Trips and Travel

[Giles]

Segovia (and 5 days ago, if asked I would have guessed it was in one of the "major" European countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina), is AMAZING......Get there, and be stunned....

[Matt]

It’s a lovely finger.

[RobeOfTheMagi]

Somewhere in Latvia

[Giles]

Ooh, I'd like to be there......

[DeeDee85]

Purple easy shorts only for 7 days. Thank god.

[tody]

@DeeDee85 where's that? looks mediterranean.

[DeeDee85]

@tody correct, we are holidaying in La Torre-Pacheco in Murcia so around 15 minutes drive from the coast. We are actually staying on a golf resort which isn’t really my thing but I’m definitely not minding the food and the scenery though

[RobeOfTheMagi]

21oz denim and a slingshot to protect me from the many Latvian horse flies.

Sorry for not really interacting/responding here. I’m off grid and offline most of the time.

[Denman John]

Last week I was excited that I had booked plane tickets to Nepal and Thailand for this winter. Yesterday and today I’ve been watching mass protests, fires and the Nepalese government being overthrown . The latest I’ve heard is that the airport has been shut down and is in the control of the military. I’m hoping things have calmed down by the beginning of December and the country is still open …

[endo]

Inspired by your posts from last winter, we will travel to Thailand again this year after a long time, but not before February.

[Denman John]

@endo That is so awesome to hear! Do you know which areas you’ll be heading to? My wife is meeting me in Thailand after the Nepal leg of the trip and are planning a couple of weeks in the North around Chiang Mai / Pai area. It was your pictures of you and your son in the mountains that pushed me over the edge and made me buy the plane tickets

@T4920 Hey Tom, are you heading to Thailand this year?

@Crease I remember you went to Nepal earlier this year … what trek did you end up doing?

[endo]

We'll have three weeks and my plan so far is at least one week around Pai and one on the southern islands like Koh Muk or so. Open for suggestions. Haven't been there since 1998. Will you still be there in Feb? Meeting would be awesome.

[Crease]

@Denman-John I was there on a trip with my church so we didn't do any of the typical treks. We hiked to some remote villages in Gyangphedi and Gorkha. Then we went to Pokhara and hiked to the Australian basecamp for Annapurna. It was very smokey and cloudy when we were there though so didn't get great views unfortunately. Pokhara was a cool town with a lake. We got to explore Kathmandu with some of our local contacts also which was such an experience, like nothing else I have ever seen! One of the guys let me ride his motorcycle through the streets and it was total chaos and so much fun! Glad it was peaceful when we were there, such terrible stuff that happened recently.

Not sure if you have been there before, but the airport was also a bit of a chore to fly out of. I think I heard they only have one runway for international flights so we ended up sitting in the plane for like 2.5 hours before taking off. Was still a great experience to go!