Member Profile: H Diane Bell
Hometown: Chestermere, AB
Age: 60
Member Since: 2005 What's your hostel history like?
My first hostel stay since 1970(!) was in 2005 at the Jericho Hostel while sailing on English Bay. I loved the experience and wish Jericho was open all year long. I have now used hostels in Lake Louise, Melbourne, Sydney, Kangaroo Island, Dublin and all around Ireland for ten days...the Dingle Peninsula being a highlight.
We have renewed our memberships and will be hostelling in New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia again in the fall of 2008. We did think we might be the only boomers in the facilities and to our pleasure met many peers and young families everywhere… it enriched our travels immensely. We are hooked!
Describe your most memorable travel moment.
Reading about, seeing and digesting the sunset over the Blasket Islands in Ireland and the Dingle Peninsula.
What countries have you travelled to?
Canada, USA, Britain, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Croatia, Australia, Poland, Mexico, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Slovenia
What was your longest trip and where did you go?
Europe for three months
What's your favourite HI hostel? 
Dingle Peninsula, Ireland overlooking the Blasket Islands. [ed. note - it's HI-Ireland's Dun Chaoin Hostel!]
Where do you want to go next?
We are off to the South Pacific in the fall....Hawaii, New Caledonia, Samoa, Fiji, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia
What's your best advice for a first-time backpacker?
Travel light!
What can you never travel without?
My sense of humour!
Any other stories or advice you want to share?
We met a senior couple from Australia who were having a "Gap Year" working and travelling just like their three adult children had been doing... We are planning one!
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