Hola! My name is Al Explorer and I like going places. I’ve just recently returned from living, teaching English and traveling in Latin America for 14 months and trying to decide what the next stage in my life is going to be. I’m a 26 year old mixed breed of half Yankee and half Brit who was born in London, but raised in Colorado. My love for travel was sparked by a decision to study abroad in Belgium and the amazingly positive experience altered my reality permanently. Since University I’ve taught English in Thailand, Panama and wandered across 51 countries. Check out my map to see where I have been and feel free to ask me about any of those places.
I’ve chosen a different path for my life than most of my peers and my behavior is often pondered over for the better or worse. If I had to answer the popular question of why I do what I do my simple response would be that at this moment I find the acquisition of stories, lessons and memories to be far more important than the pursuit of financial stability. To learn more about this philosophy and how it’s affected me read my post on ‘Am I doing what a 26 year old should be doing?‘ My favorite sport is what us Americans call soccer and my favorite team are the Tottenham Hotspurs. My favorite beverage is a Belgian Beer and if I could share one of these chalices with 3 people it would be Richard Branson, Harry Redknapp and Bill Bryson. My favorite countries at the moment are Colombia, Belgium and Thailand, but take me anywhere and I will probably enjoy myself! I like inspiring others to travel so if you are on the fence about a potential adventure I’d be more than happy to convince you why you should 😉
I Like Going Places 
Saved as a favorite, I love your blog! 🙂
Wow Albania made your top five countries
Absolutely! Albania is a terrific spot I really enjoyed Tirana, Berat and Saranda…
Belguim! Top 5 – oh yes! Amazing country. I’m trying to write up my favourite spots and how to travel them on a budget, soon they will be on my blog!
Love your blog, great posts.
Hello, I happened to end up on your blog while Googling “i like places” 🙂 I hope to read your blog! It’s quite nice!
Belgium is my sister’s favorite place – she is always trying to convince me to go when she is bumming around its streets. I’m in the process of planning a Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore etc trip this coming year. Just gotta save up enough to get from DR to NY, and then halfway around the world. Shouldn’t be too tough… Love the blog Alex – keep up the entertaining posts.
cool blog indeed. Love Belgian beer
Check out Salar De Uyuni, Bolivia during rainy season, it is at the top of my list of places i want to go, a quick google image search will show you why.
Subject: Interested in Guest Blogging?
Hi,
Would you be interested in writing a guest blog post on our blog, OneTravelBloggers.com ? We are a PR 3 blog whose audience enjoys reading anything about travel (e.g. “Best spots in Philly”, “Top 10 beaches in Spain”, “How to travel around Tokyo on a budget”, etc). And, of course, you’ll receive a FOLLOWED link to your blog or page of your choice.
Please let me know if you’re interested. I think you’d be a great fit with our audience, and we’d also like to talk with you about other partnerships.
Talk to you soon
Tiara-
Sorry its taken so long to get back to you I’ve been traveling through parts of the world where internet is scarce! I would love to write a guest post for you please feel free to contact me by email at alex@verenicoll.com
Hi,
We are Mark and Stefy, Italian travellers
We have been impressed by your site and inviting you to visit ours: http://www.born2travel.it
We were wondering if you are interested in a links exchange
I mean: I could publish your link in my friends links and you could do the same with mine,if you feel like
Let me know
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Hi,
Read your blog about Bangkok, and thought it was great. So now I am checking out your new one.
Cool stuff.
Mike