Fergy

About @planxty

65 years old • Male • Retired.

I am a man in retirement, I like to travel and, like many others here, I am a "refugee" from the wonderful Virtual Tourist website which Stephen Kaufer's corporate greed killed in February 2017.

I like to travel, or rather I did, but my enthusiasm has been completely removed by Kaufer's act of vandalism. I do hope I can get my old will to travel back or I shall probably just sit at home and drink myself to death.

I am composing this on the actual day they pull the plug on Virtual Tourist and to say I am at a very low ebb presently would be a massive understatement. Twelve years of extremely hard work atomised at the flick of a switch.

• Hobbies:

  Travelling was my passion until my will to do so was removed as you can see in my "About me" post. Other than that, I play the guitar which gives me great pleasure and like to watch sport. I was a keen rugby player in my day but my day was many years ago!

  I do like to walk a lot and am a keen if very average amateur phtographer but, like the travelling, all desire to do either has been completely knocked out of me.

• Favourite places:

  What a difficult question. In no particular order I would have to say Lao, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Burma (Myanmar), Canada, Scotland, Cyprus, Malta ,Philippines, the list just goes on.

  As the old saying goes, "I never met a place I didn't like yet" although I would say that the one place I never want to see again is Bangladesh. Awful place. I spent a mere 15 hours there some years ago and contracted dysentry!