2 Go Quote Board

A good quote is timeless, transcending time and place to concisely capture an intrinsic truth.

Sadly, we don't expect you'll find any such timeless quotes here.

What you will find, however, are quotes that amuse us, make us laugh, entertain us, or otherwise capture the time, place, and mood of a particular vignette of our travels. Quotes are wonderfully evocative, and this is our attempt to try to capture them while at the same time sharing them with you, our faithful reader.

Quote	Spoken By	Date	Country	Explanation

“My job was never this stressful….if it was, I would have quit”	Kelly	9/14/99	USA	Nerves were a little frayed at 2 Go Global World Headquarters
“What are we going to do when we get back…drink Jim Jones Kool-Aid or something?”	Rich	9/17/99	USA	Remarking that returning to “normal” life after a year’s journey may be somewhat of a let-down
“Is there a sound I haven’t heard tonight?”	Kelly	9/27/99	Peru	After a fitful night of sleep at the Hostal Choquechaka, which included such sounds as gun shots, hacking coughs, yelling, and, finally, very loud and violent vomiting/wretching.
“I’ll eat less.”	Kelly	9/27/99	Peru	Kelly pleading with Rich to stay anywhere other than the bargain $6 a night Hostal Choquechaka. It came not long after the quote that appears immediately above.
“I like R.E.M. and I also like Sublime. But I never liked Nirvana because their music is so depressing…and I think that Kurt Cobain killed his self after he finished listening to his own C.D.”	Jesus Napancca	10/4/99	Peru.	Jesus on American Music.
"If I am not up by 7:00 a.m., I should be." (See later comments by Rich and Kelly)	Linda Frender	10/22/00	Bolivia	Linda comments on why her watch alarm is permanently set for 7:00 a.m.
“It’s all part of the experience, Russ.”	Mike and Linda Frender, quoting Chevy Chase from European Vacation	10/21/99	Bolivia	Fighting for survival during the 40 km Battan Death March along the shores of Lake Titicaca, Mike and Linda call up the warranted words of Chevy Chase
”Rich, I think you will find that managing your personal hygiene will be much easier if you get a freakin’ haircut…I have found that a flattop works well during long periods without a shower, whereas your mop may invite certain unwelcome critters, and then Kelly won’t want to snuggle.”	Andrew Dye	10/27/99	USA (via email)	An unprovoked, and unwarranted, attack on Rich’s choice of hairstyle.
"Sacale el jugo a la vida antes que la vida te saque el jugo a ti." English translation: "Suck the juice out of life before life sucks the juice out of you."	Hernan Barreno	10/30/99	Galápagos Islands	Hernan's philosophy, with which we agree: "Live life to its fullest!"
"Good road bad people, bad road good people."	Rolf Leonhardt	11/24/99	El Remate, Guatemala	A fellow traveler commenting that with good, developed roads, and the attendant tourism, hospitality and service suffers, while the friendliest and most hospitable people can be found in more remote locales where there are "bad" roads.
"It's a spiritual sacrifice, mon...it's the healing of a nation."	Anonymous	11/25/99	Caye Caulker, Belize	Belizian Rastafarian commenting upon the merits of a certain contraband, and what it signifies to him, during an unsolicited sales pitch.
"One thing you gotta get used to when you living in Guatemala is the blackouts--if you ain't used to the blackouts, then you ain't living in Guatemala."	Erick Mendoza	11/28/99	Livingston, Guatemala	Colorful comment from a colorful guy sitting near us in a restaurant during a 45 minute blackout of the entire town of Livingston.
"I wonder if there is a file on us with the FBI?"	Kelly	12/5/99	Nicaragua	During a 9+ hour bus ride to Managua, Kelly's imagination gets the best of her as she wonders, with seriousness, whether the FBI may think we are spies because we are traveling through formerly war-torn Central America.
"Thank God we got outta Managua....that place sucks."	Rich	12/6/99	Granada, Nicaragua	Perhaps we did not give it enough of a chance, but neither of us was very fond of Managua.
"C'mon Kelly...it's like hiking with Ray Charles"	Rich	12/15/99	Montezuma, Costa Rica	Rich, with a small measure of frustration, commenting on Kelly's inability to see wildlife continually pointed out to her
" I'm just blown away"	Paul Montgomery	12/18/99	Playa Grande, Costa Rica	Paul's appropriate first words after witnessing, and participating, in the release to the sea of 62 Olive Ridley and 3 Leatherback newborn hatchlings
"You're messing with someone who is just a little bit sick of you right now"	Kelly	1/14/00	Tokyo, Japan	Kelly warning Rich to stay away
"Man, they should pay me for using that bathroom."	Kelly	1/20/00	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Kelly after using a bathroom--for which she paid--whose standards of cleanliness and hygiene were below the levels to which she has become accustomed
"How hungry was I...I ate the cabbage!"	Rich	1/22/00	Penang, Malaysia	Rich commenting that his hunger lead him to the extreme of eating a vegetable that normally sickens him
"Those jokers like to sleep....I call them the jokers that like to sleep."	Ruth Yap	1/27/00	Penang Hill, Malaysia	As Kelly, Rich and Ruth watched the sunrise from Penang Hill, Ruth comments on the sleeping habits of her sister and nephew
"Free for you"	Cambodian waiter	2/13/00	Siem Reap, Cambodia	Like music to our ears...so many things in Cambodia were "free for you".
"When you're done with that plastic bag can I use it?..........I want to put it over my head."	Mike Squires	3/7/00	Local bus to Pushkar, India	While the local bus experience was not, at first, all that Mike hoped it would be, his thoughts of suicide soon gave way to the pleasure of being close to, and traveling like, the locals.
"C'mon you putz!......Smarten up!"	Paul Montgomery (speaking to Mike)	3/7/00	Pushkar, India	One of Mike's most endearing features is that, at times, he is a bit scattered. At one of such times Paul, as only a good friend can do, admonishes him appropriately.
"There definitely is a little evil vibe going on beneath all this happy crap."	Paul Montgomery	3/8/00	Pushkar, India	We enjoyed Pushkar and its serene, traveler friendly, atmosphere. But ever the cynic, Paul digs deeper.
"I just tried to give a guy with no teeth peanuts....I couldn't figure out why he wouldn't take them"	Paul Montgomery	3/10/00	Bikaner, India	Outside the Rat Temple, Paul was merely trying to be nice--it took him a while to figure out the guy had no teeth
"Let me tell you something: if there was a 7-11 near here, I'd be there!"	Mike Squires	3/11/00	Thar Desert, India	On the first night of our safari, following a tasty meal that, nonetheless, left Mike wanting for more, Mike fantasizes about a burrito, coke and chocolate bar at the local 7-11
"I don't like you anymore. I think this whole traveling thing--you and me--was a big mistake."	Kelly	4/1/00	Dingboche, Nepal	Apparently, Rich gets on Kelly's nerves from time to time--plus, the deprivation of the trek helps explain the outburst
"You know Steve, with that red coat and hood, you look like.......the devil."	Kelly	4/6/00	Everest Base Camp, Nepal	During a spirited game of hearts, Kelly comments upon the true character of Steve Greenholz, who was taking inordinate joy in meting out pain
"You can't just sit there--you gotta react, you gotta fight back."	Kelly	4/29/00	Cairo, Egypt	Kelly commenting on her ongoing, worldwide war, with the bugs; most typically mosquitoes, which were particularly troublesome in Cairo
"Got him! And I am not even going to finish him off....I am just going to let him sit there and twitch."	Anonymous	5/3/00	The Blue Hole, outside Dahab, Egypt	Flies are numerous in Dahab. Here, a patron at a beachfront table next to ours finally swatted a particularly troublesome fly and was relishing in the fly's slow and painful death.
"O.K. Let's play a game. You stand there...and I will throw rocks at you"	Kelly	6/9/00	Goreme, Turkey	Kelly suggests ideas for the day's itinerary.
"You are very traditional driver--you obey traffic signals."	Dmitri	6/23/00	Athens, Greece	We drove 2 cars to dinner, with Dmitri driving one (with Lou and I) and his wife (with her daughter, Kelly and Andrea) following in the other. At one point, Dmitri ran a red light and, when his wife caught up and admonished him about doing so, Dmtri explained why she was troubled by his technique
"Is that the Parthenon?"	Rich Willis	6/24/00	Athens, Greece	Rich exclaims as we stand before the towering architectural masterpiece which we have seen so many times before in books, magazines and films.
"First you have me procreating, now you got me spending."	Lou Cataland	6/28/00	Santorini, Greece	Lou speaking to Rich, given Rich's encouragement to Andrea that efforts at making a little Zeus, and shopping, were worthy causes on Santorini
"1500? We won't pay more than 1000."	Rich	6/29/00	Santorini, Greece	Rich negotiating with a taxi driver over a ride to a nearby winery (1500 refers to Greek drachmas, the equivalent of $4.28, while 1000 is the equivalent of $2.85). The taxi driver wasn't playing and drove off with an empty car--we, in turn, had to walk for 30 minutes before, thankfully (the crowd was growing unruly and ready to turn on Rich), catching a bus to the winery for 1000 drachmas.
"So many shops, so little time."	Andrea Cataland	6/30/00	Santorini, Greece	Andrea commenting on the wealth of attractive shops on the island of Santorini, notwithstanding that she frequented many of them and went home with quite a bounty of goods
"Because that guy's jacket says 'Skin head'."	Rich	8/16/00	Berlin, Germany	Rich responds to Kelly's question, "How do you know he's a skin head?" This exchange takes place in Alexanderplatz which is located in the former East Berlin.
"You joke them--they kill you"	Ennio from Sicily, Italy	8/30/00	Coastal Steamer, Norway	Our new Sicilian friend comments on the Italian mob.
"If I am up by 5:00 a.m., I shouldn't be" (See Linda Frender's comment on October 22, 2000)	Kelly	9/10/00	Hamburg, Germany	Kelly struggles to wake up to see the early morning fish market.
"If I am not up by 9:00 a.m....good"	Rich	9/13/00	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Rich says as he rolls over and sleeps for another hour.
"Hello, I'm June. I just wanted to correct you guys on one thing, Everest is not the tallest mountain in the world, it's only the highest point. The tallest mountian is some underwater mountain in hawaii."	June	Sometime in October	Internet	E-mail from reader. Thanks for the info, June. We are so glad that we cleared that up.
"We have entered the area known as spite eating. Sure I could have finished eating long ago, but I am eating out of spite."	Rich	11/5/00	Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	After being deceived by our porters, Rich does not want to give them any of our left over food. We eventually got over their antics and realized everyone has to make a living. Spite eating was then ceased.
"Richie--I am so cold. I cannot take it anymore."	Kelly	11/6/00 (early morning)	Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	Coldest night of our lives.
"I feel like a boxer. They keep sending me out into the ring. Cut me Mick!"	Kelly	11/10/00	Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania	Summit day. Kelly silently thinks about how she would like to quit, but the peer pressure and her own pride will not let her.
"There are three types of people: -Those that make it happen, -Those that watch it happen, -Those that say, 'What the f--- happened?'"	George of the Jungle	12/11/00		Our friend who has had a very colorful life give his philosophy on those who take a few risks.