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General => Foreign Trips => Topic started by: bexifurr on October 19, 2007, 12:17:15

Title: Christmas Holidays
Post by: bexifurr on October 19, 2007, 12:17:15

Anyone fancy going to West Africa over Christmas?

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: kill on October 19, 2007, 13:21:02

West? Not like you.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Peter O'Sullivan on October 19, 2007, 17:18:28

'West ' more detail please. I've seven holiday days left his year.

Peter

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Ritchie on October 19, 2007, 21:25:59

 >:(

.... you bastards and your jobs!!!

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: bexifurr on October 19, 2007, 21:51:04

Mali - exploring the mosque in Djenne, the Tuareg encampments, boatride on the Niger to the legendery Timbuktu, trekking in Dogon country. The home of Amadou et Mariam, sahara hot nights, Bamako and Mopti.

Or...

Benin - buying wierd food in the market, the centre of voodoo in Africa

Ghana - butterflies and smiles

Senegal - fast food Dakar, traditional values imbued with French influence and changing with American clutural imperialism lends itself to a funky fundamentalism, quranic teaching from the high minarets.

Sierra Leone - I know my parents would never forgive for even entertaining a thought about entering this country, but... there's the search of King Solomons mines, kerosene lamps, beaches.



Is no one else curious?

Anyone?

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Jevon on October 20, 2007, 02:21:02

I'll be in Uganda if anyone's intersted...

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: bexifurr on October 20, 2007, 19:24:37

Uganda for Christmas is, like, soooooooooo last year.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Towelyey on October 21, 2007, 18:53:13

kerry anyone??????

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Lucy on October 21, 2007, 20:22:03

I'm there!

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: kmck on October 21, 2007, 20:40:25

I'm thinking kerry for new years, but ideas for the summer.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Sara on October 22, 2007, 09:48:03

Just checked my pockets, I dont have nearly enough money to go to Africa, Ill be lucky to afford Kerry!!!

Sara

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: david on October 22, 2007, 14:22:01

I heard there was talk of a new venue for new years. Some where further north.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: kmck on October 22, 2007, 14:48:45

There was talk on freestyle but it is way too late to change for this year. If people want to move you have to do what Ritche gillespe and Allio did to move it to castlegregory. They researched houses, and the area and then on mass moved the clubs before the summer. Then there was time to convince oldies to moved and it was reasonably successful. Alan, wanted to move completely in another direction i.e north.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Pia! on October 23, 2007, 10:47:27

Bex as you are now a committee member and Kerry IS a Club Trip- you are forbidden from going anywhere in west, north, east or south africa. If I have to spend the week collecting fresher money, making dinner and cleaning up a puke filled club house then i'm taking you down with me!!!

Now that i think about it- it'll just be easier to let the freshers give me their money, make their own dinners and clean up their own puke!!!

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Lucy on October 23, 2007, 10:50:07

...sounds like a fool proof plan pia!

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: bexifurr on October 23, 2007, 17:50:42

Would I try and miss KErry? Pfftsh.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: bexifurr on November 02, 2007, 18:58:47

CHeck this out, flights to Uganda are only 430 euro return with your boat with .Brussels airlines.

And I've just been watching Jackson kayak promo dvd...


But total gunga is a lake and silverback is unrunnable.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: Diarmaid on November 07, 2007, 13:12:07

Quote from: Pia! on October 23, 2007, 10:47:27

Bex as you are now a committee member and Kerry IS a Club Trip- you are forbidden from going anywhere in west, north, east or south africa. If I have to spend the week collecting fresher money, making dinner and cleaning up a puke filled club house then i'm taking you down with me!!!

Now that i think about it- it'll just be easier to let the freshers give me their money, make their own dinners and clean up their own puke!!!

better yet, budget wisely now so that you can afford not to take money in Kerry, and feed the freshers puke for dinner. as long as it came from a different fresher they'll be none the wiser.

Title: Re: Christmas Holidays
Post by: rog on November 07, 2007, 17:58:19

Mmmm there's nothing like a bottle of warm left overs and someone else's puke for dinner... bit o salt bit o pepper mmm