Wheres Your Favourite Creative Hideaway ?

youllhavetoask@notmail.com (Whitedog) wrote in message news:<3f79e6c1.51096519@News.CIS.DFN.DE>...
> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:06:46 +0100, Liz <liz@v-liz.co.uk> wrote:
>
> >In message <b43e208f.0309301153.10d2eb46@com >
> > derekwbecker@m (Derek Becker) wrote:
> >
> >Consider Zanzibar.
>
> My thoughts exactly!

Thanks for the idea guys, I'm checking it out now. Looks pretty cool
!. Seems to be lots of nice beaches and blue skies there...just like
home !:).

Derek

I never even thought of south america, great idea, thanks !!! Lots of
interesting countries down there. Just gotta avoid getting kidnapped
by columbian rebels, as this would most certainly impair the flow of
the creative juices.

Derek


Gerry Scott-Moore <222ggg@adelphia.net.invalid> wrote in message news:<011020030842081956%222ggg@adelphia.net.inval id>...
> I've always thought that a smaller in Brazil would be this. Maybe even
> large towns such as Recife or Salvador da Bahia. But particularly a
> few towns down the road from either would be cheap, western-friendly,
> and relatively inexpensive.

In message <b43e208f.0310020936.111a91de@com >, Derek
Becker <derekwbecker@m> writes
>I never even thought of south america, great idea, thanks !!! Lots of
>interesting countries down there. Just gotta avoid getting kidnapped
>by columbian rebels, as this would most certainly impair the flow of
>the creative juices.
>
>Derek
>
>
>Gerry Scott-Moore <222ggg@adelphia.net.invalid> wrote in message
>news:<011020030842081956%222ggg@adelphia.net.inva lid>...
>> I've always thought that a smaller in Brazil would be this. Maybe even
>> large towns such as Recife or Salvador da Bahia. But particularly a
>> few towns down the road from either would be cheap, western-friendly,
>> and relatively inexpensive.
The young British man currently being held by the Colombian rebels
comes from my home town and went to my son`s school. Still no news of
him.
On topic, Zanzibar is a wonderful island as are parts of the Kenya
coast.
Pat
--
Pat Anderson

"Derek Becker" <derekwbecker@m> wrote in message
news:b43e208f.0310010418.29ca897e@c om...
> youllhavetoask@notmail.com (Whitedog) wrote in message
news:<3f79e6c1.51096519@News.CIS.DFN.DE>...
> > On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 21:06:46 +0100, Liz <liz@v-liz.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > >In message <b43e208f.0309301153.10d2eb46@com >
> > > derekwbecker@m (Derek Becker) wrote:
> > >
> > >Consider Zanzibar.
> >
> > My thoughts exactly!
>
> Thanks for the idea guys, I'm checking it out now. Looks pretty cool
> !. Seems to be lots of nice beaches and blue skies there...just like
> home !:).
>

I dunno: I think Zanzibar has been pretty well 'discovered' by the
backpackers and elderly yanks. Notice how you had 4 posts instantly
suggesting it, and one of them is already holding a ticket to fly there?
You'd be in tourist paradise.

If you want some really out of the way paradises, with dependable internet
hookups and fantastic culture, try:
-Slovenia (the mountains north of Ljubliana, or the spas east)
-Latvia (Riga is Prague, 40 years ago)
-Ghana (miles of white beaches, very cheap)
-Malawi (rumored to be paradise)
-Uganda (don't let the bad press -sway you: its also rumored to be
stunning...maybe the most beautiful place in Africa)
-Croatia (get there before the tourons do)
-Sinai (get a bamboo hut on the beach for dollars a day, eat for pennies a
day)
-Turkey (South coast. Or West coat. Or north coast. Anywhere but Istanbul)

and there's always Sydney. <g>

--riverman

"Derek Becker" <derekwbecker@m> wrote in message
news:b43e208f.0310151053.6e319e06@c om...
> Thanks for the ideas mate. Yeah, after looking into Zanzibar a little
> more deeply i came to the same conclusion. It would have been fine 13
> months ago, but now the old bank account is starting to look a little
> battered :). I still have 3 more months of travlling in Europe before
> i put this creative hideaway plan into action. By this time i will be
> approaching brokeness. Therefore my goal now is getting maximum
> distraction free creative time for my cash. I will have minimal
> interest in the local culture and environment, so those factors are
> important only in that they are not distracting. I'll be travelling
> through the eastern European countries you speak of in november and
> december, and i intend on investigating their suitability for this
> concept. It would certainly be conveniant if they were suitable, as i
> really have a STRONG urg to just stop and pour out and solidify all
> the ideas that have been bubbling away in my head !!.

Well, I re-suggest Latvia, then. If you get out of Riga, folks speak mostly
Russian, but they are very open to foreigners who speak English (even
funny-sounding English), and you can find a cabin in some small town on the
Lielupe or Daugava river for about $50 a month. The locals eat off the
economy for about $100 a month, and the women there are a thing to behold.
It might even distract you from your task. Excellent connectivity,
dependable power, emergent economy...it might suit the bill.

--riverman