Australia is just about as big as the US and just as varied and interesting, and yet you find us Aussies all over the world, in the most remote and bizzare places. Just ask any world traveller. For a population of less than New York city, we far out number travellers from just about any country you care to name.
It's the exact thinking you have expressed in your post that convinces non-USians that Americans like to be isolated from the rest of the world and hence their ignorance.
There is so much to see out there. Why don't you try it.
As an example I work with a girl who has been to every continent bar two, which she is booking a trip to cover them next year (South America and Antarctica).
I have only done 3 continents to date, and need to go back to them to cover them properly. Just about everyone I know has travelled O/S at least once, most have done multiple trips.
Of course a lot of Aussies will say, travel O/S while you are young, Australia will still be there when you have a family or retire. My parents have just come back from a 3 month trip around the continent (their second).
Cheers
DJDuck.
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Australia is just about as big as the US and just as varied and interesting, and yet you find us Aussies all over the world, in the most remote and bizzare places. Just ask any world traveller. For a population of less than New York city, we far out number travellers from just about any country you care to name. It's the exact thinking you have expressed in your post that convinces non-USians that Americans like to be isolated from the rest of the world and hence their ignorance. There is so much to see out there. Why don't you try it. As an example I work with a girl who has been to every continent bar two, which she is booking a trip to cover them next year (South America and Antarctica). I have only done 3 continents to date, and need to go back to them to cover them properly. Just about everyone I know has travelled O/S at least once, most have done multiple trips. Of course a lot of Aussies will say, travel O/S while you are young, Australia will still be there when you have a family or retire. My parents have just come back from a 3 month trip around the continent (their second). Cheers DJDuck.