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shostahoosier
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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 Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:37 pm Post subject: Any recommendations for a winter break destination? |
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My winter break is coming and I'll have between 2-3 weeks off.
I would like to take a vacation (most likely alone) but have no idea where to go.
What places would anyone recommend for winter vacation?
I'm not much of a beach person so a sandy gettaway is low on the priority list.
I do like active night life scenes. |
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jlb
Joined: 18 Sep 2003
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| Posted: Sun Oct 25, 2009 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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cruisemonkey
Joined: 04 Jul 2005
Location: Hopefully, the same place as my luggage.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29, 2009 8:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I go to Bali in January. |
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PigeonFart
Joined: 27 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:46 am Post subject: |
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I'd recommend Sydney.
Yes its a fairly long flight, but there's not much time difference so no Jet-lag. Interesting place. Hot summer sun. Good nightlife.
p.s. Ive never been there by the way, its just that's what i'd do if i had your time off. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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backpack the Chiang Mai-Vientiane-Mekong River-Phenom Phen-Ho Chi Minh City route
2 or 3 days in each of Northern Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam - for a fraction of the cost of a trip to Australia |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| PigeonFart wrote: |
I'd recommend Sydney.
Yes its a fairly long flight, but there's not much time difference so no Jet-lag. Interesting place. Hot summer sun. Good nightlife.
p.s. Ive never been there by the way, its just that's what i'd do if i had your time off. |
That's what I'm doing for winter break.
It'll be nice to escape the cold, and even nicer to be able to speak English everywhere. |
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Atramentous
Joined: 12 Jan 2008
Location: Ansan
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:38 am Post subject: |
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I would like to fly to Sydney as well. Have you booked your flight yet?
If so, would you mind saying how much it is costing you? |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Atramentous wrote: |
I would like to fly to Sydney as well. Have you booked your flight yet?
If so, would you mind saying how much it is costing you? |
I booked my flight last weekend and it was 1.4 million rt. It's gone up in price a lot since last month but it'll be worth it. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| I would like to fly to Sydney as well... 1.4 million rt. |
Wow, that could get you return airfare to Thailand and 30,000 baht in your pocket for cheap overland travel to beaches, islands, mountains, jungles, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
How much are you budgeting for your Australia trip? 3 mill? |
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DrugstoreCowgirl
Joined: 08 May 2009
Location: Daegu-where the streets have no name
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| Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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| VanIslander wrote: |
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| I would like to fly to Sydney as well... 1.4 million rt. |
Wow, that could get you return airfare to Thailand and 30,000 baht in your pocket for cheap overland travel to beaches, islands, mountains, jungles, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam.
How much are you budgeting for your Australia trip? 3 mill? |
Well once I'm there I'm staying with a friend for free so I won't have to worry about accomodations. But I'm diving with great white sharks too, so the trip will be around 3 mill. |
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bixlerscott
Joined: 27 Sep 2006
Location: Near Wonju, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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| I second Bali. It's lovely. Not just a beach and surfer scene, but also a flourishing arts, food, and nature scene like nothing other. Stunning. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 10:37 pm Post subject: Vacation |
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Try China Air for cheap flights to Australia. They fly Seoul > Taipei > Brisbane & Sydney.
I wouldn't get my hopes up too high about travelling anywhere outside Korea in January. Gepik just cancelled a school excursion for foreign teachers within Korea, because of the current paronoia on swine flu. Both your coteacher & Principal have to approve your leaving Korea, btw. |
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JBomb
Joined: 16 Oct 2008
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| not unless you don't tell them. Just get your vacation time and enjoy. I'm heading back to Canada for my vacation and they told me to come back one week earlier because of the swine flu BS (even though it is already so "bad" in Korea) I just smiled and nodded. Less they know about what you do the better. |
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ThingsComeAround
Joined: 07 Nov 2008
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:45 pm Post subject: |
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| there's no place like home |
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Kurtz
Joined: 05 Jan 2007
Location: ples bilong me
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| Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:44 pm Post subject: |
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| ThingsComeAround wrote: |
| there's no place like home |
Hear Hear. Especially when home is summertime in the K winter, clean sandy beaches with nobody on them, no ripoffs, no touts, good food, no crowds, vacationing at home has never been so much fun. |
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