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Yes!!

This is painful to watch.

Can you just leave MIL in hotel/airbnb to watch tv when y'all are out and about enjoying nature? Or is she just miserable in general to have along? I loved my North Island trip last Fall. I hadn't planned on it, but ended up hiking the Tongariro Crossing which was amazing.

Who wants a selfie with a Corvette?

I enjoyed the first episode as well. I thought it tracked the book.

Thanks for all the input. After thinking about it more and realizing the challenges involved in traveling the continent, I'm changing my plans to something like three countries in the southeastern part of the continent. South Africa, perhaps Kenya, and another country TBD. I'll also be doing India and Nepal on this trip as well, so I'm going to scale back my ambition wrt Africa. I'll attach Morocco to a future Spain trip. Thanks to those who recommended a travel agent. I will for sure be using one. Not sure. I don't need luxury, but I like to stay in safe (usually touristy or expat) areas. I'm pricing out flights at the moment to get a sense of costs.

That's my favorite bit he's done. But it probably depends on one's view of guns. I played it for my best friend who's ex special forces and has 30+ guns and he laughed uncomfortably through it.

That's all very fair. Thanks for the detailed response. I've only given it superficial thought and was likely naive in what could be accomplished in a fairly short time. To clarify, my intent was/is to travel by flight between countries, not overland, to the extent that is practical. As far as what I'd hope to see. It's a combination of cities (when warranted), natural wonders, and culturally significant sights. In any event, a lot more research is clearly in order.

I'd like to spend around 6 to 8 weeks in the spring visiting 7 to 10 or so countries in Africa. The intent is to experience a diverse set of countries to get a fairly broad sense of the continent rather than repeating similar experiences in relatively similar countries (i.e., a bunch of safaris in multiple countries). Particularly appealing is geographic, scenic, and cultural diversity. I'm also not looking to get robbed or worse, so I'm avoiding the obviously dangerous countries. Here's a list of the countries I've seen suggested on myriad blogger sites. I really wanted to visit Egypt and Lebanon (the latter Middle East I know) on this trip, but I'm putting them off until things calm down in that particular region. Anyhow, I'd appreciate any thoughts on must-visit and/or should-avoid countries. The list is not in a particular order. Tanzania/Zanzibar South Africa Morocco Zambia Namibia Botswana Malawi Rwanda Kenya Ghana Gambia Senegal Tunisia Sierra Leon Madagascar

Anyone know of one of those shady links to stream it online? I'm in France and my YouTube TV account is blocked even when using a VPN.

Ewe!

Don't get any. Using your credit/debit cards gets you the best daily rate.

Whoa!

Good question. I hadn't gotten that far. I'll have to look into that more. Good idea. I'll look into rentals.

I bought some little plastic push up handles that are small and weigh nothing. They're ergonomically designed to avoid strain on the hands and wrists while doing push ups. I hated doing pushups before using them but now do them every other day. Push ups of course provide an amazing workout and they take up no space in my luggage when traveling. Probably the best $15 I've ever spent.

Bump. Headed to Paris for 10 days solo on the 23rd. I booked train tickets for a day in Tours visiting the Loire Valley castles. I was thinking a day trip to Normandy to see some of the WW2 stuff. I've been to Reims and seen the cathedral and visited Tattinger years ago and enjoyed it. Perhaps a return day trip there. Any other cool day trips people you've enjoyed?

Aggie rollercoaster. Up up. October ha!

That's why I don't golf. Too violent.

I'm so happy to be gay.

Nice! If you want a quick two-day getaway (or even in one early/late day vist) from Santiago, you can fly to Pucon in the lake region in 1h 20m. It's gorgeous with cool German culture and close to Parque Nacional Villarrica which dominates the backdrop.

Ummm. NTTTIAWWT.

I googled this Napier guy and saw he's paid $7.1 million a year. Then saw his previous experience was the University of Louisiana. The fuck?

I've been running for 20 years now and a month or so ago I started getting consistent knee soreness for the first time in my life. I run 4 or 5 days a week, 5 to 6.5 miles depending on the route. Two months ago I upped my running from 3 days a week to my current 4 to 5. So no doubt the extra running has contributed. I moved to Salt Lake City two months ago and took on some aggressive hikes and did my first half marathon in the first month I was here. The soreness was especially pronounced after those hikes and half marathon and was likely the initial source of the soreness. How do y'all handle knee soreness? I've started to ice my knees a couple times a day. I changed out my low-cushion shoes for some very high-cushion shoes a couple of weeks ago. That seems to have helped. I'm going to avoid hiking as well for a while and I'm debating getting knee sleeves to see if they help.