Airfare to Nadi, Fiji is looking so appetizing right now I have to get up and walk away from the flight itinerary before I lay down a payment. I am ready man! Spring fever is kicking in and I want to get up and go. Although Fiji I would book for either October, or possibly November during Thanksgiving weekend. January works well too but the weather could be getting rough by then. But, I have always said that as long as I could get through without any major injury, riding out a hurricane is something I've always thought would be an intense and therefore rewarding experience. It probably wouldn't be though. Most people who decide to ride out a hurricane tend to wish they hadn't and usually end up screaming "I'll never do that again!"
I have a crisis invovling some of my top pics for travel. Palau is a pro-whaling country. This bothers me. In Thailand tourists have been shot relaxing out on the beaches in front of resorts. All of the Caribbean islands are pro-whaling. The Cayman Islands diving industry is sinking like a rock due to overcharging and negligent dive operators that take money first and ask questions later. When a diver dies, they blame the diver. In some cases this may be appropriate, but not when you take novice divers and drop them in to advanced or just outright dangerous conditions. Again money first, questions later. Some of these unethical businessmen are being thrown in jail, but most walk away to schedule the next dive while the body is still being removed from the boat. That is, if they found the body.
Borneo? Well I guess I'll have to just forget about it. Everything there involving the east coast where Sipadan and Kapalai are located is a huge red flag. And, reports are that the tourist industry has already destroyed what was pristine about it. Wrecked coral reefs, sewage leaking in to the ground water, trash everywhere, kidnappings. Well hell, what do you expect when you build 4 and 5 star resorts next to some of the poorest people on this Earth. None of the tourist money from these resorts is used to help the local people. And I am beginning to feel uneasy about supporting any destination that operates this way.
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i guess this means you ain't comin' to victoria falls with me, then?
Your going to Africa?! Rock on man. You gonna take a dip at "Devil's Swimming Pool?" - now THAT looks worthy, :) haha - really? Are you going to Africa?
no, it's too dangerous right now. as you know, zimbabwe is in the middle of a terrible political/civil crisis. though, i probably wouldn't mind, what with zimbabwe being the only country in the world, presently, where the dollar is worth anything . . .
it's been a lifelong dream. and i've found the same thing as you, that the airfare is the killer because staying there--in some very posh accommodations--is very reasonable.
but the truth is that money isn't even the issue. so many of the places i am longing to visit are simply off limits because of political/civil/economic strife: zimbabwe (actually much of africa), the middle east (especially israel . . . dying to visit jerusalem), russia . . .
i have an unused ticket on british airways that must be booked by no later than august of this year, so i'll likely hit ireland or england before the year is out. you're welcome to accompany me there . . . but from the looks of it you're looking at more tropical places. then again, there's costa rica: the switzerland of central america . . .
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