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  1. friendsandfoes avatar

    Day of the Dead 2012 tours? best location?

    by friendsandfoes 31 May 2012

    3 friends and I will be in LA looking to depart for Mexico on Thursday 1st of November for Day of the Dead. Does anyone know if there…

  2. EM_Guero avatar

    RE: U.S. Virgin Islands or Puerto Rico?

    by EM_Guero 30 May 2012

    So like $600 with the Austin leg, or are you going straight from Houston? We paid something like $620 each for Aus-Mia-Curacao. …

  3. deanomarks avatar

    Road trip Austin, Texas to LA, California

    by deanomarks 29 May 2012

    Hello, In about two weeks time (11th/ 12th June 2012) I am thinking of hiring a car and road tripping it from Austin (/Dallas) to LA…

  4. chrisj avatar

    RE: Melbourne voted in worlds best...again

    by chrisj 29 May 2012

    Written from a US perspective. I would question including cities like Tianjin, Austin TX, Washington DC, Mumbai, & thatb Gold CFoast…

  5. EM_Guero avatar

    RE: Hard-of-hearing drunk messes up TV shoot

    by EM_Guero 26 May 2012

    heh, that's pretty funny. I've seen a few movie scenes being shot but I was never very close. Once they were filming a Tarantino movie…

  6. hennaLisa avatar

    RE: Guatemala with kids?

    by hennaLisa 25 May 2012

    Wow, thanks for the reply. We lived in Austin for 5 years, by the way. Our son was born there! Any locations you'd recommend to visit…

  7. Aloysius avatar

    RE: Guatemala with kids?

    by Aloysius 25 May 2012

    Lisa, for starters Tikal in not in the area of the peten that the state department talks about. Course, those state department people…

  8. EM_Guero avatar

    RE: Neck Tattoos.

    by EM_Guero 25 May 2012

    That's good to hear, Tom. It's the same in Austin and here in Manila, from what I've seen.

  9. mojorisn avatar

    RE: Road trip - New Jersey to Texas

    by mojorisn 24 May 2012

    A, I made the trip in the early '90's from Harrisburg, PA to Austin, Tx. My only mistake was rushing it. I was there in 2 days with…

  10. saga77039 avatar

    Re: Tattoos, vegetarian, skirts/clothing in Basque country

    by saga77039 23 May 2012

    Interesting.. both my wife and I have several tattos.. she has some on her feet, back and arms and I have them on my arms.. I never thought…

  11. mads1989 avatar

    RE: Usa trip advice!

    by mads1989 22 May 2012

    Sorry i meant to be clearer, Is 2 days each in San Diego, Austin and New Orleans enough? As we wanted to make it to Tampa by either the…

  12. ianw6705 avatar

    RE: Usa trip advice!

    by ianw6705 22 May 2012

    Do you mean you would have four nights San Diego, rather than 2 x SD and 2 x Austin? Is that the choice you need to make? Not too clear…

  13. mads1989 avatar

    RE: Usa trip advice!

    by mads1989 22 May 2012

    Hi All, We have worked out that it's not practical to go straight from San Francisco to Austin, so we thought we might go to San Diego…

  14. EM_Guero avatar

    RE: It is 33 C here

    by EM_Guero 21 May 2012

    From last year: >On the last day of September in Austin, Texas, we may have put the 100 degree days behind us. No guarantees, but unless…

  15. yofletch avatar

    RE: First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by yofletch 21 May 2012

    for weather updates see......ACCUWEATHER.COM / US / Flights from Austin to NY and then Orlando see.....JETBLUE.COM / visit NYC early…

  16. EM_Guero avatar

    RE: Places rich people like?

    by EM_Guero 21 May 2012

    Amador Causeway in Panama City. South Congress in Austin, TX.

  17. tilos avatar

    RE: First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by tilos 20 May 2012

    I disagree on timing. Temperatures are great in Austin and NOLA in November. Memphis should be nice as well, given it isn't at high elevatio…

  18. stopthebus avatar

    RE: First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by stopthebus 20 May 2012

    Honestly, you might want to consider getting a car for most of the trip, or at least from Austin to Orlando. With four people, plane tickets…

  19. gawkabout avatar

    RE: Suggestions for Italy in August please

    by gawkabout 20 May 2012

    I'm hip to it. I met a retired yank fireman and wife, in Sintra. They'd fly anywhere, in the world. Just to sit in firehouses. I met…

  20. CascadeBob avatar

    RE: First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by CascadeBob 20 May 2012

    You don't mention budget. If money is no object, than all options are open and you could fly from destination to destination and rent…

  21. laketraveller avatar

    RE: First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by laketraveller 20 May 2012

    First, you mentioned you are all in your 20's, but where in your 20's? If anyone will be under 21 drinking is not allowed so that might…

  22. Midwesterner avatar

    RE: First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by Midwesterner 20 May 2012

    Are you over 25, and so able to avoid the rental-car surcharge for young drivers? Is the 3-weeks for just the Austin through NYC portion,…

  23. friendsandfoes avatar

    First time US trip, need help with itinerary

    by friendsandfoes 20 May 2012

    3 friends and I are planning a trip to the US from Australia, We are all in our 20's, outgoing, friendly and work in creative/fashion…

  24. RayCCroc avatar

    RE: THROWN out of a Youth Hostel - Help Requested?

    by RayCCroc 19 May 2012

    That's not so exciting. I had visions of a bedraggled backpacker sailing through the damp morning air, but then I scrolled down to see…

  25. EM_Guero avatar

    RE: Keeping things close to the vest...

    by EM_Guero 16 May 2012

    They're all over small towns in Texas. One of my old neighbors had never been anywhere in his life but Houston and Austin.

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