Traveling

[MirKz]

Okay,

So for a long while now I've been wanting to travel somewhere, on holiday, possibly work for a short time... SOMETHING.... just to see the world.
Now I have a bad habit of staying in my comfort zone and just 'considering' things a lot. I've been wanting to goto Japan for at least 3-4 years now.
I've also been thinking I'd like to see Europe.

I've been considering going on a working holiday to the UK with this agency that sorts all the job finding and placement, plus accommodation and a free pub meal a day. I'm tempted but I haven't bought the ticket or put through applications etc. Its a minimum 3 months that I'd be gone.

I think it'd be a good experience, good character building and I'd get to see somewhere new. I'm just not sure... I'm still young (23) and I'd like to travel whilst still reasonably young, and I'm not used to putting myself 'out there' so to speak...

Who else has done something similar or just traveled to another country/overseas etc ?
What were your experiences ?

[Black Cat]

well i've lived in Italy for about 4 years, but it wasn't a holiday i have family there and had to stay there for a while. great place :). Now I'm currently living in Australia, also a great place despite the giant spiders

[Tenou]

When I finished my undergrad I knew I didn't want to go straight into the B.Ed. program, but I didn't know exactly what to do. So now I'm in Korea. Teaching here has been a great experience, though if you go to an English speaking country or even a European country, you'll have a much easier time finding your way around and doing things for yourself.
Still, it's something I'd recommend.

[Trefellin]

The only traveling I've done was taking a road trip to Quebec... :(

I want to go to Europe to see artillery fortifications.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Good luck getting anywhere with the energy crisis.

P.S. when the hell are you gonna get an instant messenger, Treflein?

[Trefellin]

P.S. when the hell are you gonna get an instant messenger, Treflein?

Treflein?

Oh, I got one recently so my mother could bother me anytime she wants. I'll put it up soon. ^_^

[Rain]

Well, when I was younger, I used to travel a lot with my family, so after I graduate, I'd very much like to return to that sort of ''nomadic'' lifestyle.

I've been to: Australia, Switzerland, France, Italy, England, Indonesia, Malaysia, China (including Hong Kong), Singapore, and Thailand.

[Sendo Takeshi]

I've only traveled to other states due to fighting games(tournaments all over). Next stop is Chicago. The final destination is Japan, obviously.

[HSaabedra]

Been back and forth to Mexico, been to England and lived there when I was 15, spent time in France, Germany, Spain, Russia, and Italy.

Recently started traveling to Japan every other year, and am planning another trip this year.

[Caster13]

Been to the Bahamas, but that's it. I'd love to go to Italy though. And I'm sure you can guess why.....:naughty:

[Holy Knight]

Once went to Cancun for winter vacation. Other than that, farthest I've gone is Ontario and Vermont for summer vacations and family reunions.

Although I'd love to tour Europe and Japan, that will have to wait until I get the funds for it, so probably not for another 10 years or so.

[shinri]

I've traveled extensively for work, but not much for vacation as much as I could. There are still a ton of places I want to go to, especially in South America, Eastern Europe, and Asia. I've recently discovered what a great city Santiago in Chile is and have another trip scheduled there in two weeks time. If I could pick and choose, I'd love to see what Buenos Aires is like next!

[tenshi_a]

I've been considering going on a working holiday to the UK with this agency that sorts all the job finding and placement, plus accommodation and a free pub meal a day. I'm tempted but I haven't bought the ticket or put through applications etc. Its a minimum 3 months that I'd be gone.

Strange offer, a free pub meal a day! Maybe they're letting a room above a pub for accommodation and they throw in a free meal?

English pub food... really isn't something I'd be a fan of eating every day for 3 months, hehe. I'd want to go out and eat a better variety of styles of food!

I've been to... Germany, the Czech Republic, Singapore and Malaysia on holidays. Singapore & Malaysia to see family too. More of my family have invited me to visit them in Australia but I'm a bit wary of going... it sounds like there are so much wildlife / creepy-crawlies that can kill people! :unsure:

[anime____4ever]

i'm half swedish, and my parents seperated when i was about 7-8.
when they did, my dad decided to move back to sweden.
this was a bad thing yes, but at least some good came out of it.

since my dad lives in sweden, it has givien me the opportunity to travel allllll over europe, and to some other places as well.
i'm not going to list everything, but i've been to about 30 other countries.
imo, traveling is good for you. it opens your eyes and mind to the rest of the world.

[Caster13]

I know next to nothing about soccer. It's probably because I live in America.:lol: Formula 1 on the other hand....

More of my family have invited me to visit them in Australia but I'm a bit wary of going... it sounds like there are so much wildlife / creepy-crawlies that can kill people! :unsure:

Big time. The Sidney Funnelweb spider has giant fangs that when it bites down (or should I say throw itself down) can go right through the toenail of your big toe. then there are countless snakes - one the worlds most poisoness - saltwater crocidiles that will even go after people on the beach (hence saltwater), sharks, deadly poisoness jellyfish and more spiders.

I watch the Discovery channel a lot.:lol:

[Tuna]

I have yet to escape from the lower 48.

[animeotaku99]

I was considering going up to Alaska as a police officer, they were advertising job openings down here. But I decided to stay in town here and apply around the county.
Maybe I'll try if I cant get a job down here

[MirKz]

Strange offer, a free pub meal a day! Maybe they're letting a room above a pub for accommodation and they throw in a free meal?

English pub food... really isn't something I'd be a fan of eating every day for 3 months, hehe. I'd want to go out and eat a better variety of styles of food!

I've been to... Germany, the Czech Republic, Singapore and Malaysia on holidays. Singapore & Malaysia to see family too. More of my family have invited me to visit them in Australia but I'm a bit wary of going... it sounds like there are so much wildlife / creepy-crawlies that can kill people! :unsure:


Yeah, well at least the option would be there though :P
As far as I'm aware they do have accommodation at the pub, probably hence the free meal.
But you're right it'd be nice to get around and experience different foods and so fourth.

Australia isn't that bad. People seem to have a bit of a misconception of Australia. I live in Perth, Western Australia. It's not just bushland etc :)
There's cities, suburbs, cafe strips and so fourth. (The Eastern part of Australia is bigger and better than Western Australia apparently - I've only been once or twice).
I HATE spiders, but the biggest ones I've seen were probably up north around the Newman area (which is just red dirt, bush, mine sites and more red dirt).
In the suburbs etc, the biggest you might come across would be a huntsman.
As for saltwater crocs, maybe up northern more tropical parts of Australia, but around most of WA's coast there are none.

Still thinking about goin, the company i was sub contracting for has run out of work for the moment and said they'd probably need me in a few days or weeks (could be ANYTHING with that mob). So I'm momentarily out of work... I've got some things to do this week and once they're done I might more inclined to go away :)

[SaMaster14]

I travel all the time. Out of the US, I've been to Israel and Canada. And this summer I"m flying privately to either South America or Mexico, I can't wait!! In the US, I've been almost everywhere, Florida, New York, (I live in Los Angeles, near Beverly Hills, so LA lol), Utah(my sister has a vacation mansion there), Wyoming, Vermont and like A LOT of other places.

Plus I've been to Maui almost every year of my life for like 12 days every summer.

I'm going this year again. We are members of the Grand Wailea hotel club, so we are staying there. Its an AMAZING hotel, one of the best on the island.

Israel was amazing. One of the best!
My godfather is a war hero there and he hosts many many huge parties. He rented out a private 747 to travel 200 people to Israel. Somehow the person renting out the plane had a shady past or something, so they wouldn't let the plane into Israel. But my godfather being himself, bought 1st class round trip tickets for everyone that was going with him, plus VIP everything! Israel was amazing, we got to visit all the bases and stuff, and stay at the best hotel in the country on the VIP level.

I have many many more vacation stories!

[CrossboneGundam]

I travel all the time. Out of the US, I've been to Israel and Canada. And this summer I"m flying privately to either South America or Mexico, I can't wait!! In the US, I've been almost everywhere, Florida, New York, (I live in Los Angeles, near Beverly Hills, so LA lol), Utah(my sister has a vacation mansion there), Wyoming, Vermont and like A LOT of other places.

Plus I've been to Maui almost every year of my life for like 12 days every summer.

I'm going this year again. We are members of the Grand Wailea hotel club, so we are staying there. Its an AMAZING hotel, one of the best on the island.

Israel was amazing. One of the best!
My godfather is a war hero there and he hosts many many huge parties. He rented out a private 747 to travel 200 people to Israel. Somehow the person renting out the plane had a shady past or something, so they wouldn't let the plane into Israel. But my godfather being himself, bought 1st class round trip tickets for everyone that was going with him, plus VIP everything! Israel was amazing, we got to visit all the bases and stuff, and stay at the best hotel in the country on the VIP level.

I have many many more vacation stories!

And I thought the car thread was bragging about someone else's achievements, I really spoke too soon.

[Tuna]

^ http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?p=6244879#post6244879
Look familiar?

Kid's like a broken record...
XD

[GreatNekoKoneko]

^ http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?p=6244879#post6244879
Look familiar?

Kid's like a broken record...
XD

...i think someone activated their BRAG-BOT. it has resurfaced again...

[MirKz]

stories don't match :P

[SaMaster14]

stories don't match :P

What do you mean? how do they not match?

The grand wailea thing, and maui all adds up, they say basically the same thing, except in my last post, I didn't talk about the sheraton maui, since we don't stay there anymore, and that was over a couple of years ok.

I mentioned my sisters winter house in Utah, that matches

That first post was like a year ago or so. My family was planning on going to Italy or England this summer(now), but we decided to go with my godfather to South America or Mexico, so England and Europe was postponed until next year.

And basically everything in the Israel story matched completely. The only thing was the passenger count. Quite frankly I don't remember how many people came, anywhere from 100-200.

But I think the story matches pretty much exactly. I have pictures of me in Israel doing things and Maui and Utah ect ect. I can prove almost anything that has to do with my vacations and everything I say is true

[MirKz]

Mate, seriously...
Don't go getting your back up... it's called pulling the piss...
I've asked for travel info and experiences... you've given yours. Thanks.

End story.
Next...

[Leader Desslock]

I travel all the time....
I have many many more vacation stories!
Do you have any idea how much your post made me laugh?

Seriously. It was embarassing. I howled.

Out of the US, I've been to Israel and Canada.
To a border kibbutz and Toronto, respectively.

And this summer I"m flying privately...
... as a tagalong on a cargo plane...

... to either South America or Mexico...
...to either the cocaine fields of Colombia or Tijuana...

...I can't wait!!...
"I'm being deported"

In the US, I've been almost everywhere, Florida, New York
Tampa, Rochester...


(I live in Los Angeles...
...in Watts.

...Utah...
Christ, I don't even have to make fun of that. It's bloody Utah. :lol:

Salt Lake City is it's own brand of freakish, but do you know that I stopped at a little highway town called Beaver, near the I=70/I-15 junction? In little displays on the diner tables, there were books of "Cowboy Poetry", by the poet laureate of Utah, a Mr. Bob Christianson. The poems they contained sounded like something Louis L'Amour would've written at the tail end of a real bender, but each poem stopped at a point which could be deemed the 'dramatic transition'. You'd get a whole setup for how the cowboy in question heard about a given situation over a campfire, then the poem would do something like this....

The Cowboy stopped his strummin', then he slowly raised his head
He set guitar aside, he coughed, and this is what he said...

To find out what the Cowboy said, purchase this book at the checkout counter...

I could not make that up if I tried. You're bragging about going to Utah, kid.

UTAH.

I can't even go back to Utah. I've been banned for making fun of Osmonds. The border patrol scans my car with the Blasphometer, and they tell me to drive around.

Wyoming
With my pic-a-nic baskets!

Vermont
State motto: "Moo"

and like A LOT of other places.
Not actually a lot of other places, per se, just like a lot of places.

Plus I've been to Maui almost every year of my life for like 12 days every summer.
just not, you know, consecutive days. Ah, the glamorous life of a cabin steward...

We are members of the Grand Wailea hotel club, so we are staying there. Its an AMAZING hotel, one of the best on the island.
There are two. The other burned down after being invaded by leper squatters, so that means the GW is among the best. Sorta. It's on the list.

Israel was amazing.
I feel especially welcome when I see the soldiers in tactical gear at the airline terminal. Yessir, Israel's the land of the Chosen People, all right...

One of the best!
...Just after Sierra Leone....

My godfather is a war hero there
Sadly, the gods he worships are pagan idols, but he is a war hero. He's triumphed over many of Baphomet's enemies, gods bless him...

He rented out a private 747 to travel 200 people to Israel.
Regrettably, this turned out to be a Stormfront convention. After thus losing his job as a Travelocity customer service rep, my godfather has fallen back on his previous mafiosa training.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...^ LD, you just made us normal people happy. thank you.

[Nakey]

Wow, Dessy, putting the boot in. hilarious, as always :)

*pokes Mirkz*

I know plenty who's gone overseas to do some work. some in the UK, some in the snowfields of Japan.

do it. do it before you get to my stage. You're still young enough and in a better position than someone who is stuck in a 9-5 job. I look at all my friends who've worked overseas and are hugely jealous of them. It's one experience i passed up because i was too scared to go out of my comfort zone, and now that i've had a small sampling of that joy, it's a little out of reach

going overseas for a holiday is fun, but you need decent bucks if you're going over for more than a month or so without doing the backpacker route. Getting paid to work, whilst you're overseas is a pretty good thing.

I'm talking with a mate on MSN at the moment. his sister did the UK hospitality thing, he did the Teach English in japan thing. both loved it. only sad bit for them being here instead of over there is she's missing her BF, and Australian Government bureaucracies is keeping his wife in japan for about a month...

If working overseas is too far out of your comfort zone, save up and visit somewhere. japan isn't that expensive to vacation in (as long as you stay the hell away from Akihabara... *looks at a grands worth of Gashapon >.>*). Visit the UK for a while, go to bali, Fiji, or even the land of the Superplough: New Zealand.

It's a scary thought, and that's what happened to me when i first went overseas on my own to Japan, but i don't regret it, not even the 16K debt i accumulated, for one second.

I've been to... Germany, the Czech Republic, Singapore and Malaysia on holidays. Singapore & Malaysia to see family too. More of my family have invited me to visit them in Australia but I'm a bit wary of going... it sounds like there are so much wildlife / creepy-crawlies that can kill people! :unsure:

Pffttt

As long as you swim between the flags at beaches, you should be fine :) it's not that scary. Myself, Mirkz and Jia-Ren-Qu are still alive :P

what state are your relatives in? Make sure you visit WA for Mirkz and Jia, and Victoria for little ol' me ^^;;

[MirKz]

Haha and I used to think I was the only person from WA here.. I'm so naive :P

Thanks for that Nakey :)

(LOL @ LD)

[Nakey]

initially, i thought she was a queenslander >.>;

if you're still there in 09, lemme know. there's a big chance i'm heading to Waicon to to catch up with friends and the Waicon cosplay

there was one other person from WA as well... had a Kenshin kinda name...

but yeah, go overseas. whether it's for a holiday or for work. it's great. Even across the Tasman, it's not that expensive, and it's good fun. I can't wait to go back...

Or go Overseas, Aussie style: Tasmania :P Technically it is overseas :P

but all that'll probably have to wait. Family reunion in the Philippines at the end of 09, more than likely via Beijing or Shanghai (trying to convince mum to go via Tokyo or osaka :P) Gotta save up for that >.>;

[Jia]

I know next to nothing about soccer. It's probably because I live in America.:lol: Formula 1 on the other hand....



Big time. The Sidney Funnelweb spider has giant fangs that when it bites down (or should I say throw itself down) can go right through the toenail of your big toe. then there are countless snakes - one the worlds most poisoness - saltwater crocidiles that will even go after people on the beach (hence saltwater), sharks, deadly poisoness jellyfish and more spiders.

I watch the Discovery channel a lot.:lol:

-Flicks his head-

:naughty:
Australia is NOTHING like that.

[Caster13]

I was talking about some of the deadly animals there.

However, everyone knows what NZ is like though. It's gotta be one of the only countries in the world where beastiality is legal.

[SaMaster14]

Do you have any idea how much your post made me laugh?

Seriously. It was embarassing. I howled.


To a border kibbutz and Toronto, respectively.


... as a tagalong on a cargo plane...


...to either the cocaine fields of Colombia or Tijuana...


"I'm being deported"


Tampa, Rochester...



...in Watts.


Christ, I don't even have to make fun of that. It's bloody Utah. :lol:

Salt Lake City is it's own brand of freakish, but do you know that I stopped at a little highway town called Beaver, near the I=70/I-15 junction? In little displays on the diner tables, there were books of "Cowboy Poetry", by the poet laureate of Utah, a Mr. Bob Christianson. The poems they contained sounded like something Louis L'Amour would've written at the tail end of a real bender, but each poem stopped at a point which could be deemed the 'dramatic transition'. You'd get a whole setup for how the cowboy in question heard about a given situation over a campfire, then the poem would do something like this....

The Cowboy stopped his strummin', then he slowly raised his head
He set guitar aside, he coughed, and this is what he said...

To find out what the Cowboy said, purchase this book at the checkout counter...

I could not make that up if I tried. You're bragging about going to Utah, kid.

UTAH.

I can't even go back to Utah. I've been banned for making fun of Osmonds. The border patrol scans my car with the Blasphometer, and they tell me to drive around.


With my pic-a-nic baskets!


State motto: "Moo"


Not actually a lot of other places, per se, just like a lot of places.


just not, you know, consecutive days. Ah, the glamorous life of a cabin steward...


There are two. The other burned down after being invaded by leper squatters, so that means the GW is among the best. Sorta. It's on the list.


I feel especially welcome when I see the soldiers in tactical gear at the airline terminal. Yessir, Israel's the land of the Chosen People, all right...


...Just after Sierra Leone....


Sadly, the gods he worships are pagan idols, but he is a war hero. He's triumphed over many of Baphomet's enemies, gods bless him...


Regrettably, this turned out to be a Stormfront convention. After thus losing his job as a Travelocity customer service rep, my godfather has fallen back on his previous mafiosa training.

Listen, I don't really care what you think of my family. You can make up all the stories you want.
My godfather is a multi millionaire with over 9 businesses in the industry and real estate. He can spend about $20 million on a plane just for fun, and maybe even buy an island or so in there. It was nothing for him to take us to Israel, which truly is an amazing place. My godfathers private jet is not some crappy plane, its basically one of the best private jets released for the public to purchase.
In Utah, my sister has a mansion in Park City, which has barely any morman presence and is very wealthy and upper class. I have only been to Salt Lake city when I land from the plane and when we leave. Unless we go privately in my Sisters private jet.
I live in Los Angeles, in Beverly Hills... about 2 blocks away from the playboy mansion and the spelling mansion, which is now on sale for $60 million.

You can stop making up stories about me and my life, since they are not true ...

[GreatNekoKoneko]

Listen, I don't really care what you think of my family. You can make up all the stories you want.
My godfather is a multi millionaire with over 9 businesses in the industry and real estate. He can spend about $20 million on a plane just for fun, and maybe even buy an island or so in there. It was nothing for him to take us to Israel, which truly is an amazing place. My godfathers private jet is not some crappy plane, its basically one of the best private jets released for the public to purchase.
In Utah, my sister has a mansion in Park City, which has barely any morman presence and is very wealthy and upper class. I have only been to Salt Lake city when I land from the plane and when we leave. Unless we go privately in my Sisters private jet.
I live in Los Angeles, in Beverly Hills... about 2 blocks away from the playboy mansion and the spelling mansion, which is now on sale for $60 million.

You can stop making up stories about me and my life, since they are not true ...


...hahah. i can't believe this.

LD, he fell for it.

[taily]

LET ME BOAST TO YA'LL HOW RICH I AM

Fillerz...

[Caster13]

http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk167/ferrariaddict/facepalm.gif

or maybe Desslock's facepalm would be more appropriate.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

...you can stop facepalming now. it's getting old.

BECAUSE YOU USE IT FOR EVERYTHING.

[Xhalen]

...you can stop facepalming now. it's getting old.

BECAUSE YOU USE IT FOR EVERYTHING.

Zing!

(twinkie)

[MirKz]

Waicon ?
Where's that??

I've gotta do some calling up to find out some more info this week... so we'll see how I go.
Wanna make a list of questions up so I'm not just asking the same thing I already have haha.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Did someone say PORTUGAL BEATING THE TURKS?

YEAH

[Leader Desslock]

Listen, I don't really care what you think of my family.
I'm not talking about your family, so much as I'm talking about you.

Back when I worked on Cape Cod, I had a whole lot of people try to impress me and threaten all sorts of dire consequences, etc., all the while saying things like "Do you know who I know?" or "Do you know who my family is?"

Most of the time, I knew exactly who they knew, and I knew exactly who their families were. But here's a little secret - if all a person has to impress/intimidate you with is his association with someone impressive, that means he's not impressive himself. Not at all. And generally, those unimpressive sorts of folks don't have the truly impressive folks watching their backs, 'cause... well, it'd be slumming, quite frankly. The truly powerful don't like to be embarrassed.

So now I see you blowing into the forum and trying to impress people with all this crap that the people you know own, and the stuff they've earned, and... well, all I hear is someone trying to be impressive by association, not by individual merit. A sad little dog with a loud bark, and little else. That's how I see you. Maybe you have some redeeming qualities, but if all you do is talk about how great all these folks around you are, none of us will ever hear about them, much less care.


If someone came on here and said that they were putting themselves through college, working full time and going to school, and that they even managed to save enough to buy their first crackerbox little beater of a car to get back and forth, I'd be far more impressed by their 1992 Chevy Cavalier than the brand new BMW bike that someone you know bought with very little financial hardship.


Do I respect your family? Eh, I'm indifferent. They've presumably found some measure of what they'd consider success, and kudos to them for doing that. Am I impressed by you in the slightest? Not so much. You've given me no reason to be impressed. Your association with successful folks does not imply that you are personally successful.

You're not your parents job. You're not how much money your family has in the bank. You're not the car your parents drive. You're not the contents of their wallet. You're not their ******* khakis. You're the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world.

You wanna impress us? Tell us what you've done to earn your keep. Show us that you have the musical talent of Tidusauron12. Show us that you've got Prons' sense of humor. Show us that you can follow half of what Midoriko is saying. Show us that you can troll like JFaulkner, or dream like Shinji_Ikari, or spot AC's latest incarnation within 5 posts. Architect temples of withering scorn from your walls of text.

Do that, and maybe we'll be impressed at AN. Until then, you're just a kid with pictures of your parents' shinies.

[SaMaster14]

Ok.. well for things I've done. I've kept straight A's my whole life at a private school for the highly gifted only. I excell in school, and I like to learn. I've been taking martial arts for over 11 years and I am an excellent fighter for my size(I'm short(i'm 15 and I'm like 5'4"), but muscular). Most people make fun of me for my height, but I am what I am.
I work for my dad and times at his office, and everything I do there is my work.
I own real estate. Its in my name and I can do whatever I want with it. What I make on that real estate is my doing and nobody elses, my godfather and parents refused to help me with it.

I know I talk a lot about what my family has, but that is also because I am not old enough to do incredible things yet.

But I am intelligent and always willing to learn.

I can't say that I've made money on my own yet, since I'm underage. But when I do, I will be saying my accomplishements. My goal is to get farther than my parents and family and all on my own without their help.

I'm planning on going to an Ivy League college on my grades, acheivements and extra curricular activities. My parents will pay for college, but they will not bribe, I will get into a great school all on my own.

I will say that I have been successful in everything that I have done on my own, since I never give up.

My parents and Godparents and family, I respect greatly. My dad was born in New York living one of the poorest lifestyles and he got into college on his own and made the best of it. He went from being poor to extremely successful all on his own. Same with my Godfather, he had to escape Germany with only the clothes on his back and come here.

Oh, and PS: I love poetry. Check the Fan Art/Fiction section, I've posted some of my poems from the last couple of years there.

[Xhalen]

This is all quite thrilling. I ate a ho-ho once and thought the same.

[Leader Desslock]

I ate a ho-ho once and thought the same.
Aren't those great? I love ho-hos.

On-Topic: Has anyone ever travelled to a country just for the food? I confess that most of my trips to Germany were made with fond, anticipatory thoughts of Swabian cuisine.

I wonder if anyone ever travels to America just for the ho-hos...

[GreatNekoKoneko]

This is all quite thrilling. I ate a ho-ho once and thought the same.

...funny, i had some Chitlins with hot sauce and washed it all down with some grape drink - and found that to be THRILLING.

[SaMaster14]

Aren't those great? I love ho-hos.

On-Topic: Has anyone ever travelled to a country just for the food? I confess that most of my trips to Germany were made with fond, anticipatory thoughts of Swabian cuisine.

I wonder if anyone ever travels to America just for the ho-hos...

I want to travel to Asia for some true asian cuisine, since a lot of it here is americanized.

Oh and I hope my explanation was fitting, I'm sorry if I did anything to make you guys hate me.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

I want to travel to Asia for some true asian cuisine, since a lot of it here is americanized.



...only if you go to the americanized "asian" places. good food can be found in hole-in-the-wall places, not big bright shiny restos with snazzy napkins.

[SaMaster14]

...only if you go to the americanized "asian" places. good food can be found in hole-in-the-wall places, not big bright shiny restos with snazzy napkins.


that is true. there is this one amazing Ramen shop about 15-20 minutes away from where I live, its really amazing and not americanized at all.

[shinri]

On-Topic: Has anyone ever travelled to a country just for the food? I confess that most of my trips to Germany were made with fond, anticipatory thoughts of Swabian cuisine.



It's TOTALLY the reason for me traveling to most countries! Well, that and the wines/drinks.... I had my first Pisco Sour in Santiago a few months ago... yummy but potent; it paired nicely with the ceviche!

[The Million Dollar Prons]

I'm gonna travel to canton to eat some of your guys' pets.

[Naraku]

that is true. there is this one amazing Ramen shop about 15-20 minutes away from where I live, its really amazing and not americanized at all.

How can you be sure? If you've never actually been to any place in Asia to have the real thing, there is no way you can know or not whether it is Americanized.

[Trefellin]

Did someone say PORTUGAL BEATING THE TURKS?

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee223/Trefellin/HappyDance2.gif
Força Portugal http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee223/Trefellin/Portugalsmiley.gif


You wanna impress us? Tell us what you've done to earn your keep. Show us that you have the musical talent of Tidusauron12. Show us that you've got Prons' sense of humor. Show us that you can follow half of what Midoriko is saying. Show us that you can troll like JFaulkner, or dream like Shinji_Ikari, or spot AC's latest incarnation within 5 posts. Architect temples of withering scorn from your walls of text.

What about my ability to... um.... spam?

[MirKz]

Off topic - I like the bit where SaMaster14 has his own real estate, says its his and that his parents wont help him etc.... but mate, seriously... your parents HAVE helped you by buying it for you in the first place seeing as you're underage and can't earn your own wage.

On Topic - Interesting discussion guys. I'm liking all the input and experiences you've all shared, keep em comin!! It's a good read for me.

[Trefellin]

Have I reminded you that you're sooooooo dreamy lately, MirKz? :redface:


As I said before, I've been to Quebec. It was gorgeous. We drove through parts that were where one side of my family was from. The small town where my grandfather was born and a body of water bearing the family name. It's not much of a travel story but it had some importance to me I guess.

Some parts of Canada are absolutely gorgeous. When you get away from the cities, it's a great wild country. Never go to Sudbury though.

[SaMaster14]

Canada is amazing. The Victoria gardens are really really nice! And Vancouver is cool as well.

[shinri]

It's actually a perfect time of year right now to go on the whale-watching cruises in St. John's, Nfld.

[f2akid]

I've been considering going on a working holiday to the UK with this agency that sorts all the job finding and placement, plus accommodation and a free pub meal a day. I'm tempted but I haven't bought the ticket or put through applications etc. Its a minimum 3 months that I'd be gone.

I think it'd be a good experience, good character building and I'd get to see somewhere new. I'm just not sure... I'm still young (23) and I'd like to travel whilst still reasonably young, and I'm not used to putting myself 'out there' so to speak...

If you're talking about good character building and all that I recommend working in either retail or construction/plumbing etc. in west London. Community here definitely shows you a thing or two about what life is really like for your average salary worker in London (excluding foreign workers requiring work permits, that's a different situation), who I must say have to put up with a whole lot more BS than others. When it comes to character building and all that you can get the most of that by being around those construction workers etc.

[MirKz]

Trefellin, no you've not.. and I don't understand why you would either hehe :P

I've had some family friends actually live in Canada for a time a couple years or so ago. They enjoyed it and said it was beautiful there.

f2akid, cheers for that, I'll keep it in mind.
I've still not called the agency yet to find out some more information, I'm trying to make a list of questions (I think I already said that somewhere in here), need to know a total cost of all the work visas, pack amounts, travel costs (tickets etc) that are needed before I get there so I can see if I've got the coin already or if I should save some more... so on and so fourth.

[Xhalen]

You know, MirKz, your looking to do something like this has actually got me pumped to do something similiar.
I suppose I should get my passport and all that jazz in order as a first step.

[Nakey]

I wonder if anyone ever travels to America just for the ho-hos...

what the hell is a ho-ho? a 2 for 1 offering for street prostitutes?


it's quite the opposite with me for international food. i'll eat more international food here, and it's all the fast food stuff overseas. My stomach's not exactly in a healthy shape, and i just don't want to risk it

Japan, though, lots of ramen and Famichiki

[Xhalen]

what the hell is a ho-ho? a 2 for 1 offering for street prostitutes?



Here ya be

http://www.hostesscakes.com/hohos.asp

[MirKz]

Glad I've given u a bit of the 'bug' Xhalen :)
I've got to call tomorrow (could do it today, but I want a little more time to think).
But yeah...will have to organise a passport and so on... urgh!

[Nakey]

didn't see this earlier..

Waicon ?
Where's that??

Waicon (http://www.wai-con.org/), Perth Convention Exhibition Centre. sometime early in the new year

[MirKz]

I didn't even know Perth had an anime convention... I feel ripped off now....

[Spadesy]

I'd say, go all out and head to anywhere in East or Southeast Asia. It's really not worth traveling anywhere unless you go to a place that exposes you to extreme culture shock, where everything is strange to you - the language, the people, the culture, the food, etc. The only problem might be the language barrier, but there's always a way past it if you have enough willpower and do enough homework.

[Dorktron2000]

I want to travel to Asia for some true asian cuisine, since a lot of it here is americanized.

You live in LA, a city with huge immigrant Asian populations. I think you need to broaden your horizons, search the internet for some really talked-up restaurants.

I'd say, go all out and head to anywhere in East or Southeast Asia. It's really not worth traveling anywhere unless you go to a place that exposes you to extreme culture shock, where everything is strange to you - the language, the people, the culture, the food, etc. The only problem might be the language barrier, but there's always a way past it if you have enough willpower and do enough homework.

In my limited experiences in vacationing in Asia most of the time you just point and pay. You aren't going to get into extensive conversations with random people, and most of the people in the main tourist drags are going to be offering to sell you something. They will then ignore you once you demonstrate your disinterest.

And if you go to Hong Kong or Singapore, since a lot of people pass through those airports, almost everyone you'll meet speaks English, even if it's very strangely accented.

[Nakey]

In my limited experiences in vacationing in Asia most of the time you just point and pay. You aren't going to get into extensive conversations with random people, and most of the people in the main tourist drags are going to be offering to sell you something. They will then ignore you once you demonstrate your disinterest.

And if you go to Hong Kong or Singapore, since a lot of people pass through those airports, almost everyone you'll meet speaks English, even if it's very strangely accented.

completely agree with this. HK was easy to travel around. singapore, they did speak english, and i barely used any of the japanese that i've learnt from anime where i was there :P

I didn't even know Perth had an anime convention... I feel ripped off now....

come with us then?

^_^

[MirKz]

I'd like that!!
Would be nice to meet a few fellow AN members.

[taily]

Ok.. well for things I've done. I've kept straight A's my whole life at a private school for the highly gifted only. I excell in school, and I like to learn. I've been taking martial arts for over 11 years and I am an excellent fighter for my size(I'm short(i'm 15 and I'm like 5'4"), but muscular). Most people make fun of me for my height, but I am what I am.
I work for my dad and times at his office, and everything I do there is my work.
I own real estate. Its in my name and I can do whatever I want with it. What I make on that real estate is my doing and nobody elses, my godfather and parents refused to help me with it.



You wouldn't be in private school if it weren't for your parents,
Saying you're "Always ready to learn" is bullcrap anyone can say,
You wouldn't be able to work at your dads office if it weren't for...him,
You wouldn't have your own real estate if it weren't for your rich family


Getting all A's does not, whatever anyone tells you, mean you're going to do well in life, while all the "Common folk" around you fail and start scrubing toliets.

take after this man:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sugar

[Shiroiyuki]

You wouldn't be in private school if it weren't for your parents,
Saying you're "Always ready to learn" is bullcrap anyone can say,
You wouldn't be able to work at your dads office if it weren't for...him,
You wouldn't have your own real estate if it weren't for your rich family


Getting all A's does not, whatever anyone tells you, mean you're going to do well in life, while all the "Common folk" around you fail and start scrubing toliets.

take after this man:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sugar

Taily, I think you are over-reacting or whatnot. I mean, it's not like he made a Youtube video of him standing around a bunch of peasants, whipping them with his big roll of thousand dollar bills :lol:

[taily]

Me? over-react? HOW DARE YOU!!!!!!

j/k

but seriously, I know poeple like him in real life. I'm only stateing his points were wrong, not saying what I think personally of him.

[anime____4ever]

Oh and I hope my explanation was fitting, I'm sorry if I did anything to make you guys hate me.

nobody hates you, and you really did nothing wrong. you just mentioned and maybe even bragged a little about money, so people are giving you a hard time. probably just because they are jealous, and wish they had access to private jets and such.

also, don't mind Desslock......he's a bit of an elitist.
he tends to talk down to many people on the forums, because he believes he is more intellient or better than others.
i mean c'mon Sa, anyone that refers to others (that have done nothing wrong) like this:
"A sad little dog with a loud bark, and little else. That's how I see you"
has to have a liiiiiitle bit of a God complex.

[Leader Desslock]

also, don't mind Desslock......he's a bit of an elitist.
Elitist? Not at all. Arrogant bastard, sure. But not an elitist.

he tends to talk down to many people on the forums, because he believes he is more intellient...
Statistically speaking... *cough* Oh, right, there's that math thing again. Sorry.

...has to have a liiiiiitle bit of a God complex.
God complex? No. I'd have used language like 'a failed creation, my child' or somesuch. I called him a sad dog with a loud bark for touting his own worth in terms of other peoples' achievements. The worst that makes me is... a veterinarian, maybe? :lol:

[anime____4ever]

Elitist? Not at all. Arrogant bastard, sure. But not an elitist.

ok, agreed


Statistically speaking... *cough* Oh, right, there's that math thing again. Sorry.

haha, ok i'll admit....this was funny. good one :)

[taily]

nobody hates you, and you really did nothing wrong. you just mentioned and maybe even bragged a little about money, so people are giving you a hard time. probably just because they are jealous, and wish they had access to private jets and such.

also, don't mind Desslock......he's a bit of an elitist.
he tends to talk down to many people on the forums, because he believes he is more intellient or better than others.
i mean c'mon Sa, anyone that refers to others (that have done nothing wrong) like this:
"A sad little dog with a loud bark, and little else. That's how I see you"
has to have a liiiiiitle bit of a God complex.

You don't sound big, clever, or funny in any way. Just because you're still *****ing about "OMFG THE % GOES OVA 100!!! WTF THATS IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!"

[anime____4ever]

You don't sound big, clever, or funny in any way. Just because you're still *****ing about "OMFG THE % GOES OVA 100!!! WTF THATS IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!!!!"

your kinda new here, so i'll fill you in.
it has veeeeeeery little to do with the % thing (and i can see you don't read, because i stated like 20 times in that thread that the percentage wasn't the main problem)
anyways, desslock and i don't really see eye to eye very often. it hasn't been just because of one thread, it's been many many threads over the years. so get your facts straight.

also......wtf? i wasn't even taking to you or giving you a hard time. i was talking to dess, and at least he took my comments in stride and like a man/adult. we even managed to share a joke.
see, even though dess and i don't agree on much, we still manage to have civil discussions and not act like children.....well, like 90% of the time at least. :P

so what are you so riled up about??
oh thats right, your one of those desslockites that believes he is infallible. it only makes sense you would get angry when i say somthing negatve about your liege

[taily]

The snobby comments being made on this and other threads.

[SaMaster14]

Well thanks for not hating me. I will try to not brag about meaningless materialistic stuff.

I'm sorry I"m not posting more, but I"m in a rush...

[MirKz]

quit the squabbling and tell me about your travel experiences!!

[Samurai Drifter]

I spent last September in Japan, and it was an amazing experience. I stayed with friends and traveled all around Tokyo and even took a trip up into the mountains (to a town called "Nikko.")

It was actually fairly inexpensive, also. I was able to eat on about 500 yen a day and got a train pass which gave me a small discount on the JR lines.

[Hara!]

Stupid rich people with your traveling.

My idea of traveling is taking the train to Manhattan so I can see all the things I can't afford!

[Samurai Drifter]

Stupid rich people with your traveling.

My idea of traveling is taking the train to Manhattan so I can see all the things I can't afford!
Get a job, hobo. :-"

[Nathan-the-Axe]

Nathan-the-Axe's
Vacation from HELL

It all happened in early August of last year. My father, his girlfriend, and her two kids, aged 11 and 5. The eleven year old was a girl, and the latter a boy. The trip was to Florida, where my father's girlfriend has a timeshare.

It started off bad, as I was excited to go on the trip. I leaped out of bed, literally, at five o' clock in the morning, and went to the bathroom to urinate. As I was raining gold on the porcelain ocean, I began to feel dizzy. I plumetted down onto the floor and was revived a few minuites later. It seems that if you stand up and go to the bathroom too soon after waking up, you will pass out.

So, we hopped in the car, all four of us, and went to the airport. We got on the plane, which went fine. We went to our connecting flight, which was a small fifty seater, and began to fly. About twenty minuets into the air, the pilot announces that we are literally out of fuel and have to make an emergency landing. We do. Let me point out here I have Panic Attack Disorder and GAD. I freaked.

We then boarded a different plane, and arrived safely at our destination, to this day, of which I cannot remember the name. We got in the car, and drove an hour and a half to get to the timeshare place.

It was disgusting. **** all over the toilet, the floors sandy, it was a disgrace. In an effort to get out of there quickly, I went down to the beach. It was empty, and for a good reason; the water was thick with green seaweed and algae. It was disgusting. You could not put your toes into the water without you getting socks of seaweed. The one reason we had came here, and it was not even worth it.

This moves onto the children and the adults. My dad, whom I hate sincerely, and his girlfriend, a ****, whom I hate even more, and her two kids, are some of the most annoying people you will ever meet. The boy whines all day and has severe separation anxiety, so whenever the adults would leave to get drunk and ****, he would cling to me and cry about where his mother was.

This mother****er got on my nerves pretty bad, and I had the urge to throw him over the balcony of our 50 story complex, of which we were on the 43rd floor. I am also scared of heights.

To make a long story short, because I don't have the time or energy to keep any more detailed accounts, the vacation sucked and I got a really bad sunburn and bitten by a few fish, and my dad caught herpes from a hooker.

[GreatNekoKoneko]

Nathan-the-Axe's
Vacation from HELL

It all happened in early August of last year. My father, his girlfriend, and her two kids, aged 11 and 5. The eleven year old was a girl, and the latter a boy. The trip was to Florida, where my father's girlfriend has a timeshare.

It started off bad, as I was excited to go on the trip. I leaped out of bed, literally, at five o' clock in the morning, and went to the bathroom to urinate. As I was raining gold on the porcelain ocean, I began to feel dizzy. I plumetted down onto the floor and was revived a few minuites later. It seems that if you stand up and go to the bathroom too soon after waking up, you will pass out.

So, we hopped in the car, all four of us, and went to the airport. We got on the plane, which went fine. We went to our connecting flight, which was a small fifty seater, and began to fly. About twenty minuets into the air, the pilot announces that we are literally out of fuel and have to make an emergency landing. We do. Let me point out here I have Panic Attack Disorder and GAD. I freaked.

We then boarded a different plane, and arrived safely at our destination, to this day, of which I cannot remember the name. We got in the car, and drove an hour and a half to get to the timeshare place.

It was disgusting. **** all over the toilet, the floors sandy, it was a disgrace. In an effort to get out of there quickly, I went down to the beach. It was empty, and for a good reason; the water was thick with green seaweed and algae. It was disgusting. You could not put your toes into the water without you getting socks of seaweed. The one reason we had came here, and it was not even worth it.

This moves onto the children and the adults. My dad, whom I hate sincerely, and his girlfriend, a ****, whom I hate even more, and her two kids, are some of the most annoying people you will ever meet. The boy whines all day and has severe separation anxiety, so whenever the adults would leave to get drunk and ****, he would cling to me and cry about where his mother was.

This mother****er got on my nerves pretty bad, and I had the urge to throw him over the balcony of our 50 story complex, of which we were on the 43rd floor. I am also scared of heights.

To make a long story short, because I don't have the time or energy to keep any more detailed accounts, the vacation sucked and I got a really bad sunburn and bitten by a few fish, and my dad caught herpes from a hooker.


... sounds like a typical american vacation.

[Haro!]

I just feel sorry that Nathan had to go to Florida at all...

[f2akid]

Have you been France mirkz?

[MirKz]

No, only ever been to California/Los Angeles/San Diego outside of Australia.

Just gave them a call... looks like it'll be an expensive venture for me to goto UK... (I hate all this passports crap... its bloody confusing!!!)
Gonna look into it some more though.

[Nakey]

japan, snowfields. everyone i know who's gone highly recommends it. i wish i could take time off work to do that :(

[MirKz]

I've never seen snow in my life :P
how sad is that!! haha

Looks like I'm eligible for a British passport. Will be looking further into it.
Once that is sorted I will be looking at at the travel side of things :)

[Leader Desslock]

Nathan-the-Axe's
Vacation from HELL
Pish. I've got a story I call the Vacation From Hell story, and it involves a dead body. The vacation was so bad that I inevitably forget to mention the dead body at first, and have to rewind the story a couple of chapters to include it.

Until you've had a vacation that was so bad that you forget to mention the dead body, you haven't had a Vacation From Hell. A Vacation From Heck, maybe, but not Hell.

I've never seen snow in my life :P
Go to Maine, around late January. You'll never want to see it again.

[Nami]

Well....places I have been:

LA
NY
Sacramento
Long Beach
San Francisco
Sydney
Melbourne
Canberra
London
Brighton, UK
Hong Kong
Singapore
Japan

^_^

[Xhalen]

Well....places I have been:

LA
NY
Sacramento
Long Beach
San Francisco
Sydney
Melbourne
Canberra
London
Brighton, UK
Hong Kong
Singapore
Japan

^_^


I'm not sure if I trust you on this. ^_^

[Samurai Drifter]

I've been to most of the 50 states (and many major cities), Mexico, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Japan. It's not that hard when your parents work for an airline.

[Old Ape Face]

Go to Maine, around late January. You'll never want to see it again.

Uh... Oh wait you mean drive through it, I was going to say it's not bad if you don't live there o.o,

Just like any other remote location with their ferocity in weather conditions.

Other wise the only time I like snow (even though I live in Connecticut) is if I'm strapped to a snowboard at Okimo mountain (Vermont) o.o

[Bernard_Monsha]

I've never seen snow in my life :P



You will think snow is great until you have to dig your vehicle out or think of ways not to track the 8 inch deep slush pile in front of the building inside.


Best vacation I ever had was in the Philippines. Worst vacation was there too. Mactan island is like Hawaii on a Mississippi budget.

[Nakey]

I've never seen snow in my life :P

then forget overseas, come down here :)

[f2akid]

No, only ever been to California/Los Angeles/San Diego outside of Australia.

Good. Unless you have about 2 grand spending money I do not recommend going to France for a week or two. It's way too expensive, it's too hard to find a decent meal, half the people are racist and there's nothing to do except maybe sightsee here and there.

So as I said, unless you have a LOT of money to spend don't choose France as your next holiday destination. British countryside's are a cheap getaway though, Plymouth, Cornwall or maybe Portsmouth. Nice quiet culture and plenty to do whatever your taste.

[tenshi_a]

Wow, you can say that and you're in London?

I read that London is the 2nd most expensive place to live in the world (http://www.mercerhr.com/costofliving), behind Moscow...

(It's true that the rest of Britain is much cheaper to get by in than London)

[f2akid]

^ I live on the outskirts of west london and I find it quite cheap. Good quality goods for cheap prices round my bits.

Besides what you're talking about is living in London as in houses. London is extremely expensive to live in because inflation in housing is at it's highest and renting can prove just as expensive.

But nevertheless it's a good place to visit because it's got great, well, everything. However I recommend the outskirts of London to really get the best out of the city. You live a 20 minute train ride away and you don't have to put up with the expense of actually living in the city. Bargain.

[shinri]

I've never seen snow in my life :P
how sad is that!! haha



It's probably a good thing you weren't in certain parts of Canada this past winter. We had some record-breaking snowfall levels here, and @ one point were averaging a crippling snowstorm every 3-4 days!

[Spadesy]

^ Aaaah Canada is ridiculous with it's temperatures. It was a bit chilly even for me, during May.

I'm going to brag now because I'm an egotistical bastard.
Hawaii, Thailand, Iraq, Okinawa, Canada, Japan, Kuwait, L.A, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Virginia Beach, Germany, Korea soon.

[Old Ape Face]

^ Aaaah Canada is ridiculous with it's temperatures. It was a bit chilly even for me, during May.

I'm going to brag now because I'm an egotistical bastard.
Hawaii, Thailand, Iraq, Okinawa, Canada, Japan, Kuwait, L.A, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Virginia Beach, Germany, Korea soon.

no, the bastardly thing would be to not brag, then we would me mad becuase you haven't tolled us where you've been. :|

[SapperSix]

^ Aaaah Canada is ridiculous with it's temperatures. It was a bit chilly even for me, during May.

I'm going to brag now because I'm an egotistical bastard.
Hawaii, Thailand, Iraq, Okinawa, Canada, Japan, Kuwait, L.A, San Diego, Seattle, Portland, Virginia Beach, Germany, Korea soon.

Consider yourself lucky you're lucky that your going to Korea in the Summer time rather than the winter time, I've heard of the stories.
As for where I've been: Thailand, Philippines, Okinawa, Mainland Japan, Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, and I traveled a lot with my family when I was young.
The odd thing is that I'm coming up on two years in the Marines, and yet I still haven't gone to Iraq or A-Stan.

[Tenou]

Consider yourself lucky you're lucky that your going to Korea in the Summer time rather than the winter time, I've heard of the stories.
As for where I've been: Thailand, Philippines, Okinawa, Mainland Japan, Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, and I traveled a lot with my family when I was young.
The odd thing is that I'm coming up on two years in the Marines, and yet I still haven't gone to Iraq or A-Stan.

What's wrong with Korea in the winter? I find it much better than the summer. The summer is far too hot and muggy and the air quality... well, it's bad in winter and worse in summer, then there's the yellow dust thing. Yeah, better to come in the winter. Though I wouldn't really call it a winter. Daegu had the first major snow in 30 years (if my co-workers are to be believed) a week after I arrived. A whole 2 cm (but Daegu is in a valley and well insulated, so warmer winters, hotter summers than Seoul).
But I'm from Nova Scotia. I'm used to snow up to my armpits from October until May.

But since I think I've acclimated fairly well to the heat, I'm going to try someplace further south when my contract is over, like Malaysia.

[shinri]

^ Aaaah Canada is ridiculous with it's temperatures. It was a bit chilly even for me, during May.


May 2-4 weekend (Victoria Day long weekend) was insanely cold/wet/rainy. I think I have good reason to start ranting about the lack of decent weather now!

[Caster13]

Consider yourself lucky you're lucky that your going to Korea in the Summer time rather than the winter time, I've heard of the stories.
As for where I've been: Thailand, Philippines, Okinawa, Mainland Japan, Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, and I traveled a lot with my family when I was young.
The odd thing is that I'm coming up on two years in the Marines, and yet I still haven't gone to Iraq or A-Stan.

My uncle lives near there. 25 years as a gunny. He's crazy too, but in a fun way. And I'm pretty damn sure that the reason that he never went to war is because the armed forces knew that there would be political reprecusions if they let him loose.:lol: And I'm dead serious about that.

[superplough]

You guys should all holiday in the best country in the world: NEW ZEALAND

[GreatNekoKoneko]

You guys should all holiday in the best country in the world: NEW ZEALAND

...bring lots of condoms. sheep love protection.

[Trefellin]

Yeah but wombats use you and lose you.

[superplough]

Trefellin fails because wombats are Australian

GNK fails for being CrossboneGundam

[Old Ape Face]

Trefellin fails because wombats are Australian

GNK fails for being CrossboneGundam

And I fail becuase there aren't enough of mes in the world, if there were life would be a lot easier :|

[Spadesy]

Consider yourself lucky you're lucky that your going to Korea in the Summer time rather than the winter time, I've heard of the stories.
As for where I've been: Thailand, Philippines, Okinawa, Mainland Japan, Parris Island, Camp Lejeune, and I traveled a lot with my family when I was young.
The odd thing is that I'm coming up on two years in the Marines, and yet I still haven't gone to Iraq or A-Stan.

You're not missing much in Iraq these days. Al Anbar has been getting calmer and calmer since the local counter-insurgency laid the smackdown in Ramadi in mid '07. Afghanistan is all the rage though. Ever wondered what it would be like to walk through a field full of opium poppies and get told by your CO not to harm the crops? Wild.

[Spadesy]

May 2-4 weekend (Victoria Day long weekend) was insanely cold/wet/rainy. I think I have good reason to start ranting about the lack of decent weather now!

Booya. You're preaching to the choir.

Well, not really. I didn't get there until the middle of the month, but your description wouldn't surprise me.

[shinri]

Booya. You're preaching to the choir.

Well, not really. I didn't get there until the middle of the month, but your description wouldn't surprise me.

Well, we're now almost into the middle of June, with still no decently average summer weather in sight, despite the predictions of an extremely hot summer. I have the sneaking suspicion that halfway through July and well into August, we're going to have a few weeks of stiflingly hot and humid weather coupled with some extremely violent summer storms of the likes we've never seen before, including tornado watches which would have been unthinkable even 4 years ago! Honestly, it's been either feast or famine here for weather lately, depending on what one's preferred poison is.

[Spadesy]

Where in Canada is that? I noticed in VC some days were like "ah, it's so beautiful out, the sun is shining, the grass is green, I'm wearing a sweater like a douche." Others were like "[expletive]!! IT'S COLD!"

[shinri]

YYZ, aka T-dot. (Toronto). For what it's worth, we've been under a severe thunderstorm watch all day today.

It's looking mighty dark out there at the moment. I enjoy watching the lightning though.