Some facts about international travel.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

I go once a year, its very nice.

I was seriously thinking about it myself this year, but decided to head back to Belize, perhaps next year?

[Slainte]

Originally Posted by MIAdragon

I go once a year, its very nice.

$13 prostitutes, or so I'm told...

[Slainte]

The top ten destinations for overseas travel are (in order): United Kingdom, Dominican Republic (WTF?), France, Italy, Germany, Jamaica (wow), China, Japan, Spain, and India.

My next major dest-O-nation, Beijing...

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Slainte

$13 prostitutes, or so I'm told...

Wow, that's less than the cost of a pizza, and you don't have to tip the driver.

[Slainte]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Wow, that's less than the cost of a pizza, and you don't have to tip the driver.

Perhaps--but when you call for the pie, be sure to insist they go *light on the sauce*...

[whoman69]

Originally Posted by Slainte

$13 prostitutes, or so I'm told...

That's even cheaper than Amsterdam.

[Rain Man]

Seeing these two threads battle each other is like watching my children in a death match.

[cdcox]

My brother was into some high end skate boards in the late 1970's. I bet his board would be worth something on the vintage market if it was in good condition.

[cdcox]

I know at least a half dozen people that have made trips to Haiti since the quake. A lot of college student groups and church groups have made trips.

[cdcox]

A group of students in my department are looking at building bag houses in Haiti. A bag house is constructed of "bags" filled with aggregate. In the case of Haiti, they are going to look at busting up the rubble left over from the earthquake. That way they don't have to import any gravel, which would be very expensive.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by cdcox

A group of students in my department are looking at building bag houses in Haiti. A bag house is constructed of "bags" filled with aggregate. In the case of Haiti, they are going to look at busting up the rubble left over from the earthquake. That way they don't have to import any gravel, which would be very expensive.

That's a good idea.

I saw some show about purifying water in these countries, and it turns out that if you take the uncleaned water and set it on the roof of your hovel in the normal plastic water bottles, something about the heat and UV rays or whatever kills all the bad stuff in the water. I suspect you know far more about that than I'm conveying, but I thought it was a bizarrely simple solution.

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

That's a good idea.

I saw some show about purifying water in these countries, and it turns out that if you take the uncleaned water and set it on the roof of your hovel in the normal plastic water bottles, something about the heat and UV rays or whatever kills all the bad stuff in the water. I suspect you know far more about that than I'm conveying, but I thought it was a bizarrely simple solution.

I wasn't aware of this when you posted it and figured you were talking about some kind of solar still or something. I'm more familiar with the large scale processes used in developed countries. These might include filtration systems with gravel under drains. This solar disinfection is pretty interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_water_disinfection

[whoman69]

We went to Spain. Took off from Chicago. Stayed in a private home in part because the cost of hotels is astronomical.

[The Bunk]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

I'm looking through a report and have the following fun tidbits to share. It's about "overseas" travel, so I'm presuming that it excludes people driving across our borders with our friendly neighbors to the north and south.

Not that it has anything to do with anything, but traveling to Canada for work is a bitch. Everytime I've had to cross the border, I get interrogated as to the reasons I'm there. Most other countries wave you across without usually even asking you what your business is. I always found it kind of ironic, because who the hell would want to be in Canada that didn't have to be?

[cdcox]

Originally Posted by The Bunk

Not that it has anything to do with anything, but traveling to Canada for work is a bitch. Everytime I've had to cross the border, I get interrogated as to the reasons I'm there. Most other countries wave you across without usually even asking you what your business is. I always found it kind of ironic, because who the hell would want to be in Canada that didn't have to be?

Mexico and Great Britain both quiz you too.