The Travel Thread

Post by **breaksRbest** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:16 am

quick wrote:yay... will be in Thailand 9-18th Jan... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

perfect timing.

you leave the day we get there

nhd · Post by **nhd** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 9:34 pm

Last night after 2 weeks in Japan.
BU's Lynt and Diagram.

wrote a bit of a blog on my trip (its the new thing!)

www.nhd3.net

quick · Post by **quick** » Tue Dec 02, 2008 11:15 pm

breaksRbest wrote:
quick wrote:yay... will be in Thailand 9-18th Jan... weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

perfect timing.

you leave the day we get there

wanker tbh

Post by **breaksRbest** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:45 am

quick · Post by **quick** » Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:29 pm

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 4:58 pm

You guys get Japan Rail pass while over there? I'm there for 10days was thinking of doing 2 nights in Kyoto and the rest in Tokyo but now thinking maybe should take more in while we are there. Any suggestions of where to go/stay or things to do?

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:12 pm

Hiroshima ftw... yes, rail pass rocks... you can go anywhere in the whole country whenever you like. it OWNS tbh

quick · Post by **quick** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:18 pm

Jinx wrote:You guys get Japan Rail pass while over there? I'm there for 10days was thinking of doing 2 nights in Kyoto and the rest in Tokyo but now thinking maybe should take more in while we are there. Any suggestions of where to go/stay or things to do?

but you have to buy before you go...

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:24 pm

true true

http://www.japanrailpass.net/

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:14 pm

Cool cool. You guys get the Green pass or just ordinary? How long is the train ride from Tokyo to Hiroshima?

Cheers

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:22 pm

zomg. brother in argentina atm. popping over to uraguay 'for a swim'.
already into the local delicacies...steak, red and bag. so jealous.
1 week down, 12 to go. prick!

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 1:02 pm

Anyone been down to the bottom (dont ask me north or south, im dont have a clue) of Vietnam??

Got 3 days in Ho Chi Minh, thinking of going down and checking out the Mekong Delta.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:27 pm

i havent been south babe, but apparently its gorgeous! beaches, food, nightlife etc
and you can catch train all the way down the coast...
tis not far from HCM city and ive heard it rivals thailand for lushness!

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 2:42 pm

South, thankyou, there we go, its south.

sounds awesome... i think were going to do it, just a matter of where or whether we wing it or tour it.

Thanks GK.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 3:00 pm

its south if your in hanoi or HCM, but north if your in melbourne

you can totally wing it down there imho!

Polecat · Post by **Polecat** » Mon Dec 08, 2008 10:14 pm

Lil MiSbreaks wrote:Anyone been down to the bottom (dont ask me north or south, im dont have a clue) of Vietnam??

Got 3 days in Ho Chi Minh, thinking of going down and checking out the Mekong Delta.

Yep. Book in for a tour of the delta with a stop at cu chi tunnels and cantho (where they have a silver statue of uncle ho, reminiscent of the tin man bwhahahaha).

it's all good! floating markets, red river, take in the "candy factory", rice paper factory, do a bike ride, all fun. you can book in HMC when you arrive.

Post by **lynt** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:30 am

The Mekong is amazing. Buy a boat cruise and get into the jungle around the old canals. Try and get your gaps around some freshly cooked lobster too! So good.

This is where I stayed for about US$30 p/n (though looks like the prices have climbed considerably since 2004, but like most things in Vietnam, bargain your stay). It's the bloody Hilton in Vietnamese standards. Amazing, but I would urge you to eat locally at any possible point on your trip. Pho till you explode, and bring some home for me. :jealous:

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 12:13 pm

MAD, thanks guys!!

Karl!

Alrightly, on it.

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:48 am

San Blas Islands in Panama!

OH MY GOD!

Post by **lynt** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:04 am

So that's what 0 emissions looks like.

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 9:54 am

get tha HAT jbs! get tha HAT!

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Sun Dec 14, 2008 8:21 am

This is where I lived for almost a year back in 2000:

Just over a month before I head o/s for a month. Bring it!

Lil MiSbreaks · Post by **Lil MiSbreaks** » Mon Dec 15, 2008 11:02 am

Jinx · Post by **Jinx** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 8:13 pm

Hey all I am heading to Japan in 2months with my gf for 10days. We are going to be doing quite a lot of travel on trains while there. Just looking at 14 day rail passes and wanted to know from anyone who has done a bit of traveling if it would be worth me getting the Green Japan Rail pass as I am 6'5 and I'm a bit wary the ordinary seating will be to small?

Cheers

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 9:09 pm

I PAID FOR MY PASSPORT ON THE 30th!!!

This year with any luck I'll BE TRAVELLING!!!

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 2:40 pm

Jinx wrote:Hey all I am heading to Japan in 2months with my gf for 10days. We are going to be doing quite a lot of travel on trains while there. Just looking at 14 day rail passes and wanted to know from anyone who has done a bit of traveling if it would be worth me getting the Green Japan Rail pass as I am 6'5 and I'm a bit wary the ordinary seating will be to small?

Cheers

don't bother with the green pass.... absolutely no need.

make sure you use this website..... totally dope. http://www.hyperdia.com

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 11:58 am

i am planning to go to bali this year...
never been.

want cheap tropics with a bit o spiritual-ness in there as well...thinking of Ubud...has anyone been??

bit frightened of rug laws/bombings/other tourists but guess ill just try avoids those things while there...

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:16 pm

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:18 pm

yeah my friend jsut spent a month there taking photos of cars, drinking rum on the beach every day...

i looked into going but the flights were ridiculous from oz. she flew from japan and found cheap ones...

cuba fail

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:22 pm

No way. Cuba is win.
Can has 3 stopovers on world ticket.
Greyhound or what ever from LA to Mexico.
Boat from Cancun to Cuba.
And than trace those move backwards and keep going with hoilidays.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:30 pm

heh i dont have time this year for a trip like that tho...

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:33 pm

Thats why I'm starting to smile. I reckon 3 months should do it. Cuba. Europe. Asia.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:40 pm

well i wish i had three months...
but this year is looking like two to three weeks is all ill get...
have held full time job for last three years and not one day off in between next jobs...farked

so you gonna do it? i should show you my friends photos....so sun drenched, rum drenched!

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:51 pm

It's been on the cards for a long time.
I've promised myself that I need to do the equivelant of the Rum Diaries but in Cuba.
Get boozed and write my book in the sun.
My brother is running a pub in Brixton so I can drink there for nix and then rock home via Asia and keep drinking on the cheap there.
Did I mention booze much?

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:57 pm

she said she was pretty much alcoholic by the time she returned.,..

when in cuba....!

Blaxter · Post by **Blaxter** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 12:59 pm

lol... I use to have drinking problem. looks like Cuba is the answer.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Tue Jan 06, 2009 1:24 pm

deviant wrote:
Jinx wrote:Hey all I am heading to Japan in 2months with my gf for 10days. We are going to be doing quite a lot of travel on trains while there. Just looking at 14 day rail passes and wanted to know from anyone who has done a bit of traveling if it would be worth me getting the Green Japan Rail pass as I am 6'5 and I'm a bit wary the ordinary seating will be to small?

Cheers
don't bother with the green pass.... absolutely no need.

make sure you use this website..... totally dope. http://www.hyperdia.com

I'm 6 2" and had no problems, didn't need the greeny

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:21 pm

MY PASSPORT ARRIVED TODAY!!!!!!

I'M TAKIN ON THE WORLD BABY!!!

HERE I CUMM!!!

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 8:49 pm

hay mate thats awsome news.
where are you thinking of going to? england is pritty cool, or even look closer to home and explore australia a bit.

menace · Post by **menace** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:29 pm

Tasmania

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:01 pm

poofs are still illegal in tas afaik

menace · Post by **menace** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:49 pm

thats great news nic

im thinking of moving to tasmania

any tips advice ... on the move ...

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:58 pm

Menace - I will refer to the Dizzee Rascall song 'Stand Up Tall' as remixed by Melbournes own Nick Thayer as a sucessful bootleg (breaks) a few years back.

Get your backs up, backs up, back off the wall
Sounds of the young star dizzee rascal
Dont give it up half hearted - give it all
Pull your socks up and stand up tall
Bend over against the wall - give it all

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:44 pm

nic wrote:hay mate thats awsome news.
where are you thinking of going to? england is pritty cool, or even look closer to home and explore australia a bit.

Well, I WAS going to England, that was the plan last year. BUT THE PLAN CHANGED MY FRIEND THE PLAN CHANGED!!!! Now, if I tell you where I'm going I'd have to kill you

or rather you'd just die laughing

I'm sorry man. It's so cliche I don't wanna say.

apophenian · Post by **apophenian** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:46 pm

Bali?

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 10:48 pm

nah .. ummm .. don't laugh but... "spain"

But its not like I booked tickets yet. Its just, Im heavily planning to go for a few weeks

Post by **JAMESSSS** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 4:52 am

Cancel your plans and go to Little Corn on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. Seriously.

Best.

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:52 pm

nah, I think... Where ever the wind takes me I will go.

Feigan · Post by **Feigan** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 5:58 pm

^ why be embaressed about going to Spain NA?

NakedAge · Post by **NakedAge** » Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:24 pm

Cos Im planning to do it Kevin & Perry styles