Thanks -- I am sure that it would be more interresting than the last
tour I had there. Anyways, I should have known that you were there
about a year ago; however I may come back, and will keep your name in
mind for a "pacific" ZA meeting :)
I am overly jealous of your fancy fishes, though, which were
everywhere in the water when getting just a little away from the
tourists.
--thomas
On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:23:36 -1000
"Daniel" <danrich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Aloha
> Come to Maui HI and I'll give you a personal tour for free!
> Dan
>
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> At 02:40 PM 7/22/03, Thomas Heide Clausen wrote:
>
> >Ahmm...well, I have once, and once only been on a "group tour". I
> >was on Hawaii (Oahu) and wanted to get out of the Waikiki area so
> >I signed up for an all-day around-the-island thing with a tour
> >guide/driver person. We were, I think, 12 adults. Well, suffice to
> >say, I disapprove of being shuffled around like a cattle on a farm
> >from comercial venue to comercial venue (which, of course, had
> >agreements with the tour operator) and talked down to as if I was
> >a 6 year old with comprehension problems.
> >
> >I was out 150 USD from a trip which did little but upset me
> >severely and which just evokes bad memory of what I think
> >otherwise is a wonderful place.
> >
> >Never and never again will you find me on a tour bus. Never.....!
>
> ROFL . . .
> I did **one** tour bus excursion in Germany. I don't need to
> describe the
> experience. The one you provided of yours on Oahu fits exactly;
> just change the location names.
>
> Never and never again will you find me on a tour bus. Never.....!
>
> After that experience I did continue to use charter buses for
> transportation, but *only* if they were just that, transportation
> to and
>
> from a specific location, and *not* a mis-guided tour with tour
> guide.
>
> -- John
>
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