Life What I did on my summer vacation. - Page 15

**Rain Man** · 07-09-2008, 05:13 PM

So for those of you who don't ever look at me, I wandered away for a while. A sample of vacation photos will follow.

cardken · 07-27-2008, 07:28 AM

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Yeah, I was really envying the business-class and first-class seats. I did some research and booked early enough to get us some bulkhead seats, though, and that gave us a fair amount of legroom, which helped a lot.

It also helped that they had movies on demand and also some (pretty bad) computer games in the in-seat consoles. I played mahjong for about three hours on the flight back, and was playing chess until I decided that the chess computer was simply incompetent.

(in Computer Voice)Would you like to play a game..?

stumppy · 07-27-2008, 11:14 AM

MORE MORE MORE !!!

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:11 PM

Okay, at some point I'll run out of photos. I'm getting close.

At low tide, the natives would all come out and hunt mussels.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:14 PM

We had a lot of excitement one day, because a native brought his cattle down the beach.

Relatively speaking, it was excitement. It was a pretty quiet place.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:18 PM

A nice sunset. We had about seven of them over the course of the week.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:23 PM

Here are the various denominations of money. The westerners used the 10,000 Ariary bills more (roughly $6), which tended to be brand new. The natives tended to use the 100 and 200 Ariary bills (roughly 6 cents and 12 cents), and most of them looked like they'd gone through an industrial blender.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:27 PM

The wilds of Madagascar across the strait.

(Seriously, they really were wilds. It was just jungle over there.)

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:32 PM

We walked to town four times over the course of the trip. "Town" was pretty small, kind of like Dodge City but with Indochinese/African people. This is me on the main street.

**cdcox** · 08-04-2008, 10:35 PM

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I got one tiny memory chip that had capacity for 900+ photos or 45 minutes of video. When I got back, I still had room for 11 more photos.

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Okay, at some point I'll run out of photos. I'm getting close.

By my count you still owe us around 700 more photos.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:36 PM

Another main street view.

There were some restaurants, and we were almost always the only customers. When we would order, we think they would actually go out and buy the food and kill the chicken. Seriously. When we would order, it would take about 45 minutes to get our food, and it was really fresh. It wouldn't have been that fresh if they didn't go out and get it.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

By my count you still owe us around 700 more photos.

I don't think my wife will let me post, um, all of them.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:41 PM

We would pass lots of native huts on our way back and forth to town. These are some of them. An entire family would live in each hut, which were typically maybe 10 x 10 feet with no electricity or plumbing.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:46 PM

This one takes a little imagination.

At night, there were a zillion stars in the sky, and you could see the whole range of the Milky Way. It was gorgeous. Then, on the water in the dark, you could see torches up and down the coastline as the natives hunted shrimp. They would walk knee-deep in the water, slowly swinging their torches back and forth as they hunted. It was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen.

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:51 PM

Then it was off to the water! We rode out in a small boat with an Italian dude, his two Malagasy assistants, and three Italian tourists.

But what is that disturbance in the water?

**Rain Man** · 08-04-2008, 10:53 PM

Big splash from the mysterious disturbance.

07-09-2008, 05:13 PM
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	What I did on my summer vacation. So for those of you who don't ever look at me, I wandered away for a while. A sample of vacation photos will follow.
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08-04-2008, 10:11 PM	#213
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	Okay, at some point I'll run out of photos. I'm getting close. At low tide, the natives would all come out and hunt mussels. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-04-2008, 10:14 PM	#214
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	We had a lot of excitement one day, because a native brought his cattle down the beach. Relatively speaking, it was excitement. It was a pretty quiet place. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-04-2008, 10:18 PM	#215
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	A nice sunset. We had about seven of them over the course of the week. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-04-2008, 10:23 PM	#216
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	Here are the various denominations of money. The westerners used the 10,000 Ariary bills more (roughly $6), which tended to be brand new. The natives tended to use the 100 and 200 Ariary bills (roughly 6 cents and 12 cents), and most of them looked like they'd gone through an industrial blender. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-04-2008, 10:27 PM	#217
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	The wilds of Madagascar across the strait. (Seriously, they really were wilds. It was just jungle over there.) Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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08-04-2008, 10:32 PM	#218
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	We walked to town four times over the course of the trip. "Town" was pretty small, kind of like Dodge City but with Indochinese/African people. This is me on the main street. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,413

08-04-2008, 10:36 PM	#220
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	Another main street view. There were some restaurants, and we were almost always the only customers. When we would order, we think they would actually go out and buy the food and kill the chicken. Seriously. When we would order, it would take about 45 minutes to get our food, and it was really fresh. It wouldn't have been that fresh if they didn't go out and get it. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history. Last edited by Rain Man; 08-05-2008 at 08:26 AM..
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08-04-2008, 10:41 PM	#222
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	We would pass lots of native huts on our way back and forth to town. These are some of them. An entire family would live in each hut, which were typically maybe 10 x 10 feet with no electricity or plumbing. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,413

08-04-2008, 10:46 PM	#223
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	This one takes a little imagination. At night, there were a zillion stars in the sky, and you could see the whole range of the Milky Way. It was gorgeous. Then, on the water in the dark, you could see torches up and down the coastline as the natives hunted shrimp. They would walk knee-deep in the water, slowly swinging their torches back and forth as they hunted. It was one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,413

08-04-2008, 10:51 PM	#224
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	Then it was off to the water! We rode out in a small boat with an Italian dude, his two Malagasy assistants, and three Italian tourists. But what is that disturbance in the water? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
Posts: 145,413

08-04-2008, 10:53 PM	#225
Rain Man Seize life. Be an ermine. Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: My house Casino cash: $-622449 VARSITY	Big splash from the mysterious disturbance. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Active fan of the greatest team in NFL history.
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