INTPc 2010 Bora Bora Meet-Up

[Hustler]

http://images.theage.com.au/ftage/ffximage/2008/11/27/Bora2_wideweb__470x325,0.jpg

Who's in?

[Delilah]

I think you may be the devil, which is actually really cool.

[Fingers]

Pay for my ticket, i'm totally there.

[fripping]

sorry but the government is sending me to palau. :(

[Lurker]

I was thinking Atlanta.....?

[C.J.Woolf]

Beats the hell out of Tora Bora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora_Bora).

[Lurker]

Beats the hell out of Tora Bora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tora_Bora).

Nay, my friend. Tora Bora has lots of action and chaos! It's caught in a unique moment.

I'd like to suggest Cuba sometime in the future (assuming tourism is allowed soon...good chance, I think)

Then again, Bora Bora has the mellow, relaxing beauty going for it... :)

[ciphersort]

Haha... the unhappy face is so right for the no answer to this poll

Damn, it is tempting. At the moment I can't say though.

[Anonymous]

As tempting as it is, with flights that look like they run at $1,200+ (at least from the West Coast), this is somewhere I'll probably save for when I'm old and can't do much else than sit on my ass.

[nonperson]

No but I may go to the States then..........

[Hustler]

http://www.whatahotel.com/hotels/2280/Four_Seasons_Resort_Bora_Bora-view.jpg

I call the one on the end.

[Chaselation]

Can we call it late 2010? I have Satan to contact to valuate my soul.

I would save up for this.

[Jynweythek]

Woah, I wish. It looks goddamn expensive.

[!diom]

It would take almost half the money that I have now, but I can always rob, steal, or sell drugs and phony green cards in Westlake if need be.

[Hustler]

Can we call it late 2010? I have Satan to contact to valuate my soul.

I would save up for this.

It's in the Southern Hemisphere, so December would be toward the beginning of the summer there. But, it seems like May - October is really the time to be there. It's the dry season, and the temperature is between 24 and 28 C (like around 79 F). Between November and April, it apparently rains a ton and there are occasionally severe storms (including cyclones (aka hurricanes)).

I would be game to go sometime between September and October, or perhaps for two months from 9/1 - 10/31.

[Eli]

I'll have to look into the exchange rates.
$1 Casino Cash = ? Pacific Franc

[ciphersort]

http://www.whatahotel.com/hotels/2280/Four_Seasons_Resort_Bora_Bora-view.jpg

I call the one on the end.

Hustler <- picky even in paradise.

Have you looked into package deals (not the air fare of course... but rental)?

[foodeater]

I'll go there in 2050 when I'm rich, use my personal time machine to travel back to 2010 and we'll have a blast

[MoneyJungle]

Pristine beaches are for suckers.

[ciphersort]

Pristine beaches are for suckers.

But not all who are for pristine beaches are suckers. ;)

[Chaselation]

Pristine beaches are for suckers.

What ever it takes...

[Hustler]

Have you looked into package deals (not the air fare of course... but rental)?

No. My plan is to squander a bunch of money, and perhaps mitigate said expense by taking my laptop and logging a couple of hours of online poker here and there.

[aelan]

http://www.whatahotel.com/hotels/2280/Four_Seasons_Resort_Bora_Bora-view.jpg

I call the one on the end.

I call the small boat at the end. :)

Hey, your lagoon villa is 1300 USD a night. The beach view is 950 though.

[Chaselation]

I call the small boat at the end. :)

Hey, your lagoon villa is 1300 USD a night. The beach view is 950 though.

That's impressive squandering. :S (prays for eternal pocket Aces)

[Jynweythek]

No. My plan is to squander a bunch of money, and perhaps mitigate said expense by taking my laptop and logging a couple of hours of online poker here and there.

So you're paying? :banana:

[C.J.Woolf]

So you're paying? :banana:
I suspect the opposite -- he's getting a kickback from the resort for luring us there.

On the other hand, Uncle Sam will pay you to go to Tora Bora! (Some work required)

[Hustler]

Hey, your lagoon villa is 1300 USD a night. The beach view is 950 though.

That picture was from the Four Seasons, which is one of the more expensive resorts at Bora Bora (though the irony of the name almost makes it worth the extra money). Here's a rough guide to the layout of the resorts at Bora Bora:

http://www.intpcentral.com/uploads/boraaerial.gif

It appears the most baller part of Bora Bora is the stretch between the Four Seasons and the Intercontinental Thalasso. If I'm right, that's on the east side of the atoll, and thus sunsets will occur to the west, over the main island and the lagoon. However, according to the TahitiTravel (http://www.tahiti-explorer.com/frames/bora-index.html) site, all of these resorts are very expensive, and have a few shortcomings. It seems from that site that the Sofitel Bora Bora Marara Beach Resort (http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-0564-sofitel-bora-bora-marara-beach-resort/index.shtml) is the best all around, mid-priced resort, and it does have over water bungalows (mandatory for me). It also underwent an $18 million renovation in 2007, so it's probably way swanky and up to date. It appears the rates range from $359/night for the luxury garden view bungalows to $730/night for the best of the overwater bungalows (I call that one). I think the bungalows can each house up to three guests. Note that this is less than half the price of the St. Regis Bora Bora (which is probably where Helios will be, just coincidentally, at the time of the meet-up).

It seems, too, that there's another nearby Sofitel facility (http://www.sofitel.com/gb/hotel-2755-sofitel-bora-bora-motu-private-island/index.shtml), and guests at one are able to make use of the amenities of either.

[aelan]

Why'll Helios be there? As a guest or working there?

Hmmm. Would be swell to work there.

[Etherealsage]

*Placeholder to state interest and uncertainty of affordability. Basically, if I can afford it when the time comes, I'll go. (I have no problem with garden view for myself. I like the green.)

[PsiKik]

I would be interested, though there would have to be enough people going to make it interesting.
Also date would have to be set/agreed upon.

[bluebell]

*Placeholder to state interest and uncertainty of affordability. Basically, if I can afford it when the time comes, I'll go.

This. Probably. Maybe.

[Resonance]

Anyone here know how to fly a plane? I'd be willing to chip in for gas if someone wants to go cross-continent picking people up.

[ciphersort]

There is a solar eclipse on July 11th 2010. It's a total eclipse for Easter Island... perhaps it is for Bora Bora as well. Just a thought.

Add: Looks like it will be very near total for Bora Bora.

http://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEmono/TSE2010/TSE2010iau/TSE2010-fig03.GIF

[PenguinHunter]

It's tempting. I'll be on an 8 month holiday at that time and I'll probably be in Chile or Argentina in May but flights cost about $1500 (Canadian) so I'm not sure that it would be worth it.

If other tropical islands are possibilities I could definitely meet in Fernando de Noronha (http://images.google.ae/images?hl=en&um=1&ei=dRs6St6xBsSEsAbYgN29CQ&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=fernando+de+noronha&spell=1) or Ilha Grande (http://images.google.ae/images?hl=en&ei=DBo6SoGLGqGsjAfs3KGrDQ&resnum=0&q=ilha%20grande&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi) though.

[Madrigal]

I'd have to prostitute myself. Time to use that old escort service card I got a long time ago. :-p

Even then I think I'd go to Paris instead.

Metropolis > sand


I'd like to suggest Cuba sometime in the future (assuming tourism is allowed soon...good chance, I think)


I think Americans can still go. They put a special stamp on your passport that doesn't get you into trouble, supposedly.

[kble]

It says Bora Bora is ideal for honeymooners.

Brussels (Paris) - Bora Bora in December is over 2000 euro ($2,782) right now...not gonna happen.

[bluebell]

$AUD 1500 for flights and 5 night's accommodation.

*shrug* I'm unlikely to do it, but you never know.

[Hustler]

Even then I think I'd go to Paris instead.
I wish I were surprised that you'd rather go to the capital city of an international oppressor rather than visit the people of French Polynesia, who have been colonized and oppressed by the very same smelly, rude Frenchmen who inhabit Paris, but such a Eurocentric, pro-establishment attitude is probably pretty standard for "communists." Maybe they can use your tourist dollars to fund more nuclear testing in the Polynesian atolls.


Metropolis > sand

Yes, I'd love to stay in an over-sewer bungalow a few blocks off the Champs-Elysees.

[Scarlett letters]

It's on my list of destinations for 2010, so be sure and let me know if/when you guys choose a date. So I know which weeks to avoid.
I go on holiday to get away from nerds!

[Delilah]

It's on my list of destinations for 2010, so be sure and let me know if/when you guys choose a date. So I know which weeks to avoid.
I go on holiday to get away from nerds!

What if I go?

[Scarlett letters]

What if I go?

Don't tease me woman!

[bergenski]

Why don't you all stay virtual? Cheaper and less rain.

[Anonymous]

Why don't you all stay virtual? Cheaper and less rain.

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

[Jynweythek]

Why don't you all stay virtual? Cheaper and less rain.

Hustler could take his laptop and a camera, and then we could all go!









:sadbanana:

[Hustler]

We need to try and figure out a date for the meet-up. I'm thinking 10/1 - 10/8 could be good (people could obviously stay for shorter durations within that week, if they preferred), but perhaps something like 8/1 - 8/8 would be more convenient for more people. If nobody has any great ideas about this, I'm just going to pick a week and that will be that.

[Ivy]

If I lacked a superego I would sell my house and if necessary one of my children to finance such a trip.

[mgb]

I'm willing to sell one of Ivy's kids to go. Just saying.

[Oso Mocoso]

What if I go?

If you go, I'll go. There needs to be at least someone else from the old farts subforum at this meet up to make it worth my time.

[Hustler]

If I lacked a superego I would sell my house and if necessary one of my children to finance such a trip.

Can they lobotomize the superego and just the superego?


I'm willing to sell one of Ivy's kids to go. Just saying.

Suggest you start an auction thread.

[Hustler]

If you go, I'll go. There needs to be at least someone else from the old farts subforum at this meet up to make it worth my time.

You and Ptah can share a bungalow.

[bergenski]

There's also inexpensive family-style pensions...and camping.

[Hustler]

So, any thoughts as to what time is going to be the best? I'm still leaning toward early October, but I'd be open to anything from July - November, really.

[Noel]

Sounds good.

I could probably swing the last week of July or the first week of August.

[Hustler]

Sounds good.

I could probably swing the last week of July or the first week of August.

No, it's definitely going to be in the September - October timeframe.

[Noel]

No, it's definitely going to be in the September - October timeframe.

Merde.

That should be one hell of a trip.

C'est la vie.

[Architectonic]

I'm sure it'll be awesome for all two of you that actually turn up.

[qualia]

This'd be one hell of a birthday present for some generous and loving donor for me.

Jus sayin.

[starla]

I'm seriously considering going, but bora bora seems kinda boring tbh.

[Anonymous]

This'd be one hell of a birthday present for some generous and loving donor for me.

Jus sayin.

You know, you're never going to find a proper sugar daddy in Austin.

[stigmatica]

*looks in mirror*

"Uh uhhhmm.. Honey, four score and seven years ago.. bleh!"

"Uh... Honey, I have a dream that one day, down in Bora Bora, with its luscious beaches... SHIT!"

"Uh... you, me, Bora Bora? Oh, and some other.. uh.. internet? Nevermind"

Nope. :sadbanana:

[spamtar]

how about Haiti?

[qualia]

You know, you're never going to find a proper sugar daddy in Austin.That's why I'm advertising on the internet, baby.

[Miss Van Gogh]

Why not? :) Might be some good deals from London!
Seriously, maybe.... need to think about it.

[Jynweythek]

I'll give all of my casino cash and vicodin to whoever pays for my ticket.

[Hustler]

I think it's time we try to settle on a date for this.

[Scarecrow]

I think it's time we try to settle on a date for this.

I think so, too. Just so everyone knows when not to go.

[starla]

Too late for me. I already requested and booked my vacation for the year. Who needs bora bora when you can spend quality time with your sister's new baby and spoiled rotten toddler?

[Ivy]

Too late for me. I already requested and booked my vacation for the year. Who needs bora bora when you can spend quality time with your sister's new baby and spoiled rotten toddler?

A: you

[gr8ness97]

Wow, didnt know INTPc rolls like this!

[joft]

I can do this, or I can contribute to my retirement account...

:(

[Ferrus]

I can do this, or I can contribute to my retirement account...

:(
You're a mathematician, no? You don't need a retirement account, you'll be locked away in an institution after years upon years of failed attempts to solve the Reimann hypothesis.

Unfortunately I'm too poor. Unless anyone can suggest ways of hitch hiking there for free.

[djm]

September is no good for me, but I was thinking of taking a break in october as it happens.

If enough people I like sign up for it then I might bob along for a few days.

[Sekhmet]

How about the week of Labor Day? Sept. 6th is the Monday/holiday.