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Old 02-05-2009, 11:59 AM   #1
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Whole new ways to think about your next trip... as in objectives and ways to conduct travel

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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."

Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)

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sounds like a lot of fun, or it could be.
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Old 02-05-2009, 05:34 PM   #3
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I'm going to try this next time I'm out in a new city:

Barman's Knock

Hypothesis
Find the area's best drinking spots (and drinks) by following the advice of a local expert.

Apparatus
Dutch courage; a map and a friendly face may also be of use.

Method
Go to your favourite pub and order your favourite drink. Ask the barperson where their favourite pub is and what they drink there. Go there and order their recommended drink, and then repeat the exercise with whoever serves you, and so on.

Note: participants would be well advised not to attempt this experiment on an empty stomach, nor to repeat it ad nauseam.
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Vincent: "So what you gonna do?"
Jules: "Well, basically, I'm just gonna walk the earth."
Vincent: "What you mean 'walk the earth'?"
Jules: "You know, like Kane in 'Kung Fu'...go places...meet people...get in adventures."

Trips (only counting recreational travel):
FIRST TRIP (2005): FIRST EUROTRIP EVER! UK, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Holland
SECOND TRIP (2007): First Solo Trip! Greece, Turkey, Syria, Spain
2008: China (Beijing, Shanghai, Yangshuo) ...right before the Olympics!
2009: Japan & HK, Southern Spain
[size=1]2010: All over Lebanon, Ibiza (Spain), Oktoberfest (Germany), Thailand.
2011: India (Goa), Jordan, Jerusalem, San Sebastian (Spain), Amsterdam (again), London, Driving from Vancouver to L.A. (stopping in Portland, Seattle, San Fran and all the little stops), Montpellier (France), Geneva and Lausanne (Switzerland)

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It will be another life goal to do ALL of these.
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Oh I love this. Great find.

A related idea that I had last year - and sadly, failed to complete, due to chaos - was travelling alphabetically. Starting from Z. Literally, our village started with Z. I managed X, W, V, S, O, L, F, C, B, and A (where we now live - so we moved Z-A, at any rate!), but a baby and transatlantic move bit into my time a little.

Not much travel time this year - maybe in honour of moving to Russia I'll make it a five-year plan...

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It will be another life goal to do ALL of these.
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You most like to go to the bar and order your favourite drink. Asked their favourite bar, where bar person what they drink there. In order to go there to drink their recommendations, and then repeat the exercise and who your service.
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You most like to go to the bar and order your favourite drink. Asked their favourite bar, where bar person what they drink there. In order to go there to drink their recommendations, and then repeat the exercise and who your service.
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