Daniel Bare:
CLASS OF 1979
Bentley High SchoolClass of 1979
Burton, MI
Daniel's Story
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Currently I'm living in Australia on the Gold Coast with my wife Shyla. We live in a house on the ocean in Mermaid Beach, and I'm going back to Uni to get a Masters. No kids and no pets.
We just completed a year long trip around the world. We went to 27 countries with highlights being India, China, Mongolia, Tunisia, Kenya, Bosnia and Croatia. We crossed the Sahara desert by camel, trekked the Great Wall of China, slept in Ger's in Mongolia, and lived like royalty in India on $5 a day! We have a website that covers the trip, and if you're interested in seeing me with blond hair or in a kilt - it's at our website eskobare dot com (Esko is my wife's maiden name).
Prior to our trip, we lived in Edinburgh Scotland for 5 years. Using Edinburgh as a base, we were able to get to many of the European countries as Europe's budget airlines are so cheap. We even fle...Expand for more
w to Ireland twice for free (round trip)!
Our last home in the states was Oregon (for 8 years). We don't know if we'll come back to the states or not. It's hard to predict the future - we're always open for journeys, experiences and travel. Maybe a sail around the world is next?
No - I didn't hit the lottery or something like that. I worked in the states and in Edinburgh, and our trip round the world, for a year, cost about $12,000 U.S. each. What's hard is not saving up the money for a trip like this, but taking the time off. We backpacked, stayed in youth hostels, took busses, rickshaws, bikes, matato's, 3-wheel taxis - whatever transport was cheap - which usually meant it was exciting too.
My family is still in Michigan, so I do make it back on occasion. Maybe I'll be back after graduation summer of 2008 (that's Decemberr 2008 down here).
Cheers - Dan
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