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Title: I think I need a vacation: where should I go?
Post by: IceFire on February 16, 2009, 07:18:56 pm
Alright...where should I go on vacation this year?  Any suggestions?

Last year I went to Ireland which was an interesting experience.  Need to do something different this time.
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Post by: IPAndrews on February 16, 2009, 07:22:29 pm
Lake Bohinj in Slovenia.
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Post by: iamzack on February 16, 2009, 07:22:34 pm
Niger. They have giraffes!
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Post by: Scotty on February 16, 2009, 07:35:57 pm
Moscow, just for the hell of it.
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Post by: Ford Prefect on February 16, 2009, 07:40:58 pm
A friend of mine just got back from Hawaii-- said it was awesome but expensive.
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 16, 2009, 07:52:12 pm
Two places I've been and liked: Anchorage and the Cayman Islands.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 16, 2009, 08:01:47 pm
Anywhere but California, because we won't be here soon. :P
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Post by: BloodEagle on February 16, 2009, 08:10:39 pm
Tokyo.
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Post by: Polpolion on February 16, 2009, 08:19:37 pm
I'll be going to Dayton Air Force base in about a week. They've got some neat stuff there. But I forget where you live, and if it's anywhere >100mi away from Dayton, it probably won't be worth it.  :p
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Post by: Bobboau on February 16, 2009, 08:21:08 pm
well one of my favorite places to go for vacation is Canada, but somehow I don't think that would be appropriate in this situation.
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Post by: Sololop on February 16, 2009, 08:47:29 pm
Not this time of year, anyway. Unless you like slush.

Try Mexico maybe. I heard it's nice and warm, and cheap.
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 16, 2009, 08:51:23 pm
Try Mexico maybe. I heard it's nice and warm, and cheap.

It's also not very safe right now...
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 16, 2009, 09:46:13 pm
Ever considered Singapore, IceFire? :nervous:
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Post by: Bob-san on February 16, 2009, 09:47:29 pm
You could got to Miami. The weather is great.
Title: Re: I think I need a vacation: where should I go?
Post by: IceFire on February 16, 2009, 09:54:21 pm
I'll be going to Dayton Air Force base in about a week. They've got some neat stuff there. But I forget where you live, and if it's anywhere >100mi away from Dayton, it probably won't be worth it.  :p
Been there three times already :)

well one of my favorite places to go for vacation is Canada, but somehow I don't think that would be appropriate in this situation.
Haha...well yes I'm already there although its a big country and I haven't yet seen the West Coast.
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Post by: Woolie Wool on February 16, 2009, 10:08:16 pm
Why not come to Memphis and enjoy our awful rainy winters, ugly architecture, urban sprawl, 9.25% sales tax, and high crime rate? :P
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Post by: Turambar on February 16, 2009, 10:20:38 pm
come to raleigh NC and come and get smashed with me n my friends for battlestar night.

its just as good as real vacation, except its cheap
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 16, 2009, 10:37:53 pm
Eh, Raleigh.

If you're going to vacation in North Carolina at least go to Hatteras.
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Post by: Goober5000 on February 16, 2009, 10:43:13 pm
Niger. They have giraffes!
Kenya.  They have lions!

Alternatively, Ireland.  I went there about 12 years ago and it was really cool.  I'd like to visit the rest of the British Isles at some point too.
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Post by: tinfoil on February 16, 2009, 11:16:05 pm
The Canadian Rockies are a hell of a skiing vacation if you're into that kind of thing although the snow is teh ****s this year
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 16, 2009, 11:16:23 pm
Silly Goober, he's already been there. :p
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Post by: Kosh on February 17, 2009, 02:41:05 am
Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai, Souel, and Tokyo are all good places to visit.
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on February 17, 2009, 04:32:41 am
Switzerland! If you don't have altitude sickness. :yes:

Alternatively, China! But don't stay there for long. The people there will make you go crazy. :mad:

Venice! It's almost gone. :sigh:
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Post by: IPAndrews on February 17, 2009, 04:40:18 am
Alternatively, Ireland.

He's been to Ireland.
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Post by: Narvi on February 17, 2009, 05:03:33 am
The Maldives.

...we have fish.
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Post by: Rodo on February 17, 2009, 05:11:48 am
go wherever you feel better... I would choose some lovely shores, maybe Ibiza or Hawaii.. or something like that... no freaking excursions to nowere I would just wake up at 10 am and go to the beach staying there the whole day.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 17, 2009, 06:39:09 am
AUSTRALIA!

We're totally intolerant of anyone who doesn't speak English AND we get drunk on a regular basis!  :lol:

Not but really, beaches here are wonderful, recommend you go with another person (at least), but that's just me, I hate the idea of being alone.

If you're into cheap stuff and good beaches, go to Koh Chang, in Thailand, can be expensive, but the place is just awesome, spent some of the best 5 days of my life staying at a resort there. But the place is **** hot, bring plenty of shirts with you....or just buy them there, as I said, everything is cheap and the clothes even reflect that by shrinking after the first wash  ;)
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Post by: iamzack on February 17, 2009, 07:12:59 am
come to raleigh NC and come and get smashed with me n my friends for battlestar night.

its just as good as real vacation, except its cheap

Ignore him, you'd be better off locking yourself in a bathroom and smashing your head against the tile.
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Post by: Snail on February 17, 2009, 07:16:07 am
Kenya.  They have lions!
HOLY **** A LION GET IN THE CAR!
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Post by: iamzack on February 17, 2009, 07:21:50 am
Kenya.  They have lions!
HOLY **** A LION GET IN THE CAR!

(http://www.birminghamzoo.com/images/sea%20lion.jpg)

RAWR
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Post by: Grizzly on February 17, 2009, 07:51:01 am
Spend this vacation on going to live in Ireland, and THEN decide where you want to go to on vacation, if you still want to ;).

In other words, Ireland is awesome.

If you are looking for something completely different, go to Amsterdam, with it's canals, paintings, drug shops, window-prostitution, and MASSES of pidgins near the national monument. Seriously. You won't be able to see the ground thanks to all the pidings there. I'll upload a picture if I can find it.

---

On a more serious note, Vietnam appears to be quite awesome too, so going off to Asia for the landscapes and Tigers ;) might be a good idea too.
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on February 17, 2009, 07:56:05 am
I stayed in Amsterdam for a long time...

I don't remember much of it, but that was very special experience.


I remember being a human perch in Venice. =/
Damn there were a lot of pigeons.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 17, 2009, 07:59:41 am
On a more serious note, Vietnam appears to be quite awesome too, so going off to Asia for the landscapes and Tigers ;) might be a good idea too.

I dunno.....I think I may have watched too much Tropic Thunder to consider going there.
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Post by: Pred the Penguin on February 17, 2009, 08:00:59 am
But that wasn't Vietnam....
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Post by: Grizzly on February 17, 2009, 08:01:21 am
Here you go

(http://gespot.at5.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/duiven.jpg)

This is off the internets, I remember taking a lot of pictures of a lot MORE pidgins, but you get the idea.
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Post by: Narvi on February 17, 2009, 08:04:04 am
But that wasn't Vietnam....

"Myanmar. Maybe Lao".
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 17, 2009, 08:15:43 am
But that wasn't Vietnam....

"Myanmar. Maybe Lao".

Well the whole Cambodia/Vietnam drug smuggling thing is closely related...



anyyyywaaaaay

that's a ****load of pidgeons you've got there
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Post by: Goober5000 on February 17, 2009, 11:29:14 am
Silly Goober, he's already been there. :p
Yeah, I was being facetious.  Next time I'll add a smiley. :)
Title: Re: I think I need a vacation: where should I go?
Post by: IceFire on February 17, 2009, 04:41:51 pm
AUSTRALIA!

We're totally intolerant of anyone who doesn't speak English AND we get drunk on a regular basis!  :lol:

Not but really, beaches here are wonderful, recommend you go with another person (at least), but that's just me, I hate the idea of being alone.

If you're into cheap stuff and good beaches, go to Koh Chang, in Thailand, can be expensive, but the place is just awesome, spent some of the best 5 days of my life staying at a resort there. But the place is **** hot, bring plenty of shirts with you....or just buy them there, as I said, everything is cheap and the clothes even reflect that by shrinking after the first wash  ;)
Australia is on my must do list...but I'd want more time then I currently have in vacation.

I agree about traveling with someone you know and all that.
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Post by: Polpolion on February 17, 2009, 08:32:25 pm
The Maldives.

...we have fish.

Do you live in the Maldives? That's sweet.
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Post by: redsniper on February 17, 2009, 08:38:41 pm
Come to Texas. Eat BBQ. Go see the Alamo.
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Post by: Bob-san on February 17, 2009, 08:40:17 pm
Come to Florida. See the beautiful beaches and enjoy the perfect weather. Go to clubs and spas.
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 17, 2009, 09:26:24 pm
Unfortunately the Alamo and the Riverwalk are just about all that's worth seeing in San Antonio. :p I can't speak for the rest of Texas but I did spend almost half a year living in that particular city.
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Post by: Retsof on February 17, 2009, 09:52:56 pm
Yellowstone, you can watch the stoopid tourists trying to take a picture with a Buffalo/Elk/Bear.  Oh, and the Geysers are cool too.
Title: Re: I think I need a vacation: where should I go?
Post by: Dilmah G on February 18, 2009, 02:49:43 am
Yellowstone, you can watch the stoopid tourists trying to take a picture with a Buffalo/Elk/Bear. 

Oh, and how's that been working out for them?  :pimp:
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Post by: Narvi on February 18, 2009, 04:07:14 am
The Maldives.

...we have fish.

Do you live in the Maldives? That's sweet.

Yeah.

It's kinda boring.
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Post by: iamzack on February 18, 2009, 05:18:44 pm
LION TIGER

(http://i39.tinypic.com/no8pcz.jpg)

BEAR
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 18, 2009, 10:55:10 pm
Bad zach, bad! Sit!
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Post by: tinfoil on February 18, 2009, 11:28:09 pm
WARNING: Objects in the window may appear friendlier than they actually are.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 19, 2009, 02:28:07 am
THAT THING IS HUGE!
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Post by: iamzack on February 19, 2009, 06:05:54 am
Bad zach, bad! Sit!

*CHOMP*

Enjoy your internet rabies.
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Post by: Narvi on February 19, 2009, 06:15:34 am
THAT THING IS HUGE!

Polar bears tend to be.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 19, 2009, 06:24:59 am
THAT THING IS HUGE!

Polar bears tend to be.

Well I kind of live in Australia....so I've never come close to seeing one

Ever
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Post by: iamzack on February 19, 2009, 06:29:59 am
THAT THING IS HUGE!

Polar bears tend to be.

Well I kind of live in Australia....so I've never come close to seeing one

Ever

Never been to a zoo? I love the zoo. I'm gonna live there.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 19, 2009, 06:51:59 am
THAT THING IS HUGE!

Polar bears tend to be.

Well I kind of live in Australia....so I've never come close to seeing one

Ever

Never been to a zoo? I love the zoo. I'm gonna live there.

I'm pretty sure the temperature here would kill 'em even with the aircon and the ice etc. Its been 8 years since I've been to the zoo.
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Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on February 19, 2009, 11:44:07 am
THAT THING IS HUGE!

Not quite the font size I was expecting. ;)
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Post by: tinfoil on February 19, 2009, 04:06:40 pm
THAT THING IS HUGE!

They're even bigger in person. :nod: That one is actually pretty average size-wise. they get a whole lot bigger.
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Post by: IceFire on February 19, 2009, 04:24:08 pm
THAT THING IS HUGE!

Polar bears tend to be.

Well I kind of live in Australia....so I've never come close to seeing one

Ever
I live in Canada and haven't seen one either :)

They aren't around every block or anything like that :D
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Post by: iamzack on February 19, 2009, 04:25:54 pm
I live in NC and I see them all the time. We have a polar bear reserve a few miles out of town.
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Post by: tinfoil on February 19, 2009, 04:28:53 pm
I've been to churchill MB a few times and around there they are around every corner :shaking:
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Post by: NGTM-1R on February 19, 2009, 06:36:46 pm
If you do visit California, and it just might be possible after all if the state government gets their **** together at last, I recommend Monteray, south of San Francisco. I've visited San Fran and it's not worth it, but Monteray has the aquarium, and the area is actually pretty nice, in a somewhat outdoorsy way.
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 19, 2009, 06:39:50 pm
Quote
They aren't around every corner or anything like that. :D

Well I never exactly put polar bears on the top of my list of Canadian stereotypes.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 20, 2009, 02:15:24 am
Quote
They aren't around every corner or anything like that. :D

Well I never exactly put polar bears on the top of my list of Canadian stereotypes.

Oh rly?

THAT THING IS HUGE!

Not quite the font size I was expecting. ;)

I'm working on it
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Post by: iamzack on February 20, 2009, 06:52:36 am
Quote
They aren't around every corner or anything like that. :D

Well I never exactly put polar bears on the top of my list of Canadian stereotypes.

Really? I've always thought that all Canadians were polar bears. :\
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Post by: Nuclear1 on February 20, 2009, 09:53:17 am
Nah, Canadians all have beady eyes and their heads flap around when they talk. Also, they're all given hockey sticks at birth and in Canadian (not English, they're different), normal punctuation can be substituted with "Eh" at any time.

Also, IceFire, if you do decide to go to Monterey in the next couple of months, let me know--I'm stationed at the Presidio there until June. :)
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Post by: Rick James on February 20, 2009, 10:40:33 am
Nah, Canadians all have beady eyes and their heads flap around when they talk. Also, they're all given hockey sticks at birth and in Canadian (not English, they're different), normal punctuation can be substituted with "Eh" at any time.

Mothers of twins also get a free bottle of Crown Royal because they know just how goddamn stressful two bundles of joy at once will be.
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Post by: tinfoil on February 20, 2009, 06:54:39 pm
Don't forget how 90% of Canadians are born with a rare genetic mutation that causes them to crap snow.
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Post by: Dilmah G on February 20, 2009, 06:56:07 pm
:lol: