Wanderlust

kay · Post by **kay** » Wed Jan 16, 2013 8:51 pm

knell wrote:^^^ that's amazing! rock climber's paradise.

Not sure, the cliffsides were very unstable and still prone to shearing off without notice due to the heat.

knell · Post by **knell** » Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:27 am

found this recently, a little picture journey into the passage of time in an abandoned church:

http://imgur.com/a/gZ30v

Johnlenham · Post by **Johnlenham** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:30 pm

Hey! Been awhile since ive been on dsf!
Cant post any pictures till I get to a place that has a Pc I can use (for free!!)

Been to Rome (mass with the pope in saint Peters randomly)
Sri lanka some amazing beaches and up Adams peak (15 mile walk/hike to a view of the sun rise above the clouds)
In Thailand now, Bangkok for the water festival was nuts and the view from the vertigo bar was mad
Up in chang mi now and then to sukkothai

Think it was lazlo that told me Colombo stank, he was right. What a shit hole haha

Sonika · Post by **Sonika** » Fri Apr 19, 2013 5:57 pm

my family went to cape town, South Africa in 2009

anadin_xtra · Post by **anadin_xtra** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 2:50 pm

so i go to the phillipines via ho chi minh city in 3 weeks...need reccommendations

bela · Post by **bela** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:39 am

went to marrakech over the weekend. really, really lovely. would love to spend more time elsewhere in morocco.

pete_bubonic · Post by **pete_bubonic** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:42 am

Those photos are sick, I have heard such mixed reviews of morocco. beautiful place but basically if you're white getting harassed back to the fucking stone age?!

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:44 am

marrakech is a beautiful city but i dont like the vibe of the people there

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:44 am

Also it's really hard to get a beer anywhere.

bela · Post by **bela** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:47 am

i understand what you guys mean -- there are tourist predators who can come off really aggressive (especially as a female...!). we stayed in a riad in the medina but in the opposite corner from the big square and it was a lot better out there -- really friendly people who were eager to help us and cut us deals rather than harass. next time i'd like to go to a smaller, coastal town i reckon. heard good things about essaouira.

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:49 am

pete bubonic wrote:Those photos are sick, I have heard such mixed reviews of morocco. beautiful place but basically if you're white getting harassed back to the fucking stone age?!

yes you have to know the someone form there to go, if you go as a tourist with out knowing anybody is pretty stressful and you take the risk of having a bad time. If you want to come this summer to my village you are welcome pete

wub wrote:Also it's really hard to get a beer anywhere.

not really

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:51 am

bela wrote:i understand what you guys mean -- there are tourist predators who can come off really aggressive (especially as a female...!). we stayed in a riad in the medina but in the opposite corner from the big square and it was a lot better out there -- really friendly people who were eager to help us and cut us deals rather than harass. next time i'd like to go to a smaller, coastal town i reckon. heard good things about essaouira.

The guy I climbed Toubkal with was going on to Essouira after we'd done. He said he loved it, proper hippy vibe and a really good place to be. I believe there is some sort of music festival around June time that he is going back for.

DiegoSapiens wrote:
wub wrote:Also it's really hard to get a beer anywhere.
not really

When you're out of the city, yes very.

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:52 am

what do you mean out of the city, in the mountains?

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:55 am

DiegoSapiens wrote:what do you mean out of the city, in the mountains?

Yes, here;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imlil,_Atlas_Mountains
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toubkal

No alcohol whatsoever. Only time I saw some was at the refuge the night before we did the summit, one of the other parties had a bottle of spirits they were sharing. Had to wait until we got to Marakkech and found a 'western' style hotel that served beer.

Johnlenham · Post by **Johnlenham** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 11:58 am

pete bubonic wrote:Those photos are sick, I have heard such mixed reviews of morocco. beautiful place but basically if you're white getting harassed back to the fucking stone age?!

Depends on which part, I personally fucking hated the old side becuase I had a shit experience.

You cant just "walk" around the the market, Its like a labarinth. I mean I would not have been surprised to find a minotaur running about it that much of a mess.
Now Ive walked around Bombay and shit so im not scared of being "lost" or loads of locals or whatever
So we walked and walked and it was intresting to see regular life until we realized we were totally fucking lost.
"Oh we will just get a taxi"
Except there was no taxis as according to the map we are atleast a mile deep in the maze.

So some old dudes comes up and says hey I can lead you back "this is the locals place so its not so great for tourists"
Hes giving us a lovely chat and super nice until we get to the I guess 2nd "ring" from the exit and he suddenly up and demands the equiv of £40 for the pleasure.
We were like "u wot?" I mean sure id have given the guy a tenner had he not asked but wtf?
Then 3 guys around 30 appear out of nowhere and start demanding we pay the guy, I held off for abit then it started getting super intense so I just gave the guy £20 and legged it.
I was raging the whole walk back to the french quater

Also I fucking hate "tat" you think "oh thats a sick painting! ill buy that" till you realise every third stall has it and all the jewelery is cheap fake shit.

New part and French quarter are lovely though. Eve saint luarens home/garden is super nice and I had some amazing food there.

edit: Oh shit I never even put any photos of my trip in here! Ill get on that tonight.

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:01 pm

yh in the mountains is very difficult but i guess that if you are in the mountains of morrocco is not for drinking alcohol, anyway everyone there drinks alcohol in every town if you ask them they sell you illegal alcohol or even they are shops for just alcohol

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:03 pm

Johnlenham wrote:
pete bubonic wrote:Those photos are sick, I have heard such mixed reviews of morocco. beautiful place but basically if you're white getting harassed back to the fucking stone age?!
Depends on which part, I personally fucking hated the old side becuase I had a shit experience.

You cant just "walk" around the the market, Its like a labarinth. I mean I would not have been surprised to find a minotaur running about it that much of a mess.
Now Ive walked around Bombay and shit so im not scared of being "lost" or loads of locals or whatever
So we walked and walked and it was intresting to see regular life until we realized we were totally fucking lost.
"Oh we will just get a taxi"
Except there was no taxis as according to the map we are atleast a mile deep in the maze.

So some old dudes comes up and says hey I can lead you back "this is the locals place so its not so great for tourists"
Hes giving us a lovely chat and super nice until we get to the I guess 2nd "ring" from the exit and he suddenly up and demands the equiv of £40 for the pleasure.
We were like "u wot?" I mean sure id have given the guy a tenner had he not asked but wtf?
Then 3 guys around 30 appear out of nowhere and start demanding we pay the guy, I held off for abit then it started getting super intense so I just gave the guy £20 and legged it.
I was raging the whole walk back to the french quater
Also I fucking hate "tat" you think "oh thats a sick painting! ill buy that" till you realise every third stall has it and all the jewelery is cheap fake shit.

New part and French quarter are lovely though. Eve saint luarens home/garden is super nice and I had some amazing food there.

edit: Oh shit I never even put any photos of my trip in here! Ill get on that tonight.

nah i hate the french part it just like a standart occidental place, you just have to know how to move in the old one

Johnlenham · Post by **Johnlenham** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:10 pm

I guess Its diffrent as someone whos semi-local, I would have loved to have met up with someone local to show me the real city. French has some sick art galleries though? swear I spent one day just going to them all and all the crazy art shops.

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:12 pm

yes they are some amazing art galeries from foreings living there in morocco

DiegoSapiens · Post by **DiegoSapiens** » Thu Jan 16, 2014 12:19 pm

my chameleon taking the sun

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