BL Travel Guide: A Locals Guide to YOUR TOWN!

[Dtergent]

I've never been, sniff! I just WANT to go. Last May, I was frolicking around the Visayas; I went to Negros, Cebu and Siquijor. Yes, I know, who ends up on Siquijor, right? Well, me.

So in the future, you will move to Palawan, at which point I will visit you. okay? (heehee!) I'm making more and more Philippino/a friends so that I can tour the whole bloody country on a budget. I'd like to go for a few months at least. I wonder how much it costs for a foreigner to study in the Philippines?

Man I was supposed to go to Siquijor when I was in Negros last week, but had to come back due to various reasons. My friends went on and said it's really beautiful and cheap too! Did you see any monsters and witches? Who were you here with? Boo for not letting us know.

Sure, you can visit me. I can also take you to Mindanao (don't be scared).

It's pretty cheap for foreigners to study here... there were loads of Europeans in my school, and they keep coming back here with friends and family. It's WAY WAY cheaper than the West, and almost all of the classes are in English.

(Wow - holy thread derailment batman. Oops!)

Ditto... sorry.

 

[Facekhan]

Baltimore, MD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore

Camden Yards, Home of Baltimore Orioles (Raven Stadium is nearby)
While the team might suck, the stadium is very nice in the style of stadiums of old. Excellent food can be had at the Club Level but IMHO the best Food is on Eutaw St. which runs against the Warehouse(longest building East of Mississippi River) where you will find Boog Powell's Barbecue Pit Beef and Pork Sandwiches.

The Inner Harbor: An excellent Aqaurium, The MD Science Center, boat tours/water taxi An old submarine and The USS Constellation, the last sailing ship built for the US Navy (1854), several good restaurants and some bad ones, Hard Rock Cafe, ESPNZone a Ruth Chris Steakhouse and a nightclub, inhabit an old powerplant.
This was the home of the original Powerplant nightclub which was before my time. Also a bit further down Key Highway is the Federal Hill neighborhood and the American Visionary Art Museum. I was just there and it is pretty cool.

Fort McHenry, which plays into the Star Spangled Banner and War of 1812

Food: The city is famous for its Blue Crabs and other seafood. There are probably better people to ask which places have the best, but I can tell you to avoid Phillips and the other seafood restaurants in the inner Harbor. Walk a few blocks to Little Italy or Fells Point instead.

The Local Brew, there are also some microbrews around and of course 40's

Other attractions include Edgar Allen Poe's house, Babe Ruth's birthplace and I am fairly sure H.L. Menken's as well.

 

[SardonicNihilist]

 

[dr seuss]

i really want to go to Athens, Georgia now.

 

[McWigga]

I could post pictures of all the places I've seen in Vancouver, but it'd just be a gallery of pub photos.

 

[poopie]

i have gotten to visit athens several times, due to bl meet-up and my cousin went to uga for a year.

go.

 

[Pander Bear]

i really want to go to Athens, Georgia now.

Ohh Ohh! I am super qualified to act as a guide if you ever venture nearby!

 

[###-##-####]

Haha, this'll be short and boring..

I live in Radford, Virginia to attend Radford University, which is nestled in the New River Valley

SO...there's the University...on the West side of town. It's not a huge University, but it's expanding. It's known for it's nursing and education programs, as well as being a party school with a large number of "willing" females (myself not being one of them). However the new president plans to change that image, but only seems to be pissing off all of the faculty and students in the process...

On the East side of campus, there is "Light Side" and to the West side of campus is "Dark Side". We sound like a bunch of Star Wars geeks, but actually the names are quite literal, Light Side is more lit up and has more action, frats, parties, etc...Dark Side is for the stoners and hippies who like the cover of darkness to aid them in their folly.

On Dark Side, there is nothing but housing and apartments, a restaurant called Macado's (known for Karaoke Night and hot waitresses)

and a Hookah Bar that just opened up

On Light Side there is a few bars, and downtown mainstreet, of which the KKK paraded down last weekend (woo Southwest VA! ). No pictures can be found of the nothingness that is downtown Radford...

If you go a little farther down main str, you'll find Sal's Italian Restaurant. Best and most expensive restaurant in Radford. Amazing wine as well...Dynamite Cabernet is delicious. I can never really afford to go there

And finally, the only part of Radford I love, the New River...easily accessible, can walk to it from anywhere in town as it wraps around it. It's a very shallow, wide, rock bottom river with a ton of huge fish. It's said the be one of the oldest rivers in the country, I believe. In the summer, it's great for tubing, canoeing, or just wading in. Any other time, it's good to walk/jog along.

In short, I'm jealous of the rest of you.

 

[RorerQuaalude714]

Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Canada's southermost city, Windsor's located right across from Detroit. As such, it represents a unique blend of American and Canadian culture. Canadians from other cities often describe Windsor as being 'like no other city in the country'. What this means, exactly, I'm not sure.

Windsor isn't a city of culture, but what it lacks in that department it makes up for in booze and girls.


Casino Windsor is a good place to start. Americans flock here to reap the untaxed winnings.

Downtown Windsor's nightlife is what makes this city shine. Although relatively small, downtown Windsor is packed with a wide assortment of bars, clubs, strip clubs and rub and tugs. It's not nicknamed 'Tijuana North' for no reason. Oddly enough we have the most strip clubs per capita out of any country on the planet. If you're American and under 21 and looking to get zombie drunk and see some of the raunchiest strippers around, Windsor should be your destination.

My personal recommendation for a bar is Papa Cheney's. It's the home of the 'Fishbowl', which is a drink the size of a small fishbowl. The bartenders there are pretty good, so you can be sure your fishbowl is loaded with liquor. It serves a higher scale crowd, so dress well. Plus there's a great view of the Detroit skyline:

Windsor's also a great place to pick up cuban cigars. Downtown is also a great place to pick up a really mean shawarma.

BARS TO AVOID: Club O (Because it's just a terrible place), Dirty's (Because to my knowledge their liquor license isn't valid), The Loop (unless you're into alternative music), The Beach (unless you're into jailbait), Voodoo (Because it's too damn small, they water down the drinks and because it's packed with 'thugged out' drunkass mental defectives)

If you're not in the mood to get tipsy, Detroit's many offerings are very close by. Comerica Park, Joe Louis Arena and whatever else Detroit has to offer are a quick hop in the tunnel or over the Ambassador Bridge away.

Despite the morally- absent nightlife, Windsor is a city built on a close feeling of community. Windsorites are usually very friendly and generous, but in some ways, simple minded.

So if you're in Southeast Michigan and have a few hours to spare, take the tunnel and stop by Canada's Motor City.

 

[Tranced]

What an amazing thread, could be some good inspiration for some travelling.

 

[donkeyPUNCH]

Baltimore, MD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore

Camden Yards, Home of Baltimore Orioles (Raven Stadium is nearby)
While the team might suck, the stadium is very nice in the style of stadiums of old. Excellent food can be had at the Club Level but IMHO the best Food is on Eutaw St. which runs against the Warehouse(longest building East of Mississippi River) where you will find Boog Powell's Barbecue Pit Beef and Pork Sandwiches.

The Inner Harbor: An excellent Aqaurium, The MD Science Center, boat tours/water taxi An old submarine and The USS Constellation, the last sailing ship built for the US Navy (1854), several good restaurants and some bad ones, Hard Rock Cafe, ESPNZone a Ruth Chris Steakhouse and a nightclub, inhabit an old powerplant.
This was the home of the original Powerplant nightclub which was before my time. Also a bit further down Key Highway is the Federal Hill neighborhood and the American Visionary Art Museum. I was just there and it is pretty cool.

Fort McHenry, which plays into the Star Spangled Banner and War of 1812

Food: The city is famous for its Blue Crabs and other seafood. There are probably better people to ask which places have the best, but I can tell you to avoid Phillips and the other seafood restaurants in the inner Harbor. Walk a few blocks to Little Italy or Fells Point instead.

The Local Brew, there are also some microbrews around and of course 40's

Other attractions include Edgar Allen Poe's house, Babe Ruth's birthplace and I am fairly sure H.L. Menken's as well.

I LOVE YOU B-MORE!!!!!

p.s. i may be drunnnkk..

 

[7orp0r]

Seneca, South Carolina Population 6,000 or so.

We have....erm....tons of wonderful things. The biggest one being the lakes.

This is my personal favorite place to spend time. Which mostly happens during the summer.

The other local 'hotspot' is Walmart. Especially on Friday and Saturday nights. Wish I had more pictures, may not be much here, but the hills and mountains and lakes make for some beautiful scenery, and the weather is relativley mild all year-long.

If your looking for a good breakfast, Betty's Hungry house in the downtown/mill hill area serves great biscuits,but get there really early, because the line is usually out the door and around the building.

The other cool thing to see are the old abandoned textile mills, have spent many hours climbing in and around these. This particular one is the Newry Mill found by following the signs to Newry Baptist Church of S.C. 130. Has the full Mill Village Around it.

That about sums up our tiny little town.

 

[L2R]

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[alasdairm]

Newbury Street

that doesn't look like newbury street...

alasdair

 

[fozzy nutz]

I LOVE YOU B-MORE!!!!!

p.s. i may be drunnnkk..

alright if you really love baseball one of the best features of camden yards is the building behind rightfield is actually the orphanage that babe ruth grew up in. take a tour of the staduim but thats why they put it there.

 

[kytnism]

Welcome to the Gold Coast BL!

australia's number one tourist destination, surfers paradise.

laden with beaches, an awesome city and rainforests; the sun shines almost everyday here! being a tourist destination the gold coast has all of the themeparks, adventure tours, indy, warner bros. studio, the big brother house, schoolies week etc. and constantly has something going on for people to do. i LOVE it here.

...kytnism...

 

[L2R]

get a pic of long beach. cuz that beach is fuckin long. and that stupendously tall residential highrise.

 

[kytnism]

long beach is on keppel island, so it's not really apart of the goldcoast, but found you a pic none the less.

and capital suggestion L2R, here's the Q1.

322,5 metres/1,058 feet
78 stories
Completed: 2005
19th tallest building in the world
Tallest all-residential building in the world
and tallest building in the Southern Hemisphere

Some facts about Q1:
- designed by Atelier SDG and developed by the Sunland Group Ltd.;
- the name Q1 refers to Queensland number One;
- building costs were approximately US$ 307 million;
- tallest building in Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia, and Southern Hemisphere.
- the design of the building was inspired on the Sydney 2000 Olympic torch, and Sydney's Opera House;
- according to the information to be found in the observatory area of Q1
the spire on top is 97,7m/320f tall. It starts at the 75th floor level,
is made up of 12 sections and weighs 87.2 tonnes. It extends 47m/154f above the glass fin.
- from level 60-69, the building has a ten-story skygarden,
which holds a 30m/98f high rainforest.
- the building has a two-story observatory on the 77th and 78th floor.
Costs to go up are 16,50 Australian Dollars (us$ 12,-/euro 9,60);
the observatory gives you 360-degree views from the 235m/771f level.
It's the world's only beach-side observation deck.
- the tower has 10 elevators; the fastest being the one that reaches the observatory,
traveling at 9 metres per second; 540 metres per minute;
including getting in and getting out of the elevator,
the trip up or down only takes about 45 seconds!
- if you don't want to go by elevator, but want to take the steps up,
then you have to go up 1,380 steps, from ground level to the observatory.
- the buildings has 527 apartments, consisting of one Penthouse, 12 sub-penthouses,
213 one-bedroom, 184 two-bedroom, and 117 three-bedroom apartments.
The penthouse was apparently sold for $ 12 million to Australian swimmer Ian Thorpe.
It became the most expensive apartment in Queensland.
- the building is supported by 22 piles (each two metres in diameter)
that go 45m/148f into the ground and rest on solid rock;
- the building can sway to a maximum of 600mm;

...kytnism...

 

[L2R]

did i say long beach, cuz i meant broadbeach. der i'mastoopidhead

 

[bromance]

Los Angeles, CA

3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica. This place is cool and has tons of homeless people and street performers. Theres a bunch of malls and stores too. And it's 3 blocks from the Santa Monica beaches.

Griffith Observatory. Overlooks all of downtown LA, and you can see to the ocean on a clear day. Awesome planetarium show. Such a fun day trip. There's also a concert venue and a huge park there too.

Hollywood. Not my favorite place, but it's touristy and I guess it's good to see at least once. Lots of clubs and fake people and whatnot.

UCLA Sculpture Gardens. Awesome place to see, especially on shrooms.

Venice Beach. Probably my favorite beach/area in LA. It's got tons of head shops, weird people, street vendors, etc. I love watching people doing graffitti. There's also miles of pathways for biking, rollerblading, running, skateboarding, whatever.