Author Topic: What is your choice for vacation spot? (Read 1688 times)

lasersailor184 · « **Reply #45 on:** March 03, 2006, 12:51:36 PM »

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Originally posted by xrtoronto

Agreed Tarmac.
The above picture is looking north from the cottage over Wolf Lake into the southern boundry of Algonquin Park. Depending on traffic it's about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from Toronto. This area is incredible. The pic above was taken at about 9:30 am last summer. End of May and the most of June are no time to be up there however...the bugs are, well, relentless
Tarmac, have you seen any wildlife up there? There is some 3,000 bears in the park; wolves, moose, deer, fox etc. If the wind is not blowing, you can hear conversations a mile away. LOL

Who would want to go there? There's no friggin wind!

BigGun · « **Reply #46 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:00:39 PM »

Went to Costa Rica for couple weeks...was great place for vacation.

Going to Kauai next week for 12 days, should be nice. Never been to that island, looking forward to it.

Mustaine · « **Reply #47 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:21:21 PM »

i loved alaska.

crand cayman in the 80's was sweet.

the yucatan penninsula is really cool too.

there isn't much there, but upper michigan is my fav (partially because my mother and father grew up there)

Mighty1 · « **Reply #48 on:** March 03, 2006, 01:46:53 PM »

Right here!!

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #49 on:** March 03, 2006, 02:04:22 PM »

anywhere with mountains, 10feet of powder, and chair lifts.

Maverick · « **Reply #50 on:** March 03, 2006, 05:07:40 PM »

The Army sent me on a small "vacation" in Panama. Not a bad place at all. The food was good and very inexpensive, you can drink the water and the scuba diving is fantastic on the Atlantic side. Several spots have old ruins to explore as well.

weaselsan · « **Reply #51 on:** March 03, 2006, 06:53:38 PM »

Daytona Beach (The worlds most famous beach) it says so on the sign. I can drive to the airport and not get on the plane.

mietla · « **Reply #52 on:** March 03, 2006, 07:31:45 PM »

My favorite by far is Tahiti and her Islands. More specifically Bora Bora, Huahine in Society Archipelago and Manihi in the Tuamotus Archipelago. Mahini does not have a central island/volcano. It is just a atol 5-10 km in diameter.

Ripsnort · « **Reply #53 on:** March 03, 2006, 07:41:37 PM »

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Originally posted by mietla
My favorite by far is Tahiti and her Islands. More specifically Bora Bora, Huahine in Society Archipelago and Manihi in the Tuamotus Archipelago. Mahini does not have a central island/volcano. It is just a atol 5-10 km in diameter.

Christ! I can't even imagine the cost. I do know that I won't be able to afford a trip like that until retirement. When did you go? How much was the trip?

mietla · « **Reply #54 on:** March 03, 2006, 07:57:05 PM »

He, he,

I went there in Sep 2004. Hopped 7 islands (Tahiti, Moorea, Huahine, Raiatea, Tahaa, Bora Bora and Manihi) and just loved it.

The islands are pretty small (you can drive around say Moorea in less than an hour), and they are much older that for example Hawaii. As a result they all have atols around them. In other words, a typical tahitian island is a central volcano (or more frequently two) encircled by a ring of tiny sandy islets on a coral reef (motus). The lagoon between the main island and a motus contain a spectacular wild life. You can swim with sharks, rays, and all kinds of fish.

With time the volcanos are sinking under water and all that remains is just an atol. The Tuamotus archipelago contsists of many very old sank volcanos including Rangiroa and Manihi. It and unforgettable experience to be on and islet only a couple a hundred feet in diameter in a muiddle of the Pacific. The atol is a ring of a couple kilometers and it is not continous, it's a chain of islets. You can walk between them as the water is very shallow.

mietla · « **Reply #55 on:** March 03, 2006, 08:05:47 PM »

Oh, and I have been to Lake Louise. A trully beautiful place.

Scatcat · « **Reply #56 on:** March 03, 2006, 08:16:13 PM »

I hear Newark, NJ is nice

guttboy · « **Reply #57 on:** March 03, 2006, 08:34:47 PM »

By far best vacation was to New Zealand for 3 weeks!!! Wife and I had a blast!!!!

2nd best was touring Thailand for 3 weeks....toejamet mostly...went to "james bond Island" and the place "the Beach" was filmed at. We went in sea kayaks for a bit on that one! Shame the tsunami hit last year....really messed the place up and I feel sorry for the loss of life.

3rd best...4wheeling/camping/trout fishing in the Mts of Colorado...used to get up there once a month...Ouray, Durango, Telluride....great area.

4rth....on the coast of maine with my folks!

5th....anywhere in Japan! We lived there for 4 years in Okinawa and absolutely loved it....scuba heaven right out the door!

6th...Moab Utah!

Shuckins · « **Reply #58 on:** March 03, 2006, 08:38:32 PM »

Lucerne, Switzerland

Holden McGroin · « **Reply #59 on:** March 04, 2006, 02:16:10 AM »

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Originally posted by mtndog
ive looked at that myself. Ended up doing a day at Road America w Skip Barber School...gotta do a three day:aok

Curval: rent a house on the slope in Snowmass(ski in/ski out). . and party in Aspen at night..20 minutes by tram

Skip Barber would do. I need something to replace the exitement of surfing now that I gave it up. Here's a video of my last ride