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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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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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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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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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Dec 24, 2015 02:43
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Opopanax posted:Celsius as well, like all civilized countries I dunno, I just read this article https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_Canada and it seems like you're not as bad as the US, but still haven't 100% got yourselves around the concept of a metric system.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:48
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Ok, can someone please cut off my access to the internet? I have a bunch of work I need to finish today and I keep not doing it.
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Dec 24, 2015 02:49
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Kashuno posted:gently caress off F_V god drat get the gently caress out of here. Thank you, yes it did. So did turning off my work email.
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Dec 24, 2015 05:33
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kaschei posted:Skiing very hard, just snowboard unless you are going to ski several times a year. You don't use those muscles for anything else. Learning to ski like learning to swim only doing backstroke. Except faster. Backstroke is best stroke. You get a nice view while you swim and your ears are mostly underwater so you get that nice calm detached from the earth sound.
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Jan 21, 2016 09:58
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Ecco, someone was mean to you and you had two pounds of raw fish. How is the correct course of action here not completely obvious?
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Jan 22, 2016 03:47
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Opopanax posted:I'm officially home. Peru is awesome. Travelling is awesome. Where should I go next? Egypt. Ridiculously loving cheap. Ridiculously loving awesome.
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Jan 22, 2016 03:47
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He could wait a couple of months. I went in June of the year of the Arab Spring and it was fine.
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Jan 22, 2016 03:53
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busb posted:I had a friend that just went to morocco by herself and she said it was amazing, but she is very adventurous. do it with a tour group? I did it with Intrepid. It was good
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Jan 22, 2016 04:26
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Also Ernie, I know Abu Simbel and Valley of the Kings are super touristy but they were also amazing. Although I think I got lucky with the tourist situation. Because I went not long after the Arab Spring tourist numbers were extremely low compared to normal. It was really sad in some places where there were locals whose only income was from tourists to see how badly they were suffering.
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Jan 22, 2016 04:29
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Poison Mushroom posted:Someone might counterargue that if you only ever go with tour groups and on the guided showings, you're not actually experiencing the place as it is, you're getting pre-packaged, mass-produced, Theme Park versions of everything. Doesn't that depend on why and how you travel? I did a tour in Russia, but had a couple of days at the start in St Petersburg by myself. I went to a museum that had a whole bunch of scientific curiosities collected by one of the Tsar's. Did I better myself? No, but I sure as hell saw a lot of deformed animal embryo's in jars (and it was awesome).
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Jan 22, 2016 06:40
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EccoRaven posted:when I graduated high school I got a firm handshake and a check from my father that bounced. This is the opening sentence to the best novel I've never read.
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Jan 22, 2016 09:36
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100YrsofAttitude posted:We talked a lot about rugby and you explained to me joy of cricket. I remember this specifically because all my cricket knowledge comes from that one enlightening conversation. Seriously, you cannot take Australians anywhere.
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Jan 22, 2016 11:56
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Kashuno posted:Re: tour groups or no. I have take a tour group once, and I hated it. Travel websites will tell you all the must see places, and you can plan your own trip while exploring wherever you feel like On no time restraints. It's hard to see everything, even in a tour group, so j tended to see places I want and spend as much time places as it takes me to be satisfied. I also enjoy walking amongst the locals and interacting with different cultures, especially in the poorer countries. To be fair, I am a pretty well traveled single male.     The new winkie eye's are weird.
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Jan 22, 2016 13:34
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Rarity posted:New? These have all been around for a good 5 years Never seen them before.
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Jan 22, 2016 14:28
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I do not understand a single word Allen said. Kids today.........
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Jan 23, 2016 13:20
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Amoeba102 posted:Sydney gave the Olympics what they deserve. They put it on a toxic waste dump. Really? I have to go to a week long work conference at Sydney Olympic Park every year
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Jan 27, 2016 03:56
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Poison Mushroom posted:I just finished watching the Tolkien Edit of the Hobbit movies. And goddamn, I did not realize how astoundingly gay the relationship between Bilbo and Thorin comes off. I should watch that. I never bothered watching the last film because the first two were so full of ridiculous irrelevant rubbish.
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Jan 27, 2016 14:01
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busb posted:When they invent the destruction of latency I will play with u again diqnol. You mean when Australia gets good internet? So, never.
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Kashuno posted:beejay I thought this was a haiku for a minute.
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