Official Travelers' Thread (tickets, country, house, magazine, cover)

jibber · 01-30-2006, 08:12 PM

here's a few of reykjavik, i'll see if i can find more later, and one of some geysirs.

jibber · 01-30-2006, 08:16 PM

here's pics of the farm my great grandfather lived on, and Husavik, the closest town to it

jibber · 01-30-2006, 08:19 PM

and, a couple of the landscape around akureyri

Laces Out Dan! · 01-30-2006, 08:25 PM

^ I wanna go there.......sooo nice

jibber · 02-15-2006, 12:34 AM

So I decided to resurect this thread, because my flights to New Zealand have been confirmed, my job applications have been sent in, and as of tomorow, I will have sent in all the paperwork for my work VISA. WOOT!!

here's my flight schedule:

April 25, 5:55pm - Calgary to Los Angeles
April 25, 8:03pm - arrive in Los Angeles
April 25, 11:00pm - Los Angeles to Auckland
April 27, 6:45am - arrive in Auckland

May 19, 7:00am - Wanganui to Auckland
May 19, 8:00am - arrive in Auckland
May 19, 9:00am - Auckland to Christchurch
May 19, 10:20am - arrive in Christchurch
May 19, 10:45am - Christchurn to Wanaka
May 19, 11:45am - arrive in Wanaka

August 20, 12:15pm - Wanaka to Christchurch
August 20, 1:10pm - arrive in Christchurch
August 20, 2:50pm - Christchurch to Auckland
August 20, 4:10pm - arrive in Auckland
August 20, 9:45pm - Auckland to Los Angeles
August 20, 2:40pm - arrive in Los Angeles
August 20, 7:15pm - Los Angeles to Calgary
August 20, 11:19pm - arrive in Calgary

that's a shitload of flying

Laces Out Dan! · 02-15-2006, 12:35 AM

my god Jibber...thats a lot of flying as you said....also what will you be doing in New Zealand...and why do you have to fly that much just to get there

jibber · 02-15-2006, 12:44 AM

haha, well, for the first month i'll be backpacking in the north island, making my way from auckland to wanganui. Then i'll fly from wanganui to wanaka, and work there for three months at Treble Cone ski resort (hopefully!), which will allow me to ski, then I come home 2 days before I start college again

Basically, all those connections make the flight cheaper, and wanaka's airport doesnt fly out of new zealand, so i have to make connections through chirstchurch to get to auckland which will fly me to LA, which is the cheapest way i can get back to calgary. so yeah. i'm stoked.

Laces Out Dan! · 02-15-2006, 01:00 AM

O boy haha.........sounds cool though thanks to you the two places i want to travel to one day are Iceland (due to the pictures you posted) and well ive always wanted to go to New Zealand

jibber · 02-15-2006, 01:08 AM

haha, sweet. yeah i'm definitely going to have to go back to iceland at some point, but there are so many other places I want to go to first. It's such a relief to finally have all the paperwork sorted out, now all I have to do is get all my college applications through (and get accepted) so I can actually go to school next year. oh, and somehow make it through the rest of the semester without dropping out.

Laces Out Dan! · 02-15-2006, 01:09 AM

What are you studying?

01-30-2006, 08:12 PM	#41 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	here's a few of reykjavik, i'll see if i can find more later, and one of some geysirs. Attached Thumbnails __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

01-30-2006, 08:16 PM	#42 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	here's pics of the farm my great grandfather lived on, and Husavik, the closest town to it Attached Thumbnails __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

01-30-2006, 08:19 PM	#43 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	and, a couple of the landscape around akureyri Attached Thumbnails __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

01-30-2006, 08:25 PM	#44 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	^ I wanna go there.......sooo nice __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

02-15-2006, 12:35 AM	#46 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	my god Jibber...thats a lot of flying as you said....also what will you be doing in New Zealand...and why do you have to fly that much just to get there __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

02-15-2006, 12:44 AM	#47 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	haha, well, for the first month i'll be backpacking in the north island, making my way from auckland to wanganui. Then i'll fly from wanganui to wanaka, and work there for three months at Treble Cone ski resort (hopefully!), which will allow me to ski, then I come home 2 days before I start college again Basically, all those connections make the flight cheaper, and wanaka's airport doesnt fly out of new zealand, so i have to make connections through chirstchurch to get to auckland which will fly me to LA, which is the cheapest way i can get back to calgary. so yeah. i'm stoked. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

02-15-2006, 01:00 AM	#48 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	O boy haha.........sounds cool though thanks to you the two places i want to travel to one day are Iceland (due to the pictures you posted) and well ive always wanted to go to New Zealand __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.

02-15-2006, 01:08 AM	#49 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	haha, sweet. yeah i'm definitely going to have to go back to iceland at some point, but there are so many other places I want to go to first. It's such a relief to finally have all the paperwork sorted out, now all I have to do is get all my college applications through (and get accepted) so I can actually go to school next year. oh, and somehow make it through the rest of the semester without dropping out. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

02-15-2006, 01:09 AM	#50 (permalink)
Laces Out Dan! I love Puck Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,614	What are you studying? __________________ We are entirely smooth, We admit to the truth, We are the best at what we do.