ralph said: <snip> >>I know a number of PaddleWisers are in the same boat, i.e. having started paddling when older. If you could re-visit some of your pre-paddling haunts again, only this time with a kayak, which would they be and why?>> I spent the 60's in West Pakistan. Our family would vacation on the Indian Ocean near Karachi. Just a few miles from the city exists beautiful sandy beaches replete with rolling surf (to the extent that serious under-tow prohibited most swimming). The locals "don't do beaches", meaning great solitude avails itself to the inquisitive individual who heads off the beaten path. BTW, the beach houses that dot the shoreline were often inhabited temporarily by missionaries of various stripes, enjoying a little R&R, while the faithful back home think these guys were hard at it! I would love to go back and paddle sections of that coastline, or even head over to the Sychells. And, I suppose I could even paddle down the Indus, and have an article for SK magazine, complete with dead floating animals, etc! I also traveled near Greece as a child, and would love to paddle amongst the multitude of islands we saw from the air. My favorite vacation spot my father's engineering company used to send us to was the west coast of Italy - now that's a beautiful coastline with wondrous small fishing villages. I could even drink the wine now! Well, not sure if I meet the criteria ralph originally set out, but that's my take for now. BC'in Ya Doug Lloyd *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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