New dude from Vancouver Island

[O-Face]

Hey all,

Happened across these boards, and now I got like 20 damn trips I wanna take all over the world...you guys caused it so now you gotta help me with all your sage advice.

My story - I'm Colin, 23 yr old eng student at UVIC. Starting plans for europe in May-June 2007- yes thats a lot of planning time, what can I say, I'm an engineer. More urgently a spring break week this feb in NYC, hopefully. I'll be around bugging you guys bout all that.

Yeah so hi everyone, and I look forward to getting to know you all.

Colin

[kingcrazylegs]

welcome

[Sijuki]

Welcome new dude from Vancouver Island! You have come to the right place for sage-like advice. Anything you need to know can be answered here.

NYC is a great city, much of it seems to live up to the stereotypes, but there is a gentler side to it. I have only been once, and have always wanted to go back. Hopefully at some point it will fit in the schedule.

Best of luck!

[Esterina]

<span style=\'font-family:Optima\'>WELCOME ON TRAVELPUNK !</span>

[Adelaide]

Welcome Colin
I just drove across from Vancouver to Nova Scotia- grew up in Nanaimo and Vic.
Spent the last year in Europe-absolutely amazing, you're in for quite the ride. Trying to get down to NYC in the next couple months also.

[pinion]

Boo Ya!!!

One more for the BC Team

Welcome to the Boads O-Face. There's a few punks here from various parts of B.C but currently Ontario has us out numbered

[LostFarmboy]

Welcome to the boards dude. I've heard A LOT of good things about NYC, you'll have to let us know how it goes.

[SuDz]

You got like 20 trips planned.

PPPPFFFffffttttttt.... wait until it is actually near your 2007 goal. There will be like 40 of them.

Everytime I think of a place that would be cool someone comes on and posts about a city or even a country I have never heard of and adds another one to the list.

Welcome to the site and have some fun, there are a bunch of great people here.

SuDZ

[Diorama]

Welcome! yup great to see another bc'er on the boards! And a Uvic engineeer at that! haha...

[O-Face]

Thanks for the welcomes, all. NYC trip has turned into Mexico, got the tickets yesterday. Flying in to Mexico City, bussing to acapulco, and I wanna hit Puerto Escondido-thanks LostFarmboy for the tips.

Adelaide - Van to Nova Scotia - sweet jebus that's a long drive, how was the trek across the prairies?

Oh yeah I'll elaborate on my travelling background....basically none. Been close to everywhere in BC, so I can offer advice on that, Yukon, Alaska and Alberta too. Been to a few places when I was young, too young to really count as travelling, but I'm damn ready to get out there. Thanks everyone.

[chelseafc05]

welcome

Originally posted by Adelaide@Jan 11 2006, 11:43 AM
Welcome Colin
I just drove across from Vancouver to Nova Scotia- grew up in Nanaimo and Vic.
Spent the last year in Europe-absolutely amazing, you're in for quite the ride. Trying to get down to NYC in the next couple months also.

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adelaide...whered ya get that name from?

[O-Face]

little update-thought I'd relay my ridiculous passport acquisition experience today -

now I understand it's not mandatory to have a passport between Canada-Mexico but it's recommended and as a first time traveller I'd appreciate the peace of mind. Who knows, I get a good tan and they decide I'm mexican and I'll live out my days in a mariachi band or something...

So I fill out the app on the Canadian passport website - which is a ridiculous affair, but beats standing in the passport office all day. Next step is printing app and gathering a ridiculous amount of verification materials to bring to the passport office. Keep in mind I'm cutting this way close to get my passport in time for our trip.

Snag #1 - no ink in printer. Easy enough, I can print it tomorrow at school.
Snag #2 - none of my damn profs will sign as my guarantor on the application - note that I've only ever been a student in this town, the ONLY people even close to being a guarantor are my profs, combined with the fact that I've only been here exactly 2 years, the minimum requirement for your guarantor to know you. These profs don't know me from a hole in the ground. I finally find one that is willing sign it I figure I'm set to head to the passport office.

Then comes snag #3 - Where the FUCK is my drivers license???? I have left it on the photocopier at the student copy center in our university!! At least 2 hours ago!! Fuck!! I'm fully aware that passport or no, a missing drivers license could seriously impact my travel plans....I've seen how long it takes to get those back, and I can't even pick up my passport, plane ticket nor get on the plane without it.

And in what I will take as a meaningful stroke of luck, when I get back to the seriously busy copy center I see that the coin machine on the photocopier I'd used is now out of order, and there's my license sitting exactly where I'd left it on the scan tray. I'd like to think that had someone found it they would have turned it in instead of keeping it as a fake ID for their little brother...but I will take this timely photocopy machine malfunction as a good luck omen at the beginning of my life as a traveller.

So after that I am ready to go drink, don't know if anyone will read this or find it interesting...but that was my day. Cheers,

Colin

[Jason_Europe]

Im Another BC guy from vancouver island.
Sooke though not victoria. I am also planning a trip to europe in 07 pretty pumped too hahaha. its a hell of a long ways away though eh. to long for me

[chelseafc05]

oh man ur lucky u found it... i wish i had your luck with my pack of smokes i left on the seat outside the shops......new pack aswell..

[Adelaide]

Ha thats great you got it back, sounds like the panic i was in when i left for Europe last year...I think i may be the biggest procastinator EVER, I sent my Permanent Res. card application off a couple days before i flew out(you are supposed to have it with you when you leave the country), i was so desperate to get outta here i booked my flight before i got my Eurail pass or my PASSPORT! So the morning of my flight im waiting and waiting and i think 5 hours before my flight they both arrived! Yeah a little nerve wracking but i learnt my trip was definately meant to be!
By the way chelseafc05 my name comes from a road in England where my grandad was born...my dad lives in Adelaide AUS also.

[bookofkels]

Welcome to the boards!!

Yea if you didn't have the travel bug before you came across this site then you sure as hell will after you join and read about other peoples travels

Oh and finding your license like that, i would say that was a real good omen, enjoy your trip, we'll want to hear all the details!

Kel

[U2fan]

Welcome!

Two Vancouverites in one day.....did someone say meetup?