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EccoRaven posted:reminder that there is a neat map in the OP Mafia players I have been near*: Met, Quidnose, merk, Pander, Opopanax (Victoria not Calgary), Murmur Twin, the bunch of New yorkers, Mills, Bowmore, FV, busb. *Near defined very broadly.
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I like guided vacations because if left to my own devices I wouldn't see half as much as what I see with them. They really are designed for maximum time spent looking at interesting things, even if its the standard tourist.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:00
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EccoRaven posted:that's fair, different strokes and all that. when I vacation I usually only have a hostel and a plane ticket and nothing else planned or booked, which works for me really well but when I describe it to friends some of them get anxiety-by-proxy. Yeah that sounds like something out of a nightmare. One of my only recurring dreams is a dream of traveling while being unprepared. I'll discover that my plane leaves in an hour and I'm not packed, or I'll arrive and won't know where to go or what to do.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:06
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I like planning my own holidays. Figuring out what cities to stay in, for how long, etc etc. based on what I want to do. I usually do very outdoorsy stuff so it boils down to "I want to visit these locations and take photos. Do these walks. Go rafting or something here". Usually lots of driving, which I don't mind that much at all. But the last one I did I went to an island for 7 days first, and I just booked activites while I was there - diving / snorkeling trips etc. I kind of got bored of the island. After the island we went driving through a rainforest and all was good again.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:08
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EccoRaven posted:that's fair, different strokes and all that. when I vacation I usually only have a hostel and a plane ticket and nothing else planned or booked, which works for me really well but when I describe it to friends some of them get anxiety-by-proxy. That sounds pretty good to me; I like the idea of just driving / flying somewhere then finding a place when I get there, but my next trip is during the holiday season so I wouldn't leave it to chance that there would be any vacancies around. One day.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:11
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EccoRaven posted:that's fair, different strokes and all that. when I vacation I usually only have a hostel and a plane ticket and nothing else planned or booked, which works for me really well but when I describe it to friends some of them get anxiety-by-proxy. I am terrible at this because I am incapable of making friends with people. When I went to Spain I decided to push myself out of my comfort zone so I had a week of non-tour travel time where I went up to San Sebastian. It was a disaster. I ended up in a hostel room with a bunch of girls from Brisbane (where I live) except a decade younger than me who kept thinking we would know people in common, even though I didn't grow up there, and kept throwing out names of random people expecting me to know them and being incredibly puzzled when I didn't. If I had actually spent any time with them I would probably have killed them. At least on a tour I know I'm not eating dinner alone, and there are always a couple of people I get on with really well. I've only had one tour with an incompatible mix of people and it only lasted 7 days.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:15
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I haven't been on a vacation since I was a kid and I wouldn't change that even if the trips were free.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:18
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BottleKnight posted:I haven't been on a vacation since I was a kid and I wouldn't change that even if the trips were free. Why?
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Dec 24, 2015 00:25
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I've never booked more then hotels for trips, i like the idea that i have the freedom to do what i want each day without being penned in by pre-determined plans.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:25
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For me, where I went made a huge difference. Growing up, I took some vacations with my family and with my ex, but it wasn't until my wife and I went to Tokyo this last year that I finally found myself immediately wanting to go back as soon as we returned. (We're planning our next trip for spring of this coming year  )
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Dec 24, 2015 00:30
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Opopanax posted:I'm assuming this giant stack of comics I came home to is from my SS here since the BSS one's already wrapped up. Excellent taste, friendo! That's from me!
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Dec 24, 2015 00:34
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I take plenty of day trips and such, I'm not a hermit, but overall I don't like tourism. Pictures are good enough for me. I don't like being constantly disoriented, frustrated and crowded. Being a standard tourist visiting touristy things is just annoying and, to me at least, largely fruitless. I'd cross the world to visit a friend and see how they live and have them introduce me to their slice of life. But a standard vacation sounds horrible.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:37
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BottleKnight posted:I take plenty of day trips and such, I'm not a hermit, but overall I don't like tourism. Pictures are good enough for me. I don't like being constantly disoriented, frustrated and crowded. Being a standard tourist visiting touristy things is just annoying and, to me at least, largely fruitless. There are some exceptions. I went to DC and saw Alcatraz when I was a kid and both of those owned. But the only other thing I really want to see in person is the Hollywood sign up-close, so we'll see.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:44
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I think you're crazy, but I really like going on guided vacations to places that are incredibly historically interesting. Like in high school we went to England and France and visited castles and war sites, things like that. When I went to Greece with my mom it was a history based tour where we saw things thousands of years old all across that country. Hanging around with a friend or being there on our own we wouldn't have been able to see a fraction of what we saw. The guided tour getting you up in the morning and taking the bus somewhere and not having to worry about anything at all is so wonderful. It's completely hassle free. For me, I see no point at all in beach/resort vacations. I have no idea why people go to all these different places (and insist on going to different places each time) to go sit in a resort or maybe possibly on a private beach. You can do that anywhere, there's no need to travel to new exciting locations when you are going to see exactly none of it because you will never leave the resort (and it might be dangerous to leave the resort).
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Dec 24, 2015 00:45
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If i even go anywhere at all on vacations its going to be going out to the woods and camping or hunting or fishing or some mix of all three at a lake.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:47
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I work tomorrow night and am super impatient, so I opened my Secret gift a little early.  That is an almost absurd number of plastic bugs. I wonder which I should eat first! Thanks, Met!
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Dec 24, 2015 00:51
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EccoRaven posted:ummmmmmmm ummmmmmmm
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Asiina posted:I think you're crazy, but I really like going on guided vacations to places that are incredibly historically interesting. Like in high school we went to England and France and visited castles and war sites, things like that. When I went to Greece with my mom it was a history based tour where we saw things thousands of years old all across that country. Hanging around with a friend or being there on our own we wouldn't have been able to see a fraction of what we saw. The guided tour getting you up in the morning and taking the bus somewhere and not having to worry about anything at all is so wonderful. It's completely hassle free. I'm a history person too. I love looking at ruins and old buildings and going to museums. Most people think this is weird, but I love it. You should go to Egypt. I spent a week looking at ruins going "wow this is really cool" and then remembering that it was built 5000 years ago and having my mind blown.
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Dec 24, 2015 00:58
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EccoRaven posted:ummmmmmmm BottleKnight posted:ummmmmmmm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaUqpnHvua8
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Dec 24, 2015 01:00
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Guess BK was talking about two separate trips rather than having exceptional eyesight.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:04
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fiery_valkyrie posted:Also, I've been to Macchu Picchu and it is awesome, but I recommend hiking the Inca trail to get there. The hike is amazing (tough but amazing) and you get to spend more time at the actual site than people who catch the train in. A friend of mine recommended a tour company that does the Inca Trail and it seems a lot more like what I'm looking for
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Dec 24, 2015 01:04
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Are you sure you don't want to make fun of busb in person? I'll find you a tour company that does that. Hold on a sec.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:06
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fiery_valkyrie posted:I'm a history person too. I love looking at ruins and old buildings and going to museums. Most people think this is weird, but I love it. Yeah that's what Greece was like. They let us sit on ruins thousands of years old, it was crazy.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:07
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EccoRaven posted:reminder that there is a neat map in the OP lol of course Mills lives in the eastern suburbs 
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Amoeba102 posted:Guess BK was talking about two separate trips rather than having exceptional eyesight. Correct.
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yes birb, nobody was surprised. Also i'm from fukken hornsby yewwww can't do tours , but there is a 1 million dollar clock that hasn't ever worked.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:10
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Opopanax posted:A friend of mine recommended a tour company that does the Inca Trail and it seems a lot more like what I'm looking for If you're going to walk the trail you should do some reading up on the weather at different times of the year. I ended up going in April, which is when it can be coldest at night, but also the least likely to rain. It got very cold overnight (down to 0) but the days were in the 30's and it was great for hiking. The third day is the best because you're descending through the cloud forest and there is actually some shade.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:33
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I plan to travel extensively once I fake my own death.
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I like to stay in authentic places when I go somewhere (or Airbnb) and wander around. I've gotten very lost in the past and it's a wonderful experience. I tend to hit touristy areas at least briefly, but there is something to be said for just meeting up with locals and doing poo poo. I don't recommend it for anyone not 100% confident in their decisions, however.
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Dec 24, 2015 01:57
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Kashuno posted:I like to stay in authentic places when I go somewhere (or Airbnb) and wander around. I've gotten very lost in the past and it's a wonderful experience. I tend to hit touristy areas at least briefly, but there is something to be said for just meeting up with locals and doing poo poo. There are some places i'd totally do this in but there are also many i wouldn't risk it.
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CapitalistPig posted:There are some places i'd totally do this in but there are also many i wouldn't risk it. I might hesitate in thailand or something, but I'm not really worried about risking it. Part of the fun. I went to Brazil and, while nights could be a bit sketchy, I had an amazing time and made a couple really cool friends!
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Kashuno posted:I might hesitate in thailand or something, but I'm not really worried about risking it. Part of the fun. I went to Brazil and, while nights could be a bit sketchy, I had an amazing time and made a couple really cool friends! I wouldn't in Columbia or some parts of Mexico or some parts of Africa. There's lots of places like that.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:31
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CapitalistPig posted:I wouldn't in Columbia or some parts of Mexico or some parts of Africa. There's lots of places like that. I think a lot of it is just knowing what you're doing. Don't go somewhere stupid, don't go out at night, and don't get played by obvious (and not so obvious) scams. Probably one of my favorite scams is the "is this your wallet" scam. Someone will ask you if you dropped your wallet. Human instinct is to grab the pocket that you last put your wallet in, and then they follow you for a block or two and pickpocket you. Pretty smart.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:33
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fiery_valkyrie posted:If you're going to walk the trail you should do some reading up on the weather at different times of the year. I ended up going in April, which is when it can be coldest at night, but also the least likely to rain. It got very cold overnight (down to 0) but the days were in the 30's and it was great for hiking. The third day is the best because you're descending through the cloud forest and there is actually some shade. I live in Canada, that sounds like very normal weather to me.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:35
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I'm bored, someone should go in the DJ room and send me the link to the DJ room
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Opopanax posted:I live in Canada, that sounds like very normal weather to me. Thats in celsius. Not sure what you guys use.
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