02-05-2009, 08:46 AM
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#82
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Calgary - Transplanted Manitoban
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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
Rio de Janiero. Even with the Favela's hanging off the hillsides the Natural setting of the City is spectacular.
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Definitly one of my favorite places!
Throw in the Inca trails in Peru, and a place called Bol, Croatia as well.
as for cities, I am a HUGE fan of Boston. Very cool vibe in that city.
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02-05-2009, 08:59 AM
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#83
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Edinburgh, Scotland is pretty amazing.
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02-05-2009, 10:16 AM
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#84
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Switzerland.
Amazing, amazing, amazing country. If I could afford it I would go back every year. It does suck paying 15$ for a Big Mac meal though  |
+1
If you love mountains, it is the place to visit.
Lugano (so far) is my favorite Swiss city.
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02-05-2009, 11:09 AM
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#85
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Franchise Player
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Tahiti looks like true heaven. Is it expensive for an over-water bungalow?
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Originally Posted by The Ditch
I went to Bora Bora for two weeks and stayed in a hut over the water, probably one of the most surreal places ever.
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02-05-2009, 11:11 AM
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#86
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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I enjoyed lucerne and there sweet ass underground mall. That is where I saw the worlds largest dog, I initially thought it was a medium sized horse. Also have to love the cops who carry around machine guns.
Also some wicked model train shops. If are a model train nerd, switzerland and germany are the place to go.
There is no place in switzerland where I didnt feel 100% safe, like I could walk around with 100 Euro bills taped to my clothes and no one would take any of them.
Also, +1 to the 4 foot long toberlerone bar.
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02-05-2009, 11:13 AM
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#87
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Originally Posted by 3 Justin 3
I forget the name, but I went to the coolest German town when I was doing a Castle Tour from Munich. Quintessentially German, everything about it. That whole tour was awesome, seeing the German countryside. Austria as a whole is pretty nice as well. Then of course B.C. is beautiful.
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That would most likely be Rothenberg (ob der Tauber)
Pretty much perfect medieval European town.
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02-05-2009, 11:25 AM
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#88
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First Line Centre
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Originally Posted by Bunk
Tahiti looks like true heaven. Is it expensive for an over-water bungalow?
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I mean, it was fairly expensive, but the bulk of the cost for the trip was definitely the flight. Fly into LA, get off go onto another airline, fly 9 hours to Tahiti, get off, get on a turbo prop and fly an hour to Bora Bora. Also, food and drink are so ridiculously expensive there.
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02-05-2009, 11:31 AM
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Lifetime Suspension
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I've done quite a bit of travelling and I find very few spots can compare to the Okanagan Valley in the summer.
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02-05-2009, 11:45 AM
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#90
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Silicon Valley
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Originally Posted by mykalberta
Switzerland.
Amazing, amazing, amazing country. If I could afford it I would go back every year. It does suck paying 15$ for a Big Mac meal though |
Definately, how could I miss Switzerland ... one of my favourite places in the world, and a dream to live there.
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02-05-2009, 11:59 AM
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A Fiddler Crab
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Chicago
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I've had the good fortune to visit some amazing places in my life, Bora Bora, Rarotonga, Australia, Central America, Paris, London - but for my money, there isn't anywhere better than the summit of Lake Louise on a blue-bird day.
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02-05-2009, 12:01 PM
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#92
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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Damn, so jealous. Bora Bora is priority #1 vacation spot. It's just other stupid priorities, like a house and wedding, that keep getting in the way 
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02-05-2009, 01:56 PM
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#93
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by InCoGnEtO
Definitly one of my favorite places!
Throw in the Inca trails in Peru, and a place called Bol, Croatia as well.
as for cities, I am a HUGE fan of Boston. Very cool vibe in that city.
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I'm trying to plan a trip of sorts and part of me wants to do something adventurous like that rather than a typical all inclusive beach resort type thing.
Whats the best way to go about that? I've been checking out www.gapadventures.com who provide some tour packages of some interesting places. Are they worth it? Is it better to just plan out your own trip piece by piece?
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