paris Pretty limited, actually. Looking to add to this soon.