I Want To Be On The Amazing Race

[impure]

i'm only at the half way point of my birthday trip to seattle.
and already i have earned my spot on the amazing race!

so far i've:
jogged down the side of the highway in the blowing snow
walked through customs
accepted a ride from a nice couple that i don't know
cabbed around bellingham trying to find an address in another town
seen 3 diffrent seasons in one state.

more on this later

[Revolver]

cabbed around bellingham???

riiiiiiiiiiight.

[Carrie]

sounds like the most boring episode of amazing race

have you been on standby because you missed the first flight?
have you left the country?
have you jumped out of a plane?
have you had to speak another language to get to somewhere?

[Revolver]

i should be on the amazing race.

ive done all of that plus 10.

and have been

-held up by amazonian river bandits
-pickpocketd,dragged to sleazy run down 'policia station' with little help.
-booked 'boat tour' only to discover that its passege on a open air freighter with no seats,blankets,walls,food,help,info
-stuck in a hostile to tourists,no atms,military controlled 'el che' city with NO FUCKING MONEY OR WAy TO CONTACT HOME!!!!
-feel toatally isolated and helpless cause you can barely ask for directions to ANYWHERE
-the time where my buddies,improperly stowed, bag fell off the rack,crashed into my head and spilled my huge rice bowl ALL OVER ME AND THE CROWDED GODAWFUL BUS
-arrived in a strange new town with no room booked at sunset.
-deflecting agry monkey irishmen/scottsmen/southafrikaan who thought they could outdrink this 'lightweight' canadian guy
-missed 5 am busses wich fucked up entire itins....

ect ect ect lol..

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by impure

i'm only at the half way point of my birthday trip to seattle.
and already i have earned my spot on the amazing race!

so far i've:
jogged down the side of the highway in the blowing snow
walked through customs
accepted a ride from a nice couple that i don't know
cabbed around bellingham trying to find an address in another town
seen 3 diffrent seasons in one state.

more on this later

Not being able to figure out basic directions does not equal interesting TV.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

Not being able to figure out basic directions does not equal interesting TV.

have you watched the show?

[rawb]

THE ORIGINAL, GERMAN VERSION OF THE AMAZING RACE WAS GOOD, BUT IT WAS MOSTLY JUST EUROPE o

[NinjaBoy]

Originally Posted by Revolver

have you watched the show?

No, but I have a feeling that might be for the best.

[rawb]

ALSO 65 YEARS AGO o

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by NinjaBoy

No, but I have a feeling that might be for the best.

nah,its actually pretty good. you might like it.

ive only watched one whole season from start to finish. couple years ago with that 'boston rob and amber' duo.

it was really cool. but cant really say for this or last season.

its a heavyweight in tv backed by bruckheimer, and has won all those emmys blah blah blah.

basically impure would sink the whole fucking franchise if she went on it...

[Big R]

YOU WOULDNT MAKE GOOD TV, YOU HARDLY EVEN MAKE GOOD THREADS.


ps: that revolver guy seems like hes been in a pickle far to many times, sounds fun though.

[Revolver]

Originally Posted by Big R

ps: that revolver guy seems like hes been in a pickle far to many times, sounds fun though.

i live for adventure travel. almost every circumstance i have filmed or written out properly in a travel log

one of my best stories is when i got caught in a riot/demonstration/attack late one nite when i was eating at a 'gringo' restaraunt after a nite out.A large angry mob of i guess about 500-800 or so cam out of nowhere to prostest about nafta,cafta,american influence in columbia anti bush,down with the USA this and that.

The restaurant i was eating at is run by a CRAZY FUCKING INSANE old expat from texas who is convinced bush is the second comming of christ himself.

his restaraunt is called....."THE YELLOW ROSE OF TEXAS" inside it is like texas,and the heartland of USA and everything we despise about it became too bloated with its own excess and exploded and became a restaraunt.In this town i was in it is the pinnacle of americana and the west. exploded.they have really cold beer and aligator nuggets and the best fucking BBQ pork ribs ive ever eaten. so fuck it,i was eating there.

anyway next thing you know angry people are invading and destroying the front section of the patio throwin tables and chairs. Myself and some others turned tables over to use them for protection. i had my bag of camera gear with me so first thing i did was whip it out and started to film. some of the members of the mob saw me with my camera and singeld me out. i spun around and ducked around the table holding the camera out and all you can see are arms swinging and punching at me trying to grab my camera and pull me into the riot.

i grabbed beer bottles and chairs as best i could to protect myself and capture as much footage as i could. next thing you know the owner of the restaraunt,who lives upstairs, came out with a shotgun and a baseball bat and fired off a few rounds. then the military came and the crowds disspersed pretty quick cause when those guys show up its a fucking free for all and it just gets out of hand crazy.

I was THRILLED. i even had a chance to sit down with the restaraunt owner and a military guy and he told me all about the messed up leftwing politics down there and what the sates and the cia have done to completey destroy the region.

i still have all the raw footage yet to be edited lol...

i dont have a crazy death wish or anything but i enjoy that type of stuff.

trying to break into restricted ruins is another fun little,but expensive, hobby.

* usually spelling and grammer are there but im fast and lazy on the internets*

[impure]

Originally Posted by Revolver

cabbed around bellingham???

riiiiiiiiiiight.

if you say so mr travel master.

the entire ordeal was lost in translation. this thread was merely a vent about how the trip started.

i didn't feel the need to list all my travel blunders like you did, this was just a retarded trip that shouldn't have been so since i was only going from vancouver to seattle! it's hardly a trip!

think of the travel blunders i have had traveling around the USA and Canada with 4 racehorses, my pony horse, and 3 dogs at times.

but thanks for sharing :)

[impure]

Originally Posted by Carrie

sounds like the most boring episode of amazing race

have you been on standby because you missed the first flight?
have you left the country?
have you jumped out of a plane?
have you had to speak another language to get to somewhere?

i went to the airport but didn't have a flight.....
i did leave the country.
i wish i had jumped out of a plane!
and the language barrier is always a problem.

[Grapes]

I can't match Revolver but...

My first time ever leaving North America, I ended up at Bangkok international after a 9 hour flight to Heathrow, a 9 hour LAYOVER in Heathrow, and a 12 and 1/2 hour flight to Thailand. Quickly discovered I could not operate a telephone, and then attempted to leave my wallet behind at said telephone (was foiled by a helpful local).

Also went on a trip from Tokyo to the southernmost tip of Japan, found a ferry from Kagoshima to Yakushima, or as I like to call it, monkey island, rented a car and drove all around that son of a bitch (not in one day), dodging monkies who apparently like nothing better than grooming themselves in the middle of the road. Was probably the only english speaking person on the entire island, aside from one half decent guy at my hostel and possibly some of the monkies.

[impure]

hehe
sounds fun.
bring horses and replace the monkeys for illegal mexican immigrants on the intersatate and i could say i've been in similar places.

woooooooooo hooooooooooooo neeeeewwwwwwwww mexico!