So where are you going this year?

Exit

Just to liven the place up a bit.

I'll do mine first. Hopefully in a few months, I'll be living in Canada (in Alberta), and then for the summer holidays, we're thinking of visiting the Maritime provinces (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador). None of this is definite at the moment but that's what I'm hoping happens.

Anyone else care to tell?

kaimera

"go west..."

states for me for the summer...may knuckle down and make sure I dont fail any exams as a result!

Exit

Whereabouts in the States?

kaimera

the "Sunshine State": Florida

kelle

I used to go on 4 holidays a year - a ski holiday, 2 city breaks and a sun holiday. We were working fulltime and had no kids. Now we have 2 of them and holidays are a rarity. Also I'm on a year's leave of absence from work, so money is scarce. However, we're going to the Algarve in May. It was a good deal we got for less than a grand. I'm looking forward to it, except for the flights (trying to keep them entertained will be a challenge!)

Tommy Vercetti

I was gonna head over to the states for a few weeks around August, New York, New Orleans and Dallas. I'm increasingly put off with all this talk about biometric passports, fingerprinting, etc., so now I am planning to go to South America instead, particularly Brazil and Argentina.

Raskolnikov

Bicycling around Europe, taking a ferry to Cherbourg and going on a whim from there.

bucks73

Originally posted by Tommy Vercetti
I was gonna head over to the states for a few weeks around August, New York, New Orleans and Dallas. I'm increasingly put off with all this talk about biometric passports, fingerprinting, etc., so now I am planning to go to South America instead, particularly Brazil and Argentina.

What you will need for the US is the newer type of passport, the one with the purple cover. They have been issuing these for a good few years now. Its the old hand written, green coloured ones they will not accept from October on.

Frank Grimes

Going back to SE Asia at some point this year.
Going to Malaysia, Thailand and possibly Vietnam. Might try to make it to Singapore too, even for a day or 2. Although I said that last year, and the year before

MrBigglesworth

Hopefully Croatia for a week in the summer

Rabies

prob go back to the states in the summer, cape cod area.

BuffyBot

New York..in 3 days.

It's gonna be cold!

Johnny_Fontane

US/Canada for four months doing lots of snowboarding (feb-june)
head to central america (mexico) for two months (june - Aug)
down to South america for 2-3 months (Aug-Oct)
then over to Auckland for anything up to a year.

If anone is going to be in these areas over those timeframes, we should meet up!

Tommy Vercetti

Originally posted by bucks73
What you will need for the US is the newer type of passport, the one with the purple cover. They have been issuing these for a good few years now. Its the old hand written, green coloured ones they will not accept from October on.

oh well....I guess I'm boycotting their stupidity then

dloob

Think of heading to Alberta.
Probably around Calgary maybe over to Vancouver as well.
Time off and finances allowing of course.

sceptre

Originally posted by bucks73
What you will need for the US is the newer type of passport, the one with the purple cover. They have been issuing these for a good few years now. Its the old hand written, green coloured ones they will not accept from October on.

Those purple passports have been around for just shy of 20 years IIRC. Mind you some of the early ones were still handwritten (my one year passport from 1991 had a purple "EU is good, god save the EU (or EC at the time I'd imagine)" cover and was handwritten. I put myself down for two inches taller than I was, expecting I'd grow into it. I didn't.)

Oh yeah, I'm going nowhere this year. Poor as hell now I'm back in college and college grant still hasn't come through (nice letter saying it would do though - I can eat that instead), it'll pay off half my credit card when it does.

davros

Originally posted by sceptre
Those purple passports have been around for just shy of 20 years IIRC. Mind you some of the early ones were still handwritten (my one year passport from 1991 had a purple "EU is good, god save the EU (or EC at the time I'd imagine)" cover and was handwritten.

Up until quite recently, even the purple ones were handwritten if they were issued by an Irish embassy. I had one myself until the last renewal.

Where I'd like to go this year: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Depends on cash flow though.

Gillie

Heading to Fuerteventura in 2 weeks for a week.
Headin to Orlando, Florida for two weeks in October for my Honeymoon.:D

The_Bullman

Florida for me for the Summer months.. assuming I can get a bloody job offer(fecking new J1 regulations )

gobby

heading to lindau in germany for 6 months. work experience module in college. heading in about a month. im sure its gonna be good.

ill be working for a company called adc which stands for automotive distance control (site is in german :mad:). they work with adaptive cruise control and automatic braking by monitoring the car in front etc...

the place itself looks fantastic. theres a load of pics here.