Over 35 Vacation/Travel thread.

[Corbi]

as long as you're down in tombstone you should hit up Bisbee too, it's an old copper mining town from the cowboy days.

Going tomorrow, will check it out. Thanks
Also hitting up Nogales as I want to see the wall for myself. Maybe I’ll sign it if nobody tries to stop that?

[OldFartTom]

Adding another couple of pics from my previous post as people seem to enjoy pics more than my waffle. Taken 23/10/2020 just before they started their "firebreak" lockdown so I was about to leave Wales when I took them

Borth y Gest
Picture taken roughly from this location (actually on beach other side of those buildings) https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9150...7i13312!8i6656



Moelwyn Mawr in the distance (it's the rounded one on the right, which I was walking under during the night thurs-Fri)
Picture taken roughly here (although crossing the lines of steam railway and standing by wall) https://www.google.com/maps/@52.9248...7i16384!8i8192



Edit: in the Google streetview the steam train is just leaving the station if you want to "walk" 20 yards down the road (out of town) from the location linked above to look at it. Wasn't running the day I was there due to end of season and lockdown etc

[Corbi]

Few shots from Arizona

[Corbi]

Our rental




Border wall at Nogales


Pants caught in the razor wire.

[Mark1T]

Great shots, Corbito.

[Corbi]

Trying a different pic sharing site.

[Corbi]

Lady Liberty shot I took last yr.

[OldFartTom]

Sorry can't see either image, I'm being blocked. Are there some permissions you need to adjust?

[Corbi]

Took a road trip last week down south for a job interview in Georgia, decided since we were in the area to check out Savannah and glad I did as it easily surpassed all expectations. You see it on tv like other cities but usually they fall far short but this is one city that lives up to the hype with the history, parks, architecture, the oaks with the spanish moss, etc. If you have never been there take the time to check it out.

[OldFartTom]

OK, this isn't a vacation I've taken but I'd LOVE one day to visit Sicily and see this
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56170278 checkout those pics

Anyway, last Summer I didn't get a family vacation in Greece, but I was able to reschedule my flights at no cost and same with hotel booking (I'd paid a €500 deposit) to August this year.

My wife has been vaccinated but I haven't, because it is done on medical need/conditions (and age) so I won't be getting mine maybe until July as long as there are no delays in vaccine supply (for example the EU has been threatening to prevent export of vaccines and related materials to UK). So I don't know if I will be vaccinated before my vacation.

Greece is currently considering only allowing UK nationals to enter Greece once lockdown eased if they can prove vaccination. It's going to be interesting!

[PhDPepper1111]

Hope you get to go Tom!
I'm planning to be in Dominican Republic for my 50th birthday!
I'm vaccinated but my wife isn't.
We'll have to test before going and before getting back on the plane home.
Things looking ok right now as long as they don't get worse!

[Corbi]

Fuk it not worth all the trouble, canceling / postponing Cartagena until this fall, don't feel like dealing with covid tests before as well as another one while in Colombia and any other bs that may come with it.

[mtpockets]

Fuk it not worth all the trouble, canceling / postponing Cartagena until this fall, don't feel like dealing with covid tests before as well as another one while in Colombia and any other bs that may come with it.

Bummer you had to cancel Corbi, I know how much you guys love travelling to different areas. I think you made the right call though, there is a lot of uncertainty because of covid for sure.

[Corbi]

Bummer you had to cancel Corbi, I know how much you guys love travelling to different areas. I think you made the right call though, there is a lot of uncertainty because of covid for sure.

Booked a short 4 night trip to San Antonio instead, used United miles so airline cost me nothing. Haven't been any further south in Texas than Dallas and have wanted to check out this city for quite sometime now.

[Oceanside]

Booked a short 4 night trip to San Antonio instead, used United miles so airline cost me nothing. Haven't been any further south in Texas than Dallas and have wanted to check out this city for quite sometime now.

the Riverwalk is pretty cool although I'm not sure how this covid crap has affect it...

The Alamo is a five min walk from there.

if ya feel like taking a 2 hour drive and seeing absolutely nothing, you can go visit so-tex

[Gabbar99]

Booked a short 4 night trip to San Antonio instead, used United miles so airline cost me nothing. Haven't been any further south in Texas than Dallas and have wanted to check out this city for quite sometime now.

San Antonio is one of my favorite cities to have a conference. Once you're at the Riverwalk you don't need to get transported anywhere else.

The first time there a colleague and I were sitting on a sofa in the hotel lobby staring out a window and wondering where the Alamo was. Was it outside of town somewhere, somewhere downtown...? Ask a hotel employee walking by "where is the Alamo?". He gave us a quizzical look and just pointed out the window. We were looking right at it a few hundred feet in front of us.

[Corbi]

the Riverwalk is pretty cool although I'm not sure how this covid crap has affect it...

The Alamo is a five min walk from there.

We are staying about 4 miles south of the Riverwalk area, have a car so no big deal. Supposedly $hits open and running so it shouldn't be too bad unless @sshat Biden butts in.

San Antonio is one of my favorite cities to have a conference. Once you're at the Riverwalk you don't need to get transported anywhere else.

The first time there a colleague and I were sitting on a sofa in the hotel lobby staring out a window and wondering where the Alamo was. Was it outside of town somewhere, somewhere downtown...? Ask a hotel employee walking by "where is the Alamo?". He gave us a quizzical look and just pointed out the window. We were looking right at it a few hundred feet in front of us.

I have heard it's a bit of a letdown to see in person?

[Gabbar99]

We are staying about 4 miles south of the Riverwalk area, have a car so no big deal. Supposedly $hits open and running so it shouldn't be too bad unless @sshat Biden butts in.



I have heard it's a bit of a letdown to see in person?

The "river" of the riverwalk is just a shallow concrete ditch diverted off a river, nothing much to it, but it's surrounded by shops and restaurants and hotels. I thought it was quite nice. I'd run on the riverwalk early a.m. and have it pretty much to myself. Everything was very close. A couple times I visited friends elsewhere in the city, but 95% of my time was in the hotel or out on the riverwalk. Never drove around there, just got a taxi from the airport to hotel and then was on foot. Walk out the street side of the hotel and you're in a very ordinary city, but the river side of the hotels is a nice hangout. Last time I was there has got to be 15 years ago, but I'm betting it's pretty much the same.

Oklahoma City has a riverwalk now. I wonder what that's like. I did some engineering work for it before it was built but have not been there since it was built.

[OldFartTom]

OK, it's not a vacation, but a suitable thread to dump in a pic.
It looks way more impressive and blue to the naked eye, but I don't add filters etc to my pics (so often it goes beyond improving the pic and into to plain faking, IMHO, so posted unprocessed)

[friesbruh]

might be able to pull off a full two months in alaska this summer, trynna map out a trip now

[OldFartTom]

might be able to pull off a full two months in alaska this summer, trynna map out a trip now

What do you hope to do in Alaska, general outdoors, mountaineering, hunting, or just visiting your in-laws or something?

[friesbruh]

What do you hope to do in Alaska, general outdoors, mountaineering, hunting, or just visiting your in-laws or something?

mostly just for for mental health brah, whole different world up there (as most would know)

but also do probably 3-4 hikes, some landscape photography on the EOS R and next time will focus more on 3D mapping (see below)

I have probably 7 or 8 done from different places but this is the only one i have uploaded atm >

3D spots: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Fy73t3HjhEy3d7URA (is from Beluga Point, just south of anchorage)

Panoramas: https://photos.app.goo.gl/aoqdub9i6DLAxtgW6 (most from alaska)

usually just car camp and might stay at a hostel a handful of nights

[Corbi]

mostly just for for mental health brah, whole different world up there (as most would know)

but also do probably 3-4 hikes, some landscape photography on the EOS R and next time will focus more on 3D mapping (see below)

I have probably 7 or 8 done from different places but this is the only one i have uploaded atm >

3D spots: https://photos.app.goo.gl/Fy73t3HjhEy3d7URA (is from Beluga Point, just south of anchorage)

Panoramas: https://photos.app.goo.gl/aoqdub9i6DLAxtgW6 (most from alaska)

usually just car camp and might stay at a hostel a handful of nights

Plenty of pics will be required homework. I have not been to Alaska yet, one of 3 states left before I complete them all.

And I need to update this thread with some pics from San Antonio.

[PhDPepper1111]

Just got back from my first trip to the Caribbean and my first stay at an all-inclusive resort. Stayed in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Honestly it was exactly what I was wanting - a relaxing time without having to plan anything. Warm water, beautiful sand, drinks and food were easy if not high quality. Very friendly staff with a slight undercurrent of resentment.... but really, had a great time!

[Corbi]

Just got back from my first trip to the Caribbean and my first stay at an all-inclusive resort. Stayed in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. Honestly it was exactly what I was wanting - a relaxing time without having to plan anything. Warm water, beautiful sand, drinks and food were easy if not high quality. Very friendly staff with a slight undercurrent of resentment.... but really, had a great time!

What resort?

[PhDPepper1111]

What resort?

Melia Punta Cana (the LEVEL adults only Wellness package). Worth every penny!

[Gabbar99]

spent a week on the beach in Florida. It was nice.

[ChazWood]

spent a week on the beach in Florida. It was nice.

Dude, you should totally post that on Travelocity.

[PhDPepper1111]

spent a week on the beach in Florida. It was nice.

Not a serious question... or maybe it is... did you sleep on beach too?
Could be kinda cool. Haven't done that since my 20s...

[MadNinjaSkills]

Last summer was supposed to be our San Diego stay-cation with this year being Hawaii. But of course things didn’t go as planned. So this summer will be San Diego. Looking to spend a week at a nice place right on the beach and take the kids to the Zoo, Wild Animal Park, Sea World, and Balboa Park museums. We might also do a side mini vacation to Arizona to see some family and do some sight seeing while there.

Next year we’re trying to decide on Maui or the Florida Keys.