muikabochi 208 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I wonder who went to the most exotic exciting places this summer. I am not in the running for a prize in this one! Come on, tell us about it... Link to post Share on other sites
jumpers for goalposts 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Huddersfield. Do I win? Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Spent the while summer in Wakayama with a beach full of logger head turtles. Not so exotic but diving and beach work everyday makes up for it!! However dissapointed about the decline in nesting females this year, abotu 50% down form last year. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I went to Milton Keynes not sure if that would be classed as exotic. Whats the explation for that 50% drop farquah? Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 No one knows yet why its dropped. Its been the same at all nesting beaches. Working now to trya nd find out. The guy I work with has his own theory that there will be a big earthquake this year, I think it might have something to do with a combination in mercury levels rising in waters, and storms out at sea and increased fishing off of Shikoku. Also could be part of the natural cycle. Lots of Q`s!!! Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I climbed to the top of a 50m tree in Hippieville in the SW of Aus. Unfortunately, no nesting turtles there either Farquah... Link to post Share on other sites
marnix 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 Bunaken north Sulawesi. No nesting turttles but but plenty of sealife. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 I saw some turtles in SE Sri Lanka, but they were cruising along the beach just beyond the surf zone. I've no idea if they were nesting or not. Which karri was that, Bushpig? Pemberton? I've been up two of them, and done the high-level forest walk down near Denmark too. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted August 28, 2006 Share Posted August 28, 2006 It was the Diamond Tree Soub! You probably did that one and the Gloucester Tree yeah? As far as I know the other two aren't open to the public. Yep, it was near Pemberton. That Denmark walk is bloody great too eh! Link to post Share on other sites
Davo 1 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 I went to Pichi Pichi beach south of Kansai airport and swam in the highly substandard water. Link to post Share on other sites
Fossil 0 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Went to downtown Laverton, world renowned for its beauty, nightlife and cuisine NOT!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Enjoyed our time in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia Favorite places: Chiang Mai, Luang Prabang, Si Phan Don, Kratie, Siem Reap. Least Favorite: Pakbeng. Halfway down the Mekong from Huai Xai to Luang Prabang on the slow boat. Drug dealers, crack heads, and guns. Sketchy place... Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Wow that sounds good! Looking forward to hearing more. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 did a similarish trip to CB. the most overrated place in cambodia must surely be sihanoukville - dirty rubbish strewn beaches, complete with used syringes and runoff pipes right on the sand, with oblivous backpackers wallowing in the fetid water. yummy! does this count as exotic?? the sort of place you go to and think you must be on crazy pills, because everyone else seems to be enjoying it.... Link to post Share on other sites
daver 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 well said. i hated that place. CB, pakbeng troubles, do you recon it was from the opium trade? how did you get into cambodia? how was the rain? Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted August 30, 2006 Share Posted August 30, 2006 Pipi island - Thailand. It was soo small that there were no roads or cars. You can walk from one end to the other in 15 minutes. I stayed two nights, sea kayaked and swam with sharks there. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 Pipi - is that different to (I think the spelling is) Phi Phi? Link to post Share on other sites
kintaro 0 Posted August 31, 2006 Share Posted August 31, 2006 That'd be the one. Thank's for the spelling check! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 1, 2006 Share Posted September 1, 2006 Hey Spook, too bad not ta have caught up. We musta been right behind you getting into Siem Reap. Pakbeng, def a bunch of crackhead drug dealers running that place. You can, if you actually desire, get almost any drug you want, though why you would wanna even converse with the peeps of that POS village would be beyond me. That was the extortion village... Skipped Sihanoukville for those reasons mate and spent extra time in Siem Reap and P.P. as well as adding in an unexpected trip to Kratie - but after starting over an hour behind schedule, due to the driver going outta the way to pick up half a dozen boxes of "drugs" or whatever the F it was, several sketchy stops, and not even getting into Kratie until 5pm, with P.P. another minimum of 6-7 hours away, we got off that bus and stayed 2 nights and saw the Irrawaddy dolphins. Kratie was a nice place to chill out and if youre coming in from Si Phan Don (Laos) to Cambodia, dont go all the way to P.P., stop in Kratie and break up the trip. Link to post Share on other sites
spook 0 Posted September 2, 2006 Share Posted September 2, 2006 talking about exotic - how about the bugs that people chow down on in cambodia? i'm a big fan of trying everything, but i drew the line at the massive fried roaches and tarantulas. that was a bit too wild. Link to post Share on other sites
bong 0 Posted September 3, 2006 Share Posted September 3, 2006 Had 10 days in Indonesia which was real fun. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 which part bong.. Link to post Share on other sites
scouser 4 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 I got to Wastwater and other lesser-known quieter parts of the Lake District. Great weather - making the Lakes hard to beat. Not sure about exotic though... Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted September 4, 2006 Share Posted September 4, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by spook: talking about exotic - how about the bugs that people chow down on in cambodia? i'm a big fan of trying everything, but i drew the line at the massive fried roaches and tarantulas. that was a bit too wild. the bugs I could handle - it was the plate of 5 inch hairy spiders piled up with at least 200 on it that gave me the willies. Swear I saw a few moving still Link to post Share on other sites
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