The New Travel Thread: Now with write ups in the OP

Discussion in 'The Mainboard' started by Jax Teller, Apr 8, 2015.

  1. tjosu

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    What Ark said, but for the slope it'd be going to see our company's operations up there. She should be moving back down here later this year so I'm trying to get up there a couple more times
     
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  2. Room 15

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    Yea I had a Canadian girlfriend in middle school. She was super hot. No one ever met her.
     
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  3. laxjoe

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    July 4 - Midway, UT to visit future in-laws
    Late July- early August - San Diego for wedding
    Immediately after wedding - Currently Hawaii, but that's in flux bc I'm still recovering from back surgery. If not, santa Barbara plus two days at the Hotel del Coronado
    Christmas - Hawaii if we don't go in August
    July 2020 - Spain and Portugal
     
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  4. Nelson

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    Ronda is cant-miss

    Utterly insane
     
  5. tjosu

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    She's still real to me damnit
     
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  6. Kevintensity

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    Obligatory pigeon forge post
     
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  7. The B1G Kucktis

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  8. Josey Wales

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    Medellin and Cartagena next month. Any tips on clubs/bars, eat spots, or excursions?
     
  9. BayouMafia

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    Funnily enough I have that on the agenda, or pretty close...


    This weekend wife is joining me at the end of a Seattle work trip in which I already got to see Zack Zedalis
    Mid-July Wife joining me for a Costa Rica work trip
    End of July Nashville and Mammoth Cave
    Mid-August DC
    Mid-Sept Nashville for LSU-Vandy
    Early October department leadership retreat in a Mountain Lodge not far from Pigeon Forge. Flying into Knoxville
    December Atlanta for SECCG and then of course wherever we play our two CFP victories in late December/early Jan
     
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  10. CoastalOrange

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    Early July: Denver (Bachelor Party)
    Mid July: either Charlottesville, Roanoke, or Bristol
    Mid July: Detroit (work trip)
    Aug: San Antonio
    Sept: Spain (no idea on itinerary yet but fly in and out of Madrid)
    Oct: Knoxville and Gatlinburg
    Nov: Disney World
     
  11. racer

    racer Yuma, where I work in software.
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    One of my coworkers is thinking about taking the kids up to Land of Oz. Anyone been? Seems like an odd place.
     
  12. ohhaithur

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    I much enjoyed the science museum parque explora
     
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  13. Arkadin

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    Paraglide in Medellin, take the cable car, go to guatape and the rock. Find the parque bar crawl and do that.

    Stay up all night at the plaza street parties in Cartagena. Have a drink at sunset at the only bar on the wall
     
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  14. Room 15

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    There's a cool coffee shop in an old bookstore in Cartagena. The name is escaping me but it was good coffee and the AC was on full blast.
     
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  15. 941Gator

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    The city has many pockets, but the best area is located near here: Hostal Lleras Calle 8 Medellin Calle 8 No. 37A 59. As Ark said, you can take cable car up which allows you to see the whole city. I believe the end drops you off at state park, once there you can do cheap horse back riding. Sounds cheesy but you get to see areas no one else does (dirt roads past old drug plant farms). Here is a copy/paste from an email I sent someone:

    Spots to hit:

    Eat at Carmen http://www.carmenmedellin.com/en/

    Charlee
    Calle 9A 37 16 | Parque Lleras, Medellin (rooftop bar)

    Cable Car Ride: metro pablado to metro Acevedo to Santa Domingo to Parque Avri. Metro Cable Car.

    Plaza Botero in El Centro (downtown plaza)

    El Hueco (market/mall) Cl. 48, Medellín,

    Pergamino Cafe Cra. 37 #8A-37, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia

    Rock Dali Calle 9

    Bariloche parrilla argentina
    Calle 20 sur No 38-181 (restaurant)
     
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  16. Arkadin

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    Fukin good ribs goes by something else now but it will come up if you Google it. It's delicious. Medellin
     
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  17. enjj

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    August- Miami ( boys trip )
    October- St Bonaventure in NY to watch buddies kid play soccer
    January- Cancun ( family trip )
    Feb- Cabo ( most likely )
    July- Banff... parents/uncle and aunt 50th in the same year
    Aug- Nashville
    Summer 2021 - southern Spain to visit wife’s uncle in Nerja
     
  18. xec

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    Midway is a nice community. Founded by Swiss Mormon immigrants. The village still maintains a Swiss “feel” to it. Short drive to Park City. It won’t be uncomfortably hot up there either.
     
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  19. xec

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    This weekend- Bryce Canyon National Park.
    August- Austin, TX
    October & November- Italy
    December- Florida
     
  20. Nelson

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    Highly recommend the Don Carlos in Marbella
     
  21. CoastalOrange

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    Wife or Wife's uncle have any recommendations for southern Spain? I haven't read through the thread yet (but plan to do so after I get through the July 4th festivities) but figured I would ask.
     
  22. enjj

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    I’ll put in a request for some info. Any particular area?
     
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  23. CoastalOrange

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    The current discussions revolve around Madrid, Seville, and Granada. But open to other locations.
     
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  24. HunterPKP

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    Itinerary updated as of last night in booking a trip to France.

    Boston next week.
    Pensacola Beach 2 weeks later.
    Amelia Island weekend after. (Ritz Carlton is top notch there).
    30a for Labor Day Weekend.
    Orlando two weeks after.
    San Diego weekend after.
    Paris in Mid-October
    NYC for Thanksgiving.
    Bears @ Green Bay (based in Milwaukee) GO BEARS!
     
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  25. Nelson

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    Anyone ever done a day trip to Tangier from Spain/Gibraltar on the ferry? Wondering if it’s worth it
     
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  26. enjj

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    Want to do that too. Asked the wifeys cousin about that for Coastal, waiting to hear back.
     
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  27. Keef

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    Flying back from Copenhagen now just finished a road trip from
    Gothenberg
    Car Ferry to Poland
    Berlin
    Krakow
    Budapest
    Slovakia (outside Bratislava)
    Vienna
    Prague
    Munich

    Driving everywhere except Poland was a breeze and a lot of fun going through the countryside and small towns between major cities.
     
  28. CTownND

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    Question for my Croatia guys:

    my buddy and I are staying at Luka's Lodge for two nights in a few weeks - arrive mid-afternoon Wednesday, have a full day Thursday, then leave Friday morning. For Thursday, we want to get on a boat and go around to Pakleni Islands and explore a bit. We've heard you can easily rent a dinghy or small boat and pilot around with two people... but assume then we'd have to stay relatively sober and it would just be us all day. What would people recommend between getting a boat between the two of us or trying to join some tour / being a part of a larger boat group?
     
  29. southside

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    Holy shit, the Away luggage company was valued at $1.4B this week with its latest funding round.
     
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  30. southside

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    Holy shit, the Away luggage company was valued at $1.4B this week with its latest funding round.
     
  31. Arkadin

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    What do the bags do that's that cool
     
  32. Where Eagles Dare

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    My wife bought one.

    I don't know. They seem like standard hard sided roller bads with batteries. :idk:

    But I see a ton of them in airports
     
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  33. CoastalOrange

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    They are basically this
    though they come with a lifetime warranty.
     
  34. Nelson

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    Away is hyper inflated
     
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  35. Nelson

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    Gibraltar is more fun than I thought it would be. Pretty awesome seeing the strait. The monkeys are cool too
     
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  36. Where Eagles Dare

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    I guess the warranty is nice.

    Does that even go for airlines ruining your shit? The have to get kickbacks from the baggage loading unions
     
  37. Arkadin

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    Says everything is covered for life, except the battery which has a 2 year warranty

    Whatever bag "the mini" is only has a one year warranty
     
  38. southside

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    I really dig mine despite the hate on the price. Rolls super well even in shitty potholed sidewalks and streets. Enjoy the battery pack even though other brands do offer that I think. It doesn’t waste much space inside like a lot of others do. I can do 10-14 days of stuff depending on climate where I’m going really easily.
     
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  39. pianoman

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    What was so bad about driving in Poland? We’ll be driving from Warsaw to Krakow to Auschwitz and then down to Vienna in the fall.
     
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  40. Where Eagles Dare

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    A real life time warranty might be worth
     
  41. BellottiBold

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    Away is decent quality product married with very savvy marketing. Became a darling millennial brand by going hard on IG and such. And that trial period thing is pretty brilliant when you think about it.
     
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  42. Where Eagles Dare

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    Are you the size of a doll?
     
  43. southside

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    6’1 200 my dude. Roll that shit up tight and it packs down
     
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  44. Keef

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    A lot of the roads including their version of interstates are in bad shape. It appears they are trying to fix it because there is road construction everywhere. Their driving culture is also extremely aggressive. Speed limits are basically suggestions but aren’t used by most drivers.
    The Berlin to Auschwitz drive was miserable as a lot of that corridor has issues. Auschwitz back to Krakow wasn’t too bad.

    Biggest thing I can tell you is if driving in central/Eastern Europe is always plan on your drive taking 1-2 hours longer than you expect. Random traffic jams are very common.

    What are you planning to use for navigation?
     
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  45. Nelson

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    Southern Spain’s roads are fucking pristine
     
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  46. pianoman

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    Not sure right now, what'd you use? I'm going to Warsaw for business so I'm supposed to have coverage all over there but we'll see. I considered downloading google maps directly to my phones to have coverage offline.
     
  47. Det. Frank Bullitt

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    yeah slick IG marketing. They advertise on TPG podcasts, so his endorsement must make people think they are 'expert' travellers with 'technical' luggage.

    surely its just a suitcase, though I haven't seen one, nor know how much they cost.
     
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  48. Keef

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    I used google maps with cell service. I would definitely use something that has live traffic and updates due to how things change quickly there.
     
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  49. Jimmy the Saint

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    We took the bus from Krakow to Auschwitz. Roads seemed okay.
     
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  50. Room 15

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    I’ve heard a podcast with the founder. She pretty much wanted to bu8ld a quality suitcase and a brand around it and make it instagrammable
     
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