Vallerina 2 #1 October 24, 2004 So, since I've been sitting in my house for so long because I can't drive anywhere (well, I guess I could, I mean...who needs to look over their shoulders while driving anyways?) I've been putting more thought into where to go once I get three months severance. Yes, Ivan, I know that this topic has been discussed before, but too darn bad! Where would you go for a month or two? I may make a jump or two during the trip, but skydiving is about the bottom of my list of priorities on this trip. I don't have much experience backpacking, and I like showers. I'm thinking either New Zealand or a tour of Europe, but I just wanted to get some more ideas and suggestions. Where in the world should Vallerina and possibly guest go?There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crotalus01 0 #2 October 24, 2004 hmmmmm..... well, i have been to Afghanistan, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China, Hong Kong, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Panama, Turkey, and Canada. and before you ask, not in the military but on vacation (i always get asked if i went to Afghanistan in the military - NO i didnt i had a tourist visa and was there in September 2002). so, how adventurous are you? i would HIGHLY recommend Cambodia and Afghanistan - the friendliest, most hospitable people on the planet. both are fairly dangerous places to be if you dont keep your wits about you, but if you do, they are awesome. tame traveller? try Hong Kong, Thailand, or Mexico. Thailand and Mexico can be a little dicey at times, but still fairly safe. and they are very pretty if you can deal with the typical poverty and squalor that comes with travel to the 3rd world. if you need any info about any of these places feel free to PM me. dan As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #3 October 24, 2004 Oooh! Thailand! That's a good suggestion! I'll definitely take that one into consideration!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChasingBlueSky 0 #4 October 24, 2004 New Zeland is someplace I have talked about for some time now._________________________________________ you can burn the land and boil the sea, but you can't take the sky from me.... I WILL fly again..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #5 October 24, 2004 QuoteOooh! Thailand if you decide that let me know,ihave an old boss that just loves that place.. he just went in august for a month...... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
photofly 0 #6 October 24, 2004 Italy, Kauai, California. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites antifnsocial 0 #7 October 24, 2004 go to hawaii, get real, relax and hang loosePlease feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites girlygirl 0 #8 October 24, 2004 Maui, definitely, but then I am biased. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites lawrocket 3 #9 October 24, 2004 Hmmm. Lots of time and money? I'd have no choice but to take my wife to Europe, where she lived for years. I'd also like to take my private jet (hey, you said lots of money) throughout the US and ski all winter in the better ski resorts. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Deuce 1 #10 October 24, 2004 Oh, Val, I've travelled quite a bit, for an American, and I loved Australia. Sydney is like a perfect version of San Francisco. Brisbane was European and very friendly, and the whole Cairnes area was like Santa Cruz, but prettier and with really big fucking spiders. If you could pull off Oz and New Zealand, quit your job and do it. I travelled the whole East Coast of Oz with a couple Kiwis, and it really was just about the trip of my life. The trip of my life was Italy. Rented a car, and drove from Rome, to Naples, up the Amalfi coast to Switzerland, through Milan and Venice and out through Milan again. Romantically? Italy can not be beat. Fun? The Auzzies are the most fun, ever. In the universe. The sunsets on the Amalfi Coast, in Italy, were the best. Just beautiful, and the food was so good. The beer was better in Oz, though. Tough choice. You're young. Do both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites slotperfect 7 #11 October 24, 2004 New ZealandArrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Vallerina 2 #12 October 24, 2004 Wow. The only problem with going to New Zealand is that I might not come back. Another thing that I'd like to do is go to Egypt. I don't know, though.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cloudseeker2001 0 #13 October 24, 2004 You can find mom-and-pop sailing companies that take you on a 2 or 3 week tour of the South Pacific......Bora Bora, places like that.Backpack Europe would be fun too. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites cloudseeker2001 0 #14 October 24, 2004 QuoteWow. The only problem with going to New Zealand is that I might not come back. Another thing that I'd like to do is go to Egypt. I don't know, though. I have heard from many people that Egypt was awful. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bob.dino 1 #15 October 25, 2004 Sydney is lotsa fun. That's why I've been stuck here for about a year . Lots of time and money? Rent a camper-van and spend three to four months driving around Australia. Thailand is nice, but not world-beating, in my not-so-humble opinion. I know many folk that have spent about three months backpacking around SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, etc) and they loved it. Backpacking 'round South America is pretty damn cool too. However, if you want to blow all your money damn quick, you can't really beat a trip to Antarctica Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites crwmike 0 #16 October 25, 2004 QuoteSo, since I've been sitting in my house for so long because I can't drive anywhere (well, I guess I could, I mean...who needs to look over their shoulders while driving anyways?) I've been putting more thought into where to go once I get three months severance. Yes, Ivan, I know that this topic has been discussed before, but too darn bad! Where would you go for a month or two? I may make a jump or two during the trip, but skydiving is about the bottom of my list of priorities on this trip. I don't have much experience backpacking, and I like showers. I'm thinking either New Zealand or a tour of Europe, but I just wanted to get some more ideas and suggestions. Where in the world should Vallerina and possibly guest go? Any place that doesn't depend tourism for it's economic well being. Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Deuce 1 #17 October 25, 2004 Met a couple of hardcore travelers from New Zealand while in line to see the Edinburgh Castle this summer. They had just travelled from Egypt and HATED it in capital letters. Their 8 year old daughter had gotten headlice, they had all gotten food poisoning, and they found the atmosphere to be hostile to westerners. Secondhand, but they were nice people and I thought I'd share. They were really bummed that they had put the money and effort into seeing the pyramids and stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites gravityizsexy 0 #18 October 25, 2004 R U KIDDING?!?!?! DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! DUH!.....no no, you don't get it.... I'm serious "'Someday is not a day in my week'" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Vallerina 2 #19 October 25, 2004 QuoteI have heard from many people that Egypt was awful I've heard that from a few people, and I heard a few people say that it was fantastic. I've always wanted to go, though. QuoteLots of time and money? Rent a camper-van and spend three to four months driving around Australia. I'm thinking about doing that...except for doing it around New Zealand! QuoteDISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! I love Disney World! I'm saving that trip for next year, though, when my nephews go for the first time! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites froglady 0 #20 October 25, 2004 Spain Could spend months there, the people are wonderful, great scenery, tasty food, lots of good wines. Huge mountains, beautiful coastline.......yup I defiantly need to go back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Vallerina 2 #21 October 25, 2004 I just went there last January! I really want to go back someday, though!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bob.dino 1 #22 October 25, 2004 Actually, having thought about it a bit, I'd head through Scandanavia. Sweden, Norway, Finland, and even Iceland. Nicely different, and the bits I've seen are great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites sunshine 2 #23 October 25, 2004 New Zealand baby!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites BGill 0 #24 October 25, 2004 If you're planning on doing NZ, check out www.kiwiexperience.com. It's a tour company but they have tons of different routes on the North and South Island, just steal an idea from them on a route you'd like to take, get in the camper and roll Similarly, they've got www.ozexperience.com and www.feejeeexperience.com No, I don't work for them, but I've just browsed lots of travel sites for down here and they seem to have some pretty good trips put together. Enjoy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bob.dino 1 #25 October 25, 2004 Be aware the the *experience folk cater primarily to backpackers, and as such are hotbeds of drinking and fornication. Have fun . Oh, and if you're into hiking or cycling, there's something like 10,000km of trails throughout NZ. Lonely Planet publish some guides. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. 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antifnsocial 0 #7 October 24, 2004 go to hawaii, get real, relax and hang loosePlease feel free to reply to my posts and pm's, but only if you're smart enough to understand what they really mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
girlygirl 0 #8 October 24, 2004 Maui, definitely, but then I am biased. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lawrocket 3 #9 October 24, 2004 Hmmm. Lots of time and money? I'd have no choice but to take my wife to Europe, where she lived for years. I'd also like to take my private jet (hey, you said lots of money) throughout the US and ski all winter in the better ski resorts. My wife is hotter than your wife. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #10 October 24, 2004 Oh, Val, I've travelled quite a bit, for an American, and I loved Australia. Sydney is like a perfect version of San Francisco. Brisbane was European and very friendly, and the whole Cairnes area was like Santa Cruz, but prettier and with really big fucking spiders. If you could pull off Oz and New Zealand, quit your job and do it. I travelled the whole East Coast of Oz with a couple Kiwis, and it really was just about the trip of my life. The trip of my life was Italy. Rented a car, and drove from Rome, to Naples, up the Amalfi coast to Switzerland, through Milan and Venice and out through Milan again. Romantically? Italy can not be beat. Fun? The Auzzies are the most fun, ever. In the universe. The sunsets on the Amalfi Coast, in Italy, were the best. Just beautiful, and the food was so good. The beer was better in Oz, though. Tough choice. You're young. Do both. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slotperfect 7 #11 October 24, 2004 New ZealandArrive Safely John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #12 October 24, 2004 Wow. The only problem with going to New Zealand is that I might not come back. Another thing that I'd like to do is go to Egypt. I don't know, though.There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #13 October 24, 2004 You can find mom-and-pop sailing companies that take you on a 2 or 3 week tour of the South Pacific......Bora Bora, places like that.Backpack Europe would be fun too. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cloudseeker2001 0 #14 October 24, 2004 QuoteWow. The only problem with going to New Zealand is that I might not come back. Another thing that I'd like to do is go to Egypt. I don't know, though. I have heard from many people that Egypt was awful. "Some call it heavenly in it's brilliance, others mean and rueful of the western dream" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #15 October 25, 2004 Sydney is lotsa fun. That's why I've been stuck here for about a year . Lots of time and money? Rent a camper-van and spend three to four months driving around Australia. Thailand is nice, but not world-beating, in my not-so-humble opinion. I know many folk that have spent about three months backpacking around SE Asia (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, etc) and they loved it. Backpacking 'round South America is pretty damn cool too. However, if you want to blow all your money damn quick, you can't really beat a trip to Antarctica Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crwmike 0 #16 October 25, 2004 QuoteSo, since I've been sitting in my house for so long because I can't drive anywhere (well, I guess I could, I mean...who needs to look over their shoulders while driving anyways?) I've been putting more thought into where to go once I get three months severance. Yes, Ivan, I know that this topic has been discussed before, but too darn bad! Where would you go for a month or two? I may make a jump or two during the trip, but skydiving is about the bottom of my list of priorities on this trip. I don't have much experience backpacking, and I like showers. I'm thinking either New Zealand or a tour of Europe, but I just wanted to get some more ideas and suggestions. Where in the world should Vallerina and possibly guest go? Any place that doesn't depend tourism for it's economic well being. Michael Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deuce 1 #17 October 25, 2004 Met a couple of hardcore travelers from New Zealand while in line to see the Edinburgh Castle this summer. They had just travelled from Egypt and HATED it in capital letters. Their 8 year old daughter had gotten headlice, they had all gotten food poisoning, and they found the atmosphere to be hostile to westerners. Secondhand, but they were nice people and I thought I'd share. They were really bummed that they had put the money and effort into seeing the pyramids and stuff. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gravityizsexy 0 #18 October 25, 2004 R U KIDDING?!?!?! DISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! DUH!.....no no, you don't get it.... I'm serious "'Someday is not a day in my week'" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #19 October 25, 2004 QuoteI have heard from many people that Egypt was awful I've heard that from a few people, and I heard a few people say that it was fantastic. I've always wanted to go, though. QuoteLots of time and money? Rent a camper-van and spend three to four months driving around Australia. I'm thinking about doing that...except for doing it around New Zealand! QuoteDISNEY WORLD!!!!!!!!!!! I love Disney World! I'm saving that trip for next year, though, when my nephews go for the first time! There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
froglady 0 #20 October 25, 2004 Spain Could spend months there, the people are wonderful, great scenery, tasty food, lots of good wines. Huge mountains, beautiful coastline.......yup I defiantly need to go back. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Vallerina 2 #21 October 25, 2004 I just went there last January! I really want to go back someday, though!There's a thin line between Saturday night and Sunday morning Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #22 October 25, 2004 Actually, having thought about it a bit, I'd head through Scandanavia. Sweden, Norway, Finland, and even Iceland. Nicely different, and the bits I've seen are great. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #23 October 25, 2004 New Zealand baby!! ___________________________________________ meow I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BGill 0 #24 October 25, 2004 If you're planning on doing NZ, check out www.kiwiexperience.com. It's a tour company but they have tons of different routes on the North and South Island, just steal an idea from them on a route you'd like to take, get in the camper and roll Similarly, they've got www.ozexperience.com and www.feejeeexperience.com No, I don't work for them, but I've just browsed lots of travel sites for down here and they seem to have some pretty good trips put together. Enjoy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #25 October 25, 2004 Be aware the the *experience folk cater primarily to backpackers, and as such are hotbeds of drinking and fornication. Have fun . Oh, and if you're into hiking or cycling, there's something like 10,000km of trails throughout NZ. Lonely Planet publish some guides. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
