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crazylemongirl



Joined: 23 Mar 2003
Location: almost there...

PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 3:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Travelling straight into PP and back out again TB. Probably hitting, PP, Seim Reip, Battambang and Kampot.
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kangnam mafioso



Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: Teheranno

PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 7:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

tiger, are you ever not on vacation? lol. let me guess: uni gig, five paid months off a year?
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matthews_world



Joined: 15 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 8:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

China (HK, Shanghai) but haven't figured out the dates but def. end of summer/fall (Chuseok). A weekend NK tour might be doable. Actually this is my first trip outside Korea, except Japan, in 3-years. I don't have much of a travelling spirit usually. Once I do finally get home next year, it's off to Mexico, finally.

Still left to see in Korea - Jindo, Geojedo area, Jeju, Boseung, Pohang,
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stakay



Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue May 09, 2006 9:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't wait for my trip up the Queensland coast in July to end up at Port Douglas. Bloody beautiful.

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:uLG1hUYKaoEivM:upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Port_douglas_qld_australia.jpg/400px-Port_douglas_qld_australia.jpg

(never did figure out how to work the picture function - oh well)
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sarahkweber



Joined: 04 May 2006
Location: Seattle, WA

PostPosted: Wed May 10, 2006 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do you all get so much time off? I have recently been apllying for jobs and it seems like two weeks off is the going rate. Do you take extra time off between contracts?
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Woland



Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've got a month in June:

Two weeks in Turkey (Istanbul, Mugla, Eskisehir, Ankara - will start looking at houses to buy in Mugla)

5 days in Montreal (academic conference; but it's still Montreal!)

10 days in rural western Kentucky (visiting father and sister, renewing driver's license, being bored stupid; Wanja - what's up with Nashville? I fly in and out of there.)

A week in September will be spent (hopefully) in Armenia, visiting friends in Yerevan and hiking in Debed.

Chuseok week in October, it's back to Turkey to finish up buying a house around Mugla.

Month in December yet to be planned.

I get 12 weeks a year in my contract (university job), plus national holidays. It's not the most I've seen on a contract, but there are other benefits to my job so I like it.
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the_beaver



Joined: 15 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

sarahkweber wrote:
How do you all get so much time off? I have recently been apllying for jobs and it seems like two weeks off is the going rate. Do you take extra time off between contracts?


Some university jobs give 10 weeks twice a year.
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vandyshannon



Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Jeonju

PostPosted: Sun May 14, 2006 2:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I get 5 weeks summer vacation.
I'm headed up the east coast of Australia from Sydney to Cannes. I thought about going to Thailand, Cambodia, etc. but decided the wet season wasn't a good time to go.
I get heaps of vacation because I work at a foreign school. I get 3 weeks at Christmas, 2 weeks spring break, 5 weeks summer, and the regular Korean holidays plus American Thanksgiving. It's a sweet deal if you've got the proper credentials.
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vandyshannon



Joined: 30 Apr 2006
Location: Jeonju

PostPosted: Sun May 14, 2006 2:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Woland
Nashville's a great city. i went to school there. you should check it out if you're flying in and out anyway. There's a lot of good music.
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Sun May 14, 2006 2:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'll be in Honolulu next month.

Bought a ticket for my girlfriend to fly there from Las Vegas as well. Should be a cool vacation.

Might look for sublet for a month in Hawaii - Oahu.

Will also try summercamps later in the summer.. and possibly a return trip to Boracay and Cebu or a new destination - Vladivostok (combined with some of China going around back to Korea by boats?).

I gotta admit.. was talking to the very well-traveled Woland last night.. the dude's been in some cool places like Asmara, Eritrea! Its a city I'd long wanted to go to too.. and had a few conversations about Brazil while out and about.. another place I did go to and loved it.. would love to go there again - probably won't anytime soon though.
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Yaya



Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Sun May 14, 2006 10:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Tiger Beer wrote:
I'll be in Honolulu next month.

Bought a ticket for my girlfriend to fly there from Las Vegas as well. Should be a cool vacation.

Might look for sublet for a month in Hawaii - Oahu.

Will also try summercamps later in the summer.. and possibly a return trip to Boracay and Cebu or a new destination - Vladivostok (combined with some of China going around back to Korea by boats?).

I gotta admit.. was talking to the very well-traveled Woland last night.. the dude's been in some cool places like Asmara, Eritrea! Its a city I'd long wanted to go to too.. and had a few conversations about Brazil while out and about.. another place I did go to and loved it.. would love to go there again - probably won't anytime soon though.


How is touring the Philippines and the food? A Korean friend of mine went to Cebu on his honeymoon and said he wouldn't go there again. And well, I had some Philippine food at Daehakro one Sunday and it wasn't exciting thrilling to my palate.
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Tiger Beer



Joined: 07 Feb 2003

PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yaya wrote:
How is touring the Philippines and the food? A Korean friend of mine went to Cebu on his honeymoon and said he wouldn't go there again. And well, I had some Philippine food at Daehakro one Sunday and it wasn't exciting thrilling to my palate.

I couldn't stand Mactan Island - thats where most people stay in a resort on their honeymoons. Nothing whatsoever good to say about it. Incredibly boring out there.. and I found the locals out there to stare, be weird, and do weird things. I hated that area. All the honeymooners stay in those isolated resorts near the airport. Ugly area.

Cebu itself is very comfortable. Particularly Ayala Mall area.. its not really exotic for food and temples or whatever.. its more comforable because its relaxing place (for me).. amazing amounts of live music, guitars everywhere, big shopping malls with all the latest movies, bowling alleys, pool halls, and everything else you can imagine for a fraction of the price. Tons of different restaurants that you can't find in Seoul (easy to do), etc. Beer is particularly inexpensive.

Neither place is of any interest for a honeymoon in my opinion though.. however, Boracay is the spot for that - amazing there. Ideal for it.

Filipino food isn't all that great - although I do like adobo, lumpia, etc. But usually when I'm there, I've been ordering more the international stuff I could never find in Korea.

Philippines (to me) is more about having a lot of things in English everywhere.. many island-hopping opportunities and beaches and such.. accompanied with live music all over the place.
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rokgryphon



Joined: 12 Apr 2005

PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 5:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Singapore 2 days, Cairo 5 days, Europe 1 month, Canada 1 month. Can't wait less than 40 sleeps to go! Very Happy
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TECO



Joined: 20 Jan 2003

PostPosted: Mon May 15, 2006 7:51 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm off for 3 1/2 months in 2 weeks!

June: Australia
July: Australia
August: Australia
September 15: Australia

If I'm lucky, I can convince the old lady to take a run through the Phils - Cebu or Borcay - or Phuket for a week before I head down to Red-Neckville Queensland.
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stakay



Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Tue May 16, 2006 6:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

TECO wrote:
If I'm lucky, I can convince the old lady to take a run through the Phils - Cebu or Borcay - or Phuket for a week before I head down to Red-Neckville Queensland.


Hey hey hey there TECO. Calm down mate! Watch what you say about Queensland Very Happy
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