THE TRAVEL THREAD

[Yuri]

Anyone know anything about Riga in latvia?

i do

what do you want to know

it's a nice place to spend 2 or 3 days, fair bit to do and and there are some good places to eat/drink

you should make an effort to learn some russian and/or latvian, not least cos not everybody will speak english there

[Necksta]

Someone recommend me somewhere refreshing. I'm gonna go on holiday on my own, just wanna clear my head and try cheer myself up from depression.

I was thinking California, anything popping over there right now?

[carpedeum]

Someone recommend me somewhere refreshing. I'm gonna go on holiday on my own, just wanna clear my head and try cheer myself up from depression.

I was thinking California, anything popping over there right now?

unless youve been before, i wouldnt recommend just going to cali on your own randomly.

its about 4 times the size of the UK, so theres so much scattered everywhere.

if you dont drive itll be a hassle and you wont be able to do much.

why not go europe or a smaller city/country .. thailand, goa, dubai etc are places you can easily go alone and just relax

and still get to do stuff. or go to vegas where every main thing is along the strip, and easy to get around.

[Necksta]

vegas aint a bad shout.

cheers man.

[Lofa]

ADMIN.

Overdue but thank you all the same.

[Frank.]

Anyone know anything about Riga in latvia?

i do

what do you want to know

it's a nice place to spend 2 or 3 days, fair bit to do and and there are some good places to eat/drink

you should make an effort to learn some russian and/or latvian, not least cos not everybody will speak english there

Cheers for that, yeah was just looking for a long weekend tbh.

Usually learn the "important" phrases before going anywhere

[Fillup Banks]

f*ck going vegas on your ones

go somewhere u can just chill

[manuel]

Been saying for a while I want to go to Iceland.

Funds depending I think next year I might go for it. Love the country.

[n/a]

Been saying for a while I want to go to Iceland.

Funds depending I think next year I might go for it. Love the country.

what is gd there

[thinkingthuglife]

Malia 2011 wi the niggaz.

[kurious]

Off to Africa next week for a bit of experience in an NGO

winter seasin = 30 degrees yh

love it

[carpedeum]

Off to Africa next week for a bit of experience in an NGO

winter seasin = 30 degrees yh

love it

any of the 54 countries in particular?

im working on doing that next yr myself...

[kurious]

Nigeria and Ghana

thats just to start and im excited! hopefully making moves to forward to Ivory Coast in September

Ethiopia next year

home is where the heart is

what about you carpe?

[carpedeum]

sounds good, wht will u be doing?

me: Sudan, Botswana & South africa.

[kurious]

just did an assignment of Darfur, let me know how ur trip to Sudan goes if u remember

got links to a women's charity/ org called voice for the voiceless

[Ephren Taylor]

Anyone been to eastern europe? or know of any places of interest?

Im going to Lithuania this weekend, probably for a week or so, but was looking at the possibility of checking out some other places whilst im around.

My stopover is in frankfurt, so plan to spend a day there, but does anyone have any other recommendations?

Hope them places are hospitable to man like me.. Plan on sticking to the built up city areas unless there is anything of interest in the suburbs

[Guest Esquilax]

Anyone been to eastern europe? or know of any places of interest?

Im going to Lithuania this weekend, probably for a week or so, but was looking at the possibility of checking out some other places whilst im around.

My stopover is in frankfurt, so plan to spend a day there, but does anyone have any other recommendations?

Hope them places are hospitable to man like me.. Plan on sticking to the built up city areas unless there is anything of interest in the suburbs

My Dad went to Romania to look for cheap kitchens, said it was the most bizarre and poverty stricken place he'd visited

Went with his Jamaican friend/ worker, and the kids were trying wipe the black off of him

[Ephren Taylor]

Damn... When was that?

Exactly the sort of thing I didnt want to hear

Probably just go to England after Lithuania instead then

[Skola]

this isnt very helpful coz i dont remember the country but my mates went on holiday somewhere in eastern europe

one black guy was treated like a celebrity

literally getting stopped in the street by randomers to have pictures taken etc

so it may be more of a positive discrimination type of thing

[Em Dott]

How many people have been Brazil before? Well, I'm using Rosetta Stone to learn some Portuguese now and got some colleagues that are helping me out as well, and chatting to the female Brazillian customers I get to practice and learn some new phrases. Looking to go out there for the world cup but if I get a chance to go prior to that then that would be live.

Also what is Colombia saying? I'm also trying to learn Spanish and a customer said it was one of the easiest places to learn it as they speak it the clearest and slowest.

[Yuri]

Anyone been to eastern europe? or know of any places of interest?

Im going to Lithuania this weekend, probably for a week or so, but was looking at the possibility of checking out some other places whilst im around.

My stopover is in frankfurt, so plan to spend a day there, but does anyone have any other recommendations?

Hope them places are hospitable to man like me.. Plan on sticking to the built up city areas unless there is anything of interest in the suburbs

Lithuania has a pretty interesting (and very bloody) history in the last century (russian empire, birthplace of modern jewish culture - used to be like 60% jewish - holocaust, ww2, ussr, russian brutality etc.) but if that's not of interest to you then it's not a great place to visit, especially not for a whole week. I think Vilnius is still the biggest town and it's tiny. If you have to spend a week round there then go to Riga (in Latvia) as well. Or maybe even Minsk, although that could be difficult. 2 days in each of these places is cool. Or you could always just go to Warsaw. Best place in Eastern Europe that's not in Russia is Budapest (really nice city and loads of sh*t going on), but I don't know what your plans/travel arrangements are.

Re. your last line, if you mean you being black then yeah unfortunately that could be a problem for some people. I wouldn't be unnecessarily worried about it, but just be aware that you're not visiting a multicultural, liberal society. On the same note, not everybody there is gonna know English. People who work in hotels etc. will, but not your man in the street.

[Guest Esquilax]

That was like 2-3 years ago maybe?

It was nothing vitriolic, they were just intrigued

[Yuri]

Romania's like a 3rd world country though

People still go around on horse and carts and live in huts and sh*t

[Guest M12 Part 2]

I wanna go eastern Europe. I don't mind the odd funny look or curiosity but would my life actually be in danger I I went.

P.S I'm black like the ace of spades.

[BLACK VICTIM]

anyone got summer holiday booked or going to book it soon, where you going?

gonna book napa friday

f*ck pretending your going up north to sell drugs