Latest posts for the topic "My Next Vacation"

My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

50 days, 9 hours to take off. 2 days of flying there. 10 days on a boat ...

My Next Vacation

ECHO — GMT

BotFodder wrote:

2 days of flying there.

Yikes! I generally like flying since I don't do it that often, but I draw the line at a flight from LAX to JFK ;) Sounds like an awesome trip. Never been scuba diving myself. The closest I've ever gotten to scuba was some light snorkeling in Hawaii. ... screaming through a snorkel tube != scuba

Re:My Next Vacation

Sparky*USA* — GMT

We are leaving 11/12/06 for the following: Tahiti (2 - days) Moorea (3 -days) Bora Bora (3 - days) Rangiroa (4 - days Counting hours here also :-j :-j

Re:My Next Vacation

ECHO — GMT

I didn't know raptors could get passports

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

It's just been canceled. :cry:

Re:My Next Vacation

Boingo_Babe — GMT

Oh no! Why? B_B

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

It's ... complicated. And I'm working on alternatives - if there are any.

Re:My Next Vacation

Boingo_Babe — GMT

Good luck. :) B_B

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

Okay - the best explanation as to "why" I can come up with: A buddy has basically booked the entire boat on his own - a significant (well over $20,000) outlay of cash. He offered several folks (recently married, gift for relatives) folks open spots; others (me included) would pay for spots. All of the folks offered free spots turned them down! Too much money to fly. Only two folks (the paying folks) were going "for sure" - it would have been 3 of us on a 10 berth liveaboard. So the idea to postpone came up - all fine and dandy, except: 1. I'm not so sure the boat is going to go for it, 2. They haven't actually scheduled the new trip, 3. My tickets are non-refundable and could cost up to $350 to change (not including any charges for higher rate flights). My alternatives: 1. Call airlines for credit (resulting in a minimum outlay of $350) and hope for a rescheduled trip. 2. Take a majority of my flights: fly in to Brisbane, but instead of flying on to PNG, stop there and stay a couple of nights. Spend a day at Australia Zoo. Then, grab a short flight from Brisbane to Sydney, where I have friends (if they're going to be around for New Years) and maybe do some diving. My outgoing flights would have gone through Sydney, so I would just board the flight I would have normally returned on. Booking a flight from Brisbane to Sydney is actually well under $250.

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

I got email back from my friends: We have options. :) Paul and Mae live outside of Sydney. Both are divers; and they have two children. Poor Mae usually gets stuck watching the kids ... and probably will this time, too. Paul has suggested we do a 4-5 day liveaboard out of Cairns, and then head to Sydney and hang out until I fly back. Ideal vacation would be flying into Brisbane on the 29th, staying for a day or two and visit Australia Zoo, and then fly on to Cairns and go diving, then fly to Sydney and hang out for 4-5 days. Crossing my fingers - the less I have to rearrange the flights between the US and AU, the better ...

Re:My Next Vacation

Moof — GMT

Hope everything turns out for ya, Bot :)

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

It is set: Instead of leaving on the 27th, I now leave on the 25th. Staying (arriving on the 27th) in Brisbane for two days; visiting the Zoo (yes, Steve Irwin's zoo) one of those days. On the 29th, I fly up to Townsville and board a liveaboard for 3 days. Come back in, drive to Cairns, and on the 2nd, board another liveaboard for a 3-4 day trip. On the 6th, fly to Sydney and hang out. On the 10th, fly back to the US. I will of course be taking many pictures and video. :)

Re:My Next Vacation

UntamedSub — GMT

Sounds awesome! Can't wait to see pics!

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

Australia: 19 Hrs to take off. Caymans: 369 days to boarding ... ;)

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

Hello from Brisbane. Still not quite recovered from the TPA - LAX (5 hours) and LAX - BNE (13 hours) flights. It's 4:45am Thursday here, 1:43PM Wednesday in Tampa. I woke up around 3:30AM after going to sleep around 4PM, watched the last bit of FotR Extended, Disk 2 that was in the DVD player (I had attempted to finish it yesterday afternoon but was too darn tired). Supposed to get up around 6am for breakfast; need to catch a 7AM train, eventually switching to a bus, to get to Australia Zoo around opening. It's actually cooler here than it was in Tampa, though according to what I see now, that's switching back - 56F in the afternoon in Tampa, 61F in the morning here. The weather yesterday was about the same as when I left Tampa - rainy and overcast. Hopefully I'll see sun today.

Re:My Next Vacation

BotFodder — GMT

Pictures are up at: http://scuba.lib.usf.edu/scuba/log/showtrip.php?TRIPID=17 However, next week sometime they'll go away there and you'll be told that ericdives.com Is up and running.