WHERE RANDY ROAMED

THIS CONCLUDES THE DISPLAYS OF THE COUNTRIES I HAVE VISITED.     THE COMPUTER MADE  IT EASY TO CONSOLIDATE AND CATALOG MY MANY PHOTO ALBUMS ACCUMULATED OVER THE YEARS............WHEN MY PHOTOS DID NOT MEASURE UP ...,THIS BLOG  ALLOWED ME TO USE POST CARDS AND OTHER IMAGES ......THE EXERCISE ALLOWED ME TO REMINISCE, IT ALSO ALLOWED ME TO INCLUDE SOME  FACTS ABOUT THE COUNTRIES ,....[TO FURTHER ENLARGE THE PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGES ,...CLICK ON THE IMAGES PAGE]

DURING MY TRAVELS, I COLLECTED THOUSANDS OF SOUVENIRS AND COLLECTIBLE ITEMS......THIS BLOG ENABLED ME TO, ....IN MANY CASES .....TO REMEMBER THE SOURCES OF SOME OF THESE COLLECTIBLES.

PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME WHAT WAS MY BEST TRIP...... I ALWAYS SAY THAT COUNTRIES ARE LIKE SUPERMARKET SECTIONS ,.......IT IS HARD TO SAY IF  FRUITS ARE BETTER THAN BREADS. .........I COMPARE COUNTRIES/PLACES BY DETERMINING WHICH ONE EVOKED THE MOST....AWE... IN ME. ......THE TOP TEN WHICH I CONSIDER THE MOST AWESOME ARE..

1- CARNIVAL IN RIO DEJANEIRO,BRAZIL
2-SING-SING FESTIVAL IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
3-THE GALAPAGOS,OFF OF ECUADOR
4-THE TRANS-MONGOLIAN RAILWAY TRIP ACROSS RUSSIA
5-ANTARCTICA
6-LHASA TIBET
7-SAFARI, TANZANIA,AFRICA
8-CAMBODIA
9-THAILAND
10-POLYNESIAN ISLANDS

THESE PHOTOGRAPHS  REPRESENT ONLY A MINUSCULE  AMOUNT OF MY ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHS........ FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE INTERESTED IN SEEING OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS......YOU ARE WELCOME TO SHARE SOME WINE ,CHEESE AND CRACKERS WITH ME...... WHILE WE REVIEW THEM.

LOVE AND PEACE TO YOU ALL.......RANDY

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

POP.6,187,591 YR/AV INCOME $1,488

850 INDEGENOUS LANGUAGES

HEADHUNTING/CANNIBULISM BELIEVED TO BE PRATICED IN TO THE 1970'S

STILL QUITE PRIMATIVE

JAPAN

POP 127,960,000 YR/AV INCOME $45,774

ARCHIPELELAGO OF 6,852 ISLANDS

TOKYO-WORLD LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA 3O MILLION

LONGEST LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE WORLDARCHIPELELAGO OF 6,852 ISLANDS

TOKYO-WORLD LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREA 3O MILLION

LONGEST LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE WORLD

1ST AND LAST COUNTRY BOMBED BY ATOMIC BOMB

CANADA

POP 34,030,589 YR/AV INCOME $39,400

THE MOUNTIES,QUEBEC TORONTO,MONTREAL,VANCOVER....GOOD NEIGHBOR

MADAGASCA

POP 21,982,221 YR/AV INCOME $900

LEMURS
LEMURS
LEMURS

HONG KONG

POP  7,097,000 YR/AV INCOME $45,277

WORLDS MOST DENSLY POPULATED-6,480 PEOPLE PER  SQUARE KILOMETRE

WORLDS MOST DENSLY POPULATED-6,480 PEOPLE PER  SQUARE KILOMRTRE

ALASKA

POP 710,231

LARGEST STATE
AUORA BOREALIS
OIL
ESKIMOS

BERMUDA

POP.68,500 YR/AV INCOME$69,000

ONE OF THE CHEAPEST CRUISES OUT OF BALTIMORE MD TO VISIT A FOREIGN COUNTRY

AUSTRALIA

POP.20,971,000 YR/AV INCOME $ 36,764

TRAVELED ENTIRE LENGTH OF AUSTRALIA ON TRANS-AUSTRALIAN RAILROAD

ISRAEL

POP.7,797,400 YR/AV INCOME $32,297

A MUST SEE FOR RELIGIOUS WESTENERS

HONDURUS

  POP-8,249,274  YR/AV INCOME  $ 2,015

HONDURUS-EARLIER HOME TO THE MAYA CULTURES ,GOT INDEPENDENCE  IN 1821

COSTA RICA

POP.4,608,426 YR/AV INCOME $7,843

HIGH INFLATION
HIGH LITERACY 94%
FOG FORESTS
HIGH POPULATION OF POT-HOLES

SOUTH AFRICA

POP.50,586,757 YR/AV INCOME $18,288 OLDEST HUMAN FOSSIL 2,000,000 YRS 1ST HEART TRANSPLANT..11 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES

CZECH REPUBLIC

POP.10,535,811 YR/AV INCOME $18,288

LARGEST AUTO MANUFACTOR IN CENTRAL EUROPE.

MANUFACTERS THE SKODA AUTO

MOST RELIGIOUS POPULATION

FORMALLY CALLED BOHEMIA

NEW ZEALAND

POP.4,393,500 YR/AV INCOME $32,145
LAST LAND SETTLED BY HUMANS
80% ENDEMIC FLORA
MANY EXTINCT FLIGHTLESS BIRDS
BEUTIFUL MILFORD SOUND

SENAGAL

POP.13,711,597 YR/AV INCOME $1,026

90% MUSLIM
HOSPITALITY IS NATIONAL IDENTITY
FAMOUS FOR DRUMMING SABAR

president's palace



MONGOLIA

POP.2,754,685 YR/AV INCOME $2,227

THROAT SINGING
MONGOLIAN WREASTING
DRINKING MARES MILK
SLEEPING  IN YURTS
NAADAM FESTIVAL
GENGHIS KHAN

POP.

GUATEMALA

POP. 13,276,517 YR/AV INCOME $ 2,887

CURRENCY SAME NAME AS A BIRD...QUETZAL.......POOREST IN LATIN AMERICA

POLAND

POP. 38,231,000 YR/AV INCOME $12,300

WORLDS MOST POPULUS COUNTRY

THE QUESTION FLOATS AROUNDS.......HAS THE WORLD HAS GOTTEN BETTER .....I SAY THAT THERE ARE ....1000 REASON THAT IT HAS ....ONE IS BECAUSE POLISH JOKES ARE NO LONGER TOLD

SLOVAKIA

POP.5,429,763  YR/AV INCOME  $15,906

 EVIDENCE OF HABITATION AS FAR BACK AS 270,OOO BC
PART OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA UNTIL 1993

MEXICO

POP.112,322,757 YR/AV INCOME $9,489

TRIVING 4,000 YEAR BEFORE EUROPEAN ARRIVAL
LARGEST MANUFACTOR OF AUTOMOBILES IN NORTH AMERICA
WHERE SPANISH SLAUGHTERED AZTECS

BURKINA FASO

POP.15,746,232 YR/AV INCOME $597

HAS IMPRESSIVE FILM INDUSTRY

LESOTHA

POP.2,067,000 YR/AV INCOME $836

HIGH HI
HIGH DIAMOND EXPORT
HIGHEST AFRICAN LITERACY

RUSSIA 2

THE HERMITAGE IS AWSOME

TRANS MONGOLIAN RAILROAD TRAVELERS