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Australia, Canada or South Africa? why?

I am going to go to all places eventually just wondering what you guys think would be the best and why.. also feel free to list other places of interest I've been to Japan but not sight seeing (so I'll probably go back) and many parts of Europe (I live in USA)

Over the summer I'll be gone for 3ish months traveling with gf

CANADA. beats every other place by far. you might even want to move there :)

1. Australia - The lifestyle there is IMHO, the best.
2. UK is always a good place to visit :) - I live there
3. KuadaLumpa (Unsure of spelling) - Friend went on his way back, last place he visited and said it was amazing :)
4. South Africa, I wanna go aswell ;D

There ya go some ideas :)

Fucking rich people.

South Africa, to visit the guys who created Ubuntu :P

Vancouver B.C., man! Should be everyone's top destination. So much natural beauty its stupid, and the cops are pretty understanding ifyaknowwhatimean.

Damn wtf, you're only 19 and get to travel all around with your, gf, sounds awesome.
That sounds like you'll have the BEST SUMMER OF YOUR LIFE, I'm so jealous, enjoy it!

I would advise you not to go to Canada. It's not much for site seeing (went around Canada when i was 15 with the family in a trailer for 3 weeks). I would advise Australia, my sister went there for 2 months and said it was the single greatest experience of her life (she's gone to Taiwan, Dominican, U.S and other places so it's not like it was just there ;))

Canada. Hands down.

Canada. Fuck Australia.

From: Blumblebee
I would advise you not to go to Canada. It's not much for site seeing (went around Canada when i was 15 with the family in a trailer for 3 weeks). I would advise Australia, my sister went there for 2 months and said it was the single greatest experience of her life (she's gone to Taiwan, Dominican, U.S and other places so it's not like it was just there ;))

I don't know what your talking about ^.^ some native reserves are amazing if you've ever seen one.

Come to Canada.

Some nice places are, but not limited to: Niagara Falls, Banff National Park (hot-springs).

I'd go to anywhere…lol.
too bad i'm way to poor to hardly even leave my state…been outta state like 10 times in my life….

From: Awkwardsaw
CANADA. beats every other place by far. you might even want to move there :)

I like it for sure I've been to Banff I was almost going to go up for Olympics but I stayed down and worked for some guy for a while, also sold my time share for a lot of $

From: The Man
1. Australia - The lifestyle there is IMHO, the best.
2. UK is always a good place to visit :) - I live there
3. KuadaLumpa (Unsure of spelling) - Friend went on his way back, last place he visited and said it was amazing :)
4. South Africa, I wanna go aswell ;D

There ya go some ideas :)

Yeah I like Australia I have an aunt & 2 friends there I can visit.. definitely will stop there~

From: R0b0t1
Fucking rich people.

:crying:

From: YoHoJo
Damn wtf, you're only 19 and get to travel all around with your, gf, sounds awesome.
That sounds like you'll have the BEST SUMMER OF YOUR LIFE, I'm so jealous, enjoy it!

Lol I'm work & school a-holic started college a lot younger than others do so this is more of my mid -late 20's financial wise (for someone who actually doesn't fail in life) it may have caused me to lose my other gf (of 5 years) my new one I've been good friends with for 9 years going on 10 and I want us to have some fun ~

From: TRiLeZ
Come to Canada.

Some nice places are, but not limited to: Niagara Falls, Banff National Park (hot-springs).

Been to all of that lol, it looks like Canada is winning by far, I was looking for property up there 500+ acres at least to build a house etc if anyone can link me to a good site for buying land in Canada I'd appreciate it. I really enjoy the forest and doing my own thing without other people.

Also in Canada are there good dirt biking places? Like trains (racing / tricks gets boring after 3 seconds) I've been all around the rocky mountains my bike is nearing 1000 miles so I've seen Americas trails a lot I'd like to get to see Canada if there are good trails

From: Brain
I'd go to anywhere…lol.
too bad i'm way to poor to hardly even leave my state…been outta state like 10 times in my life….

That sucks =[ If you lived around me I would bring you with us on spring break got 4 friends I guess plans changed (because it's my birthday week) so they're bringing me to some surprise place for spring break lol

How'd you start college early? After sophomore year in highschool did you just go to a JC and then transfer? Where are all the places you have worked, how much did you make, how much do you have? How often do you work? Do you have any degrees yet?

From: YoHoJo
How'd you start college early? After sophomore year in highschool did you just go to a JC and then transfer? Where are all the places you have worked, how much did you make, how much do you have? How often do you work? Do you have any degrees yet?

Wow that's a lot of questions O_o

In middle school I met my high schools IT and pretty much started working for him right away I liked it I started doing college classes stepped out of high school in sophomore year and went full time into college then double full time I have gotten a few certificates and after this semester my bachelors then later I'll get my masters in network engineering, I was sick in the hospital for a month and lost out a semester of school. Normally now I make 75-150 an hour I work as much as I can get work now my mom asked her companies IT guy if he would interview me and I got in so I'll have a lot more jobs.. I do not sleep I have a huge sleeping problem maybe 4 hours every 2-3 days naturally that gives me all night to search dumb stuff on craigslist or other sites.. that I can do during the day for work

and I am dyslexic at first I wanted to go into programming but it was a complete waste of a semester I found out no matter how much I work on the simplest types of code I fail pretty badly it took me a long time (my whole life) just to get good with English

Aussie :P

what about the netherlands ? joke :p I would say australia…

From: gratz
Been to all of that lol, it looks like Canada is winning by far, I was looking for property up there 500+ acres at least to build a house etc if anyone can link me to a good site for buying land in Canada I'd appreciate it. I really enjoy the forest and doing my own thing without other people.

FUCKING. RICH. PEOPLE. a

From: TRiLeZ
Come to Canada.

Some nice places are, but not limited to: Niagara Falls, Banff National Park (hot-springs).

I went to Banff with my best friend. It was awesome and relaxing ^_^

gratz! Congrats! This sounds like an amazing adventure. I personally love to travel but haven't traveled to Europe nor South Africa nor a lot of other places. Anyway, my friend went to South Africa with the intent to hunt. He came back with a lot of pictures so if you have hunting or wildlife in mind, go to South Africa. If you have anything beach or water related or nature/hunting/camping go to Australia or if you like surfing and cuter girls, try New Zealand next door.

A euro trip, I can imagine would be a lot of fun as well. I'm planning, next year, to study abroad in Budapest, Hungary smackdab in the middle of Europe so it's only $100 bucks to travel to whichever country I feel like going to.

As for the Rich People comment. Traveling is very inexpensive right now. Last christmas break I flew to california from new hampshire and back for only $200, I also flew one way from Miami FL to Boston for only $160. Point being, it's cheaper than 10 years ago to travel (pre 9/11). I remember when it was around $600 bucks round trip to travel to florida. That was very very expensive but at the time we got the 'cheap' tickets.

I can just imagine what first class would cost. Around $1100. But that is not your problem gratz cause we live in 2010 where airline companies are going out of business.

Other places of interest:

California - Awesome place, first time I went was over xmas break 2009. Cheapest and best bud ive ever smoked. Hottest girls, great weather, surfing, biking, redwood trees, fun.
Hawaii - Another great cliche local place to visit.
Caribbean - Jamaica, Aruba, St Martin - It's all in the song Kokomo by The Beach Boys
South America - Rio, Brazil - See the movie Blame it on Rio starring Michael Caine
Asia
- China - Ive met so many cute girls from China as well as Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, I love asians
- Goa, India - Sex, drugs, clubbing, warm beach weather, stay away from beach or sharks will eat you

Stay away from:
Mexico - drug cartels
Iraq - pissed off sunnis + shiites - they do not like white people
Iran - see Iraq
Afganistan - terrorists, narrow-minded muslims who kill non-muslims on sight
Pakistan - see Afganistan
Somalia - pirates, diamonds, other natural resources that are high enough in demand to cause a civil war
Niger - see Somalia
Zimbabwe - President is fucked up - does not like white people
Congo - see Somalia
North Korea - Kim Jung Il is fucked up

If you plan on fucking instead of touring, again, Cali is $80 a night in Los Angeles. A very cheap getaway. Hope you have a blast!

~Ron :)

From: R0b0t1
Fucking rich people.

^ this

From: R0b0t1
Fucking rich people.

Agreed.

From: Ron

As for the Rich People comment. Traveling is very inexpensive right now. Last christmas break I flew to california from new hampshire and back for only $200,

$200 is still quite a bit of money for me…not to mention taking time off to travel, such that time is money.
and if just the flying is $200, that's nothing compared to everything else that costs money on any kind of trip, like food.

Ron, you live in NH? Where?

From: Blumblebee
I would advise you not to go to Canada. It's not much for site seeing (went around Canada when i was 15 with the family in a trailer for 3 weeks). I would advise Australia, my sister went there for 2 months and said it was the single greatest experience of her life (she's gone to Taiwan, Dominican, U.S and other places so it's not like it was just there ;))

WAT.

Man, we have a stupid amount of natural beauty, Vansterdam, a nice party scene, friendly folks, and Tim Horton's. What has Aus got? :p

From: Douglas Adams
Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the Bottom half of the planet. It is recognisable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what at first looks like an enormous bite taken out of its southern edge; a wall of sheer cliffs which plunge deep into the girting sea. Geologists assure us that this is simply an accident of geomorphology and plate tectonics, but they still call it the "Great Australian Bight" proving that not only are they covering up a more frightening theory, but they can't spell either.

The first of the confusing things about Australia is the status of the place. Where other land masses and sovereign lands are classified as either continent, island, or country, Australia is considered all three.
Typically, it is unique in this.
The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep.
It is true that of the 10 most poisonous arachnids on the planet, Australia has 9 of them. Actually, it would be more accurate to say that of the 9 most poisonous arachnids, Australia has all of them. However, there are curiously few snakes, possibly because the spiders have killed them all. But even the spiders won't go near the sea.
Any visitors should be careful to check inside boots (before putting them on), under toilet seats (before sitting down) and generally everywhere else. A stick is very useful for this task.
Strangely, it tends to be the second class of animals (the Odd) that are more dangerous. The creature that kills the most people each year is the common Wombat. It is nearly as ridiculous as its name, and spends its life digging holes in the ground, in which it hides. During the night it comes out to eat worms and grubs.
The wombat kills people in two ways: First, the animal is indestructible. Digging holes in the hard Australian clay builds muscles that outclass Olympic weight lifters. At night, they often wander the roads. Semi-trailers (Road Trains) have hit them at high speed, with all 9 wheels on one side, and this merely makes them very annoyed. They express this by snorting, glaring, and walking away. Alas, to smaller cars, the wombat becomes a symmetrical launching pad, with results that can be imagined, but not adequately described.
The second way the wombat kills people relates to its burrowing behaviour. If a person happens to put their hand down a Wombat hole, the Wombat will feel the disturbance and think "Ho! My hole is collapsing!" at which it will brace its muscled legs and push up against the roof of its burrow with incredible force, to prevent its collapse. Any unfortunate hand will be crushed, and attempts to withdraw will cause the Wombat to simply bear down harder. The unfortunate will then bleed to death through their crushed hand as the wombat prevents him from seeking assistance. This is considered the third most embarrassing known way to die, and Australians don't talk about it much.
At this point, we would like to mention the Platypus, estranged relative of the mammal, which has a duck-bill, otter's tail, webbed feet, lays eggs, detects its aquatic prey in the same way as the electric eel, and has venomous barbs attached to its hind legs, thus combining all 'typical' Australian attributes into a single improbable creature.

The last confusing thing about Australia is the inhabitants. First, a short history: Some time around 40,000 years ago, some people arrived in boats from the north. They ate all the available food, and lot of them died. The ones that survived learned respect for the balance of nature, man's proper place in the scheme of things, and spiders. They settled in, and spent a lot of the intervening time making up strange stories. Then, around 200 years ago, Europeans arrived in boats from the north. More accurately, European convicts were sent, with a few deranged and stupid people in charge. They tried to plant their crops in Autumn (failing to take account of the reversal of the seasons when moving from the top half of the planet to the bottom), ate all their food, and a lot of them died.
About then the sheep arrived, and have been treasured ever since. It is interesting to note here that the Europeans always consider themselves vastly superior to any other race they encounter, since they can lie, cheat, steal, and litigate (marks of a civilised culture they say) - whereas all the Aboriginals can do is happily survive being left in the middle of a vast red-hot desert, equipped with a stick. Eventually, the new lot of people stopped being Europeans on Extended Holiday and became Australians.
The changes are subtle, but deep, caused by the mind-stretching expanses of nothingness and eerie quiet, where a person can sit perfectly still and look deep inside themselves to the core of their essence, their reasons for being, and the necessity of checking inside your boots every morning for fatal surprises. They also picked up the most finely tuned sense of irony in the world, and the Aboriginal gift for making up stories.
Be warned. There is also the matter of the beaches. Australian beaches are simply the nicest and best in the entire world. Although anyone actually venturing into the sea will have to contend with sharks, stinging jellyfish, stonefish (a fish which sits on the bottom of the sea, pretends to be a rock, and has venomous barbs sticking out of its back that will kill just from the pain) and surfboarders. However, watching a beach sunset is worth the risk.

As a result of all this hardship, dirt, thirst, and wombats, you would expect Australians to be a dour lot. Instead, they are genial, jolly, cheerful, and always willing to share a kind word with a stranger, unless they are an American.
Faced with insurmountable odds and impossible problems, they smile disarmingly and look for a stick. Major engineering feats have been performed with sheets of corrugated iron, string, and mud.
Alone of all the races on earth, they seem to be free from the 'Grass is Greener on the other side of the fence' syndrome, and roundly proclaim that Australia is, in fact, the other side of that fence. They call the land "Oz", "Godzone" (a verbal contraction of "God's Own Country") and "Best bloody place on earth, bar none, strewth." The irritating thing about this is they may be right.
There are some traps for the unsuspecting traveller, though. Do not under any circumstances suggest that the beer is imperfect, unless you are comparing it to another kind of Australian beer. Do not wear a Hawaiian shirt. Religion and Politics are safe topics of conversation (Australians don't care too much about either) but Sport is a minefield. The only correct answer to "So, howdya' like our country, eh?" is "Best {insert your own regional swear word here} country in the world!".
It is very likely that, on arriving, some cheerful Australians will 'adopt' you on your first night, and take you to a pub where Australian Beer is served. Despite the obvious danger, do not refuse. It is a form of initiation rite. You will wake up late the next day with an astonishing hangover, a foul-taste in your mouth, and wearing strange clothes. Your hosts will usually make sure you get home, and waive off any legal difficulties with "It's his first time in Australia, so we took him to the pub.", to which the policeman will sagely nod and close his notebook.
Be sure to tell the story of these events to every other Australian you encounter, adding new embellishments at every stage, and noting how strong the beer was. Thus you will be accepted into this unique culture.
Most Australians are now urban dwellers, having discovered the primary use of electricity, which is air-conditioning and refrigerators.

Typical Australian sayings:
* "G'Day!"
* "It's better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick."
* "She'll be right."
* "And down from Kosciusko, where the pine clad ridges raise their torn and rugged battlements on high, where the air is clear as crystal, and the white stars fairly blaze at midnight in the cold and frosty sky.
And where, around the Overflow, the reed beds sweep and sway to the breezes, and the rolling plains are wide. The Man from Snowy River is a household word today, and the stockmen tell the story of his ride."

Tips to Surviving Australia:
* Don't ever put your hand down a hole for any reason whatsoever. We mean it.
* The beer is stronger than you think, regardless of how strong you think it is.
* Always carry a stick.
* Air-conditioning.
* Do not attempt to use Australian slang, unless you are a trained linguist and good in a fist fight.
* Thick socks.
* Take good maps. Stopping to ask directions only works when there are people nearby.
* If you leave the urban areas, carry several litres of water with you at all times, or you will die.
* Even in the most embellished stories told by Australians, there is always a core of truth that it is unwise to ignore.

See Also: "Deserts: How to die in them", "The Stick: Second most useful thing ever" and "Poisonous and Venomous arachnids, insects, animals, trees, shrubs, fish and sheep of Australia, volumes 1-42"

From: Ruroken
Tim Horton's

EHHHHHHHH!
I just got back from there :rolleyes:
Best coffee in da' world.
Also won a donut from the roll-up-the-rim ^.^

From: gratz
I'm work & school a-holic started college a lot younger than others do so this is more of my mid -late 20's financial wise )

From: R0b0t1
I'm to lazy to apply myself, so I just Troll…..

From: gratz
I Said…"I work as much as I can get work"

From: R0b0t1
I SAID, "I'm to lazy to apply myself, so I just Troll" !!!!l…..

From: ss23
Huh Huh, I'm a lazy Troll too…

From: Quickmarch
Agreed. So Am I !!!!

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From: gratz
I am dyslexic at first I wanted to go into programming but it was a complete waste of a semester I found out no matter how much I work on the simplest types of code I fail pretty badly it took me a long time (my whole life) just to get good with English

Most Commendable, I suffer from "learning disabilities" too…math is my favorite subject, but Most difficult for me, GRATZ for sticking through it, sounds like you deserve everything you have earned in this life !

My personal goal as of right now, is to travel to ALL of the cities on the Rock Star Energy can….



I've been to 5 so far !!!! :)

Using my Super powers of paraphrasing, What I think What Tom meant to say was….

From: Ron
Politics Suck, So check for travel warning's before you go… ~Ron :)

As far as settling down and buying land, Canada is quite nice, but I think you can find 500+ acres in the Western US for the same price or cheaper and the climate will be a bit more moderate, but if you go a bit further south of the border, you will find your money goes quite a bit further ;)

Oh, and thanks for not feeding the Trolls !!! :garfield:

From: RAM
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Most Commendable, I suffer from "learning disabilities" too…math is my favorite subject, but Most difficult for me, GRATZ for sticking through it, sounds like you deserve everything you have earned in this life !

My personal goal as of right now, is to travel to ALL of the cities on the Rock Star Energy can….



I've been to 5 so far !!!! :)

Using my Super powers of paraphrasing, What I think What Tom meant to say was….



As far as settling down and buying land, Canada is quite nice, but I think you can find 500+ acres in the Western US for the same price or cheaper and the climate will be a bit more moderate, but if you go a bit further south of the border, you will find your money goes quite a bit further ;)

Oh, and thanks for not feeding the Trolls !!! :garfield:

Lol thanks I'd give a lot to be as good as you guys in programming.. a lot. I highly admire a lot of you especially how young some of you are when people talk about our future generations being complete shit I know they haven't witnessed much outside high school bullies who pretty much don't do anything at all in life ^____^ it's sad a lot of jobs require so much paper to get when some people I've seen even 14 years old are better than people I've met who have been programming for longer than these kids lives…

also at the land piece, yes, I've been looking at many many properties around here I sold 15 acres in Fairplay Colorado (near South Park Colorado) (and no the South Park show is based on evergreen Colorado not South Park Colorado) I really want some rocky mountain / forest area though :spot: I'd give everything I have to live a couple hundred years ago and be a crazy mountain man who haunts a forest and scares the explorers of America who try to venture in my woods

@your math thing that was my favorite throughout school till middle school they put me in a special class before pre algebra and I was already doing some algebra 2 things… since then I haven't done 1 homework assignment for math because every test I was getting 100% on and next semester will be my first math class in college and first math class in a few years lolol…
inb4 fail

From: Ron
gratz! Congrats! This sounds like an amazing adventure. I personally love to travel but haven't traveled to Europe nor South Africa nor a lot of other places. Anyway, my friend went to South Africa with the intent to hunt. He came back with a lot of pictures so if you have hunting or wildlife in mind, go to South Africa. If you have anything beach or water related or nature/hunting/camping go to Australia or if you like surfing and cuter girls, try New Zealand next door.

A euro trip, I can imagine would be a lot of fun as well. I'm planning, next year, to study abroad in Budapest, Hungary smackdab in the middle of Europe so it's only $100 bucks to travel to whichever country I feel like going to.

As for the Rich People comment. Traveling is very inexpensive right now. Last christmas break I flew to california from new hampshire and back for only $200, I also flew one way from Miami FL to Boston for only $160. Point being, it's cheaper than 10 years ago to travel (pre 9/11). I remember when it was around $600 bucks round trip to travel to florida. That was very very expensive but at the time we got the 'cheap' tickets.

I can just imagine what first class would cost. Around $1100. But that is not your problem gratz cause we live in 2010 where airline companies are going out of business.

Other places of interest:

California - Awesome place, first time I went was over xmas break 2009. Cheapest and best bud ive ever smoked. Hottest girls, great weather, surfing, biking, redwood trees, fun.
Hawaii - Another great cliche local place to visit.
Caribbean - Jamaica, Aruba, St Martin - It's all in the song Kokomo by The Beach Boys
South America - Rio, Brazil - See the movie Blame it on Rio starring Michael Caine
Asia
- China - Ive met so many cute girls from China as well as Japan, Vietnam, Malaysia, I love asians
- Goa, India - Sex, drugs, clubbing, warm beach weather, stay away from beach or sharks will eat you

Stay away from:
Mexico - drug cartels
Iraq - pissed off sunnis + shiites - they do not like white people
Iran - see Iraq
Afganistan - terrorists, narrow-minded muslims who kill non-muslims on sight
Pakistan - see Afganistan
Somalia - pirates, diamonds, other natural resources that are high enough in demand to cause a civil war
Niger - see Somalia
Zimbabwe - President is fucked up - does not like white people
Congo - see Somalia
North Korea - Kim Jung Il is fucked up

If you plan on fucking instead of touring, again, Cali is $80 a night in Los Angeles. A very cheap getaway. Hope you have a blast!

~Ron :)

Ty for your input I don't have much to say it's pretty straight forward xD
I enjoy Hungry (I am Hungarian) I have some family there

From: Torrent of Flame
I went to Banff with my best friend. It was awesome and relaxing ^_^

Yeah I really liked banff

From: R0b0t1
FUCKING. RICH. PEOPLE. a

Lol money is something anyone can acquire just work at it :O and money isn't everything


@all you trolls~ I enjoy trolling too this is one of many forums I'm a member of including one of the worlds biggest forums where I am nearing 80k posts lol.. (no lifing it)

From: gratz
I'm a member of including one of the worlds biggest forums where I am nearing 80k posts lol.. (no lifing it)

www.gaiaonline.com ?

Fuck you RAM, there's some things you can't change with hard work and determination.

Where in canada?

From: Main_Ftw
Where in canada?

North of Antarctica

From: RAM
www.gaiaonline.com ?

Nope one I'll give you a hint it isn't gaia and I do have a post count so that rules out 4chan 1 left! ^.^

From: R0b0t1
Fuck you RAM, there's some things you can't change with hard work and determination.

Like your ignorance ? :duh:

From: gratz
Nope one I'll give you a hint it isn't gaia and I do have a post count so that rules out 4chan 1 left! ^.^

Hmm, I just guessed gaia, because I just read an old article about them……d2jsp ?

I also found this old link, to bad it's sold, but $200 an acre is crazy for this beautiful piece of property.

From: RAM
Like your ignorance ? :duh:



Hmm, I just guessed gaia, because I just read an old article about them……d2jsp ?

I also found this old link, to bad it's sold, but $200 an acre is crazy for this beautiful piece of property.

Yeah it is jsp :P and that is a nice property

Ever see the robin hood movie where they have like the 20 tree houses way up in the trees and they're all bridged together? That would be my dream house~ 1 tree house is kitchen 1 is bedroom etc

Go to New Zealand. I went there and it was a cooler version of Australia.

Canada's pretty sweet too, but I'd say only because of the people. As far as actual things to do there, Australia would probably be a better bet.

I know nothing about South Africa other than if you go during the summer it will be in the middle of the World Cup :)

From: Tim0suprem0
Go to New Zealand. I went there and it was a cooler version of Australia.

Canada's pretty sweet too, but I'd say only because of the people. As far as actual things to do there, Australia would probably be a better bet.

I know nothing about South Africa other than if you go during the summer it will be in the middle of the World Cup :)

Woo world cup sounds fun

Canada is a great country to grow up and live in. But to visit it, might not be that exciting. Not unless you have Canadian comrades to show you the ins and outs. There is some absolutely breathe taking scenery here. In your choices, South Africa would be the most interesting place to visit.

From: Ruroken
Vancouver B.C., man! Should be everyone's top destination. So much natural beauty its stupid, and the cops are pretty understanding ifyaknowwhatimean.

yeah no better place then van city.