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I haven't has a holiday since 1994, so I'm damn well determined that I'll take one this year. Question is where is good to go?

Blackpool

gran canaria. love that place

Hmmm...Does your budget account for a primitive F-67 spacecraft? ;)


~Czardas, Supreme Ruler of the Universe

See Ireland.

Plymouth! ;)
Nice to visit, just don't stay too long or the Swillyites'll get ya!

Also, links with France...and Cornwall (come on, ever been there? Its definatly foreign :eek: )

Barrow, AK.

Brazil.

India is great - Do the standard route that most people take Jaipur, Dehli and Rajistan. Very Beautiful.

Cambodia, like in the old Dead Kennedys tune...

Blackpool
I agree with that one. There's nothing like a day on the beach, crushing donkeys' spines and getting infected by the water in the pouring rain...

Also, drop by preston. Do it. Dooo it..

Plymouth! ;)
Nice to visit, just don't stay too long or the Swillyites'll get ya!

Also, links with France...and Cornwall (come on, ever been there? Its definatly foreign :eek: )

I've been to all three (well two actually as Plymouth is in Cornwall) and Brazil is definately better for holidays.

Peru and Bolivia.

Plymouth! ;)
Nice to visit, just don't stay too long or the Swillyites'll get ya!

that's where I will be going for my summer holiday, yay... :rolleyes:

Blackpool

Will be going to Blackpool for maybe a day trip later this summer

See Ireland.

Seen it, pretty much the same as where I live :D

I agree with that one. There's nothing like a day on the beach, crushing donkeys' spines and getting infected by the water in the pouring rain...

Also, drop by preston. Do it. Dooo it..
those donkeys are well looked after! they have MOTs and everything! and it hasn't even rained in days!

Will be going to Blackpool for maybe a day trip later this summer

awesome!

What do you LIKE? It'd be easier telling you where to go then.

I put USA, becuase right now it's a BARGAIN if you've got Euros or Sterling...

Boston. You can come help me pick out an apartment.

Sunny Hayling Island. Its great there...

Boston. You can come help me pick out an apartment.

Good idea. Then down to New Haven for some real pizza, a trip to the casinos, and then down to NYC... ;)

I've been to all three (well two actually as Plymouth is in Cornwall) and Brazil is definately better for holidays.
BWAARRGGHHHH!!!!! :sniper:

Plymouth is not in Cornwall!!! It's in Devon! We've got a river seperating us (thank the heavens!).

What do you LIKE? It'd be easier telling you where to go then.

I put USA, becuase right now it's a BARGAIN if you've got Euros or Sterling...

I'm not too fussed, I like most things - except loud dance music and binge drinking trips. Also I'm too poor to go on any 'shopping intensive' holidays. Just want to de-stress, relax, or do something new and exhausting.

that's where I will be going for my summer holiday, yay... :rolleyes:
Avoid Swilly (or North Prospect), they re-named it hoping that it might change the area :rolleyes:

aruba of course, its the home of the perfect carribean vacation. ill be there the first 2 weeks in november myself

in the US.... leaving out the obvious answers of the big cities, (id go with chicago).... colorado if you are going in the summer (or winter if you like skiing) ... arizona if you are going in the winter. im a big fan of the outdoors and those 2 states have wonderful and reasonably accessible possibilities.

Boston. You can come help me pick out an apartment.

Okay, but I ain't helping you move :D

Seen it, pretty much the same as where I live :D

Sorry, family joke.

Okay, but I ain't helping you move :D

Deal!

Go to Todtenweis, Bavaria, Germany!

http://www.todtenweis.de/images/bilder/oben/hp_7_gr.jpg

Or at least just Bavaria! (Where the 2006 FIFA World Cup will be!:

Here's the tourism page: http://www.bayern.by/portal/frontend.php?lang=de (or for English: http://www.bayern.by/portal/frontend.php?lang=de&lang=en)

http://sasik.sasprg.cz/~stoupa/wallpaper/evropa/nemecko/Neuschwanstein%20Castle,%20Bavaria,%20Germany.jpg

http://www.limesballooning.de/pics/tsee.jpg
http://www.bayern.by/data/mediadb/cms_pictures/%7Bd3a5fb66-456c-579d-bce4-2dcf7d10ee0d%7D.jpeg

Cambodia, of course.

It's a holiday in Cambodia!

Budapest!

Trust me, good food, good culture, good history, good architecture - it's got it all...apart from the beaches. You're not a beach person, are you? ARE YOU!?!

those donkeys are well looked after! they have MOTs and everything! and it hasn't even rained in days!
You didn't clear up the water issue. Which of course is technically impossible in Blackpool...

You didn't clear up the water issue. Which of course is technically impossible in Blackpool...
well I used to go jet-skiing and Blackpool sea and I never caught anything!

While in Bavaria, the wasser ist fresh und gut!

well I used to go jet-skiing and Blackpool sea and I never caught anything!
It isn't about you catching anything in the Blackpool water - it's more about something catching you...

While in Bavaria, the wasser ist fresh und gut!
yeah, but does it have a tower and a big theme park and donkeys and a Sealife centre?

It isn't about you catching anything in the Blackpool water - it's more about something catching you...
:rolleyes:

:rolleyes:
:D

You didn't clear up the water issue. Which of course is technically impossible in Blackpool...

Its cleaner than the Med!

yeah, but does it have a tower and a big theme park and donkeys and a Sealife centre?

It has Europe's highest and biggest steel roller coaster, a choice of over 100 rides, and the Atlantica SuperSplash water coaster at the Europa-Park in Rust, Germany (part of the "Black Forest" in Bavaria). (http://www.europapark.de/index.php?lang=en)

http://img205.echo.cx/img205/1495/untitled2df.jpg

Portugal!

http://www.portugal.org/tourism/index.html

Portugal!

http://www.portugal.org/tourism/index.html

Nein!

Germany!

http://www.germany-tourism.de/

Or even better, Bavaria!

http://www.bayern.by/portal/frontend.php?lang=de

Nein!

Germany!

http://www.germany-tourism.de/

Or even better, Bavaria!

http://www.bayern.by/portal/frontend.php?lang=de

Nein

Nord Deustchland!

I'm not too fussed, I like most things - except loud dance music and binge drinking trips. Also I'm too poor to go on any 'shopping intensive' holidays. Just want to de-stress, relax, or do something new and exhausting.

If you *are* a beach person, or love golf & fishing, try MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina. Not too hot but always warm. Friendly, but not too commercial. And, unless you're there on a holiday weekend (4th of July, Labor Day), relatively easy to book. Has an airport with connections through NYC (and some other cities), and you don't NEED a car, though it's better to have one.

Or, if you're planning a fall trip, try the foliage in New Hampshire through northern Connecticut, especially in the WHITE MOUNTAINS. Mount Washington & area is dizzying with color when the leaves change.

Cambodia, of course.

Where you'll do what you're told...


Anyway, I say the U.S. of A. Why? Well, it's really cheap, and it's massive. So many places to see, so many things to do. Don't go to a Baseball game... Those are boring. Go to a Football game if you wanna see a sporting event.

Where in America, you ask? Hard to say. San Francisco is *really* nice (though it's one of the few expensive cities in the country). However, if you're going on Spring Break (next year, duh), head for South Padre Island, Texas. It's raging during Spring Break, man. It's a hell of a place during that time.

New-Zeland has very beautifuls mountains and sheeps, and cows... But Canada is fun too, and you don't need a visa so... And I live in Canada so it's the best country in the world!! :D

It has Europe's highest and biggest steel roller coaster, a choice of over 100 rides, and the Atlantica SuperSplash water coaster at the Europa-Park in Rust, Germany (part of the "Black Forest" in Bavaria). (http://www.europapark.de/index.php?lang=en)

http://img205.echo.cx/img205/1495/untitled2df.jpg
Europe's tallest and fastest rollercoaster (The Pepsi Max Big One):

http://www.blackpooltourism.com/dbimgs/pleasurebeach3.jpg

New-Zeland has very beautifuls mountains and sheeps, and cows... But Canada is fun too, and you don't need a visa so... And I live in Canada so it's the best country in the world!! :D

Yeah, New Zealand is supposed to be nice (according to my mum, who's been there). Their accent would have to be one of the strangest accents I've ever heard (and we get quite a few of them here in Sydney, so trust me, I know what they sound like...).

They do have a lot of sheep, though, lol, and it's the butt of a lot of jokes... Apparently there's more sheep than people over there., mind, that's not hard when you consider there's less New Zealanders in NZ than there are people in Sydney.

They also have a very unusual accent. The old "fush and chups" is what springs to mind when I think of NZ'ers... lol. Don't get me wrong, the New Zealanders are wonderful people. Very friendly. It seems to be a trend in this corner of the world.

Us Australians have a friendly rivalry going with the NZ'ers. It's good, because Australia's usually on the winning side, although it's pretty close in Rugby Union.

At least you can understand what an Australian is saying most of the time. Some New Zealanders... (a friend of the family's kid was born in NZ and gosh it was hard to work out what she was saying)...

One really has to drive in NZ, but if you can't drive there's numerous bus tours that one can go on. Also, consider a stop in Sydney. It's so easy to be a tourist in Sydney, even if you live there (I love it in the city).

Go to Scandinavia! Sweden is one of the world's most beautiful countries!

I haven't has a holiday since 1994, so I'm damn well determined that I'll take one this year. Question is where is good to go?

Hmmm... Scotland, eh? Don't mean to throw stones from glass houses, but I suggest you go somewhere sunny.

Im going to Holland for my first vacation of the year (in a week and a half). You really should take more vacations, what are you living life for if not to enjoy it? I try to take several small vacations throughout the year or one big one. This year its Holland, next year Im considering renting an RV and going across the US from one side to the other.

Go Holland!!! That's a good idea, I think we should all go to Amsterdam or Eindhoven.

Out of those choices - Japan. Go to Cuba!

USA: naah
Italy: naah
Angkor Watt: huh?
Belgium: too close.
St Petersburg: not relaxing... a must if you're interested of arts
New Zeland: would be interesting, yet too similar
Canada: same, too similar
Scandanavia: too close, too similar. (Anyway, my choice would be a cottage holiday by any lake in Sweden or Finland)
India: All that you're looking for
Japan: Even better. rich man's choice.

It really depends on your budget. Are you looking for a relaxing holiday or a sightseeing one? And how much time do you have on your holidays.

I haven't has a holiday since 1994, so I'm damn well determined that I'll take one this year. Question is where is good to go?
Northern California, here's why:

Our 'cash crop' is easy to get and really the best.

When you get back people will ask, "Did you see any movie stars?" and you'll be able to say "No." "Did everyone have hot tubs?" "No, it didn't seem like it." "Did you see a car chase?" "No, everyone just kinda drove normal (except on the right)" "What did you see?" "Just a bunch of nature and some really laid back people." "Are you sure you where in California?" "Thats what they told me. Turns out that LA is just one city down by the bottom, and not as some would believe the whole state." It will be great. And most of us up here won't hear your accent and call you Irish. (going by your location thingy. I make no garauntees on that last claim.)

Europe's tallest and fastest rollercoaster (The Pepsi Max Big One):

http://www.blackpooltourism.com/dbimgs/pleasurebeach3.jpg

The Silverstar Rollercoaster in Europa-Park (the park I posted before) is 240 feet-high. The Pepsi Max Big One is 235 feet high. The Pepsi Max Big One was the tallest rollercoaster in Europe, but Silverstar overtook it in 2002. :p

http://www.coasterforce.com/parkguides/blackpoolpleasurebeach/pepsimax.shtml

the adriatic is a good place to go in summer, but if summer is not you time go to petrograd

The Silverstar Rollercoaster in Europa-Park (the park I posted before) is 240 feet-high. The Pepsi Max Big One is 235 feet high. The Pepsi Max Big One was the tallest rollercoaster in Europe, but Silverstar overtook it in 2002. :p

http://www.coasterforce.com/parkguides/blackpoolpleasurebeach/pepsimax.shtml


they just finished the "Kingda Ka" roller coaster in Great Adventure-Jackson,New Jersey. Its the tallest. fastest roller coaster in the world. Its 456 feet high and hits 128 miles per hour.

they just finished the "Kingda Ka" roller coaster in Great Adventure-Jackson,New Jersey. Its the tallest. fastest roller coaster in the world. Its 456 feet high and hits 128 miles per hour.

Did it open already? I knew they were finishing it up, but I never heard of them opening it yet...

Of the options listed, I'd choose Angkor Wat. Of the places I've visited, however, I'd plump for Scotland, specifically the Rannoch region. Loch Rannoch is truly stunning, Mt Schehallion is a very unusual and beautiful mountain, you're in easy reach of the Cairngorms, there are some decent distilleries nearby (Dalwhinnie and Edradour) and some very attractive small towns (Pitlochry and Aberfeldy).

Did it open already? I knew they were finishing it up, but I never heard of them opening it yet...


I'm pretty sure its complete and running. I think the parl is still only open on weekends right now. We have season passes, but wont be able to go for another two weeks. My kids are dying to ride this, I'm not looking foward to it.