victoria patel . ..

^ Egypt,
^ Israel,
^ Jordan,
^ Syria,
^ Turkey,
^ Indonesia,
^ Singapore,
^ Vietnam,
^ Laos,
^ Cambodia,
^ Saudi-Arabia,
^ India,
^ Pakistan,
^ Bulgaria,
^ Romania,
^ Croatia,
^ Japan,
^ China,
^ Argentina,
^ Bolivia,
^ Brazil,
^ Chile,
^ Ecuador,
^ Paraguay,
^ South Africa,
^ Mozambique,
^ Kenya,
^ Uganda,
^ Tanzania,
^ Nigeria,
^ Ghana
^ Benin.

^ I'm planning a trip around the world...

Can I go with you?

Frank

Sure, if you have a year off to spare and $10-12K. That's what I
figure it will cost me, and I don't travel first-class...

"Frank" wrote in message news:01c3e791$1ca73460$0125250a@qkzypzzvgkuqhwah ...
victoria patel . ..

^ Egypt,
^ Israel,
^ Jordan,
^ Syria,
^ Turkey,
^ Indonesia,
^ Singapore,
^ Vietnam,
^ Laos,
^ Cambodia,
^ Saudi-Arabia,
^ India,
^ Pakistan,
^ Bulgaria,
^ Romania,
^ Croatia,
^ Japan,
^ China,
^ Argentina,
^ Bolivia,
^ Brazil,
^ Chile,
^ Ecuador,
^ Paraguay,
^ South Africa,
^ Mozambique,
^ Kenya,
^ Uganda,
^ Tanzania,
^ Nigeria,
^ Ghana
^ Benin.

^ I'm planning a trip around the world...

Can I go with you?

Frank

victoria patel . ..

^ Sure, if you have a year off to spare and $10-12K.

I'd never be able to save that much on my income.

How many of those languages do you speak? If only one or two then a
wide-range radio receiver will probably only be good for listening to
aviation communications.

Frank

I'm fluent in Hindi and Urdu (parents came from India and Pakistan
respectively) as well as Arabic, French, Spanish and German. I'm a
linguist by profession and teach language skills to employees of
companies who send their people abroad. I've found from previous
travel that in many cities a lot of embassy/consular radio traffic is
in either English or French, regardless of what language is spoken in
the country...

"Frank" wrote in message news:01c3e857$39c13cf0$0125250a@knxfxalifdxfpylf ...
victoria patel . ..

^ Sure, if you have a year off to spare and $10-12K.

I'd never be able to save that much on my income.

How many of those languages do you speak? If only one or two then a
wide-range radio receiver will probably only be good for listening to
aviation communications.

Frank

victoria patel . ..

^ I'm a linguist by profession and teach language skills to
^ employees of companies who send their people abroad.

Then you could learn something by listening to public service frequencies in
these other countries that will benefit you in your profession.

Good luck.

Frank

"Frank" wrote in message news:01c3e91b$6eba7c90$0125250a@mzfhtpbqaunvpfaj ...
victoria patel . ..

^ I'm a linguist by profession and teach language skills to
^ employees of companies who send their people abroad.

Then you could learn something by listening to public service frequencies in
these other countries that will benefit you in your profession.

Good luck.

Frank

Which is quite true, however it doesn't solve my original problem:
finding out which of these countries will hassle me for carrying my
VR-500 and which won't...

(victoria patel) wrote in
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I'm fluent in Hindi and Urdu (parents came from India and Pakistan
respectively) as well as Arabic, French, Spanish and German. I'm a
linguist by profession and teach language skills to employees of
companies who send their people abroad. I've found from previous
travel that in many cities a lot of embassy/consular radio traffic is
in either English or French, regardless of what language is spoken in
the country...


I could learn you Dutch ..... ;-)

Ben.

Ben de Heer wrote in message . 1.4...
(victoria patel) wrote in
om:

I'm fluent in Hindi and Urdu (parents came from India and Pakistan
respectively) as well as Arabic, French, Spanish and German. I'm a
linguist by profession and teach language skills to employees of
companies who send their people abroad. I've found from previous
travel that in many cities a lot of embassy/consular radio traffic is
in either English or French, regardless of what language is spoken in
the country...


I could learn you Dutch ..... ;-)

Ben.

Dank U well mijnheer, maar Nederlands is reeds niet onbekend naar mij!

(victoria patel) wrote in
om:

Ben de Heer wrote in message
. 1.4...
(victoria patel) wrote in
om:

I'm fluent in Hindi and Urdu (parents came from India and Pakistan
respectively) as well as Arabic, French, Spanish and German. I'm a
linguist by profession and teach language skills to employees of
companies who send their people abroad. I've found from previous
travel that in many cities a lot of embassy/consular radio traffic
is in either English or French, regardless of what language is
spoken in the country...


I could learn you Dutch ..... ;-)

Ben.

Dank U well mijnheer, maar Nederlands is reeds niet onbekend naar mij!




:-D Geweldig !
Toch wel een beetje jammer, ik had het graag gedaan ;-)

Ben.