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dear cil/inj you are welcome. seriously, i hope it helps. i've managed to alter the course of a few people's lives by inspiring them to travel, and it's one of the most satisfying things ever. people get happy and their minds usually open when they travel also, i've read that when you are looking domestically, it's best to buy 6-8 weeks before your dates overseas it's a little more unpredictable, but the best fares appear most often about 3 months before your preferred dates. when you search, do that thing +/- 3 days on each end as well. i don't do miles. but i do have a credit card that refunds 3% on travel good luck !@#$%

Dear CIL. this is my BASIC strategy: come up with a list of places you would like to go come up with a list of potential airports you can leave from (try to include at least one that isn't super close to you but you can drive to or take a bus to) then, spend some free time, i'd say about 10-15 minutes every few days doing a bunch of searches. never search on the weekends, only weekdays, and try to do it in the morning this will give you a good idea of what a typical price is for certain destinations, and the range if there is one place you REALLY want to go, create a price alert. i use http://www.kayak.com (international) i generally try to fly southwest domestically. then search and search. eventually, you will see a price that gets you stoked. then you bite the bullet and hope you did well. also, check out tripadvisor (or any travel site/mag) lists of best places or destinations on the rise and shit like that. i've gotten some good ideas and just spur of the moment found amazing fares to places i hadn't even considered (when i go to scandinavia in the fall, we are flying to Riga, Latvia for one day -i did it on a whim cuz i heard Riga is awesome.) this strategy has worked for me MANY times i'm hamstrung by things like overseas weddings - stuff that you cannot modify dates for but i find that if you are flexible with dates, times, and long layovers, you can usually get something good. flying has gotten more expensive in the past ten years. i think a lot of it has to do with fuel prices. but this is what i consider good for a round trip: east coast to europe: $600 US to bangkok: $850 US to australia or new zealand: $900 US to japan or china: $800 east coast to mexico/caribbean: $300 - 450 depends on island US to south america: $700 ' i have managed to land flights at or below those prices, i think that's decent. you cannot check bags if you can help it. i know that insane for many people, but it can add TONS of fees it also means wherever you go if you are lugging shittons of baggage, public transit might no longer be an option, and the trip suddenly got a lot more expensive. when you travel somewhere, bring energy bars and shop in grocery stores for food research free things to do or times when museums have free admission when you go get a pass for foreigners only, like a japan rail pass, before you go stay in hostels if possible - many have private rooms that are just very small. use their kitchen. i can usually factor in about $80/night for a place to sleep and $50 a day, but it can be done much cheaper. if you know someone, you are set. when i started traveling, i always stayed at someone's place. (thanks seven.13, TTBoy and Europe!) if you are into boats, there are some websites that let you search last minute cruise cabins, basically the rooms a ship hasn't sold right before they're leaving port. if you are crazy flexible, i've heard you can get a cabin for as little as a couple hundred bucks for the whole trip. i hate boats though, so i'm not up on this. cannot vouch for this site but check it out http://www.lastminutecruises.com/ if you have questions, let me know

damn sey. sorry to hear that

we are going to mothafuckin Machu Picchu and Choquequirao that trip also has two days in Lima and a long stopover in El Salvador. we stop for an hour or so in Bogota. 7. Choquequirao Photograph by Jason Rothe, Alamy Often referred to as Machu Picchu’s sister city because of its striking similarity to the more famous site, Choquequirao may in fact be the larger of the two. (Only 30 percent of the original complex is believed to have been uncovered; in 2005, several sets of ancient agricultural terraces decorated with stone llamas were found.) In addition to its fascinating ruins around a central plaza (as at Machu Picchu), Choquequirao offers the most breathtaking views of any Inca site. The arduous two-day walk to what was probably the estate of an Inca emperor is slowly gaining in popularity as an alternative to the Inca Trail, but to reach the ruins one must walk up and down the steep sides of a valley almost a mile deep. a few months after that, it's Scandinavia with a super quick stop in Riga, Latvia i should do a Japan photothread.

that's cool for peeps who had to give em up, that they went to good homes. please never dump a dog at a shelter. could never give my pups up. they're my kids.

RIP Marquez

idiocracy rules. and it troof

i wanna go to Madagascar

another slow day at work. looked at more trips

smoothie. banana strawberry chia seed homemade delish

^indeed. they've just made it so easy and tasty to shove shit into your gob

i have insane joint problems. they swell and it is so fucking painful comes and goes though i am not celiac, but i'm concerned i'm gluten intolerant i've noticed that on days when i eat a ton of wheat, like a lot of bread and cupcakes and pasta, i have a lot of pain in the night and can't sleep. the docs can't figure it out. i'm severely vitamin D deficient, but not deficient in any other stuff so it's not my diet, something is wrong with my metabolism or absorption.. i'm only wondering if the wheat is playing a role. i figured i'd try to elimination diet for 3 weeks and see what happened. i fucked up and ate barley the other night though. gluten free vegan ain't easy so i don't want to continue with this forever. i agree the gluten thing is a bit of a fad, but i also think there is way too much of that shit in processed foods. anyway, just had a green smoothie.

that douche that tattooed his dog mos definitely got fired. http://gothamist.com/2014/03/06/brooklyn_tattoo_parlor_fires_artist.php funny thing is, i read about someone doing this locally about ten years ago instagram didn't exist back then though.

trying gluten free. trying. to go 3 weeks. we shall see. i think the last thing i ate was an orange. it was better than i remembered.

waiting for this page to load :rolleyes:

wasting time 2.0

lil more traffic up in hurr might be nice but then again do i care

dear peeps did no one ever tell you? nothing is forever. and that was a good run while it lasted times were had the end !@#$%

dear oontz i didn't think about you once while i was in japan times have changed. !@#$%

dear western blot work please before i head off for vacay k thx !@#$% dear japan be warm blossom the cherries early be easy to navigate !@#$%

people read books. those are the details.

this was a quick, fun read. great companion piece to looming tower, which i finished and was good.

no joke, you should get on kickstarter and get people to pay you to do this shit. i'm guessing between the photos and the stories, you'll have no problems getting funds that would make completing said project much easier. ... seriously. i know it won't solve a motivation problem, but if it's only filling gaps in writing, you can fill in the blanks with pictures

anyone know a good vegetarian restaurant in tokyo?

Tahoe is so money. awesomesauce.