We hosted Uwe and Ramona (world travelers since 2001) and had a great time. We cooked outside almost every nite (we are only 13 miles north of NYC) and enjoyed their company very much. We even had some friends over and had a slide show of their adventures.

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Uwe and Ramona stayed with me in NZ for about a week, and they were wonderful company. I have enjoyed their occasional travel stories ever since.
It's people like them that make the hosting travelers such a rewarding experience. We have a German guy coming next week, Annette (http://www.argentina2alaska.com/) and a couple from the USA the next week, and a Malaysian woman a week after that who will be with us for Christmas. It's always a busy time here in NZ over summer.

Regards

Nigel in NZ

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Small world, huh Nigel?

My family was pretty surprised and nervous that I had invited total strangers to our house (I have two teenage daughters) but they were at ease as soon as they met Uwe and Ramona.... we felt like we had known them for years.

Maybe one day we will meet and exchange campfire stories.

Best wishes,

John C.

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Good to hear about all your experiences !

I had a only experience of hosting a traveller.
In fact after posting on the Hubb and personally writing to travellers passing through India I could only find Linda who was planning to go form the north to the south of India, so she stopped over at my place in Pune for a week or ten days in my house in Pune.

I used to rent that house with a few friends and I had a really nice time with linda, sitting sharing whatever food , equipment and the small apartment with her. In return we got to hear lovely amazing tales from her about so many friendly people all around the world. This really motivates me to do my own RTW trip some time in the future. Also I think it changed mt attitudes towards many things. for example.

In fact many would not believe but , she felt IRAN had perhaps the most friendly people she met on her way from Spain to India. the stories of her first hand experiences with people really changed the way I look at Iran

This shows that even if the politicians there are crooked (as all over the world) people on the street are as nice and helpful as they possible can be.

You can follow Linda Bick's trip here http://www.haefale.de/linda/index.html

and I look forward to hosting her again , this time in Melbourne since she is expected to be here some time next year.

If you are reading this and will travel thru melbourne please have a look at this>>
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...modation-24185

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