I would absolutly love to head off to Thailand. My girlfriend went there a few years back and loved it and i wouldn’t mind taking her again next year at somepoint. 
If anyone knows any amazing hotels or villas let me know and i will check them out!
[quote]DickBag wrote:
Dedicated wrote:
DickBag wrote:
To be in Mongolia or russia or somehwhere with not many people around, and on a river side or a lake side, full to the brim with serious monster pike.
I would like to catch an 80 pound pike, be the guy who broke the barrier, then put the pike back.
That would be a sweet holiday.
i would want to go for a while, maybe a few weeks, months, as long as it takes. solitude.
a mission.
Brother, were on the same page! My ideal vacation is coming up in Sep. Me, my muzzleloader, and a mule deer buck tag in my pocket. We differ in that you are catch and release and unfortunately there’s no release in my endeavor. But, the same elements apply and are valued by us, having a mission where the bar is set high, solitude save for one or two other people to share a camp, and the beauty of the great outdoors. I could spend a month or more up there if possible.
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Yes we are on the same page D, I know your passionate about hunting, and your right the same elements apply because fishing is similar to hunting, just different methods of capture.
We are in touch with our primal side!
Nothing freaks me out, like a big pike strippin line off my reel! I get so insecure about losing it, and the adrenaline really hits me. Sometimes my voice changes to a higher pitch while trying to land a pike because im so nervous and shaky.
The thought of going to unfished lakes/rivers makes me real aggresive about going there, i want to get stuck in as quick as possible.
And for the record, i eat the occasional trout, but I just find it difficult to kill a pike.
I hope you have a great time on your Vacation in September man, its great to get in touch with the outdoors whether hunting/fishing its all adventure!
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Yes, for us that’s being ‘in the zone’ as they say. Really hard to get that level of intensity and focus from other things. Most everyone has their
‘thing’ and for us that’s it. I know for a lot of people a vacation is going to someplace like Vegas surrounded by tons of people. I kinda liked that idea when I was younger, but now I’d rather head in the opposite direction and get away from people. One mans heaven is another mans hell is definitely a truism.
Thanks for the good tidings on my vacation and here’s wishing you many exciting Pike battles my friend!
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[quote]LiveFromThe781 wrote:
MaximusB wrote:
LiveFromThe781 wrote:
just got back from Spain (barcelona, valencia, mellorca), France (Nice, Ese, Cassis and some other shit) and Italy (Florence and Rome)
it was pretty dope. good as far as cultural shit goes. but the partying outside of the cruise ship was pretty meek if not completely vacant as i was with my Aunt and Mother. it would be cool to go with friends for hardcore partying.
if you plan on going to any of those places your best bet is Barcelona, pretty much a party town, tons of hot chicks - just watch out for pick pockets, thankfully none got me or my family.
id like to check out eastern europe. there was a lot of Ea. Europe crew on the ship and the chicks from Romania were all pretty hot, including this prostitute i met in Rome but i didnt buy her cause 300 Euros is a lot of money…especially when i think there was gonna be more negotiating.
so anyway, East Europe - Bulgaria @ the Black Beach. that would be pretty dope.
Good call for not going with the 3000 Euro hooker, thats a shit ton of money. You are talking about $4200 dollars. Glad to hear you had a good time, I was wondering how your trip would go. I always like to hear people’s opinions when they go to Europe. Sounds like Barcelona was your favorite from your story.
woah, i said three hundred not three thousand.
but so what happened was some dude came up to me and was talking about this strip club (i saw a few advertisments on the street for it anyway) and i was talking to him about cover charges, dress code etc etc and he said only 25 euro for a drink and a lapdance or something. im like alright thats cool. so i go in and sit down he gets my drink and some girl sits down next to me we introduce ourselves and make small talk.
then this tool bag comes back with a bottle of champagne and im like nah dude im good, i dont want any champagne because it was 300 Euros. then the girl explained that you buy the champagne and you get the girl or something. but i was flipping out cause i was feeling like i was getting hustled and i figured that there would keep being more and more shit i had to buy.
i was ready to fuck someone up at that point because i was so mad. so then i just left and went to the Hard Rock for a drink but their bar was a dead scene, then i went to the Trevi (sp) fountain and had a beer. Italians are shit bags bruh. The only negative interactions i had with anyone were all in Rome…and with a girl i got way too drunk with that ended up being not so hot, but i dont want to get into that last part so much.
Barcelona was cool though. Only downside is it’s hard to find a satisfying meal. The portions over there are much different, the biggest meal i had the whole trip was in Rome @ The Hard Rock Cafe which of course is an American franchise.
I’ll say this too, you dont really notice the difference between America and Europe until you get back. You just notice immediately how many fat people there are here and not like slightly out of shape but straight up fat. There were still plenty of fat Europeans, trust me but the difference is staggering.
Also on my drive home i just noticed how tacky everything here looked. Major cities are a lot different certainly, but thats just how it felt for me. all in all it feels nice to be back.
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That’s something that we here in Cali miss, cities look like shit. There is no effort in art or architecture and it sucks. I love photography, so when I went to Europe I was just in awe of everything. People do shit there with passion, here it’s all about what is cheapest and most affordable to make. I love their appreciation for simple things, like a nice cup of coffee, a very well made pair of leather shoes, or the guy who made absolutely sure I understood his directions as he explained them.