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Portuguese absolutely sucks balls too... We were doing well with Spanish but it was fucking horrible when we arrived in Brasil and suddenly couldn't communicate!
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Going to Byron for a week at the end of this month

We've not been before. TBH we're just looking forward to doing absolutely nothing, but any recommendations and tips would be much appreciated

We're staying at Tallows Bay
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crystal castle is good for hippy shit.
There is a nice waterfall up there too.
theres an old quarry just out of town you can jump off the cliffs into 30 foot of water
but the best ever is Dalwood Falls, just outside of Alstonville, about 40mins from Byron

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The best river is Upper Wilsons Creek, just past Mullumbimby, 20 mins from Byron
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thanks for that mate, keen to lace up the hiking boots and go check some of this out
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you wont need hiking boots, a pair of thongs would suffice tbh
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haha seen
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must do: walk around the pass to wategos and see the big surf. mullumbimby madness pizza at earth and sea. beers at strop's pub. see whatta do at the great northern- often great gigs on. also day trip to bangalow and lennox head to lake ainsworth (the coca cola lake) is totes win

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SO EXCITED!! Was desperate to go away in April, but the friend i was going wiht wasnt sure of her plans then, yada yada. THEN, another friend says, blow this, im going to malaysia in april, do you wanna come?? Do i EVER!!
$1000 return flights for 2, good god. thats total ripper. Thinking Langkowi, Penang and maybe Sandakan. :smt003

Then New Zealand in August

Now, THAT is much better. WOOT!! :joy: :smt007
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sounds awesome lady. beach hols ftw

just booked this fella for our trip: http://www.rasananda.com/ocean-pool-villa.html

looks shithouse
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anyone gonna be in Thailand end of Nov... thinking of doing a stop over on the way home for a couple of weeks, do a full moon party on 21st nov, done one before, awesome silly fun... if anyone si around, be good to get random with...

will be home for 2.5 months, dec-mid feb... then back to UK... unfinished biz i has... cant wait, bass jump, xmas, summer in melb and... FUKN RAINBOW FUKN SERPENT FUKN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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quick wrote:anyone gonna be in Thailand end of Nov...
Ah, we there til the 16th I think....so close...
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steve can you get me one of those green lasers?
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RK wrote:
quick wrote:anyone gonna be in Thailand end of Nov...
Ah, we there til the 16th I think....so close...
I arrive on the 15th... catch up a must!

and i dont know hughbert, sometimes... :P
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quick wrote:
RK wrote:
quick wrote:anyone gonna be in Thailand end of Nov...
Ah, we there til the 16th I think....so close...
I arrive on the 15th... catch up a must!

and i dont know hughbert, sometimes... :P
Aaaaaaaaaaah balls, just checked itinerary, we get back here just after midnight 16th, so actually leave daytime 15th. Aids. :retzienolike:
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shithouse... i arrive 4pm at airport... we may cross paths
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so Bali is awesome, especially if you want an actual holiday and not a massive adventure. the last time i wetn Os alone, i did 3 countries in 3 weeks!
this time i did, Gili Trawangan off lombok for diving (AMAZING and so cheap, highly reccomend!) then kuta, ubud, up north to amed and back down to kuta.
its so easy to get around, so cheap, and so set up for us tourists.

i prob would not go there on my own again, i need more adventures and locals!
but for a romantic getaway, a recoup and relax mission with friends, its fucking perfect and now i see why aussies are the majority of tourists there. Kuta is fucking awful. and dont go to Bali for shopping, the shopping is shit.

the best time i had was hooking up with some locals in the north, Amed, and was taken to villages, ate fish gutted and grilled for me on the beach, and generally did not see another western person for four days. Awesome.
Also, the way the balinese practice hinduism is truly amazing. Way more up my alley than the more rigid doctrines of indian hinduism.

im semi tanned and relaxed, but god work the day after you get back is harsh. good thing i like my job huh.
if anyone i going there i have numbers of locals who are awesome and a great tattooist, and places to stay that are truly beautiful and so so cheap. hit me up!
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nice one GK. post pics!
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aha nice one. some great shots there!
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thats only half of them hehhe.

if anyone wants photographic proof of how lush my bungalows all over the island were, i has those photos too!
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sounds wicked GK, can't see photos at work, once have internetty again at home, will check out for sure!!!
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Thanks almax and gnat for the tips, just got back from Byron

Tallows beach was grouse, good to be staying somewhere out of town. The walk from our room down to Tallows, up to the lighthouse and around the pass was epic. Insane view and we saw shitloads of whales and dolphins

Went to Nimbin for a few hours which turned out to be boring as fuck. Lol at least we can say we've been. Next time will hit up Mullumbimby for sure

Highlight for me was Island Quarry. Walked there yesterday arvo in drizzly overcast conditions. Turned out to be a longer walk than expected but well worth it. Place was deserted apart from the tripper living in a caravan near the front. The whole thing has such a quaint creepy vibe about it. Felt like we were in a scene from Return to Oz or something. I spent ages sizing up the cliffs and was pretty hesitant as there was no one else around. Jumped in the end. Total rush. Almax, did you jump off the highest one? It looked overgrown and nigh on impossible. The dude that lives where we stayed reckons someone died jumping off it
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In Tokyo.

HOLY FUCKBALLS !!!

Shopping a little too hard.. only been 2 days.

I'm tripping out about how inexpensive things are here..

Louis Vitton bags for example, are almost HALF price!!!

Shoes, clothes.. Exclusive Japanese lines .. zomg zomg

Also seen a million Everfresh stickers etc posted around the place.. large ups..

Saw some TLP, Neckface, Os Gemeos and more.... Anyone know where all the mad spots for graf etc are?

I HEART JAPAN!!!
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big the fuck ups the Aussie dollar, has been so good for ages now, whole time in Europe has been well cheaper than back home... brilliant, I thought Japan was cheap too, and its even better now...
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quick wrote:big the fuck ups the Aussie dollar, has been so good for ages now, whole time in Europe has been well cheaper than back home... brilliant, I thought Japan was cheap too, and its even better now...
fuck yeah. in the USA right now, and the money is stretching out pretty nicely
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the next bit of travel i'll do will probably be berlin, szczecin, paris, manchester, new york, detroit and los angeles in august next year
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ADD_Boy wrote:In Tokyo.
sneaker shopping....
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I go in three weeks!

CAN NOT WAIT
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i went on a travel once.
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JAMESSSS wrote:I go in three weeks!

CAN NOT WAIT
ADD_Boy wrote:In Tokyo.
We move to Canada in two weeks :slayer:
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Hamburg now, Amsterdam tomorrow, first time there... lookin forward to it, got 2 weeks there. Then London for 2 weeks... so many people to see there, hope the sun comes out at least once :P

Then Thailand for 2 weeks, full moon party debauchery and then some island relaxing...

Then MELBOURNE!!!!!!! yay, got 2.5 months of awesome Melbourne summer action, can't fricken WAIT!!!!
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shit farken poo....

I was advised by a fellow Aussie traveler friend that I can only spend 90 days in the 'Schengen' region without a visa... this region is basically the EU with a few exceptions... I have a UK visa but this doesn't help. I thought it was 90 days in any one country... the penalty for overstaying is 5 year ban, from what I am told... :( stoopid lonely planet just said 90 day stay is max in ref: to country, not some region thing plus no need for visa for Aus peeps... so i followed that, never knew of this schengen thing with 90 max across all... anyone know of this stuff, i have stayed well over the 90 days...
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quick wrote:shit farken poo....

I was advised by a fellow Aussie traveler friend that I can only spend 90 days in the 'Schengen' region without a visa... this region is basically the EU with a few exceptions... I have a UK visa but this doesn't help. I thought it was 90 days in any one country... the penalty for overstaying is 5 year ban, from what I am told... :( stoopid lonely planet just said 90 day stay is max in ref: to country, not some region thing plus no need for visa for Aus peeps... so i followed that, never knew of this schengen thing with 90 max across all... anyone know of this stuff, i have stayed well over the 90 days...
Duuuude, you gots to stay on top of your visa situation. They even have a handy website for you: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au. Here are the Schengen rules. You can never trust a guidebook, if for no other reason that the laws change so often!

As for what to do right now - I honestly don't know. I would seek legal advice for sure. As in, actually find an experienced Schengen immigration attorney and see if you are better off leaving straight away.
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legal advice... farken heck... I think I call Aus embassy first, see what they say.

I thought I was on top of my Visa situation, didn't know anything about this Shengen region thing, I did read up, but never saw anything on that, obviously i didn't read enough... crap
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quick wrote:legal advice... farken heck...
It might not be that big of a deal. The idea is that they will be able to tell you where you stand legally, which is especially important if you ever want to be able to go back. It should only be a brief consultation, so shouldn't be too exxy.

I wouldn't expect a whole lotta help from the embassy, but I guess it's worth a try...
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cheers Retz, mb.c abroad unite!!!
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retzie wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:We move to Canada in two weeks :slayer:
D'you reckon you kids will visit NYC at all?
Locked in already 8) Theo and Nick have two North American tours... there is no way I'm missing the NYC gig.

Methinks you should join us for some rave :retzielikes:
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ADD_Boy wrote: Louis Vitton bags for example, are almost HALF price!!!
Did you get a sex change on the way?
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aaaahahahahahaha
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:smt005
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FoundationStepper wrote:
ADD_Boy wrote:In Tokyo.
sneaker shopping....
my suitcase is already full :( got exclusive harajuku air max, adidas smashed hard also.. nike clothes also exclusive to japan... zomg .. zomg zomg.. so good..
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quiet roar wrote:
ADD_Boy wrote: Louis Vitton bags for example, are almost HALF price!!!
Did you get a sex change on the way?
not for me farken.

y .. u want some man lady sex ??
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C.I.A. wrote:Locked in already 8) Theo and Nick have two North American tours... there is no way I'm missing the NYC gig.

Methinks you should join us for some rave :retzielikes:
Yesssssssss. Just lemme know when dates are set and I'll sort it. In fact, if it happens to be anytime around Christmas/New Year, that's where I'll be anyway 8)

I can even offer retzie's own personalised tour of New York's finest cocktail bars :smt007
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retzie wrote:
C.I.A. wrote:Locked in already 8) Theo and Nick have two North American tours... there is no way I'm missing the NYC gig.

Methinks you should join us for some rave :retzielikes:
Yesssssssss. Just lemme know when dates are set and I'll sort it. In fact, if it happens to be anytime around Christmas/New Year, that's where I'll be anyway 8)

I can even offer retzie's own personalised tour of New York's finest cocktail bars :smt007
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quick wrote:shit farken poo....

I was advised by a fellow Aussie traveler friend that I can only spend 90 days in the 'Schengen' region without a visa... this region is basically the EU with a few exceptions... I have a UK visa but this doesn't help. I thought it was 90 days in any one country... the penalty for overstaying is 5 year ban, from what I am told... :( stoopid lonely planet just said 90 day stay is max in ref: to country, not some region thing plus no need for visa for Aus peeps... so i followed that, never knew of this schengen thing with 90 max across all... anyone know of this stuff, i have stayed well over the 90 days...
I found a website talking about this sort of thing recently. I read you might be able to leave them come back straight away, and that they're not that strict. Google it, it's around. I wouldn't worry too much, just leave ASAP, then maybe try and go back in and see what happens.
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cheers, i don't need to come back in, I am flying out of London, but I want to return next year... hopefully they are relaxed about this...
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retzie wrote:
quick wrote:shit farken poo....

I was advised by a fellow Aussie traveler friend that I can only spend 90 days in the 'Schengen' region without a visa... this region is basically the EU with a few exceptions... I have a UK visa but this doesn't help. I thought it was 90 days in any one country... the penalty for overstaying is 5 year ban, from what I am told... :( stoopid lonely planet just said 90 day stay is max in ref: to country, not some region thing plus no need for visa for Aus peeps... so i followed that, never knew of this schengen thing with 90 max across all... anyone know of this stuff, i have stayed well over the 90 days...
Duuuude, you gots to stay on top of your visa situation. They even have a handy website for you: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au. Here are the Schengen rules. You can never trust a guidebook, if for no other reason that the laws change so often!

As for what to do right now - I honestly don't know. I would seek legal advice for sure. As in, actually find an experienced Schengen immigration attorney and see if you are better off leaving straight away.

So I left via the train, legal advice was gonna cost 35euros for 4 questions answered by email...so i decided to play the ignorance card... but they never even checked... was so nervous, but got out scot free and overstayed for more than 50%.. sweet as
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