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    I am becomming obsessed with the Galapagos Islands.
    I plan on visiting as soon as I know enough Spanish to get around.
    I'm starting my savings sccount for the trip...I wanna go for a month.

    Lately, I've been daydreaming of moving there. I'm craving a simple life. Moving to a different country, starting life over, living simply on a beautiful island.

    I think when my boyfriend and I break up in a few years I want to leave the country. I think I want to move to an island, and be on a beach. I don't know yet if moving to Ecuador is the best idea, I havent even begun to research...but the more I think abotu it, the more appealing moving to a different nonenglish speaking country is to me.

    Is this crazy?

    I'm just so tired of Vegas, I hate the desert, I hate the way of life here, focus on looks, money, partying..I crave simplicity, a life where noone cares how I look, a life where I can act myself...I feel so fake here. I feel like I'm pretending to be someone I'm not.

    Maybe this is why I colored my hair so drasticially. I'm just craving change.
    I don't belong here. This is not the life for me. I'm living someone else's life.

    Wow. I just got to the whole source of my depression, my out of place feeling, why I lost my stripper self....I just found the root of it all. I lost myself.

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    Ecuador is gorgeous and very diverse -- it's like a biological/geological miracle there. It's inexpensive and they use American currency. Your Spanish doesn't even need to be very good -- you can learn it there.

    And I think it would be an excellent place to find yourself.

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    Makes perfect sense to me. I'm depressed, too, and want to move as far away from SA and Texas as possible. I am not myself here-- AT ALL. I don't even want to make friends here I'm so unhappy and too focused on getting the hell outta here. I miss my peaceful island life... and no matter which island I end up living on... I know I'll be happier.

    I listen to that song, "Home" by Chris Daughtry constantly, and I know I'm on my way home. To the place where I belong...and I'm NEVER gonna leave!



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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan Wayward View Post
    Ecuador is gorgeous and very diverse -- it's like a biological/geological miracle there. It's inexpensive and they use American currency. Your Spanish doesn't even need to be very good -- you can learn it there.

    And I think it would be an excellent place to find yourself.
    Is it a safe place?
    Could I travel there by myself with no worries?

    I'm learning about Ecuador in spanish class now..it wounds soo beautiful. Like you said, a biological miracle. It's where Darwin came up with his evolution theory. It sounds so beautiful and peaceful....and so different from Vegas. It's green and alive there. Two things I miss the most. Well, 3. They also have water.

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    How does one go about finding a job in another country?
    Or finding out what jobs are in demand?
    Finding reliable housing?

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    It's freakin crazy that you mention Galapagos out of all the places in the world. My parents are there right now this very minute. It's their retirement gift to my dad, a 2 week vacation. Honest to God.

    Jeebus.

    Anyway when they're back amongst civilization I will probe them for all the details so you can rock your giant turtle!


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    galapagos is expensive, find a lonely planet guide on the place, i looked into going there for few months to do an i-to-i voluenteer programme with the turtles...its one of the most expensive places in south america due to its location.everything has to come in by boat or plane.

    give it a go tho, what an aweosme life. i remember last summer having crazy dreams of running off to costa rica to live for a bit. would have been fun, but a logistical nightmare!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    How does one go about finding a job in another country?
    Or finding out what jobs are in demand?
    Finding reliable housing?
    Know the feelin...I hated LV...anyhoo this is a start for ya;

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    hun, why are you with your bf now, if you *know* that you will break it off in a few years? this makes me worry for some reason.

    do whatever makes you happy about the galapagos, i mean!

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    Not crazy at all!

    I have the same feelings, only with Switzerland & Austria.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Corgan View Post
    hun, why are you with your bf now, if you *know* that you will break it off in a few years? this makes me worry for some reason.

    do whatever makes you happy about the galapagos, i mean!
    Because it would screw us both over really bad if I lef now, and I'm just not able to, money wise.
    He's going to help me finish school, and while I'm in school we are both going to save for when I graduate and leave.

    we just want different thigns out of life, and it's not going to work out forever. It's a sad thing, for both of us.....but that's how life is.

    I want kids, he don't.
    He LOVES vegas life, I hate it.

    we are just to different on a level that can't be compromised on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    Because it would screw us both over really bad if I lef now, and I'm just not able to, money wise.
    He's going to help me finish school, and while I'm in school we are both going to save for when I graduate and leave.

    we just want different thigns out of life, and it's not going to work out forever. It's a sad thing, for both of us.....but that's how life is.

    I want kids, he don't.
    He LOVES vegas life, I hate it.

    we are just to different on a level that can't be compromised on.
    so you're stringing him along for the financial support?

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    No. If I left I would screw him into bankruptcy. he needs me to help pay the bills. I need him to help pay the bills because I can't support myself in school on my own. We need each other. Neither one of us can survive on own own.
    I would NEVER string him along. I love him more than my own life, we have been together for over 5 years.
    Oh, this really incredibly pisses me off. I would NEVER use him, or anyone else for my own gain. I'm not like that, and it really gets under my skin for it to even be suggested.

    And this thread is an inquiry abotu the Islands, not abotu why my boyfriend and I have to break up in 3 years.I was just answering Corgan's qwuestion

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    Ecuador is a bit dangerous, fyi...and you can't live in the Galapagos...it's a protected area.

    I agree though, looks amazing, I wanna go.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    No. If I left I would screw him into bankruptcy. he needs me to help pay the bills. I need him to help pay the bills because I can't support myself in school on my own. We need each other. Neither one of us can survive on own own.
    I would NEVER string him along. I love him more than my own life, we have been together for over 5 years.
    Oh, this really incredibly pisses me off. I would NEVER use him, or anyone else for my own gain. I'm not like that, and it really gets under my skin for it to even be suggested.

    And this thread is an inquiry abotu the Islands, not abotu why my boyfriend and I have to break up in 3 years.I was just answering Corgan's qwuestion
    Sorry.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scarlett_vancouver View Post
    Ecuador is a bit dangerous, fyi...and you can't live in the Galapagos...it's a protected area.

    I agree though, looks amazing, I wanna go.
    You can't live there. Huh. Bummer.

    So what beaches can anyone recommend I research into that is a nice, relativly cheap, yet safe place to live, in another country? Maybe I should go to Guam for 3 months and check it out during a school break or somethign.

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    Costa Rica, yo

    Belize

    Turks & Caicos

    My top 3 for retirement!

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    kaylinn needs a visit or vacation, rather.

    i'm rooting for you girl! i want you to find what it is you want from life

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    How does one go about finding a job in another country?
    Or finding out what jobs are in demand?
    Finding reliable housing?
    I haven't read all the other posts yet but I just wanted to say that if you learn Spanish you can teach English is other countries , just a thought ALSO if you really wanna do somewhere and have a life changing expericane have you thought about going to Africa and volunteering ?? I found a great place in Ghana , they speak English there !! They need lots of volunteers to do all sorts of things like working in womens centers and with babies and teaching English .....I will see if I can find the site for you or anyone else . I would go in a heart beat if I didn;t have a 1 yr old

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    You can't live there. Huh. Bummer.

    So what beaches can anyone recommend I research into that is a nice, relativly cheap, yet safe place to live, in another country? Maybe I should go to Guam for 3 months and check it out during a school break or somethign.
    I wonder about Europe ? Like the Mediterranean ??? Geek isles or st tropez ??? something over there might be bad ass

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    ohh..the GEEK isles! Sounds right up my alley, LOL.
    No, seriously, the greek isles or st. tropez sounds beautiful..I'm really leanign toward a spanish speaking area. I dunno why...I just wanna immerse myself completly in a different culture I guess....

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    What about spain then ? or Argentina ??

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    checking into them. Really checking into Spain.
    I will need a good hospital nearby, as I will be a nurse in need of a job.
    That, and beach and ocean are my only requirments. I have lots of choices, I'm looking into everything. I'm also concidering Puerto Rico.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaylinn View Post
    checking into them. Really checking into Spain.
    I will need a good hospital nearby, as I will be a nurse in need of a job.
    That, and beach and ocean are my only requirments. I have lots of choices, I'm looking into everything. I'm also concidering Puerto Rico.
    I don't know why puerto Rico has never appealed to me ......remember that while learning a new language as a nurse you may need to learn a new numeric system ....like in Europe its so different but I am not sure about the Caribbean or south america

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    Sindi, tell me about the place in Ghana. I was there recently, and would love an excuse to go back.

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