The Traveler's Thread [Archive]

songbird36

3 Feb 2005, 06:39 AM

How about a sticky thread (somewhere) for posting where you might be going just in case anyone else would like to meet and hang out, see the sights, etc. I like traveling and don't mind doing it alone, but I thought it sounded like a neat idea to meanwhile meet other INTP's. I know, we struggle with IM's, so maybe it's a stretch, but it's been brought up before that we all meet at an INTP party and such.

I'm planning a trip in May over in France, Italy, and the Isle of Man. It would be cool to post the agenda and see if anyone else was interested.

Great idea! I'm interested in a trip to Vietnam this year and would (for example) be interested in hearing from anyone else who's been there. A thread for travel tips/ideas/suggestions would be wonderful.

Geoff

3 Feb 2005, 02:15 PM

Hmm.

Spain at Easter, Scotland or Scandinavia (bit of an 'S' theme this year) in the Summer and in the Autumn Toronto->Halifax with a detour around New England.

Yay.

-Geoff

PS can't you tell I love road trips :)

Clara

3 Feb 2005, 04:18 PM

*laughing that someone finally made this thread*

I did think Geoff would be the one to start it. DID anyone miss noticing that he loves to travel ? *only the people saying, "Who's Geoff?" raised their hands*

I think songbird34's suggestion to broaden it into :

travel tips/ideas/suggestions is a great idea - to include those of us who would like others' views without necessarily sharing any part of the travel with them...

edit : happy trails, all of you.

Pierce

3 Feb 2005, 04:51 PM

Great idea! I'm interested in a trip to Vietnam this year and would (for example) be interested in hearing from anyone else who's been there. A thread for travel tips/ideas/suggestions would be wonderful.

I travel to Vietnam regularly, since my wife is Vietnamese. It's a beautiful place and there is a lot to see and experience there. In the north, Hanoi is an interesting city and Ha Long Bay is not to be missed, a world heritage site with extraordinary caverns in the small islands that dot the bay by the hundreds. Take a 5 mega pixel digital camera and a tripod, set it on night mode and you'll have some awesome pictures of the caves. I haven't been to the northern moutainous regions or Sapa, but that's on my list.

In the central part, the most pictureseque area, there are several interesting places; Hue, Da Nang, and Hoi An are all worth visiting. Hoi An looks like a small european village (old French architecture). This area features many art galleries, paintings, pottery, carvings and such, many of exceptional quality. Also, there's the five marble moutains, each with a different color of marble, and numerous sculpture shops that produce very nice stone work. Unfortunately, the mountains are diminishing in size due to the marble trade. There is also an ancient Champa ruin (also a world heritage site) in the central mountains (I had to cross a ravine over a bamboo foot bridge to get there, but I think they made some improvements since then). The Champa people were a tiny but fierce race (about 3 to 4 feet tall) that dominated the region at one time... very interesting. The trips up the rivers in small boats were unforgettable. And bicycle tours are very pleasant too (just don't expect a recent vintage bicycle).

In Dalat and a few other places they do silk embroidery that is unlike anything I've ever seen. There are canvases that require months or even years of labor and are stunningly artful. There's a quaint embroidery village in Dalat (no pictures allowed) that you can visit... it's like an artist colony with gardens and areas for meditation. They play live traditional music and the food is wonderful. It's a nice place to spend an afternoon. They have retail shops with the silk embroidery in the major cities too.

In the southern areas, Na Trang is a seaside resort area, warm and pleasant. Ho Chi Minh City is the crowded, noisy center of commerce. My favorite hotel there is the Caravelle. There is a cafe on the main floor that looks out on pretty setting where wedding parties come for pictures. On a nice day, there are processions of beautiful brides and their attendants, some in traditional dress some in western style.

The food is great, the people are warm and friendly, and I always felt safe, never threatened (a nice feeling for an American overseas these days).

I took my dad for a visit there last October (he kept reminding me that the last time he was there, they were shooting at him). One evening we had dinner with a North Vietnamese man and it turned into quite a ceremonial event, with toasts of lobster blood mixed with rice wine to the future good relations of our countries, health, happiness, etc. It was an amazing thing to see, former enemies feasting together and genuinely enjoying it -- it makes one wonder. It was a great trip, he loved it and he's now hooked on Vietnamese coffee -- he won't drink anything else and he's telling all his friends... I think I may have to start importing it.

athman

7 Feb 2005, 12:49 PM

My wife is Thai and we travel to Thailand every couple of years. We've pretty much been everywhere in Thailand over the past 15 years, so if anyone has questions about visiting Thailand drop me a line.

I'm thinking of going to Philadelphia in June for a conference. I might post something closer to the date for any ideas about things to do there. I love driving in the USA. (the fastest car in the world is a rented car!)

About this time last year I went from the middle of the Australian summer to Cananda for about a week (mostly Calgary). I found a new love - driving rented cars in the snow. whheeeee!

synchronous

12 Feb 2005, 04:46 PM

I would like to see a traveler's thread/forum as well. I wouldn't mind a place to exchange tips and suggestions as well as the opportunity to read travel adventures and sharing of photos.

int

12 Feb 2005, 06:34 PM

Moved to the Pub and stuck. :)

Crazy

15 Feb 2005, 08:31 PM

I'm thinking of going to Philadelphia in June for a conference. I might post something closer to the date for any ideas about things to do there. I love driving in the USA. (the fastest car in the world is a rented car!)

I grew up outside of Philly. Let me know if you want some ideas.

athman

16 Feb 2005, 04:38 AM

Thanks, I'll be in touch.

MacGuffin

16 Feb 2005, 02:54 PM

I am traveling to southern Spain (Malaga) in November. Possibly fly to London first and then take a train, but that part is only theory so far.

Geoff

16 Feb 2005, 02:55 PM

I will be somewhere East of Malaga in a few weeks. A quiet villa in the Sierra Nevada ;)

-Geoff

MacGuffin

16 Feb 2005, 03:11 PM

I will be somewhere East of Malaga in a few weeks. A quiet villa in the Sierra Nevada ;)

-Geoff
Cool!

I expect a full debriefing when you return!

songbird36

17 Feb 2005, 10:56 AM

Well I've decided to go on a tour to Vietnam (in July).

The tour will last 20 days and cost $4450. That seems pretty reasonable to me (includes most meals).

Can't wait.

Geoff

17 Feb 2005, 01:04 PM

How much is that US or Sterling? I am too lazy to find a currency converter ;)

I am currently exploring the cuisine of Vietnam/Cambodia etc as a slight variety from the other parts of the Far East I am familiar with. I am jealous of the eating out opportunities, at least!

Something a bit different, anyway (at least it would be to me).

I like to stay in a different place every night, plan my own trip using a Lonely Planet or similar for the country and be largely freeform on what we do. Fortunately I am brought down to earth by my ISFJ wife, who at least books some accommodation and measures on the map to see if we have 300 miles or 3000 miles to drive in a day ;-).

My favourite road trip so far (and I have done quite a few) was Seattle up to Vancouver, a jaunt around Whistler and the Rockies... down the West Coast to California, taking in various National Parks (Yosemite, Redwood, Lassen Peak Volcanic).

It was a fun 3 weeks.

-Geoff

Avengardh

18 Feb 2005, 02:49 AM

Awsome thread.

Well, I know Puebla City,Mexico, at least the sites and such, don't think any of you will actually be going there but you just never know.

sbw

18 Feb 2005, 05:31 PM

I think I'm going to go to amsterdam in the fall (november).

Scott

echo

18 Feb 2005, 06:14 PM

I grew up outside of Philly. Let me know if you want some ideas.

hey, me too. in woodbury, nj (only about 10-15 minutes across the delaware). how about you?

athman

19 Feb 2005, 01:48 PM

I like to stay in a different place every night, plan my own trip using a Lonely Planet or similar for the country and be largely freeform on what we do.

-Geoff
I set off on my first solo backpacking trip through Malaysia and Thailand about 15 yrs ago armed with a yellow Lonely Planet Guide. I remember being in a small fishing village on the east coast of Malaysia thinking how good was this, 'venturing into the unknown' all by myself. I got to a bus station and there were about 6 groups of backpackers, all carrying the same yellow Lonely Planet guide, all venturing into the unknown. Those bloody guides were everywhere, but useful nonetheless.

Geoff

19 Feb 2005, 01:56 PM

I have them for a lot of places in the world now.. a result of all my travels. I like the way they tell you what is crap and dont play games with you.

-Geoff

athman

20 Feb 2005, 10:41 AM

I agree, Lonely Planet is the best. I've still got my original yellow 'South East Asia on a Shoestring' guide on my bookshelf as well as some more modern ones. I can't really use my yellow one anymore because its the 1989 edition.

BTW The Lonely Planet company is based in Melbourne, I used to drive past it every day. Melbourne must have a thing about planets. There also the "Daily Planet", which is Melbourne's biggest whorehouse and is actually a listed company on the Australian Stock Exchange.

Geoff

20 Feb 2005, 05:27 PM

Orlando in April. Dallas in June perhaps.

I also read and post at the lonelyplanet thorn three. There are a few really bossy types there though. I've learned that I want to camp in the adirondacks and get a canoe for the top of my car to take up there. Also, that the Southwestern desert is someplace I'd like to try camping in Spring when pipe organ cactus blooms. I'd love to get some photos of colourful cactus blooms. Oh, and all of the major US State parks, like Yosemite, Yellowstone, I'd love to take amtrak around states and backpack in those parks for a summer.

Idea: Hey, if any of you like camping and want to create a campout slumber party under the stars in a major US State Park, suggest a date, a park. Something like Adirondacks, Campsite ____, June 23-25 for example.

For me, I can do one in Orlando, at Disneys Fort Wilderness campground, (one of US's best campsites believe it or not), has canoeing, fishing, pools, and Disney world next door.

Did Yellowstone and Yosemite in the last couple of years. Yellowstone definitely has the edge, and the one just south, Grand Teton is just gorgeous.

I do fairly well for a Brit to see so many NA National Parks. Mainly I just love the Rockies..

-Geoff

Crazy

22 Feb 2005, 04:11 PM

hey, me too. in woodbury, nj (only about 10-15 minutes across the delaware). how about you?

Willingboro. Right off the Burlington/Bristol and the Betsy Ross.

YardGnome

22 Feb 2005, 05:33 PM

Just got back from a trip snowmobiling in the white mountains. It was absolutely beautiful. We rented a mountain-top house overlooking mount Washington and the presidential range... It was quite breathtaking, I'd post some pictures if our camera didn't die when we got there :(

Geoff

22 Feb 2005, 11:43 PM

Ah, I like the white mountains. A fun area. I also like the nearby (relatively) Acadia National Park. One of my favourite places! Havent seen these mountains in the snow, I am jealous now.

-Geoff

Bugeater

27 Feb 2005, 07:29 AM

Geoff

27 Feb 2005, 11:56 PM

Geoff, what do you do for a living? Are you a professional photographer or something? Because your pictures are gorgeous. I'm jealous of how much travelling you've done.

I'm too lazy to go to school and get a high-paying job that will allow me to do what I really want. I just can't stomach actually having to work for a living.

Well that is very kind of you to say so, but I am just a keen amateur photographer. I tend to travel with my job occasionally, but more often for holidays. I like to do long distance roadtrips, and to see far flung places. Professionally I am a Chartered Tax Adviser, it has its downsides but certainly helps if you like expensive overseas trips!

-Geoff

Watermark

28 Feb 2005, 09:33 AM

Nice to see travelers among the group. I too like lonelyplanet. I head to Rome and Paris in the next few weeks.

YardGnome

28 Feb 2005, 04:31 PM

Ah, I like the white mountains. A fun area. I also like the nearby (relatively) Acadia National Park. One of my favourite places! Havent seen these mountains in the snow, I am jealous now.
-Geoff

Ah yes Acadia is also beautiful, I have visited there quite a few times. My family owns a cottage just 50 miles or so away.

jjt

4 Mar 2005, 06:16 AM

Warrior413

4 Mar 2005, 06:47 AM

Oh yeah, I remembered. From March 18-28... or... something like that, I'll be in Greece and Italy. It's sort of a field trip with my English teacher and another teacher along with around 20 students and a good deal of (overprotective) parents.

We visited Russia twice 3 years ago when we adopted our kids. It was an amazing experience. Moscow, St Petersburg and Novosibursk (Siberia).
Just wondered if anyone else has been there and how they found it?
I was going to go with my gramps, who is actually a lot like me... INTP maybe... on a trip to St. Petersburg for an international libertarian meeting but it was canceled. :dont:

jimkopelli

4 Mar 2005, 05:34 PM

Dallas next weekend, the 11-13 of march.
Architecture field trip... we're gonna go look at buildings.

crule81

23 Mar 2005, 02:53 PM

I'm going to the Twin Cities this weekend to watch college hockey. Could someone from the area tell me the best way to get from the airport, without a car, to downtown St. Paul on a Saturday morning and back to the airport on a Sunday night?

Birdsnest

31 Mar 2005, 05:17 PM

Crule 81,
I can only suggest to go to the airport website and find a shuttle company used by the airport, and call and reserve the shuttle pickup & dropoff ahead by using one of their drop off spots. In Dallas this is a necessity, it costs over $50 to take a taxi to town, and the shuttle is about 15-17, much cheaper. They usually can take you where you specify, but if not, ask which major hotels are near you that they use, and even if you don't actually stay at the hotel, you can walk to the hotel yourself and ask them to pick you up there.

Shuttles are almost always the cheapest way to go. Taxis are next, but can be a lot more.

PonderBee

4 Apr 2005, 12:01 PM

Is anyone familiar with Ithaca, NY? Heading there for 2 - 3 days this week.

crule81

4 Apr 2005, 07:33 PM

Is anyone familiar with Ithaca, NY? Heading there for 2 - 3 days this week.

Only lived there for 4 years. What do you what to know?

crule81

4 Apr 2005, 07:34 PM

PonderBee

4 Apr 2005, 11:17 PM

Only lived there for 4 years. What do you what to know?
Did you go to Cornell? My daughter received her notice Friday & wants to do a visit - so I'll be solo for the most part. I'm open to anything (well, ... almost)!

crule81

5 Apr 2005, 01:30 AM

Did you go to Cornell? My daughter received her notice Friday & wants to do a visit - so I'll be solo for the most part. I'm open to anything (well, ... almost)!
Yes. When I was there, I had trouble figuring out what to do myself. But they were undoubtedly the four best years of my life so I found things to do.
If the weather is nice, you can go to Taughannak falls, which is on the west side of Cayuga Lake a few miles north of Ithaca. Here's the website: http://www.taughannock.com/
There are many wineries in the finger lakes regions. I don't like wine so I can't recommend any one of them.
The art museum on campus isn't too bad. Walking around campus is interesting because it is very beautiful. The women's rights thing is up in Seneca Falls, about an hour north of Ithaca. I never went there. I think Mark Twain in buried in Elmira, forty-five minutes southwest. If you want to drive a bit farther, go to the Corning glass museum in Corning, also to the southwest.

If you have any other questions about the area, feel free to PM me.

PonderBee

5 Apr 2005, 02:05 AM

There are many wineries in the finger lakes regions. I don't like wine so I can't recommend any one of them.
The art museum on campus isn't too bad. Walking around campus is interesting because it is very beautiful. The women's rights thing is up in Seneca Falls, about an hour north of Ithaca. I never went there. I think Mark Twain in buried in Elmira, forty-five minutes southwest. If you want to drive a bit farther, go to the Corning glass museum in Corning, also to the southwest.

If you have any other questions about the area, feel free to PM me.
Thanks for the ideas. I definitely want to have a gameplan for myself so my daughter can jump into the visit & not look back without any thoughts of me. She's thrilled and I couldn't be happier for her. I am hoping for good weather, if it is nasty I'll probably curl up with a book. The only wine I like is zinfandel - I've never been to a winery & I enjoy seeing/learning manufacturing & agricultural production processes. The campus is beautiful & I look forward to exploring it <sigh> alone (I miss her already). I will check out the art museum & library (I assume there is a massive library). We were there last October, but had to curtail a lot of our activities b/c of the driving rain and cold! I did hit the farmer's market during that visit - somehow I got the feeling that the "hemp" industry is big in the fingerlakes region.

Helios

5 Apr 2005, 04:20 AM

Hey anyone in Manchester? I am gonna be at the Paul Van Dyk show at MEN this sat, I may hop over to Berlin after, but England for sure.

kooliganka

15 Apr 2005, 08:47 PM

Has anyone here spent any time in Denmark? I may be going later this year to Copenhagen and other places. I am curious as to what to see and do. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them... Thanks.

Geoff

15 Apr 2005, 10:04 PM

Hey anyone in Manchester? I am gonna be at the Paul Van Dyk show at MEN this sat, I may hop over to Berlin after, but England for sure.

Wrong part of the country for me. But I know Manchester reasonably well.

Summary : City centre has improved and has some fun places, but Manchester is very rainy.

Bits of Manchester are errr rough ;)

-Geoff

Sam172

16 Apr 2005, 01:31 PM

Manchester is very rainy.

Bits of Manchester are errr rough ;)

-Geoff
Kinda like most of England then ¬_¬
(apart from suffolk.....you just get accosted by badgers here)

Helios

25 Apr 2005, 05:16 AM

It was a good trip, met some great people, I don't mind Man at all. I mean I wouldn't exactly suggest it for someone's vacation, but I have always enjoyed the place when I had reason to be there. Oh BTW it didn't rain! :)

Helios

6 May 2005, 08:13 PM

Hey anyone is Houston? I got some biz there next week, but plan on killing some time looking for a killer Tex-Mex shack.

coffeezombie

6 May 2005, 08:50 PM

Hey anyone is Houston? I got some biz there next week, but plan on killing some time looking for a killer Tex-Mex shack.

Most Tex-Mex places are probably pretty good in Houston.

LuridLemur

13 May 2005, 05:44 PM

I'm driving to Australia.

YardGnome

13 May 2005, 06:14 PM

I'm driving to Australia.

Let me know how that new intercontinental highway is...

athman

14 May 2005, 05:34 AM

Hmmm, that should be interesting. I'm going to Philadelphia next month. I'll wave as I fly over you.

LuridLemur

15 May 2005, 01:52 AM

Let me know how that new intercontinental highway is...
Did you know they have interstates in hawaii?

coffeezombie

15 May 2005, 04:12 AM

Did you know they have interstates in hawaii?

There are many interstate highways that do not actually go into another state. Not just in Hawaii.

floyd

23 May 2005, 04:58 AM

Well I've decided to go on a tour to Vietnam (in July).

The tour will last 20 days and cost $4450. That seems pretty reasonable to me (includes most meals).

Can't wait.

i would not think intps would be big on tours? why a tour?

Vagabond

23 May 2005, 05:09 AM

i would not think intps would be big on tours? why a tour? She is an INTJ.

Star

23 May 2005, 05:13 AM

She is an INTJ.
Correction! As far as this forum is concerned, that should be past tense.

I'll be in Toronto soon. Anyone want to make plans and then have me not show up?

floyd

23 May 2005, 05:17 AM

can we please scartlet letter/tag/star the non intps already...

Vagabond

23 May 2005, 05:20 AM

can we please scartlet letter/tag/star the non intps already... Read some posts of people, it should be obvious regardless of what the label says. :rolleyes:

floyd

23 May 2005, 05:20 AM

i don't read so good.

Star

23 May 2005, 05:21 AM

I'm all for a type box under the avatar.

Vagabond

23 May 2005, 05:22 AM

i don't read so good. Right, how did that slip my mind.

floyd

23 May 2005, 05:24 AM

maybe, because you don't think so good.

Vagabond

23 May 2005, 05:25 AM

maybe, because you don't think so good. Ah right. That must be it. Thanks for enlightening me.

floyd

23 May 2005, 05:39 AM

thank you for the opportunity.

Vagabond

23 May 2005, 05:43 AM

thank you for the opportunity. Sure. Whenever you feel your self-esteem going low and you need an ego boost, I'll be glad to help you out.

floyd

23 May 2005, 05:49 AM

no, it's all about you.

Vagabond

23 May 2005, 05:53 AM

Get sober first and maybe I'll bother with your attempts to sarcasm then.

floyd

23 May 2005, 05:56 AM

i'm sober.

Sally

11 Jun 2005, 08:34 AM

Some time in and around the second half of July, I shall be making my way (mostly if not totally by bus) from Phoenix to the West Coast, and thence up to Seattle.

And advice? Anyone along the way feel like letting me stop by to sleep and/or eat and/or stretch my legs?

nobarcode

11 Jun 2005, 08:41 AM

Ahem..From Phoenix? Why from Phoenix?

Sally

11 Jun 2005, 08:47 AM

Ahem..From Phoenix? Why from Phoenix?

I'm going to be visiting a friend.

nobarcode

11 Jun 2005, 08:53 AM

I live in Phoenix...for whatever it's worth; the reason I asked.

Sally

11 Jun 2005, 08:57 AM

I live in Phoenix...for whatever it's worth; the reason I asked.

I went to school there for a year. I managed to miss the High Summer, though. Dry heat is a phenomenon..... beyond words... to a Southerner like myself. Truly amazing. But there is that danger of dehydration, especially when one isn't used to carrying around water everywhere.

At least I won't be footing it.

nobarcode

11 Jun 2005, 08:59 AM

I'm from the South (Memphis) as well. Anyway...thought I'd chime in.

Sally

11 Jun 2005, 09:00 AM

I'm from the South (Memphis) as well. Anyway...thought I'd chime in.

Christ almighty, no kidding. I've lived in Memphis.

I'm a New Orleans native, though.

Crazy

13 Jun 2005, 04:40 PM

Sally

14 Jun 2005, 12:39 AM

By what route will you be travelling west?

I live in Southern California, about 4 hours west of Pheonix.

There have been some complications, as the friend who lives in Phoenix might be moving to Denver. I might go a more Northerly route instead. But on the other hand, there is that Western mystique, and if I could find a place to rest for a day or two, I think I'd still prefer my original plans, coz four days straight on a bus is uncool.

In other words, it's all up in the air!!!

T.J.

24 Jun 2005, 03:02 PM

The earlierst bus to Chicago arrives five minutes before the train to Seattle leaves.

Anyone have much experience with Amtrak or Greyhound?

Maybe I could convince the driver to skip meal stops or something. Maybe.

CoHo

24 Jun 2005, 05:15 PM

Anyone have much experience with Amtrak or Greyhound?

Maybe I could convince the driver to skip meal stops or something. Maybe.

I used to Go Greyhound all the time. At least twice a month for a few years.

My experience is they won't skip meal stops. Be prepared to sit next to the weirdest fucking people you've ever met. It would be a good idea to bring a CD player with lots of batteries or a book (or three books and a tazer). People will take your seat if you leave on meal break and they will fight you for it. When you change busses fucking RUN to the next bus so you can get a good seat and hopefully next to a semi-normal person.

It once took me twelve hours on Greyhound to 250 miles. We went through four fucking states (like a big O)!

Man I miss Greyhound. I once sat next to a lady who had a garbage bag full of tuna fish sandwiches, that was an interesting six hours.

T.J.

24 Jun 2005, 07:11 PM

I used to Go Greyhound all the time. At least twice a month for a few years.

My experience is they won't skip meal stops. Be prepared to sit next to the weirdest fucking people you've ever met. It would be a good idea to bring a CD player with lots of batteries or a book (or three books and a tazer). People will take your seat if you leave on meal break and they will fight you for it. When you change busses fucking RUN to the next bus so you can get a good seat and hopefully next to a semi-normal person.

It once took me twelve hours on Greyhound to 250 miles. We went through four fucking states (like a big O)!

Man I miss Greyhound. I once sat next to a lady who had a garbage bag full of tuna fish sandwiches, that was an interesting six hours.

I think I might fly there so I can catch my train. It's either that or leave in the evening, arrive the next morning, pushing my plans back a day.

I'm actually kind of sad about missing the bus ride. Long. Uncomfortable. Crazy. Fun!

And it'll be right after the next Harry Potter comes out, so... Yeah I'll be one of those lunatics, making strange noises and talking out loud (to the book).

subtext

25 Jun 2005, 01:19 AM

I have traveled on Amtrak, and I seem to remember that they board something like 20-30 minutes before departure time. But it's been a long time, so that could be off. I'm not sure how late before departure they'll allow someone on the train.

Shai Gar

27 Jun 2005, 11:57 AM

off to brisbane, i heartily recommend the tilt train

crule81

28 Jun 2005, 05:13 PM

I'm going to Newfoundland with my father next week. We've hit all of the Provinces except that one. It will be nice to have my first real vacation in several years.

crule81

10 Jul 2005, 01:41 PM

I'm in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, right now. It's at the northern tip of the island. I'm going to see the Viking ruins today and then we begin the long trip home. I got my first speeding ticket for 34 km over in Ontario, but the fine comes out to only about $110 American and it won't go on my record in Michigan. See y'all in a week or so.

PenguinHunter

10 Jul 2005, 08:15 PM

I'm off to vancouver today and then England, Scotland and the Orkneys for a few weeks. Should be good, I haven't seen my parents for a while and the Orkneys look pretty cool.

Helios

26 Jul 2005, 09:59 AM

Well I am off to Paris, today, then Cario. Needless to say I am not going to Sharm-el-Shiekh now, But it shouldn't be too bad. Week-end in A'dam on the way home, then back home next month. Sadly I am running out of vaction weeks, so this better be great!

PenguinHunter

4 Aug 2005, 03:24 AM

I just thought I would say that I'm back and the Orkneys were really interesting. Lots of history and atmospheric, isolated landscapes.

Madrigal

11 Aug 2005, 01:16 AM

Hey people, anyone passing by Buenos Aires, give me a shout. :)

Wiki

2 Sep 2005, 05:51 AM

I am planning on going to Brazil in October and I need to know where the best hang gliding is and who to get in touch with to find out more. I can fly into
Sao Paolo or Rio. Thanks in Advance.

MuseedesBeauxArts

3 Sep 2005, 12:41 AM

We visited Russia twice 3 years ago when we adopted our kids. It was an amazing experience. Moscow, St Petersburg and Novosibursk (Siberia).
Just wondered if anyone else has been there and how they found it?

I've only spent a week in Moscow, but I suppose that counts.......maybe? I went in March a couple of years ago and stayed with American friends there.

Anyway, I found certain aspects just amazing--some of the architecture, the Kremlin, the insides of the churches, Lenin's preservation (yikes!). I don't think that Moscow is a beautiful city, but I was nonetheless fascinated--by the culture, by how things have changed (or not) since communism, by the history.

My regrets: I wish that I had been there in nice weather (I have the impression that everything is grey).......I wish that I had seen more art (or ballet)..........and I wish that I had gotten a better feel for the culture. But I definitely hope to go back someday, with a detour to St. Petersburg. :)

Nemesis

8 Sep 2005, 07:21 AM

im going to disney world in march for senior trip

im going to switzerland france and italy in june-july for orchestra

Wrajk

12 Sep 2005, 10:44 AM

It's not 100% yet, but I may visit the USA in october/november with family. Visiting old friends, currently living in Pennsylvania, I think. The bad thing is, I'll have to babysit my parents (they don't speak english), the good thing is, I'll probably have some time to myself in NY which we'll definitely visit a couple of times. Anyone there, know some good spots? (apart from the obvious tourist traps)

I'll go to the embassy next wednesday for the visa interview, hope they don't screw me with these new paranoid policies. I'll post whether it fell through or not.

(Off topic but kind of relevant: the last time I was there, I visited the WTC towers exactly 1 year, 1 month and 1 day before the incident. Creepy.)

Wiki

17 Sep 2005, 07:30 PM

kendoiwan

17 Sep 2005, 07:33 PM

Need some help. Anyone been to Brazil (Sao Paolo or Rio)? My wifes vacation is in Ocober and its a sunday through saturday so sadly we wont be there for the weekend.

So Im thinking early part of week will be nothing to do, rather skip and come in Wednesday.

Want to check out some hang gliding, shopping, clubbing, beaches, fine dining.

Any recommendations at all?

No recommendations, but I've heard WONDERFUL things about Brazil and it is certainly on my must go before I die list. Watch out for the trannys though, and there HIV/AIDS rate is ridiculous...

nobarcode

23 Oct 2005, 05:02 AM

I *might* be going to Ams. 11.18-23/18-23.11, whichever. ...depends on if I've played my cards right and I won't know that until 4 or 5 days before those dates. :blink:

pm's are welcomed

PenguinHunter

15 Dec 2005, 10:26 AM

I'm off to the UAE for holidays in a couple of days. The ten day forecast says 28 every single day (83 for the Americans out there). It's going to be sweet. Um, I doubt anyone from here lives there so just have a good holiday. . .if you get one. . . if not have a fun time at work.

Wiki

15 Dec 2005, 11:14 AM

I'll be in Vegas with friends for sure on Dec 20-23 and possibly Dec 28-31. If anyone wants to meet up and party with, lemme know in a PM prior to!

Will probably be ISO a good hold em poker tournament.

s0978

19 Dec 2005, 04:10 AM

I will be meandering thru northern texas/ok tomorrow then through southwest after that, can someone tell me something cool to do so I dont just stay on the interstates?

Hi-meh

20 Dec 2005, 05:10 AM

Where about are you going through in Texas, and what is cool to you? I live near Austin.

kuranes

20 Dec 2005, 01:26 PM

I will be meandering thru northern texas/ok tomorrow then through southwest after that, can someone tell me something cool to do so I dont just stay on the interstates?

In New Mexico you might want to check out the area where the Red River gorge meets the Rio Grande gorge called "the Confluence". I forget the name of the town its near. In upper Northwest New Mexico. The "Dunes" park in SE New Meixico was OK. There was some kind of an excursion you could take too, where you ride through the mountains on a little train. It's a tiny little "toot toot" train, built as though for children, and this is why it feels so odd and exhilirating. ( Just kidding. It's a regular train. )

Before I get started on how incredible the "four corners" area is, I would need to know how much time you're spending there, or if you will be near that area. There's a wealth of info on that. Briefly , I loved "Canyonlands National Park" and plan to go back again some day. Its right near Arches National Park and other things. There's a little town you go to in order to stock up etc. They have an inexpensive youth hostel.

Prozac

13 Mar 2006, 08:36 PM

In New Mexico you might want to check out the area where the Red River gorge meets the Rio Grande gorge called "the Confluence". I forget the name of the town its near. In upper Northwest New Mexico. The "Dunes" park in SE New Meixico was OK. There was some kind of an excursion you could take too, where you ride through the mountains on a little train. It's a tiny little "toot toot" train, built as though for children, and this is why it feels so odd and exhilirating. ( Just kidding. It's a regular train. )

Before I get started on how incredible the "four corners" area is, I would need to know how much time you're spending there, or if you will be near that area. There's a wealth of info on that. Briefly , I loved "Canyonlands National Park" and plan to go back again some day. Its right near Arches National Park and other things. There's a little town you go to in order to stock up etc. They have an inexpensive youth hostel.

Greetings K--

I might post a few questions on New Mexico later... would love to visit four corners someday as I have not been back to Arizona since the late 80s... will be in SF bay area in 2 weeks, Vegas in May and Mexico in Nov.

I have to say, if anyone gets the chance, a trip to the western bahamas should be sketched into the dayplanner.. I got to visit St Thomas, Half Moon Cay and Nassau last yr... fantastic

A cool place to check out is Fort Fincastle and the Queens Staircase in Nassau... besides, the incredible private resorts near the ship ports are unbelieveable...

Interested in wine tours also. Any recommendations?

Hustler

14 Mar 2006, 01:49 AM

I might post a few questions on New Mexico later... would love to visit four corners someday as I have not been back to Arizona since the late 80s... will be in SF bay area in 2 weeks, Vegas in May and Mexico in Nov.

One thing I recommend to Vegas visitors is to get out of the city and visit the Valley of Fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_fire) to the northeast.

Prozac

14 Mar 2006, 03:47 AM

One thing I recommend to Vegas visitors is to get out of the city and visit the Valley of Fire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_of_fire) to the northeast.

Thanks for the link... I may venture outside the city in Dec 2006 trip to LV.. blah... this time meeting some friends from Seattle and checking out Cirque du Soleil's production of O at the Bellagio .. taking a helicopter ride over the strip too.. all this in 3 days

I saw KA in Dec 2005 and Mystere in Mar 2005.. the latter was breathtaking as the acrobatics go whereas KA seemed much more technical and featured a great storyline. Both shows were phenomenal...

I love the city and lights, but given the chance will check out the natural wonders of the desert...

Prozac

14 Mar 2006, 03:59 AM

I have to say, if anyone gets the chance, a trip to the western bahamas should be sketched into the dayplanner.. I got to visit St Thomas, Half Moon Cay and Nassau last yr... fantastic

A cool place to check out is Fort Fincastle and the Queens Staircase in Nassau... besides, the incredible private resorts near the ship ports are unbelieveable...

well i butchered that part of the world map... the above is in fact located in the eastern carribean and touches the bahamas

Here is western med - Belize city

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Belize_City_Waterfront20041.jpg

and Mayan ruins

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Mayan_Ruins31.jpg

Here is eastern med and bahamas - starting with Half Moon Cay

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/HalfMoonCay_Nov2005_1.jpg

St Thomas Virgin Islands

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/St_ThomasVI_Nov2005_1.jpg

Here is Nassau - Atlantis - awsome place to visit

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Awesome_Nassau_Atlantis_Port2005_1.jpg

This is where one can find the Queens Staircase and Fort Fincastle

distraction tactics

14 Mar 2006, 04:02 AM

Prozac, you're making me weep!

Those are some great-lookin' locales.

Superstring

14 Mar 2006, 04:04 AM

DUDE.....some of my family are Bahamian citizens, I gotta get my ass over to that country some time real soon! Haven't been since I was 3, what the hell have I been waiting for??

Prozac

14 Mar 2006, 11:11 PM

Prozac, you're making me weep!

Those are some great-lookin' locales.

The beach at Half Moon Cay was flawless

What made me weep - quite literally - was my visit to the island and Roatan.. in the Western med... decrepit conditions, homes with no roof, people begging and selling trinkets for food, heck the dogs even looked hungry

Belize and Cozemel were modernized but **whoa** I think a visit to Roatan would be beneficial to most Americans or anyone else complaining about survival.. opportunities are minimal there

Eastern med much more fully developed...

Hope you can catch a hop there someday

SuperString!

You must get back to your homeland - life is pretty neat out there

In Nassau the taxi and bus drivers wear shirts and ties

Nemesis

27 Mar 2006, 05:37 AM

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Travel Journal _1.jpg

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Travel Journal _2.jpg

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Travel Journal _3.jpg

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Travel Journal _4.jpg

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Travel Journal _5.jpg

Prozac

31 Mar 2006, 02:20 AM

Nem-

Have any pics from the excursions?

Just got back from SF

day 1 - rain and fog.. cold and somewhat windy

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/SF_Oakland_Pier.jpg

day 2 - still rainy a little, went to napa county area .. this is Kirkland Ranch Winery

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Kirkland_Ranch1.jpg

day 2 - later we went to Viansa Winery for tasting

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Viansa3.jpg

end of day 2 - Golden Gate bridge..

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/SF_GoldenGate.jpg

day 3 - walked to Coit Tower and then over to the Wharf.. here is a cool church with gorgeous architecture..

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/SF_church.jpg

Nemesis

2 Apr 2006, 07:08 AM

Oh my God. That was the most amazing fucking trip I've ever gone on in my life. Totally worth it.

nottaprettygal

2 Apr 2006, 10:30 AM

Oh my God. That was the most amazing fucking trip I've ever gone on in my life. Totally worth it.

Yup. I hear Disney World is really a life changing place. They don't call it the "Magic Kingdom" for nothing.

MuseedesBeauxArts

13 Apr 2006, 06:48 AM

altblue

13 Apr 2006, 05:07 PM

I'm supposed to go to Georgetown (as in Washington, DC) on Friday and Saturday for a meeting/interview thingy. But frankly, I'll only be busy Friday afternoon for a few hours. Other than that, I'll be wandering around by myself. Any ideas for what to do (besides take a stack of books to my hotel room)? I've done most of the museums, monuments, etc. in the area but am open to suggestions. I'm not at all familiar with Georgetown. You have about 20 hours to respond (I leave tomorrow night). :)

If you haven't already left, Georgetown is kind of a tourist attraction in itself, mainly for the main shopping streets, M St., and Wisconson Ave., and the nice old brownstones in the neighborhood. Check out the harbor there, it's right off M St. It's nice weather right now so lots of people will be out eating and drinking by the harbor or out on their boats. There's also lots of restaurants, bars/clubs all over Georgetown. If you liked The Exorcist, I heard the creepy stairs in the movie is located in Georgetown but I have no idea how to get there. Anyway hope you have fun!

PenguinHunter

26 Apr 2006, 11:45 AM

I'm officially graduated with my BA in all its in awesomeness and about to take a jaunt about Canada. Montreal and the Maritimes are on the list but who knows where I'll end up. Dunno when I will be back online, (although I haven't been very active this term). I wish all you forumers a good summer.

nobarcode

13 May 2006, 08:44 AM

If you're going to motogp of Le Mans, Cannes, or F1 of Monaco and interested in a meet-up, pm me.

cheers,
nbc

airjaw

15 May 2006, 07:51 AM

errr the exorcist steps really aren't that exciting but if you wanan go there just keep walking along M ST towards Georgetown and they're right by this gas station, forget what gas station it is but its the closest gas station to georgetown.

exciting nightlife areas are adams morgan, dupont circle, and georgetown.

check out the monuments during the day or at night they're nice.

Spartan26

15 May 2006, 07:59 AM

Thinking of going to China in October. Would not plan to arrive until the 5th at the earliest, just to avoid most of the national holiday week. I was thinking about 10 days to two weeks. I was talking to someone from China who thought that might be a bit long for a tour. I want to go to Beijing, Xi'an, hit the Yangtze River and probably Shanghai. Suggestions?

I don't know, do I really need to spend much (any?) time in Shanghai? That's probably where I'll end up if I see the Yangtze at all, huh? How much time do I really need to spend in Beijing? Where should I spend my money? By that I mean, for example, would I be hating life if I got a 3 star hotel as opposed to a four or five? Go with one where most meals are provided or not? Those types of things.

What should I look for in a tour itself? There are tons of sites online. Can't begin to narrow it down. How much is price a reflection of quality?

I also thought about doing a mission trip. Anyone done one of those? Even worked with Red Cross or Doctors w/out Borders kind of thing.

Any thoughts helpful. Thanks!

SensEye

15 May 2006, 05:51 PM

sbw

15 May 2006, 08:18 PM

how long can you stay in another country without coming back? is there a limit on vacation length?

Scott

SensEye

15 May 2006, 09:23 PM

how long can you stay in another country without coming back? is there a limit on vacation length?

ScottDepends on the country you are visiting (and possibly on your country of residence as well). Americans and Canadians need a visa to visit mainland China. It looks like a basic tourist visa is good for up to 60 days.

Spartan26

16 May 2006, 07:39 AM

Am I reading this right? 10-14 days is the blink of an eye. I haven't been to China, but I'd want at least 4-5 weeks minimum for an adventure of this magnitude (I'd want more, but since I have a full time job longer than this isn't realistic). It's a big place. Sorry I can't help with specific suggestions, but you should budget as much time as you can arrange. I'm confident you won't regret it.
If I could stay and live there, like as you said 4-5 weeks, I'd love to but I do only have a couple of weeks. I'm just wondering how beat up will I feel after 10 days on a tour. I hear they're pretty much go non-stop from 7 AM until 8 PM.

SensEye

16 May 2006, 05:51 PM

If I could stay and live there, like as you said 4-5 weeks, I'd love to but I do only have a couple of weeks. I'm just wondering how beat up will I feel after 10 days on a tour. I hear they're pretty much go non-stop from 7 AM until 8 PM.I see. I thought when you mentioned "too long for a tour" you meant you might get bored. Getting exhausted is a different kettle of fish. I have never been on one of these pre-arranged tour packages you appear to be planning. I don't think attendance is mandatory, however, I'm sure you can just do your own thing for the day and skip the planned itinerary if you're tired. Of course, you may feel guilty about paying good money for things you miss out on. Just remember job #1 is to have fun so go with whatever works best.

Dr. Haight

15 Jun 2006, 07:20 PM

I have to get the mail, go to the post office for stamps, and visit Target (light bulbs, milk, trash-bags, and medication)... don't worry, I will return shortly.

And yes, I consider this traveling.

Prozac

12 Jul 2006, 12:53 AM

memorial day weekend in las vegas -- posting this slower than the tanning action enjoyed by the gingerbread man.. for my name is not... umm

rickitickitimbonosahrimboharibaribuchipipperrypimbo.. scampering on..

i did not see wiki or hustler there during my brief visit, neither did mine eyes gaze upon the principal players

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/poker.jpg

mandalay bay, host of many machine, them whose bowels do not spoil

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/paris.jpg

paris theme - gorgeous hero with a sculpted body.. carved to perfection by millions exercising on its bowflex of risk..

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/wynn.jpg

a gaudy display of epic proportions.. the colors, the lighting.. ohh

the wynn hotel casino where the sound of fracturing bankrolls abound in a sea of rich possibilities..

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/hummer99.jpg

the hummer .. survivor of tree-lovers worldwide, one who offers a lick of harmony with mother earth

garish colored beast on display.. dat be me in the polarized spectacles..

i am responding to the "agenda" and privy to their tactics <imagine that>

**big boss shakes the etch-a-sketch of my life**

next ..

PenguinHunter

18 Jul 2006, 07:34 AM

So on Wednesday I'm moving to Winnipeg for some time - at least until the end of summer. Not exactly traveling I suppose. And not exactly exciting, or even particularly interesting, but there you have it.

I'll still have the internet so there will be pretty much no difference in my on-line life.

Shimpei

14 Aug 2006, 04:36 PM

I just came back from a short vacation spent in a Hungarian rural place. Here're a few photos I took there.

an old house
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5190209 _Small_.JPG

an old water mill
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5190217 _Small_.JPG

a five-week old colt
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Zsofipaci _Small_.jpg

a special breed of pigs
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200247 _Small_.JPG

"still life" in a yard
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200256 _Small_.JPG

Shimpei

14 Aug 2006, 04:36 PM

wildcat

15 Aug 2006, 08:00 PM

continued ...

an old wind mill
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200264 _Small_.JPG

the window of the wind mill from the inside
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200268 _Small_.JPG

the key to the wind mill
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200269 _Small_.JPG

an old fire cart
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200270 _Small_.JPG

an old smithy
http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/P5200273 _Small_.JPG
Very beautiful pictures. You are a good photoprapher. A wonderful rural village, we do not have anything like that here. Everything looks like it did back in the days of Cecco Beppe.

lbloom

15 Aug 2006, 08:57 PM

Those pics are gorgeous, Shimpei. You have a great sense of composition.

Shimpei

15 Aug 2006, 08:59 PM

Thanks a lot, guys.

MuseedesBeauxArts

16 Aug 2006, 12:16 AM

Beautiful, Shimpei! It makes me want to go back to Hungary and explore--I only got to spend a weekend in Budapest, but I was completely fascinated by the ambiance of the place.

And while I'm in here...next week (knock on wood), I'm headed to northern Cameroon for a little over 2 months to volunteer with a hospital there. I fly through Paris and will stop and see friends there on my way back to the US. :banana:

PenguinHunter

14 Oct 2006, 05:18 AM

I'm off to Wisconsin on a cow tipping expedition. If I'm not back by next weekend it probably means I tipped one the wrong way.

philonightmare

16 Oct 2006, 06:16 AM

Hi, hello. I'm back, at least physically.

LuridLemur

16 Oct 2006, 08:40 AM

Hi, hello. I'm back from England, at least physically.
Not dead, eh? That's good.

philonightmare

16 Oct 2006, 08:41 AM

Not dead, eh? That's good.
Indeed. Good to see you, LL.

s0978

16 Oct 2006, 09:45 AM

Hi, hello. I'm back from England, at least physically.
yo philo!

nobarcode

16 Oct 2006, 10:39 AM

Yes, hello..traveler

Maybe this thread does work in some way. Or..., maybe it does not.

Regardless, hello Philo.

sandwich

19 Oct 2006, 12:48 AM

Alright, so I will probably be going to Arnov, Bulgaria next week. Has anyone been there? What is there to see, other than things on the Wikipedia page? However, if you have been there, I'd still like further information about the things on wiki, like if the monastary's worth the shuttle ride.

Wiki

19 Oct 2006, 04:22 AM

I am in Brazil (Copacabana), wife headed home and Im here until at least 24th. Email me only at wikiwild@gmail.com if you wanna do coffee or cause a ruckus, as I wont be on the forum much.
Cheers,
-Wiki

sandwich

13 Jan 2007, 11:17 PM

Alas, my trip to Bulgaria fell through at the last minute. However, I am definitely going to Egypt soon (just purchased the tickets) and I was wondering if other world-traveling INTPs have advice. I'll be staying with a family in Cairo for a week, so I won't have the problems of lodging/food, but are there certain things about Egypt that I should keep in mind?

Birdsnest

30 Jan 2007, 07:30 PM

This is just to gawk at the prices of hotels in Miami, FL in Winter!

I thought, hmm, with this cold weather, it would be so nice to get on Amtrak, and go down to Miami for a weekend. Well, the superbowl will be down there, and you should see the hotel prices, they are nuts! (Feb 2 & 3).

Super Bowl XLI will be held in South Florida on Sunday, February 4, 2007. Availability of accommodations and services may be limited February 1 through February 5. Plan ahead and check for traffic delays during this time.

http://www.superbowl.com/

I did a search on another weekend, and the prices are still crazy. $700 for a room? I had no idea Miami was so expensive. I have opted for Orlando instead.

Well, I am guessing the roads in Florida for the next week or so will be very crowded if the superbowl is there. Might just want to avoid it and stay home.

Prozac

15 Feb 2007, 08:37 PM

ISuper Bowl XLI will be held in South Florida on Sunday, February 4, 2007. Availability of accommodations and services may be limited February 1 through February 5. Plan ahead and check for traffic delays during this time..

.. hi birdnest did you go to the superbowl?

.. pics from my mexico cruise:

, approaching the harbor in cabo san lucas, mexico- love the rocks

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Cabo San Lucas rocks.jpg

. a view of the ooesterdam from the top of pacifico brewery- this is mazatlan

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Ooesterdam docked in Mazatlan.jpg

.. here i am on the ship deck- i love flags

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Paiea on the Ooesterdam deck_goodpic.jpg

.. beach view in puerto vallarta

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Puerta pelicans_boats.jpg

.. another shot in puerto, this is from the beachwalk

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/Puerta_beachstatues_circle.jpg

overall, it was cool

..

Birdsnest

22 Feb 2007, 12:34 AM

ZHASH

22 Feb 2007, 01:22 AM

Is anyone familiar with Ithaca, NY? Heading there for 2 - 3 days this week.

It's cold as hell up there. Bring a warm coat and hat.

Prozac

22 Feb 2007, 03:05 AM

Hi Prozac, :wave:

I never saw this thread till just now. I love your pictures!

I ended up staying home, but I'm glad I did because that was the weekend that Orlando had 3 tornados rip through, so it wouldn't have been a good time to travel at all in Florida. I guess April might be a better month for Florida.

Anyway, I liked the ocean pic with the rock formations, and the one with you on the deck, you look friendly, so I will wave back.:wave:

.. hi birdsnest again

.. that was a great trip as we departed from san diego, in the past we left from either fort lauderdale or miami since that seems like the cruise ship harbor for most lines.. uh tornados? yuk

thankfully i get no timeoff till like oct/nov/dec timeframe then my job allows me to travel a little bit
.

,,

attila_the_hunny

19 Mar 2007, 01:42 AM

Pack:

Fannypack

Hell no.

naruto littles helpers.jpeg

19 Mar 2007, 03:54 AM

i left my room sometime yesterday to use the restroom. i got back safe and sound, in care you're wondering. :}

demagogic_schizoid

20 Mar 2007, 10:21 AM

I'm planning a trip in May over in France, Italy, and the Isle of Man.

anyone British must surely have found that as funny as I did. anyone?:mellow:

Geoff

20 Mar 2007, 11:46 AM

anyone British must surely have found that as funny as I did. anyone?:mellow:

Oh, yes. Indeed.

-Geoff

Birdsnest

4 Apr 2007, 04:39 PM

Disneyworld is offering a dining plan now, here is where you can eat if you opt for this:
http://adisneyworld.disney.go.com/media/wdw/images2003/languagespecific/eng/nontheme/tickets/07Dining.pdf

Birdsnest

9 Apr 2007, 04:02 PM

Airlines with the best ratings:
http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/news/news.asp?__A=article&__NID=2602

They've increased the amount of time that you should change oil in your car to 7500 miles instead of 5000, esp for newer cars:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/03/21/ap3539704.html

Edited to add this aerial map of Disney World from Google: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Magic+Kingdom&ll=28.418992,-81.581554&sll=28.362923,-81.555290&spn=0.010885,0.017225&sspn=0.045834,0.072527&t=k&num=10&start=0&hl=en

earwax

30 Apr 2007, 06:32 PM

I'm going to be in London next week. Any suggestions on where to find some good live music of either the classic rock, blues or folk variety. (Keywords being "good" and "live".)

earwax

2 May 2007, 02:39 PM

So there are no good live music venues in London?

Ponderous

23 Jul 2007, 04:29 AM

In the near future I'm going on a cruise from Anchorage to Vancouver. I've never been to Alaska and never been on a cruise. What do I need to know?

Ferrus

23 Jul 2007, 10:02 AM

PS can't you tell I love road trips :)
It makes for far better holidays than the idiotic locations my family continue to return to. Apparently there will come a day when I won't want to backpack or whatever and instead stay in a location with comfort. Bullshit, methinks.

MacGuffin

23 Jul 2007, 03:34 PM

In the near future I'm going on a cruise from Anchorage to Vancouver. I've never been to Alaska and never been on a cruise. What do I need to know?
Cruise food is plentiful but not the best quality.

If you get motion sickness, bring something along for that.

earwax

5 Oct 2007, 05:56 AM

Going to St Louis on Oct 17 to see Chuck Berry. I've never seen the King of rock and roll and it's his 81st birthday. I figure I better catch him soon.

Anyway, is there anything else to do while I'm in St Louis?

MacGuffin

5 Oct 2007, 06:05 AM

earwax

5 Oct 2007, 06:20 AM

Riverfront, the Arch, etc.

God, it's been years.
My mom tells me the Arch is way cool.

It looks like it may be a cool town just to walk around and take pictures. It's been there a long time (for the "New World"). It should have some interesting architecture. (God, I'm a nerd!)

Stopping by Memphis on the way there. That sounds like a colorful city. Sun studios, Graceland and the Gibson factory... Oh and Beale Street on a Saturday night. Anything else I should catch?

MacGuffin

5 Oct 2007, 06:22 AM

My mom tells me the Arch is way cool.

It looks like it may be a cool town just to walk around and take pictures. It's been there a long time (for the "New World"). It should have some interesting architecture. (God, I'm a nerd!)

Stopping by Memphis on the way there. That sounds like a colorful city. Sun studios, Graceland and the Gibson factory... Oh and Beale Street on a Saturday night. Anything else I should catch?
Beale St. should be enough.

What is the hotel with the ducks?

Damn.

Rajah

5 Oct 2007, 06:27 AM

My mom tells me the Arch is way cool.

It looks like it may be a cool town just to walk around and take pictures. It's been there a long time (for the "New World"). It should have some interesting architecture. (God, I'm a nerd!)

Stopping by Memphis on the way there. That sounds like a colorful city. Sun studios, Graceland and the Gibson factory... Oh and Beale Street on a Saturday night. Anything else I should catch?Have fun! I had a blast in Memphis. Though I pretty much only saw Beale Street.

Ponderous

5 Oct 2007, 06:36 AM

What is the hotel with the ducks?

Peabody.

And while you're on Beale, you have to stop in A. Schwab's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Schwab%27s).

earwax

5 Oct 2007, 02:33 PM

Alright! Ducks, old stores with voodoo and all the blues you can eat. Memphis is sounding like fun.

Anyone have any suggestions for St Louis?

ptudor

12 Nov 2007, 09:36 AM

Hey y'all. I'm doing a quick museum trip in Europe in a week. If any of you or any of your cool friends live in these cities, I'd love to spend a few hours at dinner having a good time: Zuerich, Lucerne, Amsterdam, Bratislava, Vienna, or Feldkirch. (And for the first time in a dozen years I'll have a travel-buddy in tow, but he's INTJ.)

Arwen

19 Dec 2007, 10:12 PM

I live in the PNW, if anyone is interested in a meet-up around here.

What happens when INTPs get together? Is it like that joke where you can tell if an INTP is more extroverted because he looks at the other person's shoes rather than his own? :)

:peep:

attila_the_hunny

19 Dec 2007, 10:37 PM

I'll be in NYC for the ass end of Dec and beginning of Jan. It was supposed to be SF. :(

outmywindow

19 Dec 2007, 10:43 PM

What happens when INTPs get together? Is it like that joke where you can tell if an INTP is more extroverted because he looks at the other person's shoes rather than his own? :)

I always thought that was how you could tell if an engineering major liked you. I guess that's the Berkeley version or something.

I'll be in NYC for the ass end of Dec and beginning of Jan. It was supposed to be SF. :(

Noooooo!!!!!

Eh, New York is probably more interesting than SF anyway.

Aldo

19 Dec 2007, 10:43 PM

I'll be in Brazil for most of January. (Rio, Amazons, Argentinian border) Wouldn't mind meeting up if anyone is down there.

attila_the_hunny

19 Dec 2007, 10:44 PM

.
Noooooo!!!!!

Eh, New York is probably more interesting than SF anyway.

Not so much when you've lived there for three years and it will be cold as fuck.

Aldo

19 Dec 2007, 10:47 PM

Not so much when you've lived there for three years and it will be cold as fuck.

I think you might be mistaking SF with southern California. SF is cold as fuck!

attila_the_hunny

19 Dec 2007, 10:49 PM

I think you might be mistaking SF with southern California. SF is cold as fuck!

So you're saying that SF is going to be colder than NYC?

Aldo

19 Dec 2007, 10:51 PM

So you're saying that SF is going to be colder than NYC?

No, but cold enough to matter.

Lateralus

19 Dec 2007, 11:46 PM

No, but cold enough to matter.
Haha, grow some thicker skin. San Francisco is nothing.

outmywindow

19 Dec 2007, 11:51 PM

I think you might be mistaking SF with southern California. SF is cold as fuck!

Sure, it's cold, but it's not like we're going to get stuck in any snowdrifts or anything.

Arwen

20 Dec 2007, 04:27 AM

I always thought that was how you could tell if an engineering major liked you. I guess that's the Berkeley version or something.

I've heard the joke applied to computer nerds. :)

Wolf

20 Dec 2007, 04:47 AM

Tonight I'm flying to Phoenix/Glendale AZ, where I'll be through Friday.

Tentative plans to fly to the San Francisco area this weekend, should my crazy artist friend get back to me in time to order tickets that aren't crazy-expensive.

Aldo

20 Dec 2007, 06:36 AM

Sure, it's cold, but it's not like we're going to get stuck in any snowdrifts or anything.

Yeah, when you live in 70-80 deg weather for over 20 years, 60 seems cold. It shouldn't be a problem for a new yorker I guess.

Wolf

21 Dec 2007, 07:14 AM

Plans for San Francisco have been called off due to my buddy falling ill. We're probably looking at a couple weeks from now.

djm

13 Jan 2008, 12:16 AM

I'm off to Santiago and Buenos Aries week starting 20th January. Any tips for decent bars etc appreciated.

Ponderous

18 Feb 2008, 04:12 AM

I'll be in Philadelphia in mid-March. Besides the historical stuff, any "must sees" for an INTP?

sinnamon

18 Feb 2008, 04:25 AM

Brendan is near Philly, so you could PM him & ask.

Crazy

18 Feb 2008, 05:59 AM

Just moved to eastern PA

MacGuffin

18 Feb 2008, 06:27 AM

I'll be in Philadelphia in mid-March. Besides the historical stuff, any "must sees" for an INTP?

You must definitively determine whether Pat's or Gino's makes the best cheesesteak.

Just keep your opinion to yourself while in Philly.

I know what I'd do if I was in Philly (http://www.gophila.com/Go/PressRoom/pressreleases/latest_news/Star_Wars_Makes_Its_Final_East_Coast_Landing_In_Philadelphia.aspx), but that might not be your cup of tea.

However, the Mutter Museum is cool as hell (http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?p=632453).

PenguinHunter

9 Mar 2008, 10:18 AM

djm

9 Mar 2008, 11:14 AM

I always liked this thread, I wish it was used more.

Taking a little trip to Yemen at the end of the month. I only have about 5 days so I have to prioritize a little. Sana'a is definitely the highlight from the sounds of it but as far as day trips/side trips go there seem to be a lot of possibilities. If anyone out there has been before let me know if there's anything I "can't miss" in or out of Sana'a.

The return ticket from Sharjah (near Dubai) to Sana'a was an awesome 750dhs ($200). Short flight but still cheap for an international ticket.

I have been to Yemen a few times. If you are meeting people you know and trust you could drive up to Taiz through the mountains. You need to go armed though and hide yourself in some areas else you could get shot at or taken hostage.

The area in the South West that gets rain is semi-tropical, so if you go there take some anti-malarials. There are about 3m Mango trees in that area, and eaten off the tree they are delicious.

If I get chance I will upload some pictures later. If you stay in Sanna then you need to visit the old spice market. The various varieties of raisins are very good, again though be careful. Westerners do not frequent this area and you could get into trouble. There is still a hole in the wall from when the Marxists turned up when the Brits left and blasted their way into the old city, which still remained loacked at night until the 1960s.

Check out the mud buildings in the old town as well before they get replaced by ugly concrete blocks.

Oh and make sure your visa is in order, I got arrested at the airport last time I went and had to have someone bribe me out.

Edit:

If you have the opportunity to go to Aden it is very nice, and totaly different from the rest of the country owing to the British influence. You can drink there for a start. The fish restaurants in Crator near the harbor are good, even if the hygene does not look first rate I have never had food poisining from them (yet).

If you want a beer outside of Aden try the Dutch Embassy.

PenguinHunter

9 Mar 2008, 11:38 AM

djm

9 Mar 2008, 11:56 AM

OK some pics, I have reduced the resolution down so I can upload them.

The first picture is of some qat farmers. Notice the large sharp knife, dont aggravate them they usualy pack an AK47 as well. Most people in Yemen chew this stuff habitualy, I have been working to reduce pesticide use on it which is reckless and a cause of high rates of mouth cancer.

Second picture is a qat field. Do not walk towards these from the road uninvited, the tower is a guntower and they will protect their crop. This is in the South where they crop low, the first picture is the north where they crop high.

The third is Taiz in the North of Yemen, if there were any logic this would be the capital rather than Sanna, but the cheiftans in Sanna have more weopons and money. The hotels in Taiz are much better, and it a lot safer.

The fourth is one taken at pumpkin harvest time. This is a typical roadside shop.

The final picture is the mountains to the North of Sanna. They are desolate and very beautiful, they are controlled by tribal warlords that have a penchant for kidnapping foreigners to get things like roads built. These days though they may sell you on to foreign terrorists so be careful.

I will post some more later.

djm

9 Mar 2008, 01:02 PM

Excellent, thank you muchly.

I doubt I'll be able to make it to Taiz but I'll see about Aden. As far as visas go I think I'm ok. I spoke to the consulate and in Dubai and they said Canadians can buy them on arrival. What was the trouble you had? I read something about needing exit visas somewhere but I can't remember now. Have to take a look again. . .

Israeli stamp. The embassy gave me a visa with it in there, but pasport control in Sanna did not like it and put me in a cell.

I have another couple of pasports without an Israeli stamp, but could not send either of them for the visa as one was at the Syrian embassy awaiting a visa there and the other is the nice clean one I use just for the USA so as to avoid hassle at border control.

Hi-meh

20 Mar 2008, 05:39 PM

Second picture is a qat field. Do not walk towards these from the road uninvited, the tower is a guntower and they will protect their crop. This is in the South where they crop low, the first picture is the north where they crop high.

High and low cropping?

Oso Mocoso

20 Mar 2008, 08:24 PM

I have been working to reduce pesticide use on it which is reckless and a cause of high rates of mouth cancer.

Cool.

They are controlled by tribal warlords that have a penchant for kidnapping foreigners to get things like roads built. These days though they may sell you on to foreign terrorists so be careful.

I've traveled to some places considered somewhat dangerous, but never anywhere which could be said to have "tribal warlords". Do you purchase kidnapping insurance before going to Yemen? I've heard stories about people traveling there, and they say kidnapping is a greater likelihood in that country, but that usually the kidnappers are not so awful to their victims as in places like Colombia. Are the foreign terrorists a different story?

High and low cropping?

Okay, so I come from something of an agricultural background ... but look at the two pictures of high and low cropping next to each other, and examine the plants. I would think the difference should jump out at you right away.

stopharian

20 Mar 2008, 08:44 PM

Lolz.

Ill be in Beijing next Thursday and then Xiamen following Tuesday then Thursday in Hong Kong. Following that 20 days in Bali and then on April 24, Napa Valley....

PenguinHunter

22 Mar 2008, 11:37 AM

OK some pics, I have reduced the resolution down so I can upload them.

Thanks a lot for the info and photos. I've spoken to a tour company since I only have a 5 days and they gave me a decent price to take a two day trip to see the bridge at Shahara and other things near Sana'a. I was looking at Aden with them as well but I haven't decided yet. I'm not a big fan of tours but these guys (http://www.yemeni-dreams.com/) let you tailor pretty much anything so I'm basically just relying on them for transport.

Israeli stamp. The embassy gave me a visa with it in there, but pasport control in Sanna did not like it and put me in a cell.

I have another couple of pasports without an Israeli stamp, but could not send either of them for the visa as one was at the Syrian embassy awaiting a visa there and the other is the nice clean one I use just for the USA so as to avoid hassle at border control.

Ah, that is a pain in the ass. I haven't been able to travel to Israel because of that very problem. I've heard that you can get them to stamp a piece of paper instead but I didn't think it was worth the risk.

I've traveled to some places considered somewhat dangerous, but never anywhere which could be said to have "tribal warlords". Do you purchase kidnapping insurance before going to Yemen? I've heard stories about people traveling there, and they say kidnapping is a greater likelihood in that country, but that usually the kidnappers are not so awful to their victims as in places like Colombia. Are the foreign terrorists a different story?

Yemen isn't really that bad. There are a few hot-spots where there have been a lot of kidnappings but for the most part the country is meant to be incredibly friendly and safe. You still have a away higher chance of being shot while traveling in the US than Yemen.

Places not to visit in Yemen:

The US Embassy (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/18/world/main3949043.shtml?source=RSSattr=World_3949043)

I'm still buying travel insurance.

Oso Mocoso

22 Mar 2008, 03:03 PM

Yemen isn't really that bad. There are a few hot-spots where there have been a lot of kidnappings but for the most part the country is meant to be incredibly friendly and safe. You still have a away higher chance of being shot while traveling in the US than Yemen.

Not according to Robert Young Pelton. Yemen is one of the poorer countries in the world, and badly governed. He says, to sum it up, Yemen is pretty safe if you don't leave the big cities and stay out of the tribal regions in the south. He describes the violence in Yemen as usually sporadic, and probably not going to involve a casual tourist unless they were doing something risky and probably avoidable. By comparison, he rates the U.S. enormously safer. To get yourself shot in the U.S. you'd probably have to be doing something outlandishly idiotic.

LastRailway

22 Mar 2008, 03:15 PM

I have another couple of pasports without an Israeli stamp, but could not send either of them for the visa as one was at the Syrian embassy awaiting a visa there and the other is the nice clean one I use just for the USA so as to avoid hassle at border control.

You have 3 passports?!
I wish I had some more, too (sigh).

Thanks a lot for the info and photos. I've spoken to a tour company since I only have a 5 days and they gave me a decent price to take a two day trip to see the bridge at Shahara and other things near Sana'a. I was looking at Aden with them as well but I haven't decided yet. I'm not a big fan of tours but these guys (http://www.yemeni-dreams.com/) let you tailor pretty much anything so I'm basically just relying on them for transport.

So you're traveling to Yemen? I guess tour companies, though I dislike them too, can help you see the most interesting sights of a place, that you might had difficulty in discovering by yourself.

I was trying to plan a travel for my next week off, in April, but I am overwhelmed of all the possible places I could go, and of the money I will need to spend either way. Somewhere in the far east would have been my first choice, maybe Japan or Central China, but I cannot afford it for now. Another though was somewhere in South America, which, of course, I cannot afford it either. Maybe I'll go to Holland or Germany.
It's stressing the fact that I have to decide the soonest possible, or I'll not find low fares.

djm

22 Mar 2008, 03:22 PM

Not according to Robert Young Pelton. Yemen is one of the poorer countries in the world, and badly governed. He says, to sum it up, Yemen is pretty safe if you don't leave the big cities and stay out of the tribal regions in the south. He describes the violence in Yemen as usually sporadic, and probably not going to involve a casual tourist unless they were doing something risky and probably avoidable. By comparison, he rates the U.S. enormously safer. To get yourself shot in the U.S. you'd probably have to be doing something outlandishly idiotic.

Agree the US is far safer. I travel mainly in the tribal areas when in Yemen, and it is definately not somewhere you should relax your guard. Plus pretty much everyone is armed and guns come out in arguments.
You find Bin Laden posters on the walls everywhere in cafes in the mountain villages also. Americans are not very safe there, and the people are not that friendly these days.

The fact that your personal views may differ widely from the actions of your government will not hold any water in an argument over politics, they will hold you culpable for the actions of your nation. Some of the propoganda these people swallow about the US and UK is astonishingly irritating. I had an AK shoved in my face there once in an argument with one of their 'MPs' (democracy there is not how we would understand it).

djm

22 Mar 2008, 03:44 PM

You have 3 passports?!
I wish I had some more, too (sigh).

Yes, I need two for non-US / EU travel so that I am not without one one when waiting on visas. Then I have a 'clean' one I use for the US to save the anal questioning at border control on why I have been to certain places.

The newest one has an RF tag in it, and a chip that stores biometric data. I find this rather Orwellian.

I was trying to plan a travel for my next week off, in April, but I am overwhelmed of all the possible places I could go, and of the money I will need to spend either way. Somewhere in the far east would have been my first choice, maybe Japan or Central China, but I cannot afford it for now. Another though was somewhere in South America, which, of course, I cannot afford it either. Maybe I'll go to Holland or Germany.
It's stressing the fact that I have to decide the soonest possible, or I'll not find low fares.

How about the Ukraine? Kiev is pretty cheap to get to, and if you make for the Crimea from there it's inexpensive and should have decent weather in April..

djm

22 Mar 2008, 03:54 PM

LastRailway

22 Mar 2008, 09:38 PM

Actualy whilst I am on this thread, does anyone have any tips for Zaragoza?

I have to drive there from Barcelona on Tuesday morning, and could either go straight back to Barca, or drive back the next morning. I have not been to Zaragoza before, so do not know what to expect from it.

I really suck at giving tips, but I'll try: Zaragoza is nice, it has a nice historical centre (el casco viejo) with a catholic church (El Pilar) of those with the medieval style of architecture, which is very impressive (though I find impressive all catholic churches, so my opinion might not be very valid).
I liked a lot the river (rio Ebro), which is hopelessly dirty but I really liked it. There was also a park, which name I cannot recall.
For food, bars, etc, the typical you can find in Spain. I cannot think of any other useful information. (/I told you I suck).

djm

22 Mar 2008, 09:51 PM

I really suck at giving tips, but I'll try: Zaragoza is nice, it has a nice historical centre (el casco viejo) with a catholic church (El Pilar) of those with the medieval style of architecture, which is very impressive (though I find impressive all catholic churches, so my opinion might not be very valid).
I liked a lot the river (rio Ebro), which is hopelessly dirty but I really liked it. There was also a park, which name I cannot recall.
For food, bars, etc, the typical you can find in Spain. I cannot think of any other useful information. (/I told you I suck).

Thanks, that swings it for an evening in Zaragoza.

LastRailway

22 Mar 2008, 09:58 PM

Thanks, that swings it for an evening in Zaragoza.

Ah, and I think it's like 5 hours driving from Barcelona. Well, at least by bus, but I guess it won't be a lot less by car.

djm

22 Mar 2008, 10:28 PM

Ah, and I think it's like 5 hours driving from Barcelona. Well, at least by bus, but I guess it won't be a lot less by car.

You haven't seen the way I drive :) 3 hours according to my Spanish friend that will be meeting me in Barca.

!diom

22 Mar 2008, 10:30 PM

I arrived in Salt Lake City today, and I won't be leaving anytime soon.

EDIT: Or not, whichever.

LastRailway

22 Mar 2008, 10:51 PM

You haven't seen the way I drive :) 3 hours according to my Spanish friend that will be meeting me in Barca.

Oh, yeah, of course. British driver.
Just try to remember that in the rest of the world people drive on the correct side of the road :grin: .

stopharian

22 Mar 2008, 10:53 PM

I arrived in Salt Lake City today, and I won't be leaving anytime soon.

Kidnapped by the FLDS? Is this a cry for help?

djm

22 Mar 2008, 10:57 PM

Oh, yeah, of course. British driver.
Just try to remember that in the rest of the world people drive on the correct side of the road :grin: .

Only in Australia, India and New Zealand in my experience. Most foreigners drive on the wrong side :)

Hi-meh

22 Mar 2008, 11:37 PM

Okay, so I come from something of an agricultural background ... but look at the two pictures of high and low cropping next to each other, and examine the plants. I would think the difference should jump out at you right away.

I noticed that as well, but I wasn't quite sure since I really know nothing about agriculture.

!diom

22 Mar 2008, 11:45 PM

Kidnapped by the FLDS? Is this a cry for help?

No. Yes.

djm

23 Mar 2008, 01:22 AM

High and low cropping?

In the South they grow it a bit like the Japanese grow tea, trimmed low like a privet hedge. This offers protection from wind blown sand.

In the north the crop is grown for Saudi tastes (larger leaves intact from the top shoots). as most of the crop there is smuggled over the border where it is illegal but commends more money. That part of Saudi used to be in Yemen, and the government has relaxed prosecution a little as they got fed up of arresting people constantly. They do not have to worry about sand damage in teh mountains, but the plots are smaller as soil is scarce as is water so tall crops make more sense.

Cool.

I've traveled to some places considered somewhat dangerous, but never anywhere which could be said to have "tribal warlords". Do you purchase kidnapping insurance before going to Yemen? I've heard stories about people traveling there, and they say kidnapping is a greater likelihood in that country, but that usually the kidnappers are not so awful to their victims as in places like Colombia. Are the foreign terrorists a different story?

The locals are fine to kidnapees aparantly (I have never been kidnapped there or anywhere else) but Islamism is on the rise, and if you ended up with Islamists you could be in for a very rough ride. Picture 1 is your typical tribal warlord, this is in the South where I was advising him on his mango plantations. He had told me on my previous visit he would shoot me if the treatment had not worked (it had so I never got to test it). I got into a bit of a heated argument with this one, and ended up with his bodyguards pointing guns at me.

Picture 2 is some typical terraced farming in the mountains around Taiz.

I have not been to Columbia myself, but will most likely be going there later this year as I have trials there on cut flowers (most of the cut flowers in the US come from Columbia) which is a big and lucrative market for my pesticide. The main places where flowers are grown are Columbia / Ecuador, Holland, and Kenya / Tanzania / Ethiopia.

I will also be going to Kenya and Tanzania this year. I had to cancel a trip to Kenya recently owing to the violence there. A lot of the worst problems were in the region where the flower production is, it was a pain as it ruined a couple of trials I had going on there and I have to do them elsewhere now.

It could take years for the industry to recover there as it prevented roses being shipped for Valentines day which is half the annual income, plus a lot of the workers died or dissapeared from the area and have not returned so labour is now scarce. I will be going to a trade fair in Nairobi in November anyway, and head on to Tanzania by road.

As for insurance, my company has me down for about $3m key man insurance which covers kidnapping as long as I don't ignore UK foreign office advice (which I do fairly regularly). There are places I would avoid though, Iraq for instance (with the exception of the Kurdish parts). I have just started trading there again after a five year absence (I used to do business there before the war) but I am trading through Syria and Jordan for the time being.

PenguinHunter

23 Mar 2008, 06:20 AM

I will also be going to Kenya and Tanzania this year. I had to cancel a trip to Kenya recently owing to the violence there. A lot of the worst problems were in the region where the flower production is, it was a pain as it ruined a couple of trials I had going on there and I have to do them elsewhere now.

I'm planning to go to Tanzania and Zanzibar this summer so if you go there before June or July me know how it was.

I knew a couple who were in Kenya when all the political trouble was in full swing and they said they didn't really have any problems. Most of the disorder was in poorer areas they avoided. They were careful obviously and they were with a tour company for some time (for game parks) but for anyone thinking of going they said not cancel plans because of the recent turmoil.

As to danger in Yemen. . . I doubt we'll have any problems. The people we spoke to here (in the UAE) about it said not to go north or too far east of Sana'a without a guide/escort but anywhere else was pretty safe. They also said it was the only country they'd ever been to where random people on the street routinely welcomed them to Yemen. We'll see. Almost ready to go, one week exactly. . .

hardkar

16 Jun 2008, 06:39 PM

In about two weeks I'm going to drive from southern Sweden to Gothenburg from there to Olso, Norway and then home to Stockholm.

Ponderous

17 Jun 2008, 03:49 AM

I'll be in south central Montana soon. So, besides it being beautiful scenery and being prepared for the surprise summer snow shower (like last week), I'm interested in anything notable that I should see or do.

I really don't have clothes for outdoors things. This is a sign of working too much.

MadamI'madaM

17 Jun 2008, 12:47 PM

I'm probably gonna be in DFW for xmas.

...too bad I can't drink

CoHo

19 Jul 2008, 01:46 AM

I'll be in Madison WI for a week the end of August, if you want to find me I'll be at the Memorial Union's pier drinking pitcher after pitcher of beer.

Speaking of which, any UW students on this forum? I need your login for wifi.

sandwich

19 Jul 2008, 02:06 AM

Speaking of which, any UW students on this forum? I need your login for wifi.

I don't know about other schools, but at the other UW (Washington), guests can get temporary wifi access even if they aren't affiliated with the school. Check at the front desk of a campus library.

CoHo

19 Jul 2008, 04:09 AM

I don't know about other schools, but at the other UW (Washington), guests can get temporary wifi access even if they aren't affiliated with the school. Check at the front desk of a campus library.

Yes. That's wonderful. Give me you login info.

mgb

19 Jul 2008, 04:14 AM

Yes. That's wonderful. Give me you login info.

This thread could die now and know it's lived a complete life.

stopharian

19 Jul 2008, 06:33 AM

Probably be in Denver sept through NoV

Maybe Hawaii in aug or sept

Indonesia from mid Nov to at least mid Dec

djm

5 Aug 2008, 08:42 PM

Probably be in Denver sept through NoV

Maybe Hawaii in aug or sept

Indonesia from mid Nov to at least mid Dec

Whereabouts in Indonesia are you going? I've been to Medan (Sumatra) and the surrounding region a fair few times when I was working with Ganoderma problems on Oil palms out there. The rainforest is beautiful, see it whilst it is still there as they can't clear it fast enough to produce biofuel for the USA.

If you are lucky you will see the worlds largest flower, although it smells like rotting meat. I have also travelled around Borneo a lot, I prefer Borneo but the part I go to is in Malaysia (was British North Borneo).

LastRailway

5 Aug 2008, 09:09 PM

Probably be in Denver sept through NoV

Maybe Hawaii in aug or sept

Indonesia from mid Nov to at least mid Dec

I swear I don't envy you at all. Not-at-all, really.

nobarcode

6 Aug 2008, 08:56 AM

This thread could die now and know it's lived a complete life.
Inside jokes aside. You didn't create the thread.

PenguinHunter

13 Aug 2008, 08:13 PM

Due to a family emergency on my girlfriend's side I'm off to Sri Lanka for a few days. Not sure if I'll get to see much but I'll try to take some photos or something I guess.

syzygy

16 Oct 2008, 06:39 AM

I'm going to be in Southern Maryland from the 18th until the 26th. I guess that would be an hour or so from DC.

I would love to meet up with people (there are people nearby, right?) but I'm not sure how much transportation I will have. I'm hoping to go to DC by myself for a day, but we'll see how that works...

Limey

16 Oct 2008, 07:41 AM

I just got my new schedule
Fuck.

Between now and Christmas I shall be in:

Manhattan (twice)
LA/Thousand Oaks, CA
Baltimore, Hampstead, Hunt Valley and Owings mills, MD
Sterling, VA
Seattle, WA (now)
Wilmington, DE
Tampa, FL
Detroit/Southfield, MI

At some point I'd like to be home in NC.
I'll be sure to take a camera.

sandwich

16 Oct 2008, 09:54 AM

How much longer will you be here?

Limey

16 Oct 2008, 10:04 AM

How much longer will you be here?

I'm actually going to call my travel agent tomorrow morning, (err, few more hours) to try and hot foot it out tomorrow, lickety splits, upgrade seats permitting.
Also, you have me mistaken for someone more sociable, my wife went to the MBTI meetup - alone.
I've had enough of Federal way and RSA's piece of shit software, this town certainly earns me no real life rep points like it once did when I owned a bank.

sandwich

16 Oct 2008, 10:30 AM

...this town certainly earns me no real life rep points like it once did when I owned a bank.

WaMu?

Limey

16 Oct 2008, 10:51 AM

WaMu?

I can't confirm or deny that kind of specific information.
There are lots of companies around here.

I just know it takes way to long to get here and back.

PenguinHunter

3 Dec 2008, 04:33 PM

Going to Paris tomorrow night, for about a week. Je suis tres, um, excited. . .

quantumzero

3 Dec 2008, 04:37 PM

I'll be in Des Moines, Iowa for a pigeon show next week.

MacGuffin

5 Dec 2008, 07:14 AM

I'll be in Des Moines, Iowa for a pigeon show next week.

If you need some homies to roll with on the Northside, let me know.

No wait, nevermind, just my in-laws are there.

aelan

5 Dec 2008, 07:16 AM

Hawaii, Big Island + Maui, mid Dec till after Christmas... no chance for a meetup huh.

MacGuffin

5 Dec 2008, 07:17 AM

Hawaii, Big Island + Maui, mid Dec till after Christmas... no chance for a meetup huh.

I actually know someone from another forum that lives in Lahaina... I met up last time we visited! Her husband makes surf boards.

Limey

11 Dec 2008, 01:44 AM

somnium

5 Jan 2009, 02:33 PM

I will be in disguise in Germany to blend in with the locals.
[IMG]

Good idea. (http://www.tintinmilou.free.fr/deguisement/dupondt.htm)

djm

5 Jan 2009, 03:50 PM

I just heard that I'm going to Harrogate in the UK and Munster in Germany at the beginning of January (instead of Manhattan, NY - which will be later in the month).
Hopefully I will get time to breathe at each location, but I doubt it.
I will be in disguise in Germany to blend in with the locals.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/11rO9zMCmDL._AA160_.jpg

So I guess you plan to bring a flat cap, whippet and a copy of pigeon fanciers monthly to Harrogate then. Oh and some mothballs for your wallet lest the lack of use get to it whilst in Yorkshire.

MuseedesBeauxArts

5 May 2009, 06:56 PM

I'm thinking of heading to Rio at the end of this month--tickets are really cheap, and I've wanted to go to Brazil for years but have never had the chance. Do you guys have any suggestions? I'll have about a week.

Ptah

21 May 2009, 06:45 AM

Sekhmet, some friends and I will be in Vegas 6/20-6/24. No particular plans. Just going to live it up, I guess. Sekhmet may have other J-ish ideas. Oh, for instance, we've got a table reserved at some club in TI already.

sandwich

21 May 2009, 09:06 AM

I'll be in Amsterdam on June 1... there's a thread for it.
Egypt, June - late Julyish
Between late Julyish and mid-August I'll attempt a trip through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and maaaaybe Israel (Or Palestine, for you jihadists ;)).

ghost

2 Jul 2009, 09:35 AM

I'll be in LA for about 5 nights at the end of October - early November. I don't know what there is to do in LA and I'm not really that excited to see Hollywood Boulevard or get shot or whatever people go to LA for. Let's go sleep in a department store or out in the desert and look at stars or some other random activity.

I'll bring all the Tim Tams and Iced Vovos I can carry.

Noel

24 Aug 2009, 03:30 AM

I'll be in San Francisco from August 25th till the end of the month visiting the brother, exploring the city and doing other sundry type stuff. Anyone want to hang out? First round is on me!

*edit* I should mention I'm driving up from Arizona, so if you're on the way to San Francisco, I may stop by.

PenguinHunter

27 Aug 2009, 11:06 AM

I'm going on holiday for 2 or 3 weeks starting this Saturday. I'm driving from the Emirates to Salalah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salalah) to hit the beach and camp in south Oman. Then we're flying to Socotra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socotra) for an 11 day pirate island adventure.

Andantino

7 Sep 2009, 08:27 AM

Headed to Denver on October 13-18. Anyone in this area or know specific areas of interest? I gotta admit, I'm pretty excited about this (http://www.royalgorgebridge.com/Default.aspx) place.

Ptah

13 Sep 2009, 11:09 PM

Sekhmet and I will be in Brownsville, Texas September 27 - October 3 or so. I'm going to have an immense amount of free time while she's at work (it's a work trip for her). Basically, she and her co-workers will be driving to Matamoros and back every day, while I remain in Brownsville all day every day for a week.

Spartan26

14 Sep 2009, 12:33 AM

Headed to Denver on October 13-18. Anyone in this area or know specific areas of interest? I gotta admit, I'm pretty excited about this (http://www.royalgorgebridge.com/Default.aspx) place.
Urrr, they're not exactly next door.

Depends on what you like to do. Too late in the year for a concert at Red Rocks and way too early for skiing. Still, you should have plenty of warm weather. If you can get up into the mountains, it'll be a bit past their prime but you can see the aspens after changing colors, take a bike ride and/or trail hike, maybe go river rafting.

Some great bars in LoDo. Sporting events are fun (Pepsi Ctr, Invesco, Coors Field). There's gambling in Blackhawk in the foothills outside of Denver. You can take a shuttle bus. The food is hideous but the spectacle that is Casa Bonita (http://www.casabonitadenver.com/), should not be missed.