travel

As you can see from the title, I have started on a trip, by far the most ambitious thing I've done yet, intended a direct clone of a certain ' Marsh tern's ' travels- (No not really, I had planned this before I saw @Chlidonias was returning to the continent :p. I'm also not really going to the...

If an American high schooler is to find themself so lucky after graduation, they’ll be honored with the duty to plan their very own summer vacation as a reward for years of hard work and dedication. For me, in the midst of my pomp and circumstance, this only meant one thing: zoos. California...

Hello Zoochat, This summer I will be doing a fair bit of travelling over several continents, so figured I'd start a thread for reviews of the various zoos I'll have the chance to poke my head into. For a general roadmap of the potential progress of this thread without listing out every zoo in...

This thread is inspired by WhistlingKite’s What’s on my Doorstep thread. He has graciously given his blessing for me to develop this similar thread for my own local area. Thank you! As I have basically ‘birded out’ my local area, having seen everything there is to see, I am hoping that this...

Introduction: I Made It Welp I did it everyone, I (barely) passed my first semester of college! For those who don’t know, I am from Massachusetts but I decided to go to a school about an hour away from Philadelphia. Now this was a big change for me, being 290 miles away from my family, but I...

I am going on a trip to Indianapolis this week, and I am really trying to squeeze in a visit to the zoo while I am there. I am arriving this Wednesday, and returning home on Monday. My original plan was to go to the zoo on Sunday, but now my weather app is predicting that it will be raining...

Following up from the Visiting London advice thread from a while ago and given the recent flurry of similar threads, I figured I might as well give a bit of advice on another city that I've been lucky enough to get to know really quite well over the years. Paris is, in my humble opinion, the...

Not even myself, really. The idea for this plan didn’t formulate in my brain until a few weeks ago, the actual details of the trip weren’t semi-solidified until a week prior to enacting it, and whether or not to enact this thread was only decided a couple of days ago. I'm an improviser; that'll...

Hey everyone. Message if you have any interest in joining me for this 21 day trip. English speaking drivers/guides will be meeting us at the airports. Main targets and itinerary below: Day 1, Thursday (Jun 10) – Fly to Belo Horizonte (AD 06h30/07h35 or 08h15/09h20). Afternoon looking for...

Greetings, I am planning a (likely solo) gap year type backpacking trip to South-East Asian countries (anywhere from Myanmar to Indonesia - perhaps a trip not too dissimilar to @Chlidonias or @LaughingDove 's adventures) in 2022 for a few months. The likelihood of its' occurence depends on the...

I'd like to write about my zoo impressions and journeys in this thread. First, here is my bucket list. Following 3-4 years: 1. Prague 2.Vienna(revisit, hopefully it will happen in Autumn 2020) 3. Zürich 4. Szeged(revisit) 5. Veszprém(revisit) 6. Jászberény 7. Debrecen(revisit)

OK, I set this thread up to see where everyone has been, but also to see if we, as a large community, have been to every single country in the world. For reference, I am using this list down below of countries for the avoidance of doubt. Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and...

So as a sequel to my planned Cologne/Frankfurt/Stuttgart long weekend early next year, I am mulling over a possible Germany tour either late next year or the year after....currently on the proposed itinerary would be: Walsrode Berlin Zoo Berlin Tierpark Leipzig Magdeburg Can anyone recommend...

Preamble As many of you may know, I currently reside on Christmas Island, the one in the Indian Ocean. The island is one of Australia’s external territories and many people – including most Australians – seem unaware of its exact location. Most people I’ve spoken to know it’s off the northern...

What are 10 zoos within Europe you really want to (re)visit in the coming years? Mine are: Leipzig Zurich Berlin Zoo Berlin Tierpark Praha Plzen Walsrode Copenhagen Beauval Dublin

I have unexpectedly found myself with the next week off. Any recommendations for places to go? Travelling on public transport from South Yorkshire. Yorkshire Wildlife is always a favourite and I already have plans to return to Chester in September. Would love to visit Bristol or Whipsnade but...

So on June 24th I will be flying to the Netherlands to live there for four weeks volunteering at Stichting AAP with their large monkeys (macaques, baboons etc). Whilst over there I will be paying visits to Apenheul, Burgers' Zoo and Dierenrijk. Following on from this, on the 22nd July I will be...

Props to you if you got the Wizard of Oz reference. If you couldn't tell from the title, I'm finally getting to go to one of America's best zoos this week: the Bronx Zoo! Over the week (my spring break), I'll also be visiting Ohio and West Virginia, as well as other facilities in New York City...

Sat nav, not GPS. ASDA, not Walmart. Mars bars, not Milkyway. Milkyway, not Three Musketeers. Chips, not fries. Crisps, not chips. Blackcurrant, not grape. Motorway, not highway. Petrol, not gas. Queues, not lines. T.K.Maxx, not T.J.Maxx. What is this strange land I walked into? (It's...

OK, I'm now in Tanzania. Tomorrow I start my climb of Kilimanjaro, so i'll be offline for a week. By the time I get back, hopefully, there'll be a Tanzania forum and i could update you on that thread. :p Hix