Back from Tahiti

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 18 Jul 2005, 04:34

Well, Moorea to be more precise.

And I'm ashamed to say that while it is truly an amazing place: the fish, the SCUBA, the sharks you can glide around with, the single two-lane paved road that covers the entire island, the lone ferry and lone airplane, the half dozen grocery stores and bananas and pineapples and coconuts as far as the eye can see....I'm glad to be home in a place where I have air conditioning, and ice cream doesn't cost nearly 20 bucks US a gallon, and the mosquitos are not tattooing my legs on a daily basis!

....man. I cannot believe that I just left an island most people call paradise, and am glad to be away from it!

kev · Post by **kev** » 18 Jul 2005, 12:01

next time go to brazil

and colect some cat's, and i only got bit a few time's and i cant wait to go back. That's my paradise

.

Kev

Post by **Shane** » 18 Jul 2005, 13:19

I remember a tour operator in South America telling me that German tourists just do not feel they got their money's worth if they do not get at least one mosquito (zancudo) bite.
-Shane

Durlänger · Post by **Durlänger** » 24 Jul 2005, 11:52

Shane wrote:I remember a tour operator in South America telling me that German tourists just do not feel they got their money's worth if they do not get at least one mosquito (zancudo) bite.
-Shane

So that`s why we GermanÂ´s (especally the nothern) like Sweden (from were I came back yesterday) becouse there are enough mosquito`s to bit us!

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 24 Jul 2005, 17:22

Come to Scotland, we've got more biting insects at the moment than a nation of just under 5 million really wants. I met a large percentage of them yesterday at http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/

Jools

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 24 Jul 2005, 17:45

Very nice festival, Jools!

and did they fire up the ol' Wickerman, or didn't they got enough convicts to fill one up?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 25 Jul 2005, 13:30

Oh yeah, they build a huge wickerman every year and end the festival at around midnight with some good old bonfire action.

Jools

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 25 Jul 2005, 14:33

That's sooooo cool!

now that I'm finally mobile (I just got my first car) going to the UK is definitely an option; think I'll be around somewhere in October, checking out the local LFS.

crashing a UK-based festival is on my "to do list", but for this summer, I'm booked full with some fairly expensive festivals over here.

Post by **medaka** » 25 Jul 2005, 16:40

Hi SG

you could make your visit around the third Sunday in the month and attend the CSG meeting

and there are a couple of LFS in the area that may interest you

Durlänger · Post by **Durlänger** » 25 Jul 2005, 19:44

Jools wrote:Come to Scotland, we've got more biting insects at the moment than a nation of just under 5 million really wants. I met a large percentage of them yesterday at http://www.thewickermanfestival.co.uk/

Jools

When I find time I may come

But that could take a few year`s