!@#$% Posted June 30, 2011 Share Posted June 30, 2011 lil off topic, sorry LUGR.. just to respond.. bojangles, i am so frugal it's really not even a little funny to people i barely drive (for years i had no car) and i ride a bike to work so i don't pay to park. i don't really eat out, i shop smart and cook at home.. don't drink, go to bars or movies, or pay for entertainment, i went to tons of live shows and raves when i was younger so i don't care anymore and i don't buy stuff. i occasionally now make clothes, but we pirate our media and have nice cameras and shit like that so i don't ever buy new things. i am a ridiculous energy nazi. i don't have AC and i won't turn the heat on for more than 3 months a year. if no one is in a room, the electricity in there must be off. i live in a kind of crappy hood in the inner city so my mortgage is cheap. biggest expense last year aside from the house/food was a tattoo. and weed. i am also crazy about finding travel deals, which is why i'll wanna go somewhere for years but don't, or just suddenly hear of a cool place and next thing i know, i'm going i've also been lucky to know a lot of foreigners who have let me crash at their homes, though that is far less frequent now that i'm older and have more money my man and i did so much traveling last year that this year it's been more muted and now i've been a ton of places so now it's just exotic shit and faraway places: japan, great wall, trans-siberian, buenos aires, patagonia, macchu piccu (sp), istanbul/turkey, back to the middle east, safari, etc. gotta save a little more for that i'll also do REALLY short trips, just to do it (3 days in london, another time did prague/dresden in 3 days, went to nassau for 2, etc etc.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john brown Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Lugr, you should have checked out Yemen. ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 I actually flew through your city on the way back but didn't get to leave the airport:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedicineCabinet Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 damn it, lugr envy is the word Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 Finally some time to get back to this thread... Still on that boat, about to go under 1 of the 2 suspension bridges on the Danube. I believe I was told that they are some of the most used bridges in the world by commuters. Super baller area of the Euro side of Istanbul. Supposedly this is were the celebrities and footbol stars live and hang out. Massive old fort on the river. Wish I could have gotten off the boat to explore... Smaller fort directly across the river on the Asian side.. Older palace/mansion on the Euro side... Another palace pon the river. Those Turks sure love to fish... ... This is a house from some of the most expensive houses in Istanbul along the Asian water front. People were saying they start at $100 million. This is the Kuleli Military High School in Istanbul. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuleli_Military_High_School A Mosque on the Asian side. Another palace pon the river. Supposedly whoever commissioned this one hired live musicians to play music for the workers and it was built in record time. Palace gates. Done boating for the day. Decided to get my lurk on again once it was dark. Missed the chai party. Outside a Mosque, by the spice market I was at earlier. ... Nice ceilings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted July 29, 2011 Author Share Posted July 29, 2011 Lots of these on the Istanbul skyline. ... I dig the ceilings. ... Little history lesson. Where am I going? Empty streets in this part of town. Empty lots in this part of town. I don't think anybody in Istanbul has a clothes dryer. Finally made it up this hill to this Mosque. ... Time to head back down. Turkish parking spot. Got back down off the hill and saw this guy cruising the night. Next morning I went to the Blue Mosque. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan_Ahmed_Mosque Ceilings! Went in side. Stain glass inside. Blue tiles = Blue Mosque. ... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted August 1, 2011 Author Share Posted August 1, 2011 Still at the Blue Mosque … … Walking away from the Blue Mosque. Passed by this Egyptian Obelisk. This is the base of it. A little history lesson. Walked to the Hagia Sophia which was originally a church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagia_Sophia It was first a church and then converted to a Mosque. Inside. … The main dome. … … Interesting that when it was converted to a Mosque the Catholic mosaics were not destroyed but covered up. … From the second floor. … Went to Taksim Square to walk around. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taksim_Square Black Metal Mafia Massacre turf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted August 2, 2011 Author Share Posted August 2, 2011 Saw some writings on the walls. Turks seem to really like ice cream. Didn’t ride the street trolley. Didn’t go inside the church. All these people in Taksim were dancing and singing and reppin their footbol teams…game night. For this team. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenerbah%C3%A7e_S.K. They won. Break out the flares, it’s time to party. ... … Climb everywhere. And light more flares. … … … Lulz. Traffic at a stand still. So people can dance on cars. And dance in the streets. Meet you at Club Ghetto. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ink face Posted August 2, 2011 Share Posted August 2, 2011 looks like a really rad trip dude. Dubai looks like it's a gigantic abandoned city in florida though. Seems like no one's in any of the pictures, at the beach, on the highways. just for how nice it looks, and how many buildings there are, i'd expect more people to be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted August 4, 2011 Author Share Posted August 4, 2011 ^Dubai did feel pretty empty. Especially when the sun went down and you could see that most of the residential high-rises only had a handful of lights on/tenants. But I also did hear that the month before I was there it was jammed packed with tourists, so maybe it's just a seasonal thing? Walked around to check out some Turkish street art. ... ... ... This is the Turkish sticker king, stickers everywhere. It's apparently advertising pest control. Next day hopped a cab to check out the Grand Bazaar. Is he buying or selling? Lots of traffic so I got out and walked the rest of the way. I really needed this. The entrance, it "is one of the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, with more than 58 covered streets and over 4,000 shops which attract between 250,000 and half a million visitors daily." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Bazaar,_Istanbul Outside. Inside. ... Stopped by the Cat Cafe to pet the kittys! Realized I was right by the Hagia Sophia again. Also, the Blue Mosque. Finally found a cab and took the road by the water. Had a view of the Galata Tower. Unfortunately, I never made it any closer to the tower. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Tower Chilled until nightfall, and went for a very long walk. Polis be posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Walking around still, people stay out on the streets pretty late. Worked up an appetite so checked out the late night food options. Works for me. Passed out and woke up with a major hangover and had to catch a flight out. Thankfully I was able to access a lounge at the airport that had a self serve beer tap and a fully stocked bar so I could keep the good times rollin. Bye Istanbul, hope to see you again sometime. Back to Dubai International, spent the night at an airport hotel. Everything in this airport is open 24/7...it's awesome. Flew back to Bahrain from Dubai and waited in traffic. Heading this way. More traffic. These guys were still posted around what used to be the Pearl Roundabout. ... What a job. Lots of American hardware out there. Probably the most visually striking building in Manama. Imagery of the King everywhere because he rules! Out of the city and driving by the Arabian Gulf Decided to stop by The Royal Camel Farm in Al Janabiya, Bahrain. They seemed nice. ... This one liked the camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swif1 Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Ahh shit, son! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 2, 2011 Author Share Posted September 2, 2011 Back on the road, glad to not be in this line of trucks waiting to cross the border. Driving around Khobar. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Stopped by a grocery store and noticed this large ad. I was surprised. Also, bought some ground camel meat to make some burgers. They were excellent. Noticed this while driving....WTF. This is supposedly the restaurants story?? I'm utterly confused on this one, any Chicago heads know what's up with this? "Chicago c1988 The Chicago graf scene starting was really taking shape back in 1988. Baggy clothed, hip hop listening crews were bombing up the city with their art everywhere from the north to the south side…they'd get real creative in every aspect of it....what they'd write, how they'd write it, what they'd write it with, how they'd climb up or over whatever it is they'd write it on...got a bit nuts!! We mostly concentrated along each of the train lines, red, brown, orange, blue... alleys all over, under overpasses, along the expressways, any big wall that’s blank, billboards easily accessible, roof tops... These two graf writers, Staine and Chaos set up their sub sandwich/pizza shop outside Robert Cliemente School where we’d go to lunch, hang out, listen to the hip hop of the time, share drawings in our black covered sketch books with each other.. we’d sit and draw and refine our tags (our nickname in a stylized writing) using markers, shoe polish sometimes, home made ink things.....a deodorant case with some cotton or something in it and a whole mess of ink… We’d work hard on our designs, called ‘throw-ups’ until we could spray ‘em up on the walls… and if we were good enough Chaos invited us to throw something up on the wall of the sandwich shop. They gave us a place to do our thing… in an attempt to legitimize the art form of graffiti, keep us kids off the street and out of trouble…a noble cause and one that is very nobly being kept alive at Graffiti.. kudos to you --Brian Pazwalt, Class of 1992." So the next night I was leaving. Ended up going to the airport a few hours early to chill at the Irish Pub in Manama Airport. Nice random group of thirsty people hanging out there. Many soldiers, sailors and contractors there in transit. Finally boarded my flight. Flew Gulf Air for the first time. Nice airline except for the carpet and interior of the plane. Overnight flight, here we go. Woke up to this. 1 of 2 nuclear power plants we flew over coming into Frankfurt. The nuclear power debate was/is a hot topic with Germans after the Japan crisis. Landed, hoped in a waiting BMW and rolled out. Was pumped about how green Germany is compared to the desert. Straight from the airport I drove to the town of Speyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a mutant rancor Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 thanks for taking the time to put these up so great seeing others trips and experiences, getting so excited for my trip at the end of the year after seeing this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReackOne Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Nice thread, man. Dope photos, looks like a fun trip. Mmm, camel meat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Speyer is actually a city and one of Germany's oldest. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speyer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speyer_Cathedral I knew nothing about the town and decided to walk around and check out the buildings. Nice weather. The King was out on his razor. So Euro. Even more Euro. #SWAGGA#NAAAAAW Really enjoying the change of scenery. Ate lunch by this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Gate More than a few churches in Speyer. Memorial Church. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ged%C3%A4chtniskirche_%28Speyer%29 ... Walked by this. On the way here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technikmuseum_Speyer This place was amazing. ... ... ... ... ... ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Oh ya, forgot to mention that Graffiti Urban Restaurant does sell cheesesteaks. Don't think they would be DAO approved though (Philly Cheesesteak - Steak, provolone, cream cheese, sautéed onions and mushrooms). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LUGR Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 After spending hours at the Teknik Museum I drove to another city and headed to this festival in a park. These guys were rocking some heavy metal for the masses. This one was ready to party! Rock on. ... Kids were not feelin it. Seen this in the park. Decided to walk around town. ... Some kind of public library? Uknowit. ... Crushed this, amazing. Then went to another festival! Woke up the next day and drove to the race track. For champagne. And breakfast. ... ... Then drove to the town of Baden-Baden. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-Baden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted September 13, 2011 Author Share Posted September 13, 2011 Walked around town...nopedo. What's showing at the theater? LOLWUT?! Nice little city. ... ... ... ... Wanted to make it up to these castle ruins. Listened to these guys play for a bit. The black ninja was not impressed with Euro trash. Finally found the way up. http://www.baden-baden.de/en/tourism/c/content/content/01049/indexen.html&nav=857 ... ... ... Wind harp sounded nice. ... ... ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Sorry for the delay, A few gliders were cruising overhead. Not really sure how these things took off? But the stayed up there for a long time. I was really tempted to walk out on this, but decided it was not the smartest idea. View out one of the windows. The rental whip. Had never driven a BMW before and loved it. So much fun on the Autobahn, got it up to 124 MPH. Next day, took the train to a small town for a festival. Arrived. Ate some sort of German dough ball. Did not ride the bull. Walked around. Noticed this and had to try it. Did surprisingly well. Hit the yellow every arrow but one. Bulls eye every time with the crossbow (targets on the left). Did not ride these either. Watched this guy roll his dough. Ate this plate of wild game. Tasted amazing Fun for all ages. View from the top of a little museum the town had. Old folks still know how to have a good time. Headed back to the car. Parked on a dirt road in a field. Next day went to another festival. this band was pretty cool, classic rock and country with a serious German accent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 After the band, chilled in this little park close to the house. Next day rented another car and headed out for a road trip. Not a fan of the Benz compared to the BMW. Stopped to get coffee and saw this. Don't forget to eat your Negros On the way stopped by this castle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohenzollern_Castle ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Back on the road. It was really nice driving around Germany. GPS made it a breeze. Kept driving and ended up driving threw the town of Ulm. It looked nice so decided to stop for lunch: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm Birth place of Albert Einstein. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUGR Posted November 17, 2011 Author Share Posted November 17, 2011 Parked and started walking around. Checked this place out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulm_Minster ... ... ... ... ... ... ... The Town Hall. Fountain in town. Cool clock on a building close to the Town Hall. The Ulm public library. Germans seem to really like pyramids. Back on the road. Passed this. Awesome to see castles/ruins randomly while you are driving. ... Couldn't figure out what was in these huts. They were everywhere though. Didn't seem like they were for people? Oh shit, we're in Austria! GPS was acting up in Austria so we got a bit lost. But we ended up passing this interesting building. Finally found the town we were looking for. It is a tiny skii town. Welcome to: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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