any plans for travel in 2005?

[mojo]

well? anyone else excited to LEAVE.

im hoping to take off in may, spend 4 months living out of a pack. i havent decided where to see though. either SE asia, indonesia north to cambodia, or South America, down the brazilian coast, though the countries in the south, then fly outa Peru.

[robyn]

Me, my mom and my grandma having been mulling over Sri Lanka for the summer. I would love to go stay on a tea plantation and write a tea planting novel.

And I will definitely be in Greece sometime to track down a highschool chum turned whimsical hobo, and to rescue a long lost best friend from her chauvanistic, clean freak, Greecian fiance.

[Spoon]

Hoping to get out this summer. I lost a friend a few years back to Norway so heading out there then on through Sweden and Denmark hopefully. So many places to go still, Africa and Argentina are on the list too.....

[penguinabc123]

may be going to europe, not sure where yet, but if i cant find anyone to go with the whole idea might get scrapped. im not sure i if i want to go travel alone not knowing anyone at all...

[Jblaze]

Might be going to India for a month

[mojo]

Originally Posted by penguinabc123

may be going to europe, not sure where yet, but if i cant find anyone to go with the whole idea might get scrapped. im not sure i if i want to go travel alone not knowing anyone at all...

go alone man. then you'll only have to worry about yourself.

[Lady Dame]

either of the following for spring break:

Peru, thailand, or driving down the coast to Mexico.

i think thailand, because i will be able to afford a more, comfortable stay... but if i chose peru, it will only be for a couple weeks.

[lithe]

i have an uber trip planned for 2005.

fly to bangkok, spend a month touring thailand, through cambodia (~ 1 1/2 weeks, angkor wat!!), up through vietnam (~ 2-3 weeks).
fly from vietnam to nepal (i think there are issues with this, but will research) spend a few weeks trekking in nepal, then a month and a half or so in india.
fly from india to south africa, travel around SA for a few weeks, then go through zimbabwe, zambia, and tanzania into kenya (~ month and a half).
fly from kenya to egypt, spend a few weeks in egypt, then do the classic middle eastern overland route from cairo to istanbul through israel, jordan, and syria.
~ month in turkey, then if time allows, i'll go to poland with the polak i'm traveling with, and from there make jaunts into germany and the czech republic.

going with one of my best girlfriends, leaving september 05 and coming home august 06. still need to save 8+k. :(

[Lady Dame]

^ oh my goodness.
can you fit me in your luggage?

[mapleleaf4ever]

My friend from PEI and I are thinking about meeting up in Cuba this Summer or I might go to München, Germany for Oktoberfest.

[neoh]

neoh is going to ibiza.

[Gusto]

Going to England/Europe for a few weeks next September.

[mojo]

Originally Posted by lithe

i have an uber trip planned for 2005.

fly to bangkok, spend a month touring thailand, through cambodia (~ 1 1/2 weeks, angkor wat!!), up through vietnam (~ 2-3 weeks).
fly from vietnam to nepal (i think there are issues with this, but will research) spend a few weeks trekking in nepal, then a month and a half or so in india.
fly from india to south africa, travel around SA for a few weeks, then go through zimbabwe, zambia, and tanzania into kenya (~ month and a half).
fly from kenya to egypt, spend a few weeks in egypt, then do the classic middle eastern overland route from cairo to istanbul through israel, jordan, and syria.
~ month in turkey, then if time allows, i'll go to poland with the polak i'm traveling with, and from there make jaunts into germany and the czech republic.

going with one of my best girlfriends, leaving september 05 and coming home august 06. still need to save 8+k. :(

i remeber you posting about this last time, and ithink you still needed about 8k then as well:P

either way, that is one hell of a trip. i would love to see africa myself, but not alone. and i dont have anyone thst i could survive travelling with right now, so i have to make plans for a solo trip.

ps: i loved the play on words on ankor. thats one of my must see's too.

[bl0nde]

Originally Posted by mojo

well? anyone else excited to LEAVE.

im hoping to take off in may, spend 4 months living out of a pack. i havent decided where to see though. either SE asia, indonesia north to cambodia, or South America, down the brazilian coast, though the countries in the south, then fly outa Peru.

thats exactly what i want to do!!! i would absolutely love to go to cambodia!! and peru.. oh man that sounds like an awesome trip! can i come with??:p lolers!!

[.anya]

I'm going to Puerto Vallarta over the winter holidays (leaving right after exams are done!) and in the summer i'm hoping to go back to Russia since i have not gone for the past two summers. I'm also going to apply to do one of those Summer Language Bursary programs so that i can't perfect (haha) my french! *crosses fingers*

[Alex]

I'm going to LA for a company conference in May... might go to Cabos for a couple weeks, I have some family that owns a few restaurants/bars down their... Might go visit a friend in Portugal, or Munich, wherever he happens to be... not really decided though.

[MarcelM]

Going to Barcelona summer 2005, gonna rent an appartment for a month, learn spanish, go to Ibiza....

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Angel

i think thailand, because i will be able to afford a more, comfortable stay... but if i chose peru, it will only be for a couple weeks.

crystal do the research, peru is not that far off from thailand in terms of cost of traveling. i can garunteee youll spend more in thailand. esp if you wander around the night market in chaing mai.

*myself*

peru is my number one goal for the spring..all i need is a couple months of solid sales and im there!. top priority is to see machu pichu ruins and to sit and have a ayhusca session with a peruvian shaman.

i desperatly want to go back to thailand though......possible to be a dive instructor or a english teach in the north.

[bl0nde]

Originally Posted by marcelito

Going to Barcelona summer 2005, gonna rent an appartment for a month, learn spanish, go to Ibiza....

barcelona is realllly nice! have fun!

[mojo]

Originally Posted by revolver

i desperatly want to go back to thailand though......possible to be a dive instructor or a english teach in the north.

you, and everyone else who has been.
it eould be the life eh? dive all day, hammock all night, repeat.......

[rav3r gurl]

i'm having another mexico craving, but i just need to find someone to go with, cuz none of my friends can afford it right now. thailand is another idea, or maybe go to germany to visit my old roomate, and hit up the love parade.

[lithe]

is the love parade going to happen? it didn't last year, because of major financial problems and political pressure, but maybe it will be back.

yeah, i really haven't been able to make advances in the saving money aspect of my trip. however, i have a plan, and should be able to save the $$ by our mid-september fly date. my parents are also very supportive, which helps. i haven't traveled anywhere in a year and a half though, and i won't be able to during uber crunch time... i'm going a little crazy.

[mojo]

i was at the airport to pick up my dad tonight.
i went inside to pee, and i got butterfly's in my stomach!! man, i cant wait to be the one that is being dropped off.

i want to leave right now. someone give me $5000.

[surfacing_X]

Originally Posted by penguinabc123

may be going to europe, not sure where yet, but if i cant find anyone to go with the whole idea might get scrapped. im not sure i if i want to go travel alone not knowing anyone at all...

haha no that we know eachother at all but if you're interested me an dmy friend might be goin to Ibiza this summer...and then travel around the rest of europe

[Tux]

well i'm leaving somewhere around Feb. 6, but im not going as far as any of you guys are, I will be treeplanting in Holberg, on the northern tip of Vancouver Island.