The Travel Thread

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:31 pm

im going back to the States next year. It's been too long dammit.

itinerary looking like San Fran, Portland, and NY. Retzie, where will you be in may/june babe?

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 12:34 pm

Might be doing the same GK. Looking at LA to SF drive, New Orleans for jazz fest, NY and Montreal over April/May.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:02 pm

the drive from LA to SF is awesome D!!!

so much varied landscape, so many good towns on the way...

mebbe we hook up for a cocktail somewhere on route 66?

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 1:28 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:itinerary looking like San Fran, Portland, and NY. Retzie, where will you be in may/june babe?

Oooo

. I can't be sure until the job market pans out - could be moving states, coming home, <some other whim of the gods of serendipity>. There's a pretty good chance I'll be in SF for a conference around the start of June though. I'll keep you posted!

Next trip locked: Chicago! Never been, very excited. I may even get adopted and have a real Thanksgiving

C.I.A. wrote: How's the mood on the street, Dr Retz? Heard some rumblings from the Hate States/Glen Beck contingent. Massive unemployment (jobless recovery lulz), the sub-prime legal robo-signing clusterfuq, Helicopter Ben pushing for a second round of quantitative easing to assist the zombie banks, privatise wealth and socialise poverty... it's going to be an interesting time to be over there.

I'm doing some stuff on the deepwater horizon spill... will be hanging out down south for a bit... will let you know if I'm in shouting distance from Casa Del Herbie

(I get my own personal Xe guard. Let's get him smashed and dress him up in drag while he's passed out)

Sorry, bit slow. I'm not really a good person to ask about the 'mood on the street.' The street here believes that universal healthcare is a mark of socialism (which is bad) and should be stopped for the good of the nation. I tend not to talk to people here for that very reason

Having said that, I've been in NYC a bit and it doesn't seem too doom and gloom (mainly because the people who got fucked had to leave the city immediately any aren't cluttering up the place with their moaning.) That being said, the people I associate with (academics and bartenders (lol)) aren't really going to cop it directly. There is plenty of stress within academia, but we're not very good at looking beyond the end of our noses. Universities are having to perform all manner of contortions to keep running and it's not pretty. Unfortunately, it's those of us on the job market who are getting screwed the worst

PS. Yessss always to corrupting/compromising body guards

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:14 pm

Leaving for Singapore tomorrow, then NY next week! Then Miami and San Francisco.

Can't wait.

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:06 pm

screw you all and your... lives n shit.

im going nowhere ever for the rest of my life

fmlol

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:35 pm

off to nyc, boston and portland tomorrow, woo.

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:45 pm

off to fitzroy north in a bit. gunna be fucking awesome.

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:49 pm

huge wrote:off to fitzroy north in a bit. gunna be fucking awesome.

coffee & lemon tart somewhere yo?

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:57 pm

huhu by "in a bit" i mean probably around 10pm.

i'll stop whining now

David Bass · Post by **David Bass** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:58 pm

fooishbar wrote:off to nyc, boston and portland tomorrow, woo.

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:13 pm

huge wrote:huhu by "in a bit" i mean probably around 10pm.

boo

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:20 pm

yeah i suck sorry foo.

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:54 pm

Lets all just go to the states then shall we...

USA is the new Japan imo

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:04 pm

yeah i reckon. want to drive across it in some sort of convertible. yes yes

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:14 pm

deviant wrote:Lets all just go to the states then shall we...

USA is the new Japan imo

"Let's all go to NYC"

. Oklahoma is the new Williamsburg.

Cereal though, why are people coming here?? Is it work trips, or 'vacation'?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:30 pm

both for me.

plus i keep going back to SE Asia, its time for some first world holiday!

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:36 pm

teh states
its teh new japasn

if only the pound wasnt so fucken weak
THERES A REASON IM PUTTING UP WITH THE DARK AND COLD AND ITS NOT BECAUSE ITS NEARLY HALLOWEEEN

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:22 am

its because i am here isn't in Nicsta!!!

C.I.A. · Post by **C.I.A.** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:54 am

I've stumbled upon the Alien mother-nest of hipsters in Vancouver.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:37 am

Williamsburg in Brooklyn NYC seems to be good for finding hipsters - a word of warning though, it's one suburb away from the murder capital of the USA.

Also, it appears that you really need a car to get around in Miami...

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Sun Nov 14, 2010 11:56 am

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:40 pm

Everywhere in San Francisco smells like weed. Even the cab we got to the airport. What a shame that prop 19 didn't go through.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 1:36 pm

hometown <3

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 2:13 pm

if i had the money right now, i think i would disappear overseas for a while i reckon. have that wanting to get the fuck outta here feeling at the mo.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:30 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:

hometown <3

Yeah we fell in love with the place almost straight away tbh

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 4:49 pm

i think of Melbs as my little San Fran. they are quite similar in some ways.

I will always consider the golden gate bridge shrouded in fog/smog the biggest tug of my heart, no matter how long i live here.

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:52 pm

retzie wrote:Cereal though, why are people coming here?? Is it work trips, or 'vacation'?

friend's wedding + 'cause nyc is awesome + the dollar is a joke + really good burgers + size 14 shoes

Post by **fooishbar** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 5:53 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:i think of Melbs as my little San Fran. they are quite similar in some ways.

'little'? didn't we already go through this?

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:44 pm

It was sort of like a cross between Melbourne and Wellington for me... Awesome place - planning to go back already.

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:40 pm

lol wellington...

is there lots of peeps smelling their own farts in SF?

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 10:41 pm

so many travels.
so many adventures.
so many memories.
so many amazing times.

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 11:01 pm

witty_pseudonym wrote:so many travels.
so many adventures.
so many memories.
so many amazing times.

:sriptulicious: x 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 to the power of

(that was for you MrJ

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 11:15 am

quick wrote:lol wellington...

is there lots of peeps smelling their own farts in SF?

What the heck are you talking about?

Totally similar to Wellington - Hills, trolley buses, Edwardian style housing, compact walkable city center, bay with island in the middle and prevalence of marijuana. Maybe a bit bigger, but even then San Fran itself has a population of around 800k (not including the greater metro area)

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 12:05 pm

arghghggh stop it apophenian.

want to go back nows.
hopefully next year on the cards, got crew in san fran, portland, and nyc so no paying for accomodation.

nic · Post by **nic** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:41 pm

i totes bay area
its mah next trip b2b w pacify the n/w

quick · Post by **quick** » Sat Nov 27, 2010 12:22 am

apophenian wrote:
quick wrote:lol wellington...

is there lots of peeps smelling their own farts in SF?
What the heck are you talking about?

Totally similar to Wellington - Hills, trolley buses, Edwardian style housing, compact walkable city center, bay with island in the middle and prevalence of marijuana. Maybe a bit bigger, but even then San Fran itself has a population of around 800k (not including the greater metro area)

never been to Welli but have never heard that comparison, was just amusing to hear that there is one cos i would never have guessed

shepherd · Post by **shepherd** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:14 pm

lol at quick

I've been to SF 4x in the past 2 years and have never noticed the weed thing. Cali is generally big for weed though.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 12:55 pm

So if im going to the states sometime this year, what do you guys think about changing 5k into USD now?

good idea?

more than that maybe?
is aussie dollar possibly going to go up MORE?!

what say you, MB financial peoples.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:03 pm

hmm no idea on this one lady

just booked some getaways- wye river and echuca. needs more holiday horizons!

never been up to the murray. looking forward to it

in other news think we might go to spain and portugal next. or mexico and cuba. either would be win. hard to decide

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:24 pm

colombia and brasil gnat... best and even bolivia

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 1:50 pm

man i would love to do that but it's a massive trip innit- 3 months absolute minimum and i don't have that kind of time at the mo

busting for argentina too. i've been told i won't come home from beunos aires!

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Jan 06, 2011 2:40 pm

all about colombia, even if you got 1 month do it... wouldn't be harder to get to than Cuba...

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:41 pm

apophenian wrote:Everywhere in San Francisco smells like weed. Even the cab we got to the airport. What a shame that prop 19 didn't go through.

Ken oath. You get offered it everywhere too, especially North Beach.

Off to LA/NAMM tomorrow!

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 1:42 pm

shepherd wrote:lol at quick

I've been to SF 4x in the past 2 years and have never noticed the weed thing. Cali is generally big for weed though.

For cereal?

Dude... North Beach and The Haight... weed central.

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:33 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:So if im going to the states sometime this year, what do you guys think about changing 5k into USD now?

good idea?

more than that maybe?
is aussie dollar possibly going to go up MORE?!

what say you, MB financial peoples.

I would change now. I have absolutely zero knowledge/interest in the financial markets, but from watching the $AU for a while, I doubt it will go too far above 1:1. Yes, there may be slightly better value to be had, but it's still a pretty sweet deal right now.

Depending on how much liquid cash you have, if it actually goes higher, you could also change more at the time. I doubt it will be this high permanently :famouslastwords:

Direkt · Post by **Direkt** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:42 pm

^^ why would you be carrying $5k in cash with you? Or am I missing the point?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 2:57 pm

i hear you retzie, thinking its a good idea tbh!

direkt - um, your right i guess, dont usually carry that much cash on me but guess i will be if thats the case huh?

Smile on Impact · Post by **Smile on Impact** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:05 pm

It's not that the AUD is going up. The US$ is going down. They are printing money. Trying to push the dollar down to help with exports and compete with china.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Jan 10, 2011 3:17 pm

yes arlo.

so should i buy USD now while its downish?